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Aboriginal culture in Numbulwar |
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Two men of the Yirritja moiety perform the “Salt water dance”, leaping past one another, representing waves meeting and crashing; the dancers constantly leap up and down, representing a choppy sea. The women dance along the side, their hands held horizontally. The men then run around their respective “Jirawara” ceremonial forked poles, trailing sticks in the sand, raising clouds of dust. A final vigorous dance and loud yells ends the ceremony and everyone leaves the Mardayin ground.... |
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