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Two people sitting (represented by the indentation they leave in the ground). This is possibly an initiation - dotted body paint. Concentric circles in the middle may represent a gathering, water hole, campsite or campfire.
Black can represent night and the Aboriginal people of Australia.
Red; the red earth, the red ochre and a spiritual relation to the land. 'we are all of one blood, from the land we come and to it we will all return'.
Yellow; the Sun, the giver of life and protector
White can be a spirit colour like smoke wind and lightening.
Australian Indigenous art is the oldest unbroken tradition of art in the world.
The dotted motifs of much of today’s Aboriginal modern design work has become the trademark of the contemporary Aboriginal Art movement. Its iconic status developed from a culture stretching back into the history of an ancient land, evolving and weaving into dreamtime stories.
The use of dots and the modern abstract equivalent was to tell a story, more often then not, a physical representation of an oral tradition that is passed down from generation to generation. Of course, some of these stories are not for the uninitiated, and although they may be depicted in the paintings, they are not revealed to the non-initiate. It has been discussed in publications elsewhere that:
As the Papunya painting movement developed in the 1970s, dotting was increasingly used to obscure meanings and to hide some of the symbolism that was not meant to be exposed to the un-initiated.
When viewed in monochrome other symbols can look similar, such as the circles within circles, sometimes depicted on its own, sparsely or in clustered groups. When this symbol is used and depending on the Aboriginal tribe you belong to, it can vary in meaning from campfire, tree, hill, digging hole, waterhole or spring. The symbol may be clarified further by the use of colour, for example water may be depicted with the use of the colour blue.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indigenous_Australian_art
www.ausemade.com.au/aboriginal/resources/symbols/symbols.htm
Every time our students visit Circular Quay, they always stop to enjoy the Aboriginal buskers. Apart from entertaining us, this busker gave us a short history lesson about the Eora people who belong to this land.
The didgeridoo (or didjeridu) is a wind instrument of the Indigenous Australians of northern Australia. It is sometimes described as a natural wooden trumpet or "drone pipe". Musicologists classify it as an aerophone.
A didgeridoo is usually cylindrical or conical in shape and can measure anywhere from 1 to 2 meters in length with most instruments measuring around 1.2 meters. Instruments shorter or longer than this are less common. Generally, the longer the instrument, the lower the pitch or key of the instrument. Keys from D to F♯ are the preferred pitch of traditional Aboriginal players.
There are no reliable sources stating the didgeridoo's exact age, though it is commonly claimed to be the world's oldest wind instrument. Archaeological studies of rock art in northern Australia suggests that the Aboriginal people of the Kakadu region of the Northern Territory have been using the didgeridoo for about 1500 years, based on the dating of paintings on cave walls and shelters from this period.
~ wikipedia
This man played the Didgeridoo for Meagan which at first scared the beejusus out of her but she settled down comfortably in my lap and enjoyed it.
He was very kind and said that he had heard wallabys called everything you can think of but never "Mimi's" He liked it. Meagan is pretty original. He said the Mimi's could hear the vibrations of the music through the glass.
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Street muso Russell Dawson (Wahji Walw) of Koomurri, and his daughter Crystal between sets at Circular Quay, Sydney NSW Australia.
A quick candid, photographed while I was waiting for the 6.20PM ferry home to Neutral Bay
Late afternoon light in moist overcast weather.
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Didgeridoo Meditation at the Center Camp Cafe
Photo taken at the Burning Man 2009 festival (Black Rock Desert, Nevada).
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Wikipedia:
El didgeridoo,"didjeridu", diyiridú es un instrumento de viento (o aerófono) ancestral utilizado por los aborígenes de Australia. Básicamente es un tubo de madera, el cual se hace sonar al hacer vibrar los labios en el interior. Se supone que tiene unos 2.000 años de existencia, de acuerdo con la datación de algunas pinturas rupestres en las que aparece el instrumento, aunque los propios aborígenes le dan una antigüedad de hasta 40.000 años. El término didgeridoo no es de procedencia aborigen, es el que le dieron los europeos en sus primeras visitas a la isla. En las decenas de dialectos aborígenes se tiene una palabra distinta para designar a este instrumento, como por ejemplo yidaki, ginjungarg, eboro, djalupu, maluk, etc. El didjeridu está estrechamente ligado a la existencia espiritual de los aborígenes. Su principal función es la de acompañar un baile y a un cantante, sirviendo como instrumento de acompañamiento, así como marcando el tempo para el ritmo de las canciones.
La verdad es que hace un sonido curiosísimo, como una especie de tuba continua mezclada con otros sonidos a modo de scratch xDDD Tocarlo debe ser de lo más complicado porque además de los labios, el tío no dejaba de inflar la barriga, parecía que iba a explotar. Este es el único plano abierto que le he podido hacer porque iba con el tele y estaba petada la calle :S
Today I bought this didgeridoo from the Stables market Camden town I cannot play one yet but maybe I will have a go and see what happens! I have seen one being played before by a busker in Camden and he looked like he was an Australian Aborigine. Clif..see if you can make one in your shed that would be a challenge.
...it was great fun to look at the face of passing germans as jay practiced his instrument on the subway! also notice that anna is wearing a sweet leather jacket borrowed from one of the girls on the bench.
winter 2001
Australias indigenous people thrill us with the sound of the didge.
This guy has more than a mouthful.
I saw him at the Sunday morning city markets, and he was playing on the footpath so it was almost impossible to get a good background.
I decided to just crop the top and left side back to what you see as it was taking too much focus away from the main subject.
Then enrich the colours a bit, add some contrast, and sharpen it some, and the end result isn't too bad.
I am not totally happy having a road in the back, but selecting it out with all the fiddly bits in the way would have been lots of work.
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Great Aboriginal dance and music group playing at the Brisbane Writers Festival, with view out to the River from the State Library of Queensland
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Didgeridoo
Photo taken at the Burning Man 2008 festival (Black Rock Desert, Nevada).
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Costruzione artigianale Didgeridoo in Agave
Dopo circa 20 anni, l’Agave, madre bellissima ed elegante, ospite preziosa di innumerevoli ville e giardini, partorisce un fiore, il fiore spietato, come lo definiscono gli studiosi di botanica.
All’inizio il fiore non è assolutamente bello anzi, assomiglia sempre più ad un asparago dalle forme spropositate e sconsiderate che raggiunge una misura davvero impressionante.
E’ una crescita in verticale che supera i cinque metri di altezza in un solo mese di vita. Il fiore poi da vita a delle diramazioni simili a dei tentacoli. Pian piano questa sorta di rami formano sulla punta, delle infiorescenze all’inizio molto deboli e sul verdastro che hanno l’aspetto di spazzole con le setole molto dure. Più trascorre il tempo e più queste infiorescenze si allargano in numerosissime piccole spighe che diventano profumatissime. L’odore è simile a quello dei meloni molto maturi, è gradevole e dolciastro ma soprattutto attira api e calabroni in gran numero. Al momento della fioritura completa, il fiore dell’Agave, raggiunge il massimo del suo splendore.
E’ praticamente affascinante, spettacolare e superbo. La sua altezza è prorompente e maestosa ed i suoi rami fioriti e profumati, gli donano un aspetto regale che però dura solo due anni.
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In the Swiss Alps near the Italian border is a small valley town called Lostallo. For the 5th summer in a row Shankra festival made this place its home for a goa-psytrance festival.
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If you have ever visited Circular Quay in Sydney you may have seen this chap. he is there often playing his didegridoo.
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Aboriginal didgeridoo player getting some attention from a passerby at the Fremantle markets?