Aboriginal Artform Kathy Weise

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Aboriginal ArtformKathy Weise Musical
selectionApril 24, 2005
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Presentation Index
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Listen to Musical Selection
Play song by clicking on icon Song Title
Mainstream Band Yothu Yindi Date of
composition Contemporary / 2002

• Link to Music Video(Quicktime .mov from
  internet may take several minutes to load in
  browser window)

Link to Band website
Didgeridoo
The band features the didgeridoo,an ancient
instrument fromindigenous cultures (also heard
in presentation introduction)
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Didgeridoo Aboriginal Music

MoreDidgeridoo
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Didgeridoo - continued

• The didgeridoo is ancient instrument that is
  often painted and decorated
• Clapsticks, didgeridoo, drums, boomerang,
  costumes and dance are all valuable parts of
  traditional ceremonies

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Aboriginal Culture

• The Dreamtime is a creation myth that their world
  started empty and was created in a dream by
  supernatural beings Our beautiful world has
  been created only in accordance with the power,
  wisdom and intentions of our ancestral beings.
• Many different tribes many dialects of language
• Music is a long tradition in Aboriginal culture
  and a vital part of sacred ceremonies
  traditional songs are used in telling and
  maintaining Dreaming stories

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Personal Connection
I think that this song represents what it must
feel like to live in an indigenousculture trying
to fit into the modern world with very different
values and beliefsbut living together and
sharing dreams.
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Credits / References

• Aboriginal Art Resources http//aboriginalart.com.
  au/didgeridoo/
• Photos from Yothu Yindi Band website
  http//www.yothuyindi.com
• Music Video movie clip http//www.yothuyindi.com/
  yymovs/mainstream_inter.mov
• Aboriginal Art Online - Culture
  http//www.aboriginalartonline.com/culture/culture
  .php
• Didgeridoo song used in introduction -
  http//www.ineachmoment.de/gong/didgeridoo.htm