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Stop the Jabiluka Uranium Mine

Homeland Movement
Artist/Collector:
Yothu Yindi
Label Information:
Mushroom Records International B.V.: MUSH32462.2
Media Type:
CD
Year:
1989
Availability:
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Track Number Track Title Track Time Notes
06
Gamadala 0:01:57 Yolngu rock band includes some traditional songs. Yidaki by: Milkayngu Mununggurr. Gamadala is the escarpment in the Kakadu region of the Northern Territory. To the Yolngu people the escarpment is sacred and holy because it holds the life force for the Yolngu and all living things.
07
Garrtjambal (Red Kangaroo) 0:02:10 Yolngu rock band includes some traditional songs. Yidaki by: Milkayngu Mununggurr. Song is about the vein of the Garrtjambal embedded in the escarpment.
08
Mambulmambul 0:01:18 Yolngu rock band includes some traditional songs. Yidaki by: Milkayngu Mununggurr. Song refers to Yolngu people eating rare kangaroo meat in a sacred place.
09
Gudurrku (Brolga) 0:05:16 Yolngu rock band includes some traditional songs. Yidaki by: Milkayngu Mununggurr. Song expresses Gudurrku up in the heavens, crying, and coming down from the sun, the giver of life. Song also expresses Gudurrku feeding in the swamp lands.
10
Barrwula 1 0:02:51 Yolngu rock band includes some traditional songs. Yidaki by: Milkayngu Mununggurr. Barrwula is the water of life. Song is a Dhuwa concept and the three parts describe a Yolngu woman leaving a sacred place to collect water. It tells of the spring and its powers and the relationship between Barrwula and the woman.
11
Barrwula 2 0:00:48 Yolngu rock band includes some traditional songs. Yidaki by: Milkayngu Mununggurr. Barrwula is the water of life. Song is a Dhuwa concept and the three parts describe a Yolngu woman leaving a sacred place to collect water. It tells of the spring and its powers and the relationship between Barrwula and the woman.
12
Barrwula 3 0:00:42 Yolngu rock band includes some traditional songs. Yidaki by: Milkayngu Mununggurr. Barrwula is the water of life. Song is a Dhuwa concept and the three parts describe a Yolngu woman leaving a sacred place to collect water. It tells of the spring and its powers and the relationship between Barrwula and the woman.
13
Gunmarra 1 0:01:16 Yolngu rock band includes some traditional songs. Yidaki by: Milkayngu Mununggurr. Song belongs to the Yirritja sub-section of the Dhuwa/Yirritja category and is sung in the Gumatj language. Song talks about Gunmarra the bony freshwater fish and its environment. It describes the foam of the freshwater. A neighbouring clan group's powerful place is mentioned.
14
Gunmarra 2 0:00:51 Yolngu rock band includes some traditional songs. Yidaki by: Milkayngu Mununggurr. Song belongs to the Yirritja sub-section of the Dhuwa/Yirritja category and is sung in the Gumatj language. Song talks about Gunmarra the bony freshwater fish and its environment. It describes the foam of the freshwater. A neighbouring clan group's powerful place is mentioned.

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