In Tiwi, the word for football is yiloga. There is no word for suicide

By Jack Banister

Local footy team the Bombers have played an extraordinary role in the tightknit community’s recovery from tragedy

“COMPANY – US MOB – WHY?”

The words are scrawled across the bottom of a whiteboard in the Tiwi Bombers’ changing rooms at Norbuilt Oval, 30km south of Darwin. The underdogs are preparing to play the second-placed Southern Crocs.

Source: In Tiwi, the word for football is yiloga. There is no word for suicide

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