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Laura Dance and Cultural Festival

PhotoBlack Image was the special guest highlight at the Laura Dance and Cultural Festival in June 2005.

A celebration of the local dance and arts from across the Cape York region, thousands of people from across Australia and the world come to Laura to celebrate the diverse and unique talents of the many different Indigenous communities participating.

This internationally acclaimed festival is a biennial event, held at the Laura festival grounds, the traditional dance ground situated about 300 kilometres north of Cairns. The dance ground is nestled in a valley at the foothills of the Split Rock sandstone escarpment.

Participators included the Traditional Owners of the area, the Kuku Yalanji, as well as people coming from places such as Injinoo, Mossman, Lockhart River, Mornington Island, Woorabinda, Coen, Aurukun, Umagico and Kowanyama.