Uploaded May 2011 | Updated September 2026, 20 minutes ago
This was a collaboration project between the Red Flag Dancers from Numbulwar and a musical group from I think Sulawesi, its a project that continues the long trading and social relationships that coastal Arnhem Landers have had with south-east Asian people spanning several hundred years prior to the British claiming Australia as its own during the bad old colonial days.
Of special interest here is the ceremonial gift exchange between the two groups, in this case the Nundhirribala gifting a didgeridoo to their Asian neighbours. There was a lot more to this performance, at the Darwin Festival, but the camera work was lousy and I had to edit out a lot of footage. Nonetheless it is a good overview of Nundhirribala traditional songs and the characteristic almost staccato-like effect that the didgeridoo creates, difficult rhythms to play that I do not understand at this stage.
This was a collaboration project between the Red Flag Dancers from Numbulwar and a musical group from I think Sulawesi, its a project that continues the long trading and social relationships that coastal Arnhem Landers have had with south-east Asian people spanning several hundred years prior to the British claiming Australia as its own during the bad old colonial days.
Of special interest here is the ceremonial gift exchange between the two groups, in this case the Nundhirribala gifting a didgeridoo to their Asian neighbours. There was a lot more to this performance, at the Darwin Festival, but the camera work was lousy and I had to edit out a lot of footage. Nonetheless it is a good overview of Nundhirribala traditional songs and the characteristic almost staccato-like effect that the didgeridoo creates, difficult rhythms to play that I do not understand at this stage.
