A festival of indigenous dance
The biannual Laura Dance Festival is Australia’s longest-running Aboriginal cultural festival. Over three days (July 3– 5) Laura, in Queensland, throbs to the beat of clapsticks and the mesmerising rhythms of didgeridoos as indigenous Australians celebrate their culture with music, song and dance. Held at a sacred site on traditional Bora ground, Aboriginal communities from across Cape York attend. Air Niugini has daily flights to Cairns, the closest international airport to Laura. ■