The performance and revival of Junba, traditional song and dance, is significant for our community, ensuring the passing on of knowledge and culture to the next generation.
Mowanjum Arts and Cultural Centre invites you to experience the unique art and culture of the Worrorra, …
Men from Lajamanu, an Aboriginal community about 550 kilometres south west of Katherine on the edge of the Tanami Desert are painted up and perform "purlapa", men's corroboree, at dusk. This was recorded with an old 8 mm film camera, so the technical quality is poor.
Djarragun College students from the Torres Strait islands perform traditional dances during the Townsville Cultural Fest. This is a mixed group of boys and girls from different islands. The dance is from Boigu Island, in the far north of the Torres Strait. The song is by Afa Anau …
The men of each of the two moiety groups (Yirritja and Dua) run around their respective "Jirawara" ceremonial forked poles; the leader of their moiety then climbs on the "Jirawara" and gives the Mardayin calls, naming the sacred places connected with the ceremony; the men …
Kapaliku ngurra yirritinguru (Pintupi-‐Luritja for 'Our Grandmother ancestors have been here forever') is a community based language, culture and arts project facilitated by Waltja Tjutangku Palyapayi in Kintore, NT. This video was produced over two workshops involving …
Torres Strait islander boys, students from Djarragun College, an indigenous school near Cairns, Far North Queensland, Australia, march onto the stage during the Townsville Cultural Fest. They perform the "Paddle Dance" from Boigu Island (just south of Papua New Guinea), in the …
Young boys from Borroloola perform the “Aeroplane Dance”, about a Second World War event when an American bomber came down near there and a crew member was rescued by local Aborigines.
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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