Singing Bones - Ancestral Creativity and Collaboration (Paperback)

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 WAgilak 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 yolAu (people) to dance. In song, community is established. By song, the past enfolds the present. Today, the unique voices of WAgilak 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.

General

Imprint:	Sydney University Press
Country of origin:	Australia
Series:	Indigenous Music, Language and Performing Arts
Release date:	June 2020
First published:	2020
Authors:	Samuel Curkpatrick
Dimensions:	254 x 178 x 12mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	220
ISBN-13:	978-1-74332-677-0
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > Music > Contemporary popular music > Jazz Books > Arts & Architecture > Music > Contemporary popular music > Rock & pop > World music Books > Music > Contemporary popular music > Jazz Books > Music > Contemporary popular music > Rock & pop > World music Promotions
LSN:	1-74332-677-7
Barcode:	9781743326770

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