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Sustaining Indigenous Songs: Contemporary Warlpiri Ceremonial Life in Central Australia

Sustaining Indigenous Songs: Contemporary Warlpiri Ceremonial Life in Central Australia

Hardcover

AnthropologyIndigenous StudiesWorld Music

ISBN10: 1789206073
ISBN13: 9781789206074
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Published: Jan 10 2020
Pages: 206
Weight: 0.98
Height: 0.50 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

As an ethnography of Central Australian singing traditions and ceremonial contexts, this book asks questions about the vitality of the cultural knowledge and practices highly valued by Warlpiri people and fundamental to their cultural heritage. Set against a discussion of the contemporary vitality of Aboriginal musical traditions in Australia and embedded in the historical background of this region, the book lays out the features of Warlpiri songs and ceremonies, and centers on a focal case study of the Warlpiri Kurdiji ceremony to illustrate the modes in which core cultural themes are being passed on through song to future generations.

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