Indigenous All-Stars Go Traditional

THE AFL Indigenous All-Stars have been hitting the training track hard in preparation for Friday night’s clash against Richmond in a bid to work on some foot skills of a different kind.

 Before Friday night’s game, the All-Stars will treat Alice Springs to a tribal dance inspired by a range of Aboriginal languages and dances from all over Australia.

The Flying Boomerangs under-16 side came up with the 25-second war cry in 2009 and have passed on their routine to their All-Stars mentors during this week’s AFL Players’ Association indigenous camp.

All-Stars’ forward Adam Goodes said learning the indigenous dance was a powerful experience.

“It’s the first time I’ve done any sort of traditional dancing,” Goodes said.

“Even to learn a bit of language from up north was quite an honour. It was pretty powerful.”