Stompen Ground Festival is a contemporary and traditional music, dance, art exhibitions and ancestral storytelling festival in
Broome, in the
Kimberley region of Western Australia. Stompend is an
Aboriginal
Aborigine, aborigine or aboriginal may refer to:
*Aborigines (mythology), in Roman mythology
* Indigenous peoples, general term for ethnic groups who are the earliest known inhabitants of an area
*One of several groups of indigenous peoples, see ...
and
Torres Strait Islander owned, designed and managed arts and cultural festival.
It includes:
*Music development workshops
*
Battle of the bands
*
Country music night
*
Dance
Dance is a performing art form consisting of sequences of movement, either improvised or purposefully selected. This movement has aesthetic and often symbolic value. Dance can be categorized and described by its choreography, by its repertoir ...
forums &
traditional dance presentations
*Book launches
See also
*
Garma Festival of Traditional Cultures
*
Indigenous Australian music
*Survival Festival
External links
Stompen Ground (1991 documentary) at the Internet Movie Database
Indigenous Australian music
Music festivals in Australia
Organisations serving Indigenous Australians
Indigenous music festivals
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