OLAC Record oai:soas.ac.uk:MPI1052192

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Title:		20061108NJ
		Classical Song Traditions of Contemporary Western Arnhem Land in Their Multilingual Context
Contributor:		Nabalamirri Frank
		Naluraidj Albert
		Manmurulu Jenny
Contributor (recorder):		Bickerdike Isabel, O'Keeffe
Contributor (singer):		Manmurulu David, Winunguj
		Marrwal James
		Nabalamirri Frank
		Naluraidj Albert
Coverage:		Australia
Date:		2006-11-08
Description:		Four Nginji (yumparrparr - giant) Mawng dreaming songs in spirit language, here performed in rehearsal for mamurrng ceremony that took place over the following days. It is likely that Isabel Bickerdike did not record the whole singing session, which took place late at night. Among the performers there may have been one more unidentified singer. The senior Nginji owner, Frank Nabalamirri, was visiting from Minjilang especialy for the performance of Nginji at the following days\' mamurrng ceremony.
		The classical song traditions of Western Arnhem Land are amongst the foremost examples of verbal art in the nine endangered languages of the region, but few people are now competent to perform or comment on them. Typically performed in multi-lingual social contexts, song texts demonstrate unusual linguistic features such as mixtures of languages and a high proportion of esoteric and intimate vocabulary. We will collect, transcribe, translate and analyse song texts and discussions about songs by contemporary performers, and where relevant repatriate and document archival recordings, making our research results available to communities via a network of local digital repositories.
		Isabel Bickerdike is a postgraduate student at the University of Melbourne, supervised by Linda Barwick and Nick Evans. She was aged 25 in 2006 and was resident at Warruwi from May-November 2006. She is Ngal-bangardi skin, Wurrik clan (Kun-winjku tribe?, given by Mary Gurden-gurden, this is her mother\'s clan).
		David Manmurulu (also known as David \"Goodness\" Manmurulu Winunguj) is aged circa 60 and resident at Warruwi in 2006. He is the current leader of the inyjalarrku songs. His skin is Na-wamut and he is Yalama clan and Ngutikin tribe. His father (d. 1990s) was George Winunguj who features in the book Encounter at Nagalarramba. David sings Inyjalarrku songs originally composed by his father and also his own, as well as knowing those originally composed by Winunguj\'s MB G(w)uwatpu(t) number 1, who was the leader of the Meinjinaj people (Kun-barlang tribe). He is married to Jenny Manmurulu who is one of the leaders of women\'s inyjalarrku dancing. He is encouraging his son Rupert, who sometimes plays the yumparrparr (giant)role in the nginji dance, to learn the songs and play didjeridu (arawirr). His other sons Reuben and Ranfred(?sp) also sing and dance.
		James Marrwal is aged circa 60 and living in Warruwi in 2006/7. He is one of the main singers of the Nginji songs.
		Frank Nabalamirri is circa 70 and resident at Minjilang in 2006/7. He is the current leader of the Nginji songset. He is encouraging his son, Jonathan, who dances the yumparrparr (giant) role for nginji performances, to learn the songs. He is Nangila skin and Yalama clan and has the same mother as Khaki.
		Albert Naluraidj (spelling as on LB consent form; Isabel Bickerdike has his surname as \'Nadarraj\') was resident at Warruwi and aged about 60 in 2006. He is the main didjeridu (arawirr) player and occasional singer for the inyjalarrku song-set, and also plays didjeridu for the nginji and ngili song-sets. His skin is Na-wangari and he is Manjdjurlngunj clan and Meyinjdjinadj tribe (Kun-barlang speakers). According to David Manmurulu 3/4/2007 Manjdjurlngunj clan can speak Kun-winjku, Mawng or Kun-barlang. His father was Gwatput number 1, the original composer of the inyjalarrku song-set.
		Jenny Manmurulu is the wife of David Manmurulu and mother of Rupert Manmurulu. She teaches at the Warruwi school and is an accomplished dancer.
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Identifier:		oai:soas.ac.uk:MPI1052192
		Rausing MDP0139
Identifier (URI):		https://lat1.lis.soas.ac.uk/ds/asv?openpath=MPI1052192%23
Publisher:		Linda Barwick
		University of Sydney
Subject:		Singing
		Nginji NJ
		Undetermined language
		English
		Mawng
		Kun-barlang
		spirit language
Subject (ISO639):		und
Type:		Audio
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Archive:		Endangered Languages Archive
Description:		http://www.language-archives.org/archive/soas.ac.uk
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OaiIdentifier:		oai:soas.ac.uk:MPI1052192
DateStamp:		2017-04-15
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Citation:		Bickerdike Isabel, O'Keeffe (recorder); Manmurulu David, Winunguj (singer); Marrwal James (singer); Nabalamirri Frank (singer); Naluraidj Albert (singer); Nabalamirri Frank; Naluraidj Albert; Manmurulu David, Winunguj (singer); Manmurulu Jenny. 2006-11-08. Linda Barwick.
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