This flash mob is marking three years of ceremony

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This flash mob is marking three years of ceremony

A “flash mob” of didgeridoo players is set to descend on Brisbane on Sunday.

It’s an attempt to break the world record for the largest ensemble of didgeridoos, which was set in 2006 in the ***.

The number to beat is 238, which organiser and didgeridoo player Gurridyula Gaba Wunggu said he’s confident will be reached.

“I hope it ends up being like one of those parties you put on the internet and 10,000 people show up,” he told AAP.

“If we can get enough people together, maybe it’ll just spur on.”

The group is also hoping to set a record for the largest clap stick ensemble.

But if the record isn’t set on Sunday, Mr Wunggu said he hopes another group is inspired to take up the challenge.

To Mr Wunggu, the event is about more than setting a record, it’s about marking three years of reoccupation of Country.

The Wangan and Jagalingou man has been camping on the Adani’s mining lease in central Queensland for three years, holding a ceremony called Waddananggu (the talking).

A ***** has been kept burning within a bora ring since the beginning of the camp, just one kilometre away from the Carmichael coal mine.

Mr Wunggu said the event is a chance to celebrate the achievement of continuing ceremony for three years, but also to draw attention to his ****** against Adani and its *********** subsidiary Bravus.

“This is an attempt to do whatever we can to get our voice out there and get it heard,” Mr Wunggu said.

“We haven’t stopped fighting because we can’t stop fighting.”

In a statement to AAP, a Bravus Mining spokesperson said the Waddananggu camp was unauthorised, and organised by anti-fossil fuel lobbyists.

“(The camp) is used as the centrepiece of a public relations campaign that is dishonest, deceptive and marginalises the cultural authority of the Wangan and Jagalingou people,” the spokesperson said.

The mining company said it was proud to work with Wangan and Jagalingou Traditional Owners through its Indigenous Land Use Agreement, Cultural Heritage Management Plan and Indigenous Participation Plan.

The world record attempt will occur at Brisbane’s King George Square at 12pm.

Mr Wunggu said everyone is welcome, but only men can participate in the didgeridoo ensemble for cultural reasons.

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