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, …

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Djarragun College students from Mer or Murray Island in the Eastern Torres Strait Islands perform various traditional dances during the Girringun Festival in Cardwell.

A humorous corroboree dance where a man is introduced to smoking cigarettes with unpleasant results; by men from Barunga (formerly known as Bamyili) in the Katherine region of the Northern Territory. This was recorded in 1978 in Lajamanu with an old 8 mm film camera, so the …

Traditional dances from Galiwin'ku or Elcho Island, an Aboriginal community off the north coast of Arnhem Land, performed at the yearly cultural festival in Barunga, Northern Territory, Australia

Men and women from Wadeye (Port Keats) in the Northern Territory sing the “God Song” and perform dances of a Christian religious nature; at the Barunga Festival, 2018.

The traditional Míddjarn ceremonial dance of the Ndjébbana people is carried out by men and boys in the school grounds at Maningrida Aboriginal community in the north of Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory of Australia. It is a serious ceremony, but also fun for the children …

Two young men from Mowanjum (an Aboriginal community near Derby, Western Australia) perform a traditional hunting dance with spears and spear thrower, accompanied by a song man with clap sticks at the Barunga Festival, 2018.