It starts as a trickle, then legions of people from the crowd swirl together behind the Groote Eylandt Anindilyakwa dancers, billowing sand across the tiny community of Barunga — one of many special moments at the important festival.
The dust barely settles as it drifts across thousands of spectators circled around traditional dancers from Groote Eylandt kicking up a storm this weekend in the remote NT community of Barunga.
"Barunga is one of those different places, it brings so many people from different communities to try share together in one place, that's what Barunga is all about," Groote Eylandt dancer Leonard Amagula says. It's one of those special moments that makes the three-day festival what it is; a place where both historic agreements are made and the promise of treaties echoes loudly.A 'rough but happy' beginningMr Amagula has been a regular attendee since his teens.
"Because it was not a long weekend, [there] was probably a few less people and the date change, a lot of people can't plan for that date change, but I actually like this energy a lot," he said.
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