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Thousands flock to NT's Jawoyn country for annual Barunga Festival
ABC NEWS (Australia)
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6/8/2024
The northern territory's Barunga festival has kicked off with a friendly footy playoff. The three-day festival is expected to draw in thousands this weekend - to celebrate Indigenous music, sport, art and culture.
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I'm here at Darwin Country for the Barunga Festival just near Katherine where thousands
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of people are going to descend this weekend for a celebration of First Nations culture,
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First Nations music and also footy.
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And you can see behind me the first game for the weekend is underway.
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It's a playoff between the top and bottom ranked team and there's some fierce competition.
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We've also got hundreds of spectators who've turned out to watch the event and we'll see
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more spectators throughout the weekend drawn to Barunga.
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This entire remote community is becoming a festival site over the next couple of days
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for traditional owners to come together from all different parts of the territory and around
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Australia to celebrate their culture and practice it and carry it forward for the next generations.
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But as you can see footy is going to be a big feature of the festival and as more matches
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get underway we'll be heading towards the playoffs at the end of the weekend.
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