OLAC Record oai:soas.ac.uk:MPI1052340

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Title:		20061010MP
		Classical Song Traditions of Contemporary Western Arnhem Land in Their Multilingual Context
Contributor:		Bickerdike Isabel, O'Keeffe
		Ganawa Solomon
		Namarruda Johnny, Blackbook
		Gawaraidji Alfred
		Mulumbuk William
		O'Keeffe Matthew
		Marrwal James
		Mayarawba Freddy
Contributor (singer):		Ganawa Solomon
		Yalbarr Micky, Moonshine
		Mulumbuk William
Coverage:		Australia
Date:		2006-10-10
Description:		12 Mirrjpu (seagull) songs performed by Solomon Ganawa (main songman), Micky Yalbarr and William Mulumbuk accompanied by Johnny Namarruda and Alfred Gawaridji (alternating as the didjeridu accompanist). Also present were James Marrwal and Freddy Mayarawba.
		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).
		Solomon Ganawa (deceased november 2006) was next-door neighbour to Isabel Bickerdike when she lived at Warruwi in 2006. He received the Mirrijpu songset from his father, who dreamt the songs. His traditional language was Manangkardi, but he used Mawng as his first language. After his death the songs were taken up by his brother Solomon Nangamu, who was recorded singing them at a funeral in Warruwi in April 2007.
		Johnny Namarruda (nicknamed /'Blackbook/') was the preferred didjeridu player for Solomon Ganawa's Mirrijpu songs. He was resident at Warruwi. He died in late 2006.
		Micky Yalbarr is a well-known didjeridu player resident at Warruwi. He is relatively young (estimated by LB to be in his 30s in 2006).
		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.
		James Marrwal is aged circa 60 and living in Warruwi in 2006/7. He is one of the main singers of the Nginji songs.
		Freddy Mayarawba was a resident at Warruwi in 2006.
Format:		audio/x-wav
Identifier:		oai:soas.ac.uk:MPI1052340
		Rausing MDP0139
Identifier (URI):		https://lat1.lis.soas.ac.uk/ds/asv?openpath=MPI1052340%23
Publisher:		Linda Barwick
		University of Sydney
Subject:		Singing
		Mirrijpu MP
		Undetermined language
		spirit language
		Mawng
		English
Subject (ISO639):		und
Type:		Audio
OLAC Info
Archive:		Endangered Languages Archive
Description:		http://www.language-archives.org/archive/soas.ac.uk
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OaiIdentifier:		oai:soas.ac.uk:MPI1052340
DateStamp:		2017-04-15
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Citation:		Bickerdike Isabel, O'Keeffe; Bickerdike Isabel, O'Keeffe; Ganawa Solomon (singer); Ganawa Solomon; Namarruda Johnny, Blackbook; Gawaraidji Alfred; Yalbarr Micky, Moonshine (singer); Mulumbuk William; Mulumbuk William (singer); O'Keeffe Matthew; Marrwal James; Mayarawba Freddy. 2006-10-10. Linda Barwick.
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