Let's Zumba!
Some months ago, I discerned a need for the environmental matters at home to be highlighted to the ANFPP ladies living in remote Wurrumiyanga on Bathurst Island 70 kms north of Darwin. Huuuhh? That is, I mean cleaning!
How could I make cleaning fun? How does anyone make cleaning fun? It’s a thankless task that has to be done repeatedly. Just like the rest of Australia, women in Wurrumiyanga don’t get the volunteer or even conscript help at home for the chores that they would like to have done. Imagine your cousins and all their kids coming to stay for 3 weeks. Now that’s some heavy-duty commitment required to keep the house clean and everyone safe. Now imagine that volume everyday in a full home. Sheesh! It’s enough to make you want to leave them all to it.
Then there’s exercise. Hmmmm! Falls into the same basket really doesn’t it? It’s something we all know we need to do – and are too tired to do it – or say we are. Like the cleaning though, it’s easier with a friend or two and results in better health!
We are fortunate in Wurrumiyanga to have the services of Body fit exercise physiologist Chloe. This energetic young woman gets a group of ladies’ hips swinging, legs sidestepping and hands clapping to the Zumba beats she brings with her. So I had a little chat with Chloe, and we came up with the cleaning Zumba. So after the benefits of both cleaning and exercise were reinforced we all got to it! A collection of mops, brooms and scrubbing brushes added to the moves. It was one-in-all-in and not even big bellies or sticky wet season weather could stop the enthusiasm for this 2 for one activity. Everyone took a scrubbing brush home as a little reminder of the session.
A couple of days later I popped in on a participant, her headphones were in and I just caught the tail end of her own version of the whirlwind cleaning Zumba !! It could even catch on!
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