Ntaria Ladies Choir of Hermannsburg

This audio recording of the Western Arrernte aborigines who have formed the Ntaria Ladies Choir in Australia's central desert, was made by "Reach Of Resonance" director Steve Elkins in June 2009, near the intersection of the Caterpillar Dreaming and the Honey Ant Dreaming. These crisscrossing "songlines" are sonic maps in which they sing all of the surrounding landscape into existence. This music reflects the intersection of their songlines with the Lutherans who established missions in this remote part of Australia in the 19th century. So this particular music (and the Western Arrernte language it's sung in) cannot be heard in any other part of the world.

For more info on the role the Ntaria Ladies Choir plays in "The Reach Of Resonance," see the short film "An Aural Map Of Australia" here: http://vimeo.com/24947183

www.reachofresonance.com

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Music

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• ntaria
• ladies choir
• hermannsburg
• australia
• jon rose
• reach of resonance
• candela films
• steve elkins
• david g. marks