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Jerusalema African dance craze becomes the anthem of a Mareeba tropical fruit plantation
Far from home and with no certainty around their future, seasonal workers at the Skybury Tropical Plantation have found an unlikely way to stay motivated and happy.
Key points:
- The Jerusalema Challenge social media phenomenon has reached a tropical fruit plantation in Far North Queensland
- It has become the unlikely way to unite and inspire farm workers, many of them far from home and unable to return
- Facing a critical shortage of labour, farmers are using novel approaches to keep their existing workers happy
They have embraced the “Jerusalema Challenge” — a social media phenomenon which started during the height of the global pandemic.
In the same way Italians that took to their balconies to sing, and the Gerry and the Pacemakers hit…
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