00:02Family, friends and the wider heartbroken community came in their hundreds to pay their
00:08respect to a little girl whose life was taken too soon.
00:13And it was good of you all coming out and being with us.
00:18It's been three months since the five-year-old girl disappeared from a town camp in Alice
00:23Springs, sparking the largest surge in the Northern Territory's history.
00:27A man not known to her family is charged with her murder.
00:31Today's farewell coming after a period of cultural mourning.
00:35Mum has asked us all to remember Kumanjai for who she was, not simply for the tragedy of
00:42how her life ended.
00:44This service has been one of deep grief, but also one that has celebrated the life of this
00:50little girl.
00:51Kumanjai's father, in prison on alleged domestic violence offences, was refused special
00:56release to attend, her mother's words read to the crowd by her pastor.
01:01She was precious, she was a gift, she was everyone's beautiful baby girl.
01:09A beautiful baby girl, who loved rainbows and watching bluey.
01:14She loved cuddling puppies, she loved the colour pink which many of you are wearing today.
01:20The funeral awash with pink, mourners wearing her favourite colour and hoping the tragedy
01:26leads to change.
01:28I would love to see that there are some changes.
01:32It's not going to change when we are still doing the same thing.
01:36A final goodbye for a deeply loved little girl.
01:39And this little child was so beautiful and everyone all remembered her.
01:44That is very special.
01:46You
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