http://ozoutback.com.au/ At the Croc Festival
(an annual festival, held in many locations
around Australia involving young people) on
Thursday Island children perform a legend
about the Rain Maker from the island of
Saibai in the northern Torres Strait Islands,
just south of Papua New Guinea. It is an
interesting mix of traditional culture, with
the feather headdresses from Saibai with
modern dancing to Michael Jacksons
"Thriller". Tags :australiatorresstraitislandsindigenousculturedancingchildrenfestivallegend
A student from Djarragun College in
Queensland, Australia, performs a traditional
dance with the elaborate feather headdress
from Saibai Island, just off the Papua New
Guinea coast in the Top Western Torres Strait
Islands. He performs in the Abu Dhabi
residence of the Ambassador of the United
Arab Emirates to Australia! Tags :australiaoutbackculturedancedancing"torresstraitislands"indigenousboyritualceremony