Item details
Item ID
RB2-20170905_02
Title Performance of Yalarrkuku/Mirrijpu (seagull) songs at Warruwi
Description Solomon Nangamu, Micky Yalbarr, Maurice Gawayaku and Roderick Lee perform Yalarrkuku/Mirrijpu songs at Fletcher Point, Warruwi. Includes both 'old' Yalarrkuku and recently composed Mirrijpu songs. Lee and Yalbarr accompany on didjeridu, Yalbarr and Gawayaku back up singing. After the performance, teachers from Warruwi School Connor and Bridget join in a conversation about manyardi with performers and researcher Reuben Brown.

Comprises full recordings 20170905-RB_01.wav; 20170905-RB_02.WAV; 20170905-RB_03.WAV; 20170905-RB_04_XX.WAV; 20170905_02-RB_v01.mp4; 20170905_02-RB_v02.mp4; 20170905_02-RB_v03.mp4 (video audio replaced with better quality audio); 5 photos of Solomon Nangamu and his artwork taken by Reuben Brown.

Recording 20170905-RB_01.wav segmented into
20170905-RB_01_01_MP14_practice.wav; 20170905-RB_01_02_MPXX_didj_instruction.wav; 20170905-RB_01_03_MP22.wav; 20170905-RB_01_04_MP22XX_didj_instruction.wav; 20170905-RB_01_05_MP22.wav
20170905-RB_01_06_MPXX_didj_instruction.wav; 20170905-RB_01_07_MP22.wav; 20170905-RB_01_08_XX_Micky_takes_over_didj.wav; 20170905-RB_01_09_MP18_morning_star.wav; 20170905-RB_01_10_MPXX.wav; 20170905-RB_01_11_MP25.wav; 20170905-RB_01_12_MPXX.wav; 20170905-RB_01_13_MP06.wav; 20170905-RB_01_14_MPXX.wav; 20170905-RB_01_15_MP14.wav; 20170905-RB_01_16_MPXX.wav; 20170905-RB_01_17_MP14.wav; 20170905-RB_01_18_MPXX_rehearsing_MP29.wav; 20170905-RB_01_19_MP29_prev_unrecorded.wav; 20170905-RB_01_20_MPXX_rehearsing_MP29.wav; 20170905-RB_01_21_MP23.wav; 20170905-RB_01_22_MPXX.wav; 20170905-RB_01_23_MP23.wav; 20170905-RB_01_24_MPXX.wav

Recording 20170905-RB_02.wav segmented into
20170905-RB_02_01_MP23.wav; 20170905-RB_02_02_MPXX.wav; 20170905-RB_02_03_MP22_vocal_phrase_no_beating.wav; 20170905-RB_02_04_MPXX.wav; 20170905-RB_02_05_MP22_vocal_phrase_no_beating.wav; 20170905-RB_02_06_MPXX.wav; 20170905-RB_02_07_MP22_vocal_phrase_no_beating.wav; 20170905-RB_02_08_MPXX_Nangamu_beating_instructions.wav; 20170905-RB_02_09_MP14.wav; 20170905-RB_02_10_MPXX.wav; 20170905-RB_02_11_MP25_fast.wav; 20170905-RB_02_12_MPXX.wav; 20170905-RB_02_13_MP24.wav; 20170905-RB_02_14_MPXX.wav; 20170905-RB_02_15_MP26.wav; 20170905-RB_02_16_MPXX.wav; 20170905-RB_02_17_MP18.wav; 20170905-RB_02_18_MPXX.wav; 20170905-RB_02_19_MP18.wav; 20170905-RB_02_20_MPXX.wav; 20170905-RB_02_21_MP30_new_song.wav; 20170905-RB_02_22_MPXX_MP30_conception.wav; 20170905-RB_02_23_MP30_new_song.wav; 20170905-RB_02_24_MPXX_MP30_discussion.wav; 20170905-RB_02_25_MP30_new_song.wav; 20170905-RB_02_26_MPXX.wav; 20170905-RB_02_27_MP30_new_song.wav; 20170905-RB_02_28_MPXX.wav; 20170905-RB_02_29_MP21.wav; 20170905-RB_02_30_MPXX_sims_fingal_island_story.wav; 20170905-RB_02_31_MP22_vocal_phrase_no_beating.wav; 20170905-RB_02_32_MPXX_baby_conception_language.wav; 20170905-RB_02_33_MP06_fast.wav; 20170905-RB_02_34_MPXX-nakka_jara_good_dancer.wav

Recording segmented into
20170905-RB_03_01_Twin_Hill_2016_discussion.wav; 20170905-RB_03_02-MP17.wav; 20170905-RB_03_03-MPXX.wav; 20170905-RB_03_04-MP17.wav; 20170905-RB_03_05-MP17XX_parkalinya_discussion.wav
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Archive link https://catalog.paradisec.org.au/repository/RB2/20170905_02
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Collector
Reuben Brown
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Language as given
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Dialect
Region / village Gunbalanya (Oenpelli), Northern Territory
Originating university University of Sydney
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Discourse type
Roles Reuben Brown : researcher
Solomon Nangamu : singer
Maurice Gawayaku : singer
Roderick Lee : performer
Mickey Yalbarr : singer
DOI 10.26278/QJVX-CF34
Cite as Reuben Brown (collector), Reuben Brown (researcher), Solomon Nangamu (singer), Maurice Gawayaku (singer), Roderick Lee (performer), Mickey Yalbarr (singer). Performance of Yalarrkuku/Mirrijpu (seagull) songs at Warruwi. JPEG/TIFF/MP4/MXF. RB2-20170905_02 at catalog.paradisec.org.au. https://dx.doi.org/10.26278/QJVX-CF34
Content Files (16)
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RB2-20170905_02-RB_01.tif image/tiff 22.9 MB
RB2-20170905_02-RB_02.jpg image/jpeg 455 KB
RB2-20170905_02-RB_02.tif image/tiff 22.9 MB
RB2-20170905_02-RB_03.jpg image/jpeg 309 KB
RB2-20170905_02-RB_03.tif image/tiff 22.9 MB
RB2-20170905_02-RB_04.jpg image/jpeg 420 KB
RB2-20170905_02-RB_04.tif image/tiff 22.9 MB
RB2-20170905_02-RB_05.jpg image/jpeg 608 KB
RB2-20170905_02-RB_05.tif image/tiff 22.9 MB
RB2-20170905_02-RB_v01.mp4 video/mp4 1.07 GB 00:09:27.509
RB2-20170905_02-RB_v01.mxf application/mxf 10.6 GB
RB2-20170905_02-RB_v02.mp4 video/mp4 1.97 GB 00:15:28.0
RB2-20170905_02-RB_v02.mxf application/mxf 20.2 GB
RB2-20170905_02-RB_v03.mp4 video/mp4 749 MB 00:05:18.862
RB2-20170905_02-RB_v03.mxf application/mxf 5.9 GB
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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)
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