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The emotional state memorial service for Yothu Yindi singer and indigenous educator Yunupingu started and ended with dancing - the Madayin Bungul, by members of his own family, emerging from the Northern Territory bush painted yellow and white and brandishing spears to dance first the crocodile and finally, fire.'