Manikay (clan song series)

E867388

Manikay is a traditional Yolngu clan-based song series from Arnhem Land that preserves ancestral stories, law, and connections to Country through ceremonial performance.

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instanceOf Indigenous Australian cultural practice
Yolngu song tradition
ceremonial music tradition
clan song series
intangible cultural heritage
oral tradition
hasAccessControl restricted knowledge according to kinship and ceremony
hasCountry Australia NERFINISHED
hasCulturalGroup Yolngu people NERFINISHED
hasFunction ceremonial performance
education of younger generations
maintenance of connection to Country
preservation of ancestral stories
transmission of law
hasLanguageFamily Yolngu Matha languages NERFINISHED
hasMedium chant
clapstick accompaniment
dance accompaniment
didjeridu accompaniment
sung poetry
hasOwnership Yolngu clans NERFINISHED
hasPerformanceContext Yolngu ceremony
funerary ceremonies
initiation ceremonies
public ceremonial events
rom (law) ceremonies
hasPerformanceStyle call-and-response patterns
highly stylised vocal delivery
hasRegion Arnhem Land NERFINISHED
hasRelationToCountry encoding of place-based knowledge GENERATED
expression of connection to specific estates GENERATED
hasRelationToLaw authoritative source of customary law GENERATED
embodiment of Yolngu law GENERATED
hasSocialRole affirmation of land and sea rights
assertion of clan identity
maintenance of sacred knowledge
mapping of Country
hasStateOrTerritory Northern Territory NERFINISHED
hasStructure clan-based song series
sequence of song items
hasTemporalDepth ancient practice
pre-colonial tradition
hasTheme Country and place
ancestral beings
ceremonial journeys
creation stories
kinship relationships
law and social order
sea and land
hasTransmissionMode intergenerational teaching
oral transmission

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Yolngu people haveMusicTradition Manikay (clan song series)