Item details
Item ID
RB2-20121027
Title Performance and discussion of Yirritja moiety manikay and Karrbarda and Kunbarlang songs
Description Jason Ganumbarr and Keith Bascoe perform and discuss Yirritja moiety manikay in Urruko language from Elcho Island, while attending a funeral at Kumurrulu outstation, west Arnhem Land; Eric Mardday and Sammy Davis (didjeridu) perform and discuss Karrbarda/Kunbarlang songs, at Namukarru, Marlkolidjbanj, western Arnhem Land, 27 October 2012. Recorded by Reuben Brown.

Comprises full recordings 20121027-RB_01_MANXX_01.wav; 20121027-RB_02_MANXX_02.wav; 20121027-RB_03_MAN_edit.wav; 20121027-RB_04_MANXX_03.wav; 20121027-RB_05_MAN_edit.wav; 20121027-RB_06_MANXX_04.wav; 20121027-RB_07_XX_edit.wav; 20121027-RB_08.wav; 20121027-RB_09.wav; 20121027-RB_10.wav; 20121027-RB_11.wav; 20121027-RB_12.wav; 20121027-RB_13.WAV; 20121027-RB_14_XX.wav.

Recording 20121027-RB_01_MANXX_01.wav segmented into 20121027-RB_01_XX.wav.

Recording 20121027-RB_03_MAN_edit.wav segmented into 20121027-RB_03_01_MANXX.wav; 20121027-RB_03_02_MAN01.wav; 20121027-RB_03_03_MAN02.wav; 20121027-RB_03_04_MAN03.wav; 20121027-RB_03_05_MAN04.wav; 20121027-RB_03_06_MAN05.wav; 20121027-RB_03_07_MAN06.wav; 20121027-RB_03_08_MAN07.wav; 20121027-RB_03_09_MAN08.wav; 20121027-RB_03_10_MAN09.wav; 20121027-RB_03_11_MAN10.wav; 20121027-RB_03_12_MAN11.wav; 20121027-RB_03_13_MAN12.wav; 20121027-RB_03_14_MAN14.wav.

Recording 20121027-RB_05_MAN_edit.wav segmented into 20121027-RB_05_01_MAN15.wav; 20121027-RB_05_02_MAN16.wav; 20121027-RB_05_03_MAN17.wav; 20121027-RB_05_04_MAN18.wav; 20121027-RB_05_05_MAN19.wav; 20121027-RB_05_06_MAN20.wav; 20121027-RB_05_07_MAN21.wav; 20121027-RB_05_08_MAN22.wav; 20121027-RB_05_09_MAN23.wav; 20121027-RB_05_10_MAN24.wav; 20121027-RB_05_11_MAN25.wav.

Recording 20121027-RB_07_XX_edit.wav segmented into 20121027-RB_07_01_KB18_KB14.wav.

Recording 20121027-RB_08.wav segmented into 20121027-RB_08_01_KB02.wav; 20121027-RB_08_02_XX.wav.

Recording 20121027-RB_09.wav segmented into 20121027-RB_09_01_KB02.wav.

Recording 20121027-RB_10.wav segmented into 20121027-RB_10_01_KB17.wav; 20121027-RB_10_02_KB17.wav.

Recording 20121027-RB_11.wav segmented into 20121027-RB_11_01_KB10.wav.

Recording 20121027-RB_12.wav segmented into 20121027-RB_12_01_KL04.wav; 20121027-RB_12_02_KL04.wav

Related annotations/media include 20121027-RB_recordist_note_KBXX.txt; 20121027-RB_03_MAN_edit_cue.txt; 20121027-RB_07.eaf; 20121027-RB_07.txt; 20121027-RB_08_cue.txt; 20121027-RB_09_cue.txt; 20121027-RB_10_cue.txt; 20121027-RB_11_cue.txt; 20121027-RB_14_XX.eaf; 20121027-RB_14_XX.txt; 20121027-RB_v01_KB.mp4; 20121027-RB_v01_KB_KL01.mp4; 20121027-RB_v01_KB_good_audio_01.mp4; 20121027-RB_v01_KB_good_audio_02.mp4; 5 .tif images of manikay performers at Kumurrulu, taken by Reuben Brown; 3 .tif images of recording at Namukarru.

Edited file 20121027-RB_v01_KB_good_audio_01.mp4 created with audio from 20121027-RB_05_MAN_edit.wav; 20121027-RB_06_MANXX_04.wav.

Edited file 20121027-RB_v01_KB_good_audio_02.mp4 created with audio from 20121027-RB_07_XX_edit.wav.

Recording 20121027-RB_02_MANXX_02.wav is explanation in Yolngu Matha of songset. Recording 20121027-RB_06_MANXX_04.wav includes discussion of names, clan name, moiety and language info, explanation of difference between Yirritja and Dhuwa songs; kids talking in Yolngu Matha can be heard.
Origination date 2012-10-27
Origination date free form
Archive link https://catalog.paradisec.org.au/repository/RB2/20121027
URL
Collector
Reuben Brown
Countries To view related information on a country, click its name
Language as given Kun-barlang|Mawng|Kunwinjku|spirit language|Yolŋu Matha|Urruko|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 Kumurrulu and Namukarru, Marlkolidjbanj|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
Reuben Brown : researcher
Eric Mardday : singer
Jason Ganumbarr : singer
Keith Bascoe : singer
Sammy Davis : performer
DOI 10.26278/YC8D-WF20
Cite as Reuben Brown (collector), Reuben Brown (recorder, researcher), Eric Mardday (singer), Jason Ganumbarr (singer), Keith Bascoe (singer), Sammy Davis (performer), 2012. Performance and discussion of Yirritja moiety manikay and Karrbarda and Kunbarlang songs. MPEG/VND.WAV/JPEG/TIFF/PLAIN/EAF+XML/MP4/MXF. RB2-20121027 at catalog.paradisec.org.au. https://dx.doi.org/10.26278/YC8D-WF20
Content Files (134)
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RB2-20121027-RB_01_MANXX_01.wav audio/vnd.wav 55 MB 00:01:39.700
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RB2-20121027-RB_01.jpg image/jpeg 1.35 MB
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RB2-20121027-RB_02_MANXX_02.mp3 audio/mpeg 332 KB 00:00:20.748
RB2-20121027-RB_02_MANXX_02.wav audio/vnd.wav 11.6 MB 00:00:20.718
RB2-20121027-RB_02.jpg image/jpeg 977 KB
RB2-20121027-RB_02.tif image/tiff 40.1 MB
RB2-20121027-RB_03_01_MANXX.mp3 audio/mpeg 346 KB 00:00:21.690
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RB2-20121027-RB_03_04_MAN03.mp3 audio/mpeg 556 KB 00:00:35.90
RB2-20121027-RB_03_04_MAN03.wav audio/vnd.wav 19.5 MB 00:00:35.60
RB2-20121027-RB_03_05_MAN04.mp3 audio/mpeg 490 KB 00:00:30.806
RB2-20121027-RB_03_05_MAN04.wav audio/vnd.wav 17.2 MB 00:00:30.791
RB2-20121027-RB_03_06_MAN05.mp3 audio/mpeg 1.06 MB 00:01:08.683
RB2-20121027-RB_03_06_MAN05.wav audio/vnd.wav 38 MB 00:01:08.653
RB2-20121027-RB_03_07_MAN06.mp3 audio/mpeg 1020 KB 00:01:04.582
RB2-20121027-RB_03_07_MAN06.wav audio/vnd.wav 35.7 MB 00:01:04.554
RB2-20121027-RB_03_08_MAN07.mp3 audio/mpeg 532 KB 00:00:33.523
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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.
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Access Information
Edit access Reuben Brown
Henry Reese
View/Download access Tara Rostron
Data access conditions Closed (subject to the access condition details)
Data access narrative
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