Boys doing Emu Dance, Irrunytju 2009
Summary:
Boys doing Emu Dance at 2009 Ngaanyatjarraku Turlku Purtingkatja (Ngaanyatjarra Music and Culture Festival), held in Irrunytju October 2009Cultural Narrative:
The Kalaya Turlku (Emu Dance) is a public/open dance learnt and performed by Ngaanyatjarra boys (minarli). These boys from Irrunytju, Papulankutja (Blackstone) and Mantamaru (Jameson) have learnt this dance from Winston Mitchell and Robert Woods and are performing it alone for the first time.