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Rripangu Djalu
Didgeridoo Workshop

Impressions of theRripangu Djalu Didgeridoo Workshop
Eisenbach, Black Forest, 15 - 27 July
(photos from july 16, 2002)

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15 to 27 july Eisenbach (Schwarzwald) hosted the
Rripangu Yirdaki Festival
with Djalu and family

This page contains photos from July 16

Location

In the south-western part of Germany in the Black Forest in Eisenbach, close to France and Switzerland, Djalu and family recreated a small piece of Aboriginal Australia.
There were workshops Didgeridoo playing, building, dancing, basket weaving, painting, spear throwing, etc. And of course there were corroborees..

Eisenbach, Schwarzwald

Hotel Bad, Gasthof

Tuesday afternoon, 16 July

One of the participants was a half-blood Indiaan (living in fact in the Netherlands). Since he was about to go back home again, he wanted to thank Djalu and family with a Medicine man dance (it was more or less what he did for a living :-) )
In return Djalu and family gave a corroboree in "full dressing".

Indian with flute

The Aboriginal men from
America and Australia

Djalu, Andrew, Alfred, Larry,
Sylvester

Djalu, Andrew, Sylvester, Alfred and Larry

Djalu "fighting" with Sylvester

A "fight".

Truly remarkable
how much energy
Djalu has!

Songlines

The stories (dreamtime stories) are often told in a singing way (songlines). Often dancing accompanies the songlines to vizualise the story. The clapstick support the singing and in Arnhemland, where the didgeridoo originates, the didgeridoo can make the singing strong.
Tradition determines what the didgeridoo plays during the songlines. Further the didge has to follow the clapsticks. The didge is never leading.

Dancing during the songlines

Oh by the way,

Yes, there were also Djalu Didgeridoo's :-)