Three boys from Djarragun College, an indigenous school near Cairns in north Queensland, Australia, perform the "Maumatang" war dance from Boigu Island, in the Top Western Torres Strait Islands, just south of Papua New Guinea; at the Townsville Cultural Fest in 2010.
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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 …
Torres Strait islander students, boys and girls from Djarragun College, an indigenous school near Cairns, Far North Queensland, 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 …
Boys and girls from St. Therese's School (now called Murrapurtiyanuwu) on Bathurst Island in the far north of Australia learn traditional dancing during afternoons at school dedicated to Tiwi Aboriginal culture. This was filmed in 1987.
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