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corroboree
noun[ C ]
uk /kəˈrɒb.ər.i/ us /kəˌrɑː.bəˈriː/
a meeting of Australian Aboriginal people that usually includes traditional music and dancing. The meeting can be a sacred(= holy) ceremony, a celebration, a social event, etc.: （澳大利亚原住民举行的宗教、庆祝或社交的）歌舞会
Until European settlement, groups would gather here to socialize, feast, and have corroborees.在欧洲移民到来之前，澳大利亚的原住民群体会聚集在这里开歌舞会，进行社交、宴请等活动。
Australian English
a party or celebration: 热闹聚会;庆祝聚会
There will be one huge corroboree in Canberra tonight after that result.结果出来后，今晚堪培拉将有一个巨大的庆祝聚会。
The point at the river mouth may have been used for corroborees; today it's a picnic area and campsite.
The dance ceremony is called a corroboree.
He was invited to a corroboree.
The traditional Ngunnawal and Ngambri peoples used what is now modern-day Canberra to hold their corroborees.
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