Men from Barunga (formerly known as Bamyili) in the Katherine region of the Northern Territory enter Lajamanu on the occasion of the Northern Territory achieving self-government on 1 July 1978; they go through the new police station and perform a dance, typical of southern Arnhem …
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.
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.
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The White Cockatoo dance group from Barunga and Beswick (Wugularr) in the Northern Territory perform, at the Barunga Festival of 2018 to the song “Mimi - Wajbagada”, a song about the mythical Mimi spirit, accompanied by the didgeridoo (yidaki).
Blekbala Mujik (Kriol for "Blackfellow Music") was a very successful band of Aboriginal musicians, with founding member and leader Peter Miller. Hailing from Barunga, an Aboriginal community just south of Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory of Australia, they combined pop, rock …
Men from Mowanjum (an Aboriginal community near Derby, Western Australia) perform a traditional dance with large emblems, totemic birds, accompanied by a song man with clap sticks at the Barunga Festival, 2018.
Traditional dances from Galiwin'ku or Elcho Island, an Aboriginal community off the north coast of Arnhem Land, performed at the yearly cultural festival in Barunga, Northern Territory, Australia
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 …
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