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RB2-20110903
Title Mawng singers perform and discuss Inyjalarrku (mermaid), Mirrijpu (seagull) and Milyarryarr (black heron) songs at Injalak Hill
Description James Gulamuwu sings Inyjalarrku with Solomon Nangamu and Alfred Gawaraidji (didjeridu); Solomon Nangamu sings Mirrijpu with Alfred Gawaraidji (didjeridu) and James Gulamuwu (backup); Johnny Namayiwa and Alfred Gawaraidji (didjeridu) perform Milyarryarr; James Gulamuwu sings Inyjalarrku with Solomon Nangamu and Alfred Gawaraidji (didjeridu); Alfred Gawaraidji, James Gulamuwu, Johnny Namayiwa and Solomon Nangamu discuss how they learned manyardi, characteristics of western Arnhem Land song; song conception; at Injalak Hill, Gunbalanya, 3 September 2011. Recorded by Reuben Brown. Some audio files edited by Joel Saint-Clare (JS) and transcribed by Ruth Singer (RS).

Comprises the full recordings 20110903-RB_01_edit_JS_version.wav; 20110903-RB_01_edit.wav; 20110903-RB_01.wav; 20110903-RB_02_edit_JS_version.wav; 20110903-RB_02.wav; 20110903-RB_03_edit_JS_version.wav; 20110903-RB_03.wav; 20110903-RB_04_edit_JS_version.wav; 20110903-RB_04.wav; 20110903-RB_05_edit_JS_version_01.wav; 20110903-RB_05_edit_JS_version_02.wav; 20110903-RB_05_edit.wav; 20110903-RB_05.wav; 20110903-RB_06.wav; 20110903-RB_07_edit.wav; 20110903-RB_07.wav.

Recording 20110903-RB_01.wav segmented into 20110903-RB_01_01_IL.wav; 20110903-RB_01_02_IL.wav; 20110903-RB_01_02_XX.wav; 20110903-RB_01_03_MP14.wav; 20110903-RB_01_04_MP06.wav; 20110903-RB_01_04_XX.wav; 20110903-RB_01_05_MP18.wav; 20110903-RB_01_05_XX.wav; 20110903-RB_01_06_MP18_MP04.wav; 20110903-RB_01_06_XX.wav; 20110903-RB_01_07_XX.wav; 20110903-RB_01_09_XX.wav; 20110903-RB_01_11_XX.wav; 20110903-RB_01_13_XX.wav; 20110903-RB_01_15_XX.wav.

Recording 20110903-RB_02.wav segmented into 20110903-RB_02_02_XX.wav; 20110903-RB_02_03_XX.wav; 20110903-RB_02_05_XX.wav; 20110903-RB_02_07_MR12.wav; 20110903-RB_02_08_MR12.wav.

Recording 20110903-RB_03.wav segmented into 20110903-RB_03_02_XX.wav; 20110903-RB_03_04_XX.wav; 20110903-RB_03_06_XX.wav; 20110903-RB_03_09_MR12.wav; 20110903-RB_03_09_XX.wav; 20110903-RB_03_10_MR06.wav; 20110903-RB_03_11_MR13.wav; 20110903-RB_03_11_XX.wav; 20110903-RB_03_12_MR07_MR01.wav; 20110903-RB_03_13_MR01.wav; 20110903-RB_03_14_MR07_MR01.wav.

Recording 20110903-RB_04.wav segmented into 20110903-RB_04_02_XX.wav; 20110903-RB_04_04_XX.wav; 20110903-RB_04_06_XX.wav; 20110903-RB_04_08_XX.wav; 20110903-RB_04_10_XX.wav; 20110903-RB_04_12_XX.wav; 20110903-RB_04_14_XX.wav; 20110903-RB_04_15_IL.wav; 20110903-RB_04_16_IL.wav; 20110903-RB_04_17_IL.wav; 20110903-RB_04_18_IL.wav; 20110903-RB_04_19_IL.wav; 20110903-RB_04_20_IL.wav; 20110903-RB_04_21_IL.wav.

Recording 20110903-RB_05.wav segmented into 20110903-RB_05_01_IL.wav; 20110903-RB_05_02_XX.wav; 20110903-RB_05_03_IL.wav; 20110903-RB_05_04_XX.wav.

Related annotations/media include 20110903-RB_01_edit_markers_cue.txt; 20110903-RB_01_edit.eaf; 20110903-RB_02_edit_JS_version_markers_cue.txt; 20110903-RB_03_edit_JS_version_markers_cue.txt; 20110903-RB_04_edit_JS_version_markers_cue.txt; 20110903-RB_04_edit_JS_version.eaf; 20110903-RB_05_edit_JS_version_markers_cue.txt; 20110903-RB_07_edit_RS_1_spacing_eaf.txt; 20110903-RB_07_edit_RS.eaf; 8 .tif photos by Reuben Brown.

Full video recordings include 20110903-RB_v01.mp4; 20110903-RB_v02.mp4; 20110903-RB_v03.mp4; 20110903-RB_v04.mp4; 20110903-RB_v05.mp4.

Video segments and associated files include 20110903-RB_video_template_01.etf; 20110903-RB_v01_02_XX.eaf; 20110903-RB_v01_02_XX.txt; 20110903-RB_v01_02_XX.wav; 20110903-RB_v01_03_IL_good_audio.mp4; 20110903-RB_v01_03_IL_good_audio.wav; 20110903-RB_v01_04_XX_good_audio.mp4; 20110903-RB_v01_04_XX_good_audio.wav; 20110903-RB_v01_04_XX.eaf; 20110903-RB_v01_04_XX.txt; 20110903-RB_v01_05_XX_good_audio.mp4; 20110903-RB_v01_05_XX_good_audio.wav; 20110903-RB_v01_06_XX_good_audio.mp4; 20110903-RB_v01_06_XX_good_audio.wav; 20110903-RB_v01_07_XX.eaf; 20110903-RB_v01_07_XX.txt; 20110903-RB_v01_07_XX.wav; 20110903-RB_v01_08_MP_good_audio.mp4; 20110903-RB_v01_08_MP_good_audio.wav; 20110903-RB_v01_09_XX_good_audio.mp4; 20110903-RB_v01_09_XX_good_audio.wav; 20110903-RB_v01_09_XX.eaf; 20110903-RB_v01_09_XX.txt; 20110903-RB_v01_10_MP_good_audio.mp4; 20110903-RB_v01_10_MP_good_audio.wav; 20110903-RB_v01_11_XX_good_audio.mp4; 20110903-RB_v01_11_XX_good_audio.wav; 20110903-RB_v01_11_XX.eaf; 20110903-RB_v01_11_XX.txt; 20110903-RB_v01_12_MP_good_audio.mp4; 20110903-RB_v01_12_MP_good_audio.wav; 20110903-RB_v01_13_XX_good_audio.mp4; 20110903-RB_v01_13_XX_good_audio.wav; 20110903-RB_v01_13_XX.eaf; 20110903-RB_v01_13_XX.txt; 20110903-RB_v01_14_MP_good_audio.mp4; 20110903-RB_v01_14_MP_good_audio.wav; 20110903-RB_v01_14_MP.eaf; 20110903-RB_v01_15_XX_good_audio.mp4; 20110903-RB_v01_15_XX_good_audio.wav; 20110903-RB_v01_15_XX.eaf; 20110903-RB_v01_15_XX.txt; 20110903-RB_v01_MP_good_audio.mp4; 20110903-RB_v01_MP_good_audio.wav; 20110903-RB_v02_01_XX.eaf; 20110903-RB_v02_01_XX.txt; 20110903-RB_v02_01_XX.wav; 20110903-RB_v02_02_XX.eaf; 20110903-RB_v02_02_XX.wav; 20110903-RB_v02_03_XX.eaf; 20110903-RB_v02_03_XX.txt; 20110903-RB_v02_03_XX.wav; 20110903-RB_v02_05_XX_part_good_audio.mp4; 20110903-RB_v02_05_XX_part_good_audio.wav; 20110903-RB_v02_05_XX.eaf; 20110903-RB_v02_05_XX.wav; 20110903-RB_v03_01_MR12_good_audio.mp4; 20110903-RB_v03_01_MR12_good_audio.wav; 20110903-RB_v03_02_MR12_good_audio.mp4; 20110903-RB_v03_02_MR12_good_audio.wav; 20110903-RB_v03_03_XX_good_audio.mp4; 20110903-RB_v03_03_XX_good_audio.wav; 20110903-RB_v03_03_XX.eaf; 20110903-RB_v03_04_MR_good_audio.mp4; 20110903-RB_v03_04_MR_good_audio.wav; 20110903-RB_v03_05_XX_good_audio.mp4; 20110903-RB_v03_05_XX_good_audio.wav; 20110903-RB_v03_05_XX.eaf; 20110903-RB_v03_06_MR_good_audio.mp4; 20110903-RB_v03_06_MR_good_audio.wav; 20110903-RB_v03_07_XX_good_audio.mp4; 20110903-RB_v03_07_XX_good_audio.wav; 20110903-RB_v03_07_XX.eaf; 20110903-RB_v03_10_XX.eaf; 20110903-RB_v03_10_XX.wav; 20110903-RB_v04_02_XX.eaf; 20110903-RB_v04_02_XX.wav; 20110903-RB_v04_04_XX_good_audio.mp4; 20110903-RB_v04_04_XX_good_audio.wav; 20110903-RB_v04_04_XX.eaf; 20110903-RB_v04_05_IL_good_audio.mp4; 20110903-RB_v04_05_IL_good_audio.wav; 20110903-RB_v04_06_XX_good_audio.mp4; 20110903-RB_v04_06_XX_good_audio.wav; 20110903-RB_v04_06_XX.eaf; 20110903-RB_v04_07_IL_good_audio.mp4; 20110903-RB_v04_07_IL_good_audio.wav; 20110903-RB_v04_08_XX_good_audio.mp4; 20110903-RB_v04_08_XX_good_audio.wav; 20110903-RB_v04_08_XX.eaf; 20110903-RB_v04_09_IL_good_audio.mp4; 20110903-RB_v04_09_IL_good_audio.wav; 20110903-RB_v04_10_XX_good_audio.mp4; 20110903-RB_v04_10_XX_good_audio.wav; 20110903-RB_v04_10_XX.eaf; 20110903-RB_v04_11_IL_good_audio.mp4; 20110903-RB_v04_11_IL_good_audio.wav; 20110903-RB_v04_12_XX_good_audio.mp4; 20110903-RB_v04_12_XX_good_audio.wav; 20110903-RB_v04_12_XX.eaf; 20110903-RB_v04_13_IL_good_audio.mp4; 20110903-RB_v04_13_IL_good_audio.wav; 20110903-RB_v04_14_XX_good_audio.mp4; 20110903-RB_v04_14_XX_good_audio.wav; 20110903-RB_v04_14_XX.eaf; 20110903-RB_v05_04_XX.eaf; 20110903-RB_v05_04_XX.wav; 20110903-RB_v06_edit.eaf; 20110903-RB_v06_edit.wav; 20110903-RB_v07_edit.eaf; 20110903-RB_v07_edit.wav; 20110903-RB_v07_edit_RS.eaf.
Origination date 2011-09-03
Origination date free form
Archive link https://catalog.paradisec.org.au/repository/RB2/20110903
URL
Collector
Reuben Brown
Countries To view related information on a country, click its name
Language as given Manangardi|Mawng|Garig-Ilgar|English
Subject language(s) To view related information on a language, click its name
Content language(s) To view related information on a language, click its name
Dialect
Region / village Gunbalanya|western Arnhem Land|Northern Territory|Australia|Oceania
Originating university University of Sydney
Operator
Data Categories song
Data Types Event
Discourse type singing
Roles Reuben Brown : recorder
Solomon Nangamu : singer
James Gulamuwu : singer
Alfred Gawaraidji : performer
Alfred Gawaraidji : speaker
Johnny Namayiwa : singer
DOI 10.26278/CQ9J-YQ03
Cite as Reuben Brown (collector), Reuben Brown (recorder), Solomon Nangamu (singer), James Gulamuwu (singer), Alfred Gawaraidji (performer, speaker), Johnny Namayiwa (singer), 2011. Mawng singers perform and discuss Inyjalarrku (mermaid), Mirrijpu (seagull) and Milyarryarr (black heron) songs at Injalak Hill. MPEG/VND.WAV/PLAIN/EAF+XML/JPEG/TIFF/MP4/MXF. RB2-20110903 at catalog.paradisec.org.au. https://dx.doi.org/10.26278/CQ9J-YQ03
Content Files (351)
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RB2-20110903-RB_01_11_XX.mp3 audio/mpeg 786 KB 00:00:49.249
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Collection Information
Collection ID RB2
Collection title Kun-borrk/manyardi (song and dance from western Arnhem Land) and other performances, 2011-2019
Description Recordings of performances of kun-borrk/manyardi public ceremony from western Arnhem Land and interviews/discussion with singers/performers sharing their knowledge of public ceremony and archival recordings. Includes the following:

- Brown's PhD fieldwork recordings, 2011-2016 (see Reuben Brown, 'Following footsteps: The kun-borrk/manyardi song tradition and its role in western Arnhem Land society', [2016] PhD thesis, University of Syndey <http://hdl.handle.net/2123/15671>) including a mamurrng ceremony, funeral ceremony, local festivals and elicitation sessions recorded at various locations in western Arnhem Land and an academic conference in Canberra. Fieldwork funded by Australian Research Council funded project 'Intercultural inquiry in a trans-national context: Exploring the legacy of the 1948 American- Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land' (DP1096897)
- Recordings at a reburial ceremony at Gunbalanya, 2011, produced for 'Etched in Bone' by Martin Thomas and BĂ©atrice Bijon
- Recordings of manyardi at Warruwi (2013) as part filming of 'Language Matters with Bob Holman' by Grubin Productions
- Recordings at Warruwi (2016-2017) with Ruth Singer for Faculty Research Grant investigating use of technology in maintenance of Mawng Language funded by University of Melbourne
- Recordings at the Wilin Centre, Melbourne (2017-2019) for the annual Research Unit for Indigenous Arts and Cultures workshops and symposia
- Recordings at Mowanjum, WA (2019) for the Mowanjum festival, funded by Early Career Research Grant 'Mobilising recordings of western Arnhem Land song to revitalise Exchange', University of Melbourne.
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Access Information
Edit access Reuben Brown
Henry Reese
View/Download access Tara Rostron
Data access conditions Open (subject to agreeing to PDSC access conditions)
Data access narrative
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