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Performance of Aboriginal song and dance in the Australian National Maritime Museum in Sydney.. Indigenous music of Australia comprises the music of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples of Australia, intersecting with their cultural and ceremonial observances, through the millennia of their individual and collective histories to the present day.
The establishment of National Aboriginal Dance Council Australia (NADCA, also referred to as National Aboriginal Dance Council of Australia [5]) was instigated by Christine Donnelly and ADTR in 1995. [4] It was supported by Ausdance in their presentation of the presentation of three major Indigenous dance conferences. [6]
Dance Instrumentation Other topics White Australian: bush ballad - country music: bush dance: lagerphone - wobbleboard: Indigenous Australian [1] Wangga dance: didgeridoo: songline: Cook Islander [2] imene metua - imene tuki: koauau - paatere - purerehua: Easter Islander [2] kauaha - upaupa: Fiji [2] meke i wau - meke iri - meke wesi - seasea ...
The music of Australia has an extensive history made of music societies.Indigenous Australian music forms a significant part of the unique heritage of a 40,000- to 60,000-year history which produced the iconic didgeridoo.
Djuki Mala, previously known as the Chooky Dancers, are a dance troupe from Elcho Island in the Northern Territory of Australia.They first came to attention through a YouTube video of them performing to Zorba the Greek while in ceremonial dress.
The organisation teaches Indigenous and non-Indigenous acting, music and dance. It has won several national awards [3] and is nationally accredited as a registered training organisation. ACPA receives funding from the Queensland and Australian governments, [4] as well as from the private sector. [5]
Wangga (sometimes spelled Wongga) is an Aboriginal Australian genre of traditional music and ceremony which originated in Northern Territory and north Western Australia. Specifically, from South Alligator River south east towards Ngukurr, south to the Katherine and west into the Kimberley. [1] The Yolngu peoples of Arnhem Land created the genre.
As of 2015, many indigenous Australian artists from the Northern Territory represented by the Aboriginal owned and operated music label CAAMA Music identify as reggae or ska artists (often in combination with rock). Artists include Tjintu Desert Band (previously known as Sunshine Reggae) and Tjupi Band.