Yidaki itself, didjeridu, was originally made here in East Arnhem Land. Nowadays, you see throughout the world, people making a lot of didjeridus. Some are not properly made out of what nature... naturally, what the nature has provided, you know?
This is natural (pointing to a yidaki mouthpiece), it is easten by white ants. But we don't use, cutting some jigsaw. Because it's just undermining the Aboriginal thing, you know? The way of making didjeridu, you know? Because I believe that in, maybe doing it in overseas, it's something that's not the way it should be, you know? It should be locally made, you know? Local product, you know? That is what Yol\u people believe, you know? It's just taking our rights away from Yol\u people.

Watjuku Gurruwiwi
G^lpu clan leader

 

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