| Wangga | |
|---|---|
| Stylistic origins | Traditional music |
| Cultural origins | Aboriginal Australian |
| Typical instruments | Indigenous Australian instruments |
Wangga (sometimes spelledWongga) is anAboriginal Australian genre of traditional music andceremony which originated inNorthern Territory and northWestern Australia. Specifically, fromSouth Alligator River south east towardsNgukurr, south to theKatherine and west into theKimberley.[1] TheYolngu peoples ofArnhem Land created the genre.
In 1938, AustraliananthropologistA. P. Elkin described Wangga, "[It] starts as a sudden high note, then descends in regular intervals to a low pitch, after which the songman just beats his sticks to the accompaniment of thedidgeridoo. Twenty seconds or more later, the melody is sung as before and so on" and lyrics tend to be syllables.[2] Typically, the songs and dances express themes related to death and regeneration.[3] The songs are performed publicly. The singers compose from their daily lives or whiledreaming of anyuidj (dead spirit).[4]
Summary: Children singing; origin of Murinbata moieties; other myths; subsection system; ceremonial singing and discussion; Daly River wangga singing.
Summary: Murrinhpatha narratives of culture heroes and other important figures; songs accompanying the narratives; Wangga and Lirrga singing; Port Keats mission history; oral history;
Balga, wangga and lirrga songs; song cycles belonging to individuals
Collection includes Guwamu or Murawari songs, Wangga-Yutjuru songs, Margany corroboree song
Basic word lists, verbs, sentences; comparison of light and heavy Kriol; Ngalkbon in comparison with Kriol; myths including emu; children's songs-traditional and non-indigenous; wangga and other traditional songs
Summary: Circumcision ceremony; wangga (wonga) and thanpa (tchamba); Murrinpahpatha song genres Thanpa, Malkarrin and Wurlthirri; Marri Ngarr song genre Lirrga; church and liturgical music in traditional song style; language discussion and stories; Boniface's ordination; Easter and Xmas services; Bathurst and Port Keats choirs; modern and country music; local band concerts; wartime music from commercial recording.
Summary: Wangga ceremony songs, sung by Turkey Creek singers at Mowanjum.
Summary: Walungari, Wurrngannjin and Wangga songs, recorded during filming.
