Australian Aborigines are those people regarded as indigenous to the Australian continent and they have been specifically identified as a group of people who share, in common, biological ancestry back to the original occupants of Australia.This Aborinal man is holding a didgeridoo in his left hand. The didgeridoo, known as Yidaki or thambaljig in aborignal languages, is a musical instrument that comes from the North Eastern parts of Australia. It is oftenly made from a hollow eucalyptus log, with no side holes. It is believed that every yidaki has a spirit inside. A spirit will wake up when someone rightly breathes into the dij.
Yidakis have been played by Aboriginal men for at least 2000 years and have been part of social and ritual gatherings in aboriginal society for hundreds of years. Didgeridoos are ‘men’s business’ and so have not been traditionally played by women. However, some aboriginal societies are no longer so strict about this now.
A magnet bought by my younger daughter.
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