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 …
Boys from Doomadgee, an Aboriginal community in north-western Queensland perform traditional dancing, with the girls dancing in the background, at the yearly Malandarri Festival in Borroloola, Northern Territory, 2018.
Men and women from Elcho Island and Yirrkala, north-eastern Arnhem Land in the Top End of the Northern Territory perform fast dances, carrying woomera (spearthrowers), accompanied by singing, clapsticks and playing of the didgeridoo, at the Barunga Festival, 2018.
Aboriginal students from Djarragun College, an indigenous school near Cairns, Far North Queensland, Australia, perform traditional dances during the Girringun Festival in Cardwell. They perform a Welcome Dance, a dance depicting finding bush honey in a tree and the “Mosquito …
The 2020 Desert Harmony Community Lockdown Festival is grateful to present to you a Pujalli, also known as a men's dance ceremony.
The Pujalli was organised and performed by Warumungu Elders, featuring a set up process and a full dance.
Thank you to the Warumungu Dancers …
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 …
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