Ngarrag (Mardayin) Ceremony, Numbulwar (Pt 1)

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 moiety leaders climbing onto a ceremonial forked pole, called "Jirawara" and gives the Mardayin calls naming the ceremonial places connected with the Dreaming; the men standing around it respond with yells. It ends for both moieties with a fast dance by the women and girls. In Numbulwar, an Aboriginal community, Northern Territory, Australia.