Traditional Saibai Island Dancing by performers from NPA representing the bride @ her wedding reception. (Part IV). Saibai Island in the top western corner of the Torres Strait Islands, Australia
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Students from Saibai Island, in the far north of the Torres Strait Island, studying at Djarragun College, an indigenous school near Cairns, Far North Queensland, Australia, perform traditional dances during the Laura Aboriginal Festival in Laura, southern CapeYork. These dances are performed with just drumming as accompaniment.
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Students from Saibai Island, the northernmost of the Torres Strait Islands, who study at Djarragun College, an indigenous school near Cairns, Far North Queensland, Australia, perform traditional dances during the Laura Aboriginal Festival in Laura, southern CapeYork.
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ozoutback.com.au At the Croc Festival (an annual festival, held in many locations around Australia involving indigenous and non-indigenous schools) on Thursday Island, children from Dauan, a small island just west of Saibai in the Top Western Torres Strait islands perform in the second part of their performance two contemporary dances. ... australia "torres strait islands" indigenous culture dancing children disco festival
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ozoutback.com.au At the Croc Festival (an annual festival, held in many locations around Australia involving indigenous and non-indigenous schools) on Thursday Island, boys from Dauan, a small island just west of Saibai in the Top Western Torres Strait islands perform a traditional legend; this is followed by a song discouraging smoking and a traditional dance to a song in the local language. ... australia "torres strait islands" indigenous culture traditional dancing children festival ...
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A student from Djarragun College in Queensland, Australia, performs a traditional dance with the elaborate feather headdress from Saibai Island, just off the Papua New Guinea coast in the Top Western Torres Strait Islands. He performs in the Abu Dhabi residence of the Ambassador of the United Arab Emirates to Australia!
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dance group from Erub (Darnley Island) performs a "play dance" called Zorm Kolbe kolbe (In the afternoon); two boys from the Djarragun Dancers join them as well, at the Sound Shell in Cairns during celebrations commemorating Mabo Day. They then perform a traditional fast "Silent dance", accompanied only by drumming. This dance originates from Saibai, an island just south of the Papua New Guinea coast. ... australia outback culture song dance dancing "torres strait islands" men indigenous drums ...
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ozoutback.com.au At the Croc Festival (an annual festival, held in many locations around Australia involving young people) on Thursday Island children perform a legend about the Rain Maker from the island of Saibai in the northern Torres Strait Islands, just south of Papua New Guinea. It is an interesting mix of traditional culture, with the feather headdresses from Saibai with modern dancing to Michael Jacksons "Thriller".
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ozoutback.com.au Djarragun College students from the Top Western Islands of Boigu and Saibai in the Torres Strait Islands, Far North Queensland, perform traditional dances during the Girringun Festival in Cardwell. djarraguncollege.qld.edu.au
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