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Title:20061019GU
Classical Song Traditions of Contemporary Western Arnhem Land in Their Multilingual Context
Contributor:Bickerdike Isabel, O'Keeffe
Gundu Martin, Burrwanga
Reeders Elanor
O'Keeffe Matthew
Contributor (singer):Johnny Burrwanga
Coverage:Australia
Date:2006-10-19
Description:Gumatj manikay performed by Johnny Burrwanga, Gundu Martin Burrwanga (didjeridu) and other members of the Gumatj clan at a public funeral ceremony at Warruwi, 19 October 2006. Most of the Warruwi community was present at the ceremony.
The classical song traditions of Western Arnhem Land are amongst the foremost examples of verbal art in the nine endangered languages of the region, but few people are now competent to perform or comment on them. Typically performed in multi-lingual social contexts, song texts demonstrate unusual linguistic features such as mixtures of languages and a high proportion of esoteric and intimate vocabulary. We will collect, transcribe, translate and analyse song texts and discussions about songs by contemporary performers, and where relevant repatriate and document archival recordings, making our research results available to communities via a network of local digital repositories.
Isabel Bickerdike is a postgraduate student at the University of Melbourne, supervised by Linda Barwick and Nick Evans. She was aged 25 in 2006 and was resident at Warruwi from May-November 2006. She is Ngal-bangardi skin, Wurrik clan (Kun-winjku tribe?, given by Mary Gurden-gurden, this is her mother\'s clan).
Johnny Burrwanga is a Gumatj man resident at Goulbourn Island. He often helps to lead singing of Gumatj manikay at public performances. He is the father of young instrumentalist (didjeridu) Nebi Burrwanga.
Gundu Martin Burrwanga is a member of the Gumatj clan resident at Warruwi. He plays didjeridu for Gumatj manikay.
Elanor Reeders is a linguist who was working on Yolngu languages at ARDS (Aboriginal Resource and Development Service) in Darwin in 2006. She visited Warruwi for a week in 2006 to work on Galpu manikay texts with Galpu people resident at Warruwi
Matthew O\'Keeffe is the pilot resident at Warruwi and a friend of Solomon Ganawa. From time to time he can be heard during this session talking to Solomon.
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Identifier:oai:soas.ac.uk:MPI1052210
Rausing MDP0139
Identifier (URI):https://lat1.lis.soas.ac.uk/ds/asv?openpath=MPI1052210%23
Publisher:Linda Barwick
University of Sydney
Subject:Singing
Gumatj GU
Undetermined language
Gumatj
Galpu
Mawng
English
Subject (ISO639):und
Type:Audio

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Citation: Bickerdike Isabel, O'Keeffe; Johnny Burrwanga (singer); Gundu Martin, Burrwanga; Reeders Elanor; O'Keeffe Matthew. 2006-10-19. Linda Barwick.
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