This short film explains the sounds associated with the consonant-vowel syllable pattern in Goldfields Aboriginal languages. Enjoy and check out our YouTube channel for more new films each week!

Two men of the Yirritja moiety perform the "Salt water dance", leaping past one another, representing waves meeting and crashing; the dancers constantly leap up and down, representing a choppy sea. The women dance along the side, their hands held horizontally. The men then run …

The men of each of the two moiety groups (Yirritja and Dua) run around their respective "Jirawara" ceremonial forked poles; the leader of their moiety then climbs on the "Jirawara" and gives the Mardayin calls, naming the sacred places connected with the ceremony; the men …

Men and women, painted with red and yellow ochres, walk towards the seashore to the sound of clapsticks. Every few metres the men of each moiety, supported by their women, do their typical dances with ceremonial cries. Having arrived at the water's edge the men plunge in and …

Men of the Yirritja moiety enter the ceremonial ground to the sound of clapsticks, lightly hopping on each leg, a dance associated with the Catfish totem; they group around the "Jirawara" ceremonial forked pole which is the focal point of the ceremony and perform the Bandicoot …

Men of the Yirritja moiety, painted with red ochre and white clay, emerge from the secret ground and perform the dance associated with the Catfish totem, with light steps, hopping on each leg; this is followed by the Bandicoot totem dance, where they sit on their haunches, moving …

Every late afternoon during the weeks the "Mardayin" or "Ngarrag" ceremony takes place, the men paint up and perform various totem dances in their respective moiety groups (Dua and Yirritja) Some men have ceremonial "power bags" in their mouths. The ceremonies start with the …

A man performs a dance associated with the brolga, a large water bird, on the street in Numbulwar, an Aboriginal community in East Arnhem Land, Australia. Men sing, accompanied by didjeridu and clapsticks and women are dancing on the side.

An evening “Wungubal”, just for fun, in Numbulwar. A father dances with his small son. The singing, accompanied by clapsticks and didjeridu, is typical of eastern Arnhem Land.

Aboriginal children paint up and perform a "wungubal", corroboree dance on the beach in Numbulwar, a Nunggubuyu community on the east coast of Arnhem Land, in the Northern Territory of Australia.

The performance and revival of Junba, traditional song and dance, is significant for our community, ensuring the passing on of knowledge and culture to the next generation. Mowanjum Arts and Cultural Centre invites you to experience the unique art and culture of the Worrorra, …

8 Karajarri Men venture on a road trip to Balgo to attend an important men's only meeting. Certain activities were conducted and discussed at this ceremonial gathering that are not shared in this video due to their sensitivity. The purpose of this episode is to share some of the …

Boys from Doomadgee, an Aboriginal community in north-western Queensland perform traditional dancing, with the girls dancing in the background, at the yearly Malandarri Festival in Borroloola, Northern Territory, 2018.

A song woman starts the song and boys with the men, women with the girls perform traditional dancing, at the yearly Malandarri Festival in Borroloola, Northern Territory, 2018.

Women and girls perform traditional dancing accompanied by women singing and using clapsticks, at the yearly Malandarri Festival in Borroloola, Northern Territory, 2018.

Boys with the men, women with the girls perform traditional dancing accompanied by women singing and using clapsticks, at the yearly Malandarri Festival in Borroloola, Northern Territory, 2018.

The spectacular finale of Aboriginal song and dance from Elcho Island and Yirrkala, north-eastern Arnhem Land in the Top End of the Northern Territory; they dance all together, the women and the men, carrying strips of material, to the singing of the song man, playing of …

Aboriginal song and dancing from Elcho Island and Yirrkala, north-eastern Arnhem Land in the Top End of the Northern Territory perform dances, the women and men, carrying strips of material, with a song man, clapsticks and playing of the didgeridoo, at the Barunga Festival, 2018.

Aboriginal song and dance from Elcho Island and Yirrkala, north-eastern Arnhem Land in the Top End of the Northern Territory perform dances, first solo to the song of the song man; and, when the didgeridoo starts, all together, with the women among the men, carrying strips of …

Norma Bryant is an artist working at the Minyma Kutjara Art Centre located in Irrunytju/Wingellina in Western Australia. Irrunytju Community sits at the base of an important Women’s Tjukurpa (sacred story), the Minyma Kutjara site, called Ultiju Kapi (Two Hills). Norma is a …