Name and Country |
Do you talk with your friends and audience about how a didj is made? |
What do you tell people about how a didj is made? |
Anonymous |
Sometimes |
On-aboriginal people first documented encountering the didgeridoo when an explorer named T.B. Wilson described an aboriginal man playing an instrument called the eboro in Raffles Bay on the Coburg Peninsula in 1835. He described the instrument as being made of bamboo and about three feet in length. The earliest references to the instrument all occur in the later part of the last century. In the century that followed the instrument was observed by anthropologists on mainland Arnhem Land. The hard wood instruments particular to Arnhem Land (Yidaki) were usually crafted from eucalyptus species like "stringy bark" and "woolybutt" in the North and Red River Gum further south near Katherine. |
Andrea Papaiz from Italy |
Sometimes |
The real didj is made by termites that eat the tree from inside but now didj are also made by longitudinal cut and also in PVC. |
Andreas from Germany |
Sometimes |
Hollowed by white ants. |
Andrew from USA |
Sometimes |
Good ones are made from eaten out termite wood or bamboo. |
Anonymous from USA |
Mostly |
Termite Hollowed Eucalyptus or other natural materials. |
Bob from Australia |
Rarely |
Most of my friends already know. People appear to be genuinely well informed. |
Boris from Slovenia |
Sometimes |
Original the termites eats the inside of a tree and it becomes hollow. But nowadays many manufacturers splits a wood on the half and glues it together |
Carlos Andres Muñoz Diaz from Chile |
Always |
Q los dijis se asen naturalmente con las termitas se recogen troncos ahuecados por las termitas |
Catherine from USA |
Always |
Originally from eucalyptus tree. But we can find made with Bamboos other woods tec plastic atc |
Anonymous from USA |
Always |
I say that it is preferably Eucalyptus but could also teak or bamboo or even PVC. |
Anonymous |
Sometimes |
Termites finishing work to clean up and smooth interior exterior |
Chris from Australia |
Always |
By Termites. |
Christian from Spain |
Mostly |
Made from a branch of a tree eaten hollow by termites; selected and cut to the desired length bark stripped away; a mouthpiece is made with bee wax. Then the didj is decorated with appropriate symbols according to the clans and language groups using it. |
Anonymous from USA |
Rarely |
Made from a long wooden tube that is blown into to create a low drone |
Anonymous |
Always |
Termites |
Cody from USA |
Always |
Hollowed by termites cut and treated. |
Cory from Canada |
Always |
I tell them about how much of a skill it is in just selecting a tree for use as a didj and how much time and effort is put into each one for sound quality and athetics |
Daniel from Canada |
Rarely |
Not much. |
David Robertson from Australia |
Mostly |
If they are not aware I would explain that termite hollowed eucalypt provides the raw material which is then processed to create a musical instrument. |
David from Canada |
Only if asked |
Real Didgeridoos are made by termites. The termites will eat out the inside of a tree trunk or large tree branch. Once the perfect piece of wood is found the ends are usually trimmed and the outside is sometimes shaped as well a beeswax mouthpiece may also be added to create a better seal. Some can even be made from 1.5" to 2" PVC or ABS pipe. |
Anonymous from Finland |
Sometimes |
I know they're made by termites which I find interesting. I really need to look in to this. Though not supposed to play I might just try after getting one.:) |
Fernando from Argentina |
Only if asked |
It's a log hollowed by termites. |
Anonymous |
Always |
The didj is made from the eucalyptus tree this tree is been hollowed out by termites |
Ian from USA |
Always |
I explain that they are naturally hollowed by termites that live in the eucalyptus. |
Anonymous |
Rarely |
I don't really know hoe it's made! Maybe it's time I get the knowledge about it! |
Anonymous |
Always |
About termites! |
Anonymous |
Sometimes |
I heard a rumour that didj was found when some man was putting more wood to the campfire and noticed that this piece of wood he was putting on the campfire was hollow because of the termites eating the wood from the inside. so he blew the termites away and it made a sound... |
Jeff Fozard from USA |
Never |
I never knew how a didj was made. I first learned it on your website. |
Jeremy from Canada |
Always |
To make a bamboo didj you select a piece of bamboo and then you cut it to size (and to the right key) then you poke out the rings inside the bamboo. then make a mother piece from wax or carve one into the bamboo. eucalyptus didges and made by the branch falling off and then being hollowed out by termites in the fall. |
Jesper from Denmark |
Mostly |
I tell them that it is made from termite eaten tree trunks. That it is hand-painted with traditional motives and colours. And that the sound varies with how thick the walls of the trunk is depending on how much the termites have eaten away. |
Anonymous from USA |
Mostly |
Tree (usually eucalyptus) hollowed by ants and cut finished and decorated by Aboriginal craftsmen - although I also have bamboo and Agave didges and explain those if asked. |
John Armstrong from USA |
Sometimes |
Basically that traditionally they are hollowed out by termites. Normally eucalyptus. Many "modern"ones are sandwich constructed and/or human hollowed out. |
John from USA |
Only if asked |
Description of the hunt for the right log and the process of trapping the termites within the core so that they make their way to the other end - then the scraping out charring and painting (if any) with mystic and significant mythological story symbols |
John Van Der Woude from Netherlands |
Always |
I tell them that the original didges are made from eucalyptus trees were the ants eat out the inside. The didgemaker has to choose the right tree and finish it with chiseling sanding etc. |
Josh from USA |
Only if asked |
Termites |
Anonymous from Germany |
Mostly |
That the original yidaki made from stringy bark - eucalyptus that inside eat out from termites but it give many other eucalyptus trees like bloodwood or whollybut bark |
Ken Bodrug from Canada |
Always |
Termites enter the living tree and eat the heartwood out leaving channels which create a unique didgeridoo |
Anonymous from Malta |
Sometimes |
Made by termites hollowing a eucalyptus branch |
Anonymous |
Only if asked |
By true natives |
Lauren from USA |
Rarely |
I usually go into detail about authentic termite hollowed wood because most think it's just carved out or something. |
Leon from South Africa |
Mostly |
I mostly explain how you can make your own one out of pipe but I sometimes explain how termite hollowed eucalyptus branches and bees wax is used to make a didj. |
Mario Rinder from Austria |
Only if asked |
Depends on which I'm using as if it's PLastic Eucalyptus or Bamboo so their are different ways to produce the for example in Austria their is I don't know if they are still building them but you can still get them a group of people who make them out of Hemp so it really differs. |
Martijn from Netherlands |
Sometimes |
How they are made and why they are played |
Martin Izzo from Argentina |
Always |
That the "real" ones are made by aborigines out of eucalyptus branches termite eaten and painted in a traditional manner. |
Matias Mazzo from Argentina |
Mostly |
The original didj is made by the action of the termites. |
Matt from Canada |
Sometimes |
About termites and such |
Max from New Zealand |
Mostly |
That it is made from the branch of a tree that is hollowed out over time by termites. |
Michael from USA |
Always |
Answered above. |
Miguel from Costa Rica |
Mostly |
It's made from Eucalyptus trees that have been hollowed out by termites. and that and aboriginal can walk several miles before finding one they can determine which tree to cut down. |
Anonymous |
Mostly |
I tell them that they are hollowed out by termites and the aboriginals go find the hollowed out logs. Then they take the bark of the tree off and paint and decorate them. Again very basic for elementary students. |
Richard from Netherlands |
Always |
See quest 2:> |
Robert E. from USA |
Sometimes |
It's bade by cleaning and burning out the inside of a termite hollowed branch or sapling. |
Anonymous |
Sometimes |
Ant hollowed wood |
Anonymous |
Always |
Tree limb hollowed out by white ants or termites & then a fellow will work on the wood to make it smooth & maybe paint some artwork onto it |
Anonymous from USA |
Mostly |
That its hollowed out by termites |
Anonymous |
Rarely |
Different crafting techniques from artificial materials to hand-gathered and adorned. |
Steve Barton from United Kingdom |
Sometimes |
I live in the countryside peacefully with not many people to tell my work mates are not interested. My partner Bron Knows as much as me as I constantly talk didge to her. always tell her what new thing I find out from the net and reading. Even manage to get her to accompany me to a small didge fest in the u/k. She enjoyed it. |
Steve from USA |
Mostly |
Termites made it. |
Susan from USA |
Always |
I would. I would share as much as I could find. I would also inform how the fakes and stolen items are around and not to support the people who take. We need to maintain a village and that takes support and personal care. Awareness of the source awareness of the efforts to survive. I would share the passion. |
Anonymous from USA |
Only if asked |
Termites bore them out |
Tanguy from France |
Always |
I explain why a traditional didj is too long too made... |
Themis from Germany |
Only if asked |
Termites are eating the wood that's how its made |
Anonymous from France |
Only if asked |
The didj is dug by the termites.and aborigines work on every Didgeridoo to give it the best song possible. |
Anonymous |
Mostly |
Termites hollow it out |
Tyrell from USA |
Always |
Well that they are hollowed out by termites and that also they can be burned out. Then beeswax is used for the mouthpiece. |
Willy from Germany |
Rarely |
A original Didj is made of a trunk which got hollowed by termites this trunk is cut of and then fine-tuned with various |
Zain Griffiths from United Kingdom |
Always |
Either by termites or by splitting the wood. or by buying a drain pipe haha |
