Live Music Film clip from Keep Culture Festival 2013,Beagle Bay

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.

Out of the PY Media archives, this is a 2 hour compilation of many traditional dances from the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Lands.

Men from Lajamanu, an Aboriginal community about 550 kilometres south west of Katherine on the edge of the Tanami Desert are painted up and perform "purlapa", men's corroboree, at dusk. This was recorded with an old 8 mm film camera, so the technical quality is poor.

When ceremony was a big part of everyones life. It was filmed and played out to the community through EVTV (Ernabella Video TV) the first and only pirate TV station. There was no internet, only ABC which was switched off to show ceremony on EVTV. This video is a shortened edit …

Torres Strait islander students, boys and girls from Djarragun College, perform a dance from Mabuiag Island in the central Torres Strait, during the Townsville Cultural Fest.

Djarragun College students from the Torres Strait islands perform traditional dances during the Townsville Cultural Fest. This is a mixed group of boys and girls from different islands. The dance is from Boigu Island, in the far north of the Torres Strait. The song is by Afa Anau …

Kapululangu (Balgo's Women Centre) followed the 7 sisters Dreaming telling the stories, singing the songs and passing on the knowledge.