Uploaded March 2011 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago
Mikey Guyanya talks about his collection of yidaki in this clip.
He made 3 of them himself - these are older instruments (ngathilinguwuy yidaki) - and 2 of them are newer and made by Bruce Burrngupurrngu.
The 1st instrument he introduces, the painted one with diamond design near the mouthpiece end, he played at Ski Beach for a Dhalwangu funeral.
The 2nd yidaki, painted black and with red duct tape at the mouthpiece end, he used at Gutjangan outstation for a funeral (ba:purru), and he later told me it is suited to Wangurri ceremony and has a Wangurri sound.
The 3rd yidaki, painted in yellow and black, is one that he grew up with and is the oldest, last used at Ski Beach in bunggul.
The other two are ones made by Burrngupurrngu, the red and black one is suited to Rirratjingu ceremony and Rirratjingu sound, and the yellow one is his current favourite and the instrument he brought to Sydney when he performed there in 2010 for an arts exhibition.
Mikey Guyanya talks about his collection of yidaki in this clip.
He made 3 of them himself - these are older instruments (ngathilinguwuy yidaki) - and 2 of them are newer and made by Bruce Burrngupurrngu.
The 1st instrument he introduces, the painted one with diamond design near the mouthpiece end, he played at Ski Beach for a Dhalwangu funeral.
The 2nd yidaki, painted black and with red duct tape at the mouthpiece end, he used at Gutjangan outstation for a funeral (ba:purru), and he later told me it is suited to Wangurri ceremony and has a Wangurri sound.
The 3rd yidaki, painted in yellow and black, is one that he grew up with and is the oldest, last used at Ski Beach in bunggul.
The other two are ones made by Burrngupurrngu, the red and black one is suited to Rirratjingu ceremony and Rirratjingu sound, and the yellow one is his current favourite and the instrument he brought to Sydney when he performed there in 2010 for an arts exhibition.
