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Ma​-​Lhiyn

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Copyright Ngulmiya 2022. All Rights Reserved.

Strings by the Budapest Art Orchestra. Arranged by Anthony Gray and Luke Howard.

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Wubuy mari Makassar project
Supported through the Australian Government’s Indigenous Languages and Arts program.

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Wirrima-lhigayn wirrima-lhigayn wirrima-rarrmana yagaa
wirrima-lhagayn wirrima-lhigayn wirrima-lhigayn
Bamaalaa ma-lhud-dhirrilhirrili wirrima-lhigayn
Bamaala bamaala bamaala wirrima-lhagayn
Wirrima-rarrmana wirrima-lhigayn wirrima-lhigayn
A-dawun-gala Mara-lhiyn mara-lhiyn mara-lhiyn
Wirrima-lhagayn wirrima-lhigayn

Wirrima-lhigayn wirrima-lhigayn a-dawun-gala
Wirrima-rarrmana bamaala ma-lhud-dhirrilhirrili
Wirrima-lhigayn wirrima-lhiyn
Bamaala bamaala bamaala wirrima-rarrmana yagaa
Wirrima-lhigayn a-dawun-gala wirrima-rarrmana yaga
Wirrima-lhigayn bamaala ma-lhud-dhirrilhirrili
Wirrima-lhigayn ma-lhiyn ma-lhiyn ma-lhiyn ma-lhiyn

Yaa yaa

Yaa ma-lhiyn ma-lhiyn
Yaa wirrima-lhigayn yamiila
Yaa ma-lhuḏ-dhirrilhirrilhi bamaala
Ma-lhiyn ma-lhiyn yaa
Wirrima-lhigayn a-dawun-gala
Yaa ma-lhiyn ma-lhiyn ma-lhiyn ma-lhiyn
Bamaala

Wirrima-lhigayn wirrima-lhigayn a-dawun-gala
Wirrima-lhagayn wirrima-lhigayn a-dawun-gala yagaa
Bamaala ma-lhud-dhirrilhirrili wirrima-lhigayn
Bamaala bamaala bamaala wirrima-lhigayn a-dawun-gala yagaa
Wirrima-rarrmana yagaa wirrima-lhigayn
A-dawun-gala yagaa bamaala ma-lhud-dhirrilhirrilhi
Wirrima-lhigayn wirrima-lhigayn wirrima-lhigayn

Wirrima-lhigayn wirrima-lhigayn a-dawun-gala
Wirrima-rarrmana yagaa wirrima-lhigayn wirrima-lhigayn
Wirrima-lhigayn wirrima-lhigayn bamaala bamaala
Bamaala ma-lhud-dhirrilhirrili yagaa wirrima-lhigayn
A-dawun-gala ma-lhiyn ma-lhiyn wirrima-lhigayn
Wirrima-lhigayn bamaala ma-lhud-dhirrilhirrili
Yaa yaa yaa

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released June 8, 2022
Strings by the Budapest Art Orchestra. Arranged by Anthony Gray and Luke Howard.

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Ngulmiya Numbulwar, Australia

Ngulmiya Nundhirribala is an iconic ceremony leader and songman from Arnhem Land with a godlike voice and presence. Ngulmiya shares improvisations on previously private ceremony songs and Dhumbala (Red Flag) songs and stories, that developed over centuries, through his family's long relationship and history with the Makassan traders and sailors from SE Asia. ... more

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