Singing Bones | Ancestral Creativity and Collaboration

Samuel Curkpatrick

ISBN 10: 1743326777 / ISBN 13: 9781743326770

Published by Sydney University Press, 2020

Singing Bones | Ancestral Creativity and Collaboration | Samuel Curkpatrick | Taschenbuch | Kartoniert / Broschiert | Englisch | 2020 | Sydney University Press | EAN 9781743326770 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, 36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr[at]libri[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu Print on Demand. Seller Inventory # 118527006

Synopsis:

Manikay are the ancestral songs of Arnhem Land, passed down over generations and shaping relationships between people and the country.

Singing Bones foregrounds the voices of manikay singers from Ngukurr in southeastern Arnhem Land and charts their critically acclaimed collaboration with jazz musicians from the Australian Art Orchestra, Crossing Roper Bar. It offers an overview of Wägilak manikay narratives and style, including their social, ceremonial and linguistic aspects, and explores the Crossing Roper Bar project as an example of creative intercultural collaboration and a living continuation of the manikay tradition.

“Through song, the ancestral past animates the present, moving yolŋu (people) to dance. In song, community is established. By song, the past enfolds the present. Today, the unique voices of Wägilak resound over the ancestral ground and water, carried by the songs of old.”

Audio examples are available at: https://open.sydneyuniversitypress.com.au/singing-bones.html

Bibliographic Details

Title: Singing Bones | Ancestral Creativity and ...
Publisher: Sydney University Press
Publication Date: 2020
Binding: Taschenbuch
Condition: Neu