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Milkayngu Mununggurr
We are extremely pleased to present Milkay Mununggurr's first solo recording, an instructional CD in the traditional style of didjeridu playing from his homeland in Arnhem Land, Australia, the birthplace of the didjeridu. |
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| Milkayngu Mununggurr (Milkay for short) is from the Djapu clan of the Yolngu cultural group of Northeast Arnhem Land, Australia. He was born at the coastal community of Yirrkala in the old clinic which has since been converted into the art centre where his instructional CD was recorded. His true spiritual homeland is Wandawuy, further south and inland. Milkayngu has played yidaki (didjeridu) in ceremony since he was a teen-ager, and came to worldwide attention while recording and touring with the band Yothu Yindi, representing his people and all of Australia around the world. He continues to be an influence on players in Arnhem Land, such as his son Buyu, pictured with him on his CD and above. The imagery of father and son crossing yidaki represents transmission of knowledge. | |||||||||||||||||
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