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Zorba the Greek Yolngu Style Take 2
The moonlight dancers from Galiwin'ku on Elcho Island performing their interpretation of Zorba the Greek at the Ramingining Music Festival on the 30th
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Bolu' (Bamboo) | Saltwater Band | 2007 Telstra Art Award
Bolu' is bamboo to the Yolngu people of NE Arnhem Land, is of the Yirritja moiety, and has deep ancestral meaning. This is another new song, written b
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Gela Boy | Saltwater Band | 2007 Telstra Art Award
Gela Boy is an anti-petrol sniffing song. Gela is a colloquial term in Yolngu Matha for Burralang sub-section.There were more songs performed after Ge
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Baru | Saltwater Band | 2007 Telstra Art Award
The Saltwater Band hails from Galiwin'ku on Elcho Island, NE Arnhem Land, and is arguably Australia's hottest Indigenous sound at the moment. Songwrit
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Baywara Power | Saltwater Band | 2007 Telstra Art Award
This song is Baywara Power which speaks of the Galpu, the mother clan for Manuel Dhurrkay and Geoffrey Gurrumul. It is as yet unreleased and will be o
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Gathu Mawula | Saltwater Band | 2007 Telstra Art Award
This is another yet to be released song by Saltwater Band called Gathu Mawula. It was written by Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu and demonstrates his fine
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Djomula | Saltwater Band | 2007 Telstra Art Award
This is Djomula (whistling tree, Casuarina sp.) from Saltwater Band's first album Gapu Damurrung'. The song speaks of the 4 winds which blow on the tr
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Marurrumburr | Saltwater Band | 2007 Telstra Art Award
Another new song, Marurrumburr (Native Cat), which will be on Saltwater Band's upcoming third album.When performed live, this song has lovely dramatic
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Banumbirr: Morning Star Poles
Songs, stories, dances and an unsurpassed collection of Morning Star Poles from Galiwin'ku, in Australia's far north, form the focus of this video.On
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Mirrwatnga used E yidaki | Adam Marrilaga | slow syncopation
Jonathon Mirrwatnga made this yidaki, a very rustic and simple-looking instrument. But give it a blow and you'll be surprised that it punches above it
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Nigel Barra'kuwuy Yunupingu, Saltwater Band yidaki player
This is Nigel Barra'kuwuy, who was previously a member of the Saltwater Band from Elcho Island, Arnhem Land. Nigel played yidaki and sang for the band
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Adam Marrilaga | Yirdaki Wiz from Elcho Island
This is Adam Marrilaga, or 'Laga' for short, a 19 year old yirdaki talent from Galiwin'ku, Elcho Island, NE Arnhem Land.Laga first learnt yirdaki from
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Adam Marrilaga | own-made yirdaki EF/F#
Wiz kid Adam Marrilaga or 'Laga' as he is more commonly known, is not a prolific yirdaki maker but makes the occasional instrument for his own use. We
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