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Mirrwatnga Munyarryun Playing a Buwathay Ceremonially Used Yidaki

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Uploaded by on Jul 7, 2009

This is another movie file of the Buwathay green tape yidaki, which has been extensively used in ceremony, here played beautifully by Mirrwatnga.
"Buwathay rarely makes Yidaki, but when he does they are always top quality instruments. This particular Yidaki is a pedigree for the desired acoustics, weight and shape for ceremonial use by Wangurri and indeed various other Yolngu clans. For this reason it would make an excellent museum piece. It has been used extensively at Dhalinybuy community in funeral and initiation ceremonies and on several occasions it has been taken to other outstation communities for use in ceremony."
Author - Jeremy Cloake
http://www.aboriginalarts.co.uk/new/ceremonial/buwathay/buwathay.htm

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  • loving the format on the back end of the vids Colin is this new ?

  • Great video Colin! Can't believe I missed the workshop!

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