Warmun Arts Centre outgoingf facilitators Maggie and Gary Fletcher, incoming facilitator Jonathan Kimberley
Clint Dixon, Seamon McPhee, Henley Hunter
Gurirr Gurirr dancers: Peter Thomas, Owen Thomas, Dougie McCale, Andrew Daylight, Gabriel Nodea, Mary Thomas, Gija kids.Mirriwoong Dancers: Chris Griffiths, Andrew Lumai
Gurirr Gurirr singers: Nancy Nodea, Shirley Purdie, Mabel Juli, Gordon Barney, Patrick Mung Mung.
Mirriwoong Wangga singers: Alan Lumai, Quebec Namala
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Aaron Fa’Aoso yarns with Noel Zaro from Torres Strait Islander cultural dance group Gerib Sik, and later shares their Meriam stories, …
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.
Djarragun College students from Mer or Murray Island in the Eastern Torres Strait Islands, Far North Queensland, perform various traditional dances, including a rather unusual "play dance" during the Girringun Festival in Cardwell.
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 …
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