PHOTO: Todd Condie, NLC
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| Barunga Festival is one of Australia’s major and longest-running Indigenous community festivals. It is celebrated in this Aboriginal community each year over the Queen’s Birthday long weekend in June. |
| Music is the highlight of the festival, with contemporary and traditional musicians and dancers from all over the Northern Territory performing. |
The Road Safety Song Competition supported by the NT Government is a feature of the Festival and it showcases the newest emerging bands from across the whole Northern Territory. |
Other cultural activities including traditional dance, arts and crafts demonstrations and exhibitions, bush tucker tasting and spear throwing are all regular elements of the festival and you can buy art direct from local artists! |
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| PHOTO: Spear Thrower, Todd Condie, NLC |
| A full sports program runs throughout the weekend and attracts participants from remote communities throughout the Territory who keenly compete in football, basketball, and athletics. |
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| Visitors can camp in the community during the alcohol-free festival with opportunities to meet and talk to residents who will share their stories and culture. |
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