Territory Stories

Fifteen skilled Aboriginal dancers

Details:

Title

Fifteen skilled Aboriginal dancers,

Photo number

PH0095/0013,

Collection

Northern Territory Government Photographer Collection., PictureNT, PictureNT,

Date

1970,

Location

Japan,

Description

Fifteen skilled Aboriginal dancers chosen from widely scattered parts of the NT perform age-old tribal dances before a Japanese audience on the Festival Plaza at Expo 1970. The dancing troupe, performing for the first time outside Australia, attracted extensive publicity in the Japanese press and television, and fascinated Expo audiences.,

Notes

Date:197?,

Subject

dancing, Aboriginal peoples (Australians), corroborees,

Use

Attribution International 4.0 (CC BY 4.0),

Copyright owner

Library & Archives NT,

License

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/,

Parent handle

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/9223,

Citation address

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/9223

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https://hdl.handle.net/10070/729766,