Men of the Yirritja moiety, painted with red ochre and white clay, emerge from the secret ground and perform the dance associated with the Catfish totem, with light steps, hopping on each leg; this is followed by the Bandicoot totem dance, where they sit on their haunches, moving …
Men and boys from Injinoo, a community at the top of Cape York in Far North Queensland, Australia, perform traditional dances during the Giringun Festival in Cardwell. They perform the Scrub Turkey Dance (making a nest to lay her eggs); after that they march off.
Boys from Djarragun College, an indigenous school near Cairns in north Queensland, Australia, perform traditional dances from Mer (Murray Island) in the eastern Torres Strait Islands, at the Townsville Cultural Fest in 2010. They are accompanied by drumming and singing.
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 …
Boys with the men, women with the girls perform traditional dancing accompanied by women singing and using clapsticks, at the yearly Malandarri Festival in Borroloola, Northern Territory, 2018.
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