OLAC Record oai:soas.ac.uk:MPI1052280

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Title:		20061016MMGMILMP
		Classical Song Traditions of Contemporary Western Arnhem Land in Their Multilingual Context
Contributor:		Bickerdike Isabel, O'Keeffe
		Mathaman Fred
		Nebi Burrwanga
		Reeders Elanor
		O'Keeffe Matthew
		Dempsey Jescoe
		Manmurulu Rupert
		Yalbarr Micky, Moonshine
Contributor (singer):		Mathaman Fred
		Johnny Burrwanga
		Moscow Joe
		Gandadila Terry
		Manmurulu David, Winunguj
		Ganawa Solomon
Coverage:		Australia
Date:		2006-10-16
Description:		Galpu manikay performed by Fred Mathaman, Johnny Burrwanga, accompanied by Nebi Burrwanga on didjeridu. Other male members of the Galpu clan also sang. The recording was made at a funeral ceremony at Warruwi, 16 October 2006. As is frequently heard at funerals several ensembles take turns performing continuously. Other manikay (Murrungun MM) and kun-borrk (Inyjalarrku IL, Mirrijpu MP) can be heard throughout, overlapping with performance of the Galpu manikay. Most of the Warruwi community was present at the funeral ceremony.
		The classical song traditions of Western Arnhem Land are amongst the foremost examples of verbal art in the nine endangered languages of the region, but few people are now competent to perform or comment on them. Typically performed in multi-lingual social contexts, song texts demonstrate unusual linguistic features such as mixtures of languages and a high proportion of esoteric and intimate vocabulary. We will collect, transcribe, translate and analyse song texts and discussions about songs by contemporary performers, and where relevant repatriate and document archival recordings, making our research results available to communities via a network of local digital repositories.
		Isabel Bickerdike is a postgraduate student at the University of Melbourne, supervised by Linda Barwick and Nick Evans. She was aged 25 in 2006 and was resident at Warruwi from May-November 2006. She is Ngal-bangardi skin, Wurrik clan (Kun-winjku tribe?, given by Mary Gurden-gurden, this is her mother\'s clan).
		Fred Mathaman is a senior Galpu songman resident at Warruwi. He usually leads the singing of Galpu manikay at public performances such as funerals.
		Nebi Burrwanga is a Gumatj boy (aged 12 years old in 2006) resident at Warruwi who frequently plays didjeridu for Galpu and Gumatj manikay ceremonial performances at Warruwi.
		Johnny Burrwanga is a Gumatj man resident at Goulbourn Island. He often helps to lead singing of Gumatj manikay at public performances. He is the father of young instrumentalist (didjeridu) Nebi Burrwanga.
		Elanor Reeders is a linguist who was working on Yolngu languages at ARDS (Aboriginal Resource and Development Service) in Darwin in 2006. She visited Warruwi for a week in 2006 to work on Galpu manikay texts with Galpu people resident at Warruwi
		Matthew O\'Keeffe is the pilot resident at Warruwi and a friend of Solomon Ganawa. From time to time he can be heard during this session talking to Solomon.
		Joe Moscow is a Djinang man from Maningrida and a singer of Murrungun (Djinang) manikay (Yolngu clan songs).
		David Manmurulu (also known as David \"Goodness\" Manmurulu Winunguj) is aged circa 60 and resident at Warruwi in 2006. He is the current leader of the inyjalarrku songs. His skin is Na-wamut and he is Yalama clan and Ngutikin tribe. His father (d. 1990s) was George Winunguj who features in the book Encounter at Nagalarramba. David sings Inyjalarrku songs originally composed by his father and also his own, as well as knowing those originally composed by Winunguj\'s MB G(w)uwatpu(t) number 1, who was the leader of the Meinjinaj people (Kun-barlang tribe). He is married to Jenny Manmurulu who is one of the leaders of women\'s inyjalarrku dancing. He is encouraging his son Rupert, who sometimes plays the yumparrparr (giant)role in the nginji dance, to learn the songs and play didjeridu (arawirr). His other sons Reuben and Ranfred(?sp) also sing and dance.
		Rupert Manmurulu is the son of David and Jenny Manmurulu and was aged circa 25 and resident at Warruwi in 2006. He is married to a woman from Elliott and sometimes resides there. His skin is Na-wuyuk and his clan is Yalama, Ngutikin tribe. He sings Inyjalarrku and Nginji songs, and dances the yumparrparr (giant) dance, and also plays didjeridu for those song-sets. He also plays guitar and sings with a band from the Barkly area.
		Solomon Ganawa (deceased november 2006) was next-door neighbour to Isabel Bickerdike when she lived at Warruwi in 2006. He received the Mirrijpu songset from his father, who dreamt the songs. His traditional language was Manangkardi, but he used Mawng as his first language. After his death the songs were taken up by his brother Solomon Nangamu, who was recorded singing them at a funeral in Warruwi in April 2007.
		Micky Yalbarr is a well-known didjeridu player resident at Warruwi. He is relatively young (estimated by LB to be in his 30s in 2006).
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Identifier:		oai:soas.ac.uk:MPI1052280
		Rausing MDP0139
Identifier (URI):		https://lat1.lis.soas.ac.uk/ds/asv?openpath=MPI1052280%23
Publisher:		Linda Barwick
		University of Sydney
Subject:		Singing
		Galpu manikay GM Murrungun manikay MM Inyjalarrku IL Mirrijpu MP
		Undetermined language
		Galpu
		English
		Mawng
		Manangkardi
		Djinang
		Dhangu
Subject (ISO639):		und
Type:		Audio
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Archive:		Endangered Languages Archive
Description:		http://www.language-archives.org/archive/soas.ac.uk
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OaiIdentifier:		oai:soas.ac.uk:MPI1052280
DateStamp:		2017-04-15
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Citation:		Bickerdike Isabel, O'Keeffe; Mathaman Fred (singer); Mathaman Fred; Nebi Burrwanga; Johnny Burrwanga (singer); Reeders Elanor; O'Keeffe Matthew; Moscow Joe (singer); Dempsey Jescoe; Gandadila Terry (singer); Manmurulu David, Winunguj (singer); Manmurulu Rupert; Ganawa Solomon (singer); Yalbarr Micky, Moonshine. 2006-10-16. Linda Barwick.
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