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.
A Welcome song and dance by young girls from Thurday Island, in the Torres Strait Islands, at the start of the Croc Festival, a festival with participants of indigenous schools in northern Queensland, held on Thursday Island in 2001.
Men and women from Numbulwar, East Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory perform dances, including the brolga dance, accompanied by singing and playing of the didgeridoo, at the Barunga Festival, 2018.
Men from Barunga (formerly known as Bamyili) in the Katherine region of the Northern Territory of Australia perform a dance illustrating spearfishing, followed by a very skilful solo; they then take their leave. This was recorded in 1978 in Lajamanu with an old 8 mm film camera, …
Djarragun College students from the Torres Strait islands perform a dance from Badu Island, in the Central Western Torres Strait, during the Townsville Cultural Fest. The song is called “Gumi Rangadh”.
Boys from Djarragun College, an indigenous school near Cairns in north Queensland, Australia, perform the "Kab Kar", a traditional dance from Mer (Murray Island) in the eastern Torres Strait Islands, at the Townsville Cultural Fest in 2010. They wear the "dhari" headdress made …
Men from Mowanjum (an Aboriginal community near Derby, Western Australia) perform a traditional dance with large emblems, totemic birds, accompanied by a song man with clap sticks at the Barunga Festival, 2018.
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