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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]
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.
Bora is an initiation ceremony of the Aboriginal people of Eastern Australia.The word "bora" also refers to the site on which the initiation is performed. At such a site, boys, having reached puberty, achieve the status of men.
The word garma is a Yolngu word referring to a ceremonial site for ritual circumcision, and by extension "any sacred ceremony held in camp". [11] [12] It has also been cited as meaning a "two-way learning process", [13] [14] or "a public ceremony embodying the meeting of fresh and saltwater". [15] The festival has three main aims: [16]
A corroboree is a generic word for a meeting of Australian Aboriginal peoples. It may be a sacred ceremony, a festive celebration, or of a warlike character. A word coined by the first British settlers in the Sydney area from a word in the local Dharug language, it usually includes dance, music, costume and often body decoration.
A Welcome to Country is a ritual or formal ceremony performed as a land acknowledgement at many events held in Australia. It is an event intended to highlight the cultural significance of the surrounding area to the descendants of a particular Aboriginal clan or language group who were recognised as the original human inhabitants of the area.
The Awakening segment was seen a key critical segment to the ceremony by showing Indigenous dance and music in its own context for over 11 minutes and in a deep and significant way. Birch anecdotally pointed out that in the years after the ceremony there was an increase of Indigenous Australian Studies in NSW Public Schools curriculum. [79]
Australian Aboriginal English (AAE) is a dialect of Australian English used by a large section of the Indigenous Australian (Aboriginal Australian and Torres Strait Islander) population. Australian Kriol is an English-based creole language that developed from a pidgin used in the early days of European colonisation.