The Didgeridoo - traditional Aboriginal wind instrument

For those who do not know what a didgeridoo is, it�s a long, hollow piece of wood which, when blown, emits a weird droning sound�(a bit like the sound emitted by a grumpy person). On a more serious note, the Aborigines consider the sound of the Didgeridoo to resemble the calling of the spirits.

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The Didgeridoo as a popular New Age musical instrument. The northern Australian Aboriginal wind instrument known in English as the �didgeridoo� is enjoying world-wide popularity. It has been caught up in the wave of interest in the new musical genre known as �world music�, adopted as a mystical icon by New Age movements, its mastery displayed as a proud badge of identity by Aboriginal men all over Australia. This is the didgeridoo as a commercial musical instrument.

The Didgeridoo as a classical Aboriginal music instrument. It needs to be recognized that the didgeridoo originated and belongs to a specific Aboriginal cultural bloc from the top end of Australia, and in reality, only marks the cultural identity of these particular people. Cultural ownership of the didgeridoo should be properly acknowledged and respected and new forms of unaccompanied performance outside the instrument�s traditional cultural mode should not be promoted as authentic classical didgeridoo music. The didgeridoo is traditional used in celebrations such as circumcision ceremonies, for dancing and� for love songs !

The Aboriginal Traditional/Rock Fusion Band:- Yothu-Yindi You will rarely, if ever, hear classical didgeridoo-accompanied songs on indigenous music shows on radio or television. The exception to this is the traditional music tracks on various records by the famous aboriginal Arnhem Land band, Yothu Yindi. In taking Yolngu music to the world, Yothu Yindi has demonstrated that there is indeed great potential. interest in classical Aboriginal music and that it can be enjoyed side by side with more modern popular music styles.

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