Warlpiri women from Yuendumu, a Central Australian Aboriginal community almost 300 kilometres north west of Alice Springs, perform a traditional dance accompanied by singing and clapsticks; at the Barunga Festival, 2018.

Tjukupati Iratjari, Yvonne Yibarti, Janie Miama tell a traditional story in language from Docker River. (Two Sisters)

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.

Two men of the Yirritja moiety perform the "Salt water dance", leaping past one another, representing waves meeting and crashing; the dancers constantly leap up and down, representing a choppy sea. The women dance along the side, their hands held horizontally. The men then run …

Jul 7, 2018 Men and boys from Numbulwar, East Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory perform dances on the dusty corroboree ground, accompanied by singing and playing of the didgeridoo, at the Barunga Festival, 2018.

Men and women from Numbulwar, East Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory perform dances, including the brolga dance, accompanied by singing and playing of the didgeridoo, at the Barunga Festival, 2018.

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 …

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.