Paradise

A festival of indigenous dance

- – FIONA HARPER

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. ■

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