corrobboree

Noun

corroboree (plural corroborees)

1. A nocturnal dance held by Aboriginal Australians, for social, celebratory or warlike purposes.
   • A hundred yards or so away the throaty beat of a didgeridoo drifted down from some ancient corroboree, a splendid accompaniment to the music of the night1988, Tom Cole, Hell West and Crooked, Angus & Robertson, published 2005, page 231
2. A song or chant made for such a festivity.
   • He reached home, and lived long enough to hear the natives wailing in a Death Corroboree over his late comrade.1938, Xavier Herbert, chapter IV, in Capricornia, page 52
3. Any noisy, late-night gathering or disturbance.