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Jasmine Nangala Patrick: This is Jerry Patrick and Yukihiro Jungerai Doi and they are working and helping each other to make their Kurlumpurrungu at the arts centre. Kurlumpurrungu was used in the early days and it was lost in our days but Jerry is bringing the Kurlumpurrungu back to the community.
Jerry Patrick: This doesn’t come from Ngaliya tribe. This comes from Warnayaka tribe – Warlpiri. There’s two Warlpiri but they’re different. One is holding this and the other isn’t. Warnayaka people have made one of these so they can use it in a ceremony called Jalurinjirri.
Jasmine Nangala Patrick: Kurlumpurrungu has its own song line and Jerry is sharing that knowledge to the kids by singing it.
Steven Patrick: You see this old fella here? He’s been eight the last time he saw this ceremony. Out in the bush, people would have seen this first.
Steven Patrick: Right – you ready?
It’s a calling song, yeah, calling everyone to start learning again.
Jasmine Nangala Patrick: Doi Jungerai is here from Japan doing field research.
Yukihiro Jungerai Doi: I was studying in Canberra that Warlpiri people didn’t have wind instruments. And the Didjeridoo was not used in Central Australia. But this is not true. Jerry taught me that they had one in Warlpiri culture 70 years ago when he was a boy. That was big news. It was very exciting.
Jasmine Nangala Patrick: Jerry is bringing that Kurlumpurrungu back to the community so my people can see what Kurlumpurrungu is and use it in the future.
