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The
indigenous people of Australia - the Europeans tell us - have been there
for over sixty thousand years, but they know they have been there
since the beginning of time. They are the oldest living culture on earth,
and have the world's oldest known musical instrument that we call the YIDAKI
or what Europeans call the DIDGERIDOO. This instrument is a branch
from a tree in which white ants (or termites) eat their way up through
the center towards the sunlight keeping the outer shell solid for protection.
When this branch eventually dies and falls to the ground, the aboriginal
people cut the ends off and this then becomes the DIDGERIDOO.
The
Yidaki is the traditional wind instrument of the Australian Aboriginal
People (more properly called "People of the Wave") who were the first inhabitants
of Australia. It is also played and called by other names in other countries
such as Indonesia, New Zealand and Haiti. It may be described as the first
horn and is being used increasingly by non-Aboriginal musicians and healers
worldwide.
The
didgeridoo plays an important role in the creation mythology of Australia's
original inhabitants, where the sound of this wind instrument is said to
have been used to create the world and everything in it. The deep vibrating
sounds of this hollow pipe evokes a feeling of the power of the earth.
Its unique primordial sound, in tune with the earth and the human body,
heals all within its vast vibrations thru the opening of the chakras. Its
sound takes one into an altered state known as the "dreamtime", thus nicknamed
"dream pipe".
This
story of the didgeridoo comes from the dreaming of the people of the Northern
Territory and they say that YIDAKI the warrior was coming home from
a hunt with kangaroo over his shoulder when he saw a dead branch lying
on the ground. He picked it up and there was daylight coming in the other
end and noticed there were a lot of little insects (which you call termites)
in there. He blew through it to get rid of them and it made a sound something
like this .... oooohmm.
The
warrior liked the sound that it made. He found that by breathing through
his nose and out through his mouth in a circular fashion he could make
rhythm and many other sounds.
The
warrior took his hollow branch back with him and played it for his people.
They were drawn to the sound and they painted up with coloured ochre and
danced Corroboree to its rhythm. During his lifetime the warrior
taught many other young men the circular breathing method and this simple
instrument became very popular and part of their culture. It was used in
ceremony, dance and forms of healing.
When
the warrior died, his spirit left his body and went into the hollow log
that you call the DIDGERIDOO. If you listen in a quiet place somewhere
by holding one end to your ear, you can still hear YIDAKI playing in this
instrument. The aboriginal people of the Northern Territory believe
that because there is a man's spirit in there, it is a man's instrument,
and women should not play it. This then, is the story of what aboriginal
people call the YIDAKI and you know as the DIDGERIDOO.
If
you listen now to this spiritual instrument, it will not only enter your
ears, but it will open your heart and reach and lift your spirit.
Ngoma's
newest meditational release entitled "Private Stash, Yidaki to You!! (meditational
musik for the dreamtime)" is a compilation of Yidaki tracks not first
considered for commercial use. It was music previously recorded for his
own listening pleasure. Now he shares it with you.
Click
"Sensi Star" to hear sample from
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Ngoma
is a multi-instrumentalist, performance poet and Paradigm Shifter who uses
culture as a tool to raise Socio-Political and Spiritual Consciousness.
His premier sound meditation CD, "Digitation:Solo Didgeridoo Musik for
Meditation," is a "must have" for those who are interested in the use
of meditational music to attain altered states of consciousness.
(photos
by "The Z Experience": Zexperience190@aol.com)
I
am happy to announce the addition of a new workshop that is being offered:
"Didgitation-Didgeridoo
Music Meditation"
Please
join me for the supreme healing and enlightening experience of didgeridoo
meditation. This workshop is a tool that examines the ancient future
by healing thru the use of sound meditation. Over 400,000 years old,
didgeridoo meditation employs intricate primordial vibrations to heal and
align the physical, emotional, mental and spiritual aspects of self. This
workshop was recently presented for the Astrological Society of Connecticut.
Peace,
Love & Harmony
thru
the sacred circle
of
sacred sound
~
Ngoma
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Primordial
Subterranean Funk
a
voice that sounded the creation
grabbed
me
Its
hum caressing my soul
Thus
the quest began to find its source
its
rhythm penetrating
my
inner being
I
followed the sound
carried
it inside me
The
Conjure woman called me on the phone
saying
the
secret can be found
at
the Elements
in
the City of Elm
I
was drawn to its vibrations
resonating
from
the
depths of infinity
This
instrument,
Yidaki
to the "Yolngu"
Didgeridoo
to the many,
sounded
the world into being
Before
the light.
Moon
gave birth to Sun
Voice
of the planet
emanating
from the center of the All
thru
my dream pipe
Universal
Vibrations
Primordial
and Ancient
connecting
the inner to the outer
the
past, present and future
Beyond
mere words,
Giving
voice to the planet,
Healing
broken spirits,
Opening
Chakras,
Connecting
all to the oneness
with
its meditative sound.
Close
your eyes
Follow
its journey
from
darkness into light
Ngoma
commissioned
by Bob Holman for
About.com
6-18-02
a.d.
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