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 …
Turlku Purtingkatja - 19th Remote Indigenous Media Festival - Irrunytju (Wingellina).
Captured by the NG Media outside broadcast team: Matthew Lewis, Marcia Mitchell, Jennifer Connelly, Jasmin Lawson, Cynthia Burke, Fiona, Alan Nash, Rongomai Bailey, Fiona, Rhan Khay, Sarah …
Boys and girls from St. Therese's School (now called Murrapurtiyanuwu) on Bathurst Island in the far north of Australia learn traditional dancing during afternoons at school dedicated to Tiwi Aboriginal culture. This was filmed in 1987.
This footage is of the Zugubal Dancers from Badu Island performing at Big Talk One Fire in 2013. Zugubal Dancers perform dances from Badu Island in the Torres Strait Islands.
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