Connecting Ancient Cultures

A highlight of this year’s 2020 Year of the Rat Festival was Connecting Ancient Cultures, a collaborative orignal dance performance by CADCAI’s senior lion troupe and our local Minjal Indigenous Dancers. The performance celebrated the unique links forged between Indigenous Australians and Chinese in Northern Australia long before the arrival of thousands of Chinese migrants during the Gold rushes of the 1800s. Funded by  Cairns Regional Council and RADF, this project will inspire new and innovative stories of shared experience and history