Garma Festival 2025: 25 years of learning and exchange in Gulkula

GARMA FESTIVAL

Members of the Yolngu Galpu Clan from northeastern Arnhem Land are preparing for the traditional Bunggul dance on Sunday, August 3, 2025, as part of the 25th annual Garma Festival in Gulkula, Northern Territory. Source: AAP / JAMES ROSS/AAPIMAGE

After four days of intensive discussions, cultural ceremonies and exchange, the 25th Garma Festival in the Northern Territory comes to an end. Since its founding in 1999 by the Yothu Yindi Foundation, Garma has become an important forum for dialogue between First Nations peoples and non-indigenous society. In addition to political topics, the focus was also on music, dance and cultural exchange.


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