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RB2-20120810_11
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Title Performance of a mamurrng (exchange) ceremony for Reuben Brown, research team and families at Warruwi led by Inyjalarrku (mermaid) and Yanajanak (stone country spirits) groups.
Description David Manmurulu (Inyjalarrku mermaid) and Charlie Mangulda (Yanajanak stone country spirits) lead performance over two evenings with Mawng singers and dancers from Warruwi community of a Mamurrng (exchange) ceremony for Reuben Brown and ARC research team, as well as Reuben's adopted sister Donna Nadjamerrek and her relatives. Allan Marett performs wangga (public song from the Daly region) as 'thanks' for receiving the gift of the mamurrng, with Linda Barwick and Jenny Manmurulu leading the dancing. Video by Isabel O'Keeffe (IO), Bruce Birch and Gus Berger (GB); audio by Isabel O'Keeffe; photography by Reuben Brown (RB), Martin Thomas (MT), Linda Barwick (LB) and Rachel Orzech (RO).

Comprises full recordings 20120810_11-IO_01_edit.wav; 20120810_11-IO_01.wav; 20120810_11-20120810_IO_v01.mp4; 20120810_11-20120810_IO_v02.mp4; 20120810_11-20120810_RB_v01.mp4; 20120810_11-20120810_RB_v02.mp4; 20120810_11-20120810_RB_v03.mp4; 20120810_11-20120811_GB_v01.mp4; 20120810_11-20120811_GB_v01.wav; 20120810_11-20120811_GB_v02.mp4; 20120810_11-20120811_GB_v02.wav; 20120810_11-20120811_IO_v01.mp4; 20120810_11-20120811_IO_v01.wav; 20120810_11-20120811_MT_v01.mp4.

Recording 20120810_11-IO_01_edit.wav segmented into 20120810_11-IO_01-01-IL.wav; 20120810_11-IO_01-02-IL.wav; 20120810_11-IO_01-03-IL.wav; 20120810_11-IO_01-04-IL.wav; 20120810_11-IO_01-05-IL.wav; 20120810_11-IO_01-06-IL.wav.

Recording 20120810_11-20120810_IO_v01.mp4 segmented into 20120810_11-IO_v01-01-IL.mp4; 20120810_11-IO_v01-02-IL.mp4; and 20120810_11-IO_v01_good_audio_excerpt.mp4; 20120810_11-IO_v01_good_audio.mp4; 20120810_11-IO_v01_good_audio.wav; 20120810_11-IO_v02.mp4_good_audio.mp4; 20120810_11-IO_v02.mp4_good_audio.wav.

All video files marked with 'good_audio" edited with audio from 20120810_11-IO_01_edit.wav and 20120810_11-IO_01.wav.

Related annotations/media include 20120810_11-mamurrng_video_file_summary.txt; 20120810_11-20120810_IO_v01.eaf; 20120810_11-20120810_IO_v01.txt; 20120810_11-20120811_GB_v01.eaf; 20120810_11-20120811_GB_v01.txt; 20120810_11-20120811_GB_v02.eaf; 20120810_11-20120811_GB_v02.txt; 20120810_11-20120811_IO_v01.eaf; 20120810_11-20120811_IO_v01.txt; and 308 photos documenting the journey of members of the recipient party from Gunbalanya to Warruwi, Janny and David Manmurulu 'fitting' Reuben Brown with the Mamurrng, and the ceremonial performance by Martin Thomas, Rachel Orzech and Linda Barwick.
Origination date 2012-08-10
Origination date free form
Archive link https://catalog.paradisec.org.au/repository/RB2/20120810_11
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Collector
Reuben Brown
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Countries
Australia - AU
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Language as given Mawng|Amurdak|spirit language|Marri Tjavin|Manangkardi
Subject language(s)
Content language(s)
Amarag - amg
Maung - mph
Maridjabin - zmj
Manangkari - znk
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Dialect
Region / village Warruwi|South Goulburn Island|western Arnhem Land|Northern Territory|Australia|Oceania
Originating university University of Sydney
Operator
Data Categories song
Data Types Event
Discourse type singing
Roles Linda Barwick : performer
Allan Marett : singer
David Manmurulu : singer
Charlie Mangulda : singer
Donna Nadjamerrek : participant
Jenny Manmurulu : performer
DOI 10.26278/1A52-5P03
Cite as Reuben Brown (collector), Linda Barwick (performer), Allan Marett (singer), David Manmurulu (singer), Charlie Mangulda (singer), Donna Nadjamerrek (participant), Jenny Manmurulu (performer), 2012. Performance of a mamurrng (exchange) ceremony for Reuben Brown, research team and families at Warruwi led by Inyjalarrku (mermaid) and Yanajanak (stone country spirits) groups.. JPEG/TIFF/EAF+XML/MP4/MXF/PLAIN/MPEG/VND.WAV. RB2-20120810_11 at catalog.paradisec.org.au. https://dx.doi.org/10.26278/1A52-5P03
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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 Béatrice 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.
Countries
Australia - AU
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Languages
Amarag - amg
Dhangu - dhg
Djinba - djb
English - eng
Gagadu - gbu
Gunwinggu - gup
Garig-Ilgar - ilg
Kabardian - kbd
Margu - mhg
Maung - mph
Urningangg - urc
Wadjiginy - wdj
Kunbarlang - wlg
Mangerr - zme
Maridjabin - zmj
Manangkari - znk
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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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