Name and Country |
Do you tell your friends and audience about the cultural background of the didj? |
What do you tell people about the cultural background of the didj? |
Adam Ditheridge from United Kingdom |
Always |
That it forms part of the oldest living culture on the planet and has strong links with The Dreamtime. |
Anonymous |
Always |
Usually the creation of the world in the aboriginal culture, and about it's deep link with nature |
Al Lovett from USA |
Rarely |
Originally from the aborigines of Australia. Traditionally the didge is played by the men for specific events |
Alan from United Kingdom |
Never |
They don't ask |
Alex Surdu from USA |
Always |
An ancient aboriginal wind instrument traditionally used at special ceremonies and rarely for personal enjoyment. |
Allen Smith from USA |
Sometimes |
That is comes from an intelligent people more in touch with the natural energies of the planet and all of nature. It is used for entertainment and also for very sincere spiritual ritual and as a sound portal for our human awareness. |
Andrew Castle from USA |
Always |
It's an Aboriginal Instrument made (generally) from wood that has been hollowed out by ants or termites. I also like to talk about the dot painting found on many Didjes. |
Anne from Canada |
Rarely |
The little I know. That it's an instrument traditionally played by the aboriginals during their celebrations. |
Anu Van Leeuwen from Netherlands |
Always |
How the Didgeridoo was discovered when throwing wood logs on a fire and one stick was hollow and some ants inside that stick, that one aboriginal tried to blow them out of the stick and a sound came out of that. Also the role it plays in the aboriginal culture, I also tell people that the didgeridoo is like a talking bible. |
Arnaud Dejean from France |
Always |
It comes from aboriginal people in australia, and is maybe the oldest instrument in the world, used in rituals and ceremonies, it seems to communicate with nature. |
Anonymous from France |
Always |
I tell them: It is a traditional instrument for Aborigines. I explain the way a Didgeridoo is made. I talk a bit about the dreamtime and one of the many legends of the Didgeridoo. |
Anonymous from USA |
Mostly |
About it's use in aboriginal ceremonies and celebrations, where it comes from and how they are made, the abuse of the tourist industry on taking the profits from the aboriginal people for profit. |
Brandon from USA |
Sometimes |
I tell people as much as they are willing to hear.:) |
Anonymous |
Only if asked |
Learned more on your site than any other so far. |
Brittany from USA |
Always |
I explain to them that it is an ancient instrument (one of the oldest in the world) played by the Aborigines of Australia (the oldest living culture in the world) and that the didgeridoo has a droning sound which can be further explained by aboriginal myth. Traditionally it's an instrument played by men and used in ceremony for spiritual enlightenment, accompaniment and healing. |
Chace Bedford from USA |
Always |
I tell them that the didjeridu is sacred to the Aboriginals of Northern Australia and I tell them that it was the traditional story telling tool of its people. |
Chris from USA |
Always |
I tell people that it is an aborigine instrument from Australia. |
Chris Smith from USA |
Sometimes |
Discuss its uses in culture, meditation, and its healing powers. |
Christopher Weber from USA |
Always |
Where it's from and how it is made and about the people who make then. |
Chuck from USA |
Sometimes |
Just that it is an Aboriginal musical instrument. |
Anonymous |
Always |
It is used to tell stories about animals like the hyena and different birds and kangaroos. I make the sounds and tell them that their spirit comes to us when we play the didj. |
Anonymous |
Mostly |
Origin and healing properties |
Dean Archer from United Kingdom |
Only if asked |
What they want to know |
Anonymous |
Always |
That it was originated by the Aboriginals in Australia and is constantly being mastered over the past...1800 years or so |
Dima Shebalev from Israel |
Mostly |
That's used in ceremonies and for recreation.. its mostly played by man tough there's no taboo for women to play it, also it was used to deliver messages between people. also its originated when aboriginals that walked the woods heard the wind blow the didge, after a lookout the found it. |
Anonymous from Austria |
Always |
About the aboriginal words for 'didgeridoo' about the importance of the didgeridoo for aboriginals about the dreamtime stories |
Don from USA |
Always |
It is probably the first instrument. It come from Australia. It is used for meditation, music and celebration. "Real" didgeridoos are hollowed out by termites. |
Drew from Australia |
Only if asked |
Its an ancient instrument designed by the Aboriginals. |
Edd Horrocks from United Kingdom |
Only if asked |
An aboriginal many many moons ago was collection firewood,noticed ants in a branch,on blowing them out a wonderful sound accompanied the ants!!!the Didgeridoo was born!.the ants continued there journey up 2 the sky,and formed stars!!!!!!! |
Frank from USA |
Always |
That it was created by the Aborigines as a musical instrument they used in their religious ceremonies. |
Frederick from USA |
Sometimes |
They've been made and played by Aboriginal people in Australia for a very long time... they were unique to the Northern Australian people. |
Gonzalo from Chile |
Always |
Digo que el didgeridoo era usado por los aborígenes australianos como instrumento para acompañar las danzas rituales, imitando los sonidos de la naturaleza. |
Anonymous from Singapore |
Sometimes |
It is one of the world's oldest instrument. The art, techniques of playing.. |
Hans Giesholt from USA |
Mostly |
The it is the instrument used by aborigines in Australia |
Anonymous from USA |
Only if asked |
Still learning, want to learn for healing and meditative purposes. |
Henrique Bezerra from Portugal |
Never |
I don't tell as much because I still haven't found time to do a big research on the topic. |
Hugo Ferreira from Portugal |
Always |
This wonder world, of people who, like me, discover the didgeridoo, and made from him a culture. |
Jacopo from Italy |
Always |
About my experience in Australia and that is important "supports the production of traditional artefacts by Aboriginal people" |
Jared from USA |
Always |
Its australian used by the natives for years |
Jere from Finland |
Sometimes |
That it is an australian aboriginal instrument with an interesting background! |
Jesse Henceroth from USA |
Always |
I saw it was from the northern coastline of central Australia. |
Anonymous |
Always |
Used by aborigine people |
Jolyon from United Kingdom |
Sometimes |
I talk about the aborigines and the injustices inflicted upon them by westerners. |
Anonymous |
Mostly |
It's an authentic instrument that exists for ages and is played by the native australian people, the aboriginals. |
Josh from Canada |
Never |
I don't know too much actually. |
Kara from USA |
Always |
It's an Australian instrument used by Aboriginal tribes. |
Anonymous |
Only if asked |
That its an Aboriginal Musical Instrument |
Anonymous from USA |
Sometimes |
From Australia |
Anonymous |
Sometimes |
How it is used and linked in ceremonies |
Lion from USA |
Only if asked |
That it is a traditional Australian Aboriginal instrument, and that we play it very differently than native people do. |
Marco Vinicio from Italy |
Sometimes |
Incredible. |
Martin Sørensen from Denmark |
Only if asked |
Most of the people I know, already knows what a didge is and where it comes from and the background. |
Marty from USA |
Always |
First, I let my friends,or audience, know that the Aboriginal People are considered to be the first people to settle in Australia. The Didgeridoo is just one of the instruments played by the Aboriginal People. These people played the Didgeridoo not only for music, but mainly for peace of mind, and to connect with their own habitat. |
Massimo from Italy |
Always |
The didge is the oldest instrument, is created by nature and man approaches and uses it thanks to the work of nature, playing the didge is entering even more a part of nature and this is the beginning of a great adventure.. |
Matthew from USA |
Always |
Where it's from, who made it, how long they have been used. |
Anonymous |
Sometimes |
How it is made followed by the reasoning behind its use by the Aboriginal shamans for meditation and journeying |
Michael from USA |
Never |
Hasn't come up |
Anonymous |
Always |
It is one of the oldest instruments on earth...and played by one of the first peoples...... |
Anonymous from France |
Mostly |
How aboriginal play the didgeridoo during the ceremonies, how they tell the stories, how they teach their culture |
Michelle from USA |
Mostly |
Indigenous people of Northern Australia have been using the didgeridoo for about 1500 years. |
Mike Hoover from USA |
Always |
That they are made by aboriginal people in australia out of termite hollowed trees. |
Mike Nichols from Canada |
Always |
Its an instrument used traditionally by the australian aborigines in ceremony |
Mitch from USA |
Always |
That it is one of the oldest instruments in the world, created by the native Australian people out of branches of eucalyptus trees that had been hollowed out by termites. Also that the didge was used in story telling by these natives because the telling of stories was a multi sensory experience encompassing song, spoken word, and the sound of the didgeridoo. |
Nancy from USA |
Always |
That there are "Native americans" that because they are from Australia, are called "aboriginal" and that is the correct term, and that they are in the Asian Pacific, but distinct from Chinese or Japanese looking people. More Melanesian like some of the people's in Indonesian eastern islands. |
Patrick from Australia |
Always |
This spiritual gift has been granted to me, I honour the sacredness of the Didj, and my Koori mates who taught me and continue to teach me. |
Paul from USA |
Always |
From Northern Australia made and used by the Aboriginal people for recreation, cultural (dancing and singing) and religious rituals. |
Anonymous from United Kingdom |
Mostly |
I talk to special needs kids and adults so we talk about the country and the wood etc. |
Anonymous |
Always |
That it come from the native people of australia |
Peter Russell from Australia |
Mostly |
That its the oldest wind instrument known to man. Discovered by the Aborigines in Australia. Still used in today's society for many uses such as meditation, healing and music. |
Raffael from Germany |
Always |
Originally, the didj was an instrument of the aborigines for meditation and rituals. |
Ricardo from Mexico |
Sometimes |
Very ancient... very powerful |
Anonymous from USA |
Sometimes |
It is used by tribes in Australia |
Robin from USA |
Sometimes |
Authentic didj are made by Australian Aboriginals. |
Robson Castilho from Brazil |
Always |
Yes |
Sergey from Russia |
Mostly |
One of the oldest musical instruments in the world. Used in aboriginal culture for healing and in rituals. |
Anonymous from USA |
Sometimes |
See above answer. |
Anonymous |
Never |
Nothing. |
Steav Bates-congdon from USA |
Mostly |
It's *at least* 1500+ years old and comes from Australian aboriginals. It is usually a solo instrument that often accompanies dances but is getting popular with world music ensembles, jazz musicians, and me - a classical musician. In some traditions only men played it while women accompanied it with clapsticks or other rhythm instruments. That probably isn't true anymore except that I don't know any women who play it... |
Steve Jones from USA |
Never |
Don't really know. |
Anonymous from USA |
Sometimes |
Aboriginal Instrument |
Taylor from USA |
Always |
Didgeridoos are utterly distinctive woodwind instruments, unique to Australian Aboriginal culture. It's not known when didjeridoos were created, but they've been made and played by Aboriginal people in northern Australia for a very long time.... Over the last decade, there's been a worldwide surge of interest in the didgeridoo. Didjes are now played in many parts of the world, and are made from a wide variety of natural and artificial materials. But most experienced didgeridoo players agree that the finest playing didjes are authentic, Aboriginal-crafted didjeridus from northern Australia. There are many different types of authentic didgeridoos - painted, plain, forked, healing, bell, ochre, collection etc. |
Telmo from Portugal |
Sometimes |
It's the most ancient, raw, nature made instrument, man plays, originated in the Australian Aboriginal community over 50 000 years ago, and used both for ceremonial and meditation purposes. |
Anonymous |
Never |
Nothing |
Anonymous |
Sometimes |
That its an aboriginal instrument, and the oldest known wind instrument known. |
Tony from USA |
Mostly |
Spiritual mystical magical healing |
Vitaliy from Russia |
Never |
I know not so much |
Wayne from Australia |
Mostly |
One of the oldest musical instruments known to man used for ceremony, welcomes and final departures from life, and for healing and well being |
