Aboriginal dancing in Queensland, Australia

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Aboriginal dancing in Queensland

Aboriginal culture is alive and well in Queensland, in remote communities like Kowanyama, in the south of Cape York peninsula, and among the Lardil people on Mornington Island in the southern Gulf of Carpentaria, from where the "Woomera Dancers" have become well known all over Australia and also abroad. But it also lives in towns like Cherbourg, about 150 km to the north west of Queensland' capital Brisbane; Cherbourg is the home of the dance group "Wakka Wakka", the name of the Aboriginal tribe whose traditional country this is. The enthusiasm of these youngsters makes sure the culture remains strong.

These photos were taken in Townsville at the Festival of Pacific Arts, a celebration of Culture and Arts of the countries of the Pacific, held every four years in another location around the Pacific.

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