corroboree

American  

[kuh-rob-uh-ree] / kəˈrɒb ə ri /

Or corrobboree

noun

Australian.

1. an assembly of Aboriginal people typified by singing and dancing, sometimes associated with traditional sacred rites.

2. a social gathering, especially of a boisterous nature.

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corroboree British  

/ kəˈrɒbərɪ /

noun

1. a native assembly of sacred, festive, or warlike character

2. informal any noisy gathering

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Etymology

Origin of corroboree

First recorded in 1793, corroboree is from the Dharuk word ga-ra-ba-ra “dance”

Example Sentences

In Australia, the tiny black-and-yellow Southern corroboree frog was nearly pushed to extinction by the fungus.

From National Geographic

It shows in her laughter, a corroboree of chuckles, whinnies and convulsions.

From Time Magazine Archive

The engraving on page 166 of a corroboree in the far north is from a photograph by Mr. P. Foelsche, at Port Essington.

From Australian Pictures Drawn with Pen and Pencil by Willoughby, Howard

Of course every meeting has a corroboree as part of it.

From The Euahlayi Tribe; a study of aboriginal life in Australia by Parker, K. Langloh (Katie Langloh)

These distinctive traits, worn with careless hair, were so original, so intensely entertaining and notoriety-provoking in a camp which had never possessed the copyright of more than one shabby corroboree, that Wylo made many conquests.

From My Tropic Isle by Banfield, E. J. (Edmund James)