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 …
Men and boys from Mowanjum (an Aboriginal community near Derby, Western Australia) perform a traditional dance mimicking the emu, the large flightless bird, when feeding from the ground, accompanied by a song man with clap sticks at the Barunga Festival, 2018.
Aboriginal students from Djarragun College, an indigenous school near Cairns, Far North Queensland, Australia, perform traditional dances during the Townsville Cultural Fest. The girls perform the "Creation Dance" in which the creation of all animals is depicted. This is followed …
Aboriginal girl students from Djarragun College near Cairns perform a traditional dance during the Girringun Festival in Cardwell. They perform, among others, the “Creation Dance”, depicting the creation of all animals and the gathering of traditional medicine to treat snake …
76-year old Walter Kolbong Rogers tells the story of his life as a dancer and a leader of ceremony.
A collaboration between Ngukurr Art Centre and Ngukurr Language Centre, Ngukurr Story Project supports local people to tell the stories they want to tell in the language they …
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