Men of the Yirritja moiety enter the ceremonial ground to the sound of clapsticks, lightly hopping on each leg, a dance associated with the Catfish totem; they group around the "Jirawara" ceremonial forked pole which is the focal point of the ceremony and perform the Bandicoot …

The earth is our mother, she feeds us and nurtures us, and if we don't take care of her, she wont take care of us....Quenten Agius, storyteller, sharing culture and stories of Ngadjuri country (South Australia).

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

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.

Young Aboriginal people perform a dance associated with the brolga, a large water bird that has great significance in the culture of Arnhem Land, during the Barunga Festival in 1995. A Song Man with clap sticks and a didjeridu accompanies the dance, characterised by high leaps …

Hilda Nambula from Wilora makes music sticks/clapsticks and talks about the tools she uses. This video was made as part of Waltja Tjutangku Palyapayi's Culture Program. Visit waltja.org.au to learn more You can buy slapsticks like the ones in the video from Waltja's Arts …

A man performs a dance associated with the brolga, a large water bird, on the street in Numbulwar, an Aboriginal community in East Arnhem Land, Australia. Men sing, accompanied by didjeridu and clapsticks and women are dancing on the side.

Yurntumu-wardingki juju-ngaliya-kurlangu yawulyu: Warlpiri women's songs from Yuendumu. This series consists of four short films in which Warlpiri women sing, dance and tell the stories of different ancestral beings who travel across Warlpiri country. Each part contains …