Thousands flock to NT's Jawoyn country for annual Barunga Festival

ABC NEWS (Australia)

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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00:00 I'm here at Darwin Country for the Barunga Festival just near Katherine where thousands

00:06 of people are going to descend this weekend for a celebration of First Nations culture,

00:11 First Nations music and also footy.

00:14 And you can see behind me the first game for the weekend is underway.

00:18 It's a playoff between the top and bottom ranked team and there's some fierce competition.

00:23 We've also got hundreds of spectators who've turned out to watch the event and we'll see

00:30 more spectators throughout the weekend drawn to Barunga.

00:34 This entire remote community is becoming a festival site over the next couple of days

00:39 for traditional owners to come together from all different parts of the territory and around

00:44 Australia to celebrate their culture and practice it and carry it forward for the next generations.

00:51 But as you can see footy is going to be a big feature of the festival and as more matches

00:57 get underway we'll be heading towards the playoffs at the end of the weekend.

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