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 …

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 …

Men and women from Elcho Island and Yirrkala, north-eastern Arnhem Land in the Top End of the Northern Territory perform fast dances, carrying woomera (spearthrowers), accompanied by singing, clapsticks and playing of the didgeridoo, at the Barunga Festival, 2018.

Men and women from Elcho Island and Yirrkala, north-eastern Arnhem Land in the Top End of the Northern Territory perform fast dances, carrying woomera (spearthrowers), accompanied by singing, clapsticks and playing of the didgeridoo, at the Barunga Festival, 2018.

Men and women from Elcho Island and Yirrkala, north-eastern Arnhem Land in the Top End of the Northern Territory perform fast dances, carrying woomera (spearthrowers), accompanied by singing, clapsticks and playing of the didgeridoo, at the Barunga Festival, 2018.

Men and women from Elcho Island and Yirrkala, north-eastern Arnhem Land in the Top End of the Northern Territory perform dances, carrying woomera (spearthrowers), accompanied by singing, clapsticks and playing of the didgeridoo, at the Barunga Festival, 2018.

Men and boys from Mowanjum (an Aboriginal community near Derby, Western Australia) perform a traditional dance with masks and large emblems, totemic birds, accompanied by a song man with clap sticks at the Barunga Festival, 2018.

Men and boys from Mowanjum (an Aboriginal community near Derby, Western Australia) perform a traditional dance mimicking the emu, the large flightless bird, when feeding from the ground, accompanied by a song man with clap sticks at the Barunga Festival, 2018.

Young boys and men of the White Cockatoo dance group from Barunga and Beswick (Wugularr) in the Northern Territory dance before going around the corroboree ground and marching off, to the accompaniment of singing and playing of the didgeridoo (yidaki); at the Barunga Festival, …

Young boys and men from Barunga and Beswick (Wugularr) in the Northern Territory dance on the corroboree ground at the Barunga Festival of 2018, raising plenty of dust; this is followed by a dance from the women; accompanied by song and the didgeridoo (yidaki).

The White Cockatoo dance group from Barunga and Beswick (Wugularr) in the Northern Territory perform at the Barunga Festival, 2018. The group, adults and children, march onto the corroboree ground and the women dance first, followed by the men and boys, to the accompaniment of …

Men and women from Wadeye (Port Keats) in the Northern Territory perform dances at the Barunga Festival, 2018.

We wish to advise Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander viewers that this website may contain images and voices of people who are deceased. Aaron Fa’Aoso yarns with Noel Zaro from Torres Strait Islander cultural dance group Gerib Sik, and later shares their Meriam stories, …

1996 NAIDOC event held at Clementson Block Broome with Yawuru and Karajarri Dancers. Digitised from SP Betacam tape and remastered in 2020.