Name: Mijiyanga (feat. Nayurryurr & Yilila)
Duration: P00H04M06S
Description: Mijiyanga, the old Makassan sailing boat from my Red Flag/Dhumbala culture, featuring futuristic synth and my son Nayurryurr singing with me.

Mijiyanga (feat. Nayurryurr & Yilila)

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Mijiyanga, the old Makassan sailing boat from my Red Flag/Dhumbala culture, featuring futuristic synth and my son Nayurryurr singing with me.

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Mijiyanga galiyiina manila
Mijiyanga lharrma-lharrmani dhumbala galiyiina

Damaalu lharrma-lharrmani
Damaalu lharrma ama-lhayn-jangi
Damaalu mugumugu-wala
Damaalu lharrma-lharrmani
Damaalu ma-wudhu-wudhayiina
Damaalu ama-lhayn-jangi
Damaalu lharrma-lharrmani
Damaalu wu-wilbi-wilbilangi yinjin yagaa

Lharrma-lharrmangi mijiyanga
Dhumbala galiyiina dhumbala galiyiina manila

Damaalu wilbi-wilbilangi
Damaalu lharrma ar-malaynjangi
Damaalu ma-wudhu-wudhayiina
Lharrma-lharrma-lharrmani
Damaalu yinjin wu-nyurrnyurrwana
Damaalu wu-bilbilangi
Nimbirrima-nayii yaamiila yagaa
Damaalu ar-ngu-barawudii

Lharrma-lharrmani
Mijiyanga warra-warrugana lharrma-lharrmani
Jujuj ma-yaarrii jujuj ma-yaarrii

Yaamiila gabalandhurra
Wurrugurrij ma-yaarrii yaamiila

Damaalu lharrma-lharrmani mijiyanga
Maa-gaagiina maa-gaagiina mijiyanga
Ngima-ngurrji-ngurrji-ardiyn yaamiila
Gabalandhurra gabalandhurra lharrma-lharrmani
Jangajanga ngii-diyn ngii-landharrmana
Jangajanga ngima-rawa-rawa
Jangajanga ngii-landharrmana yaa
Damaalu lharrma-lharrmani mijiyanga
Maa-gaagiina maa-gaagiina mijiyanga

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released January 14, 2022
Ngulmiya, Nayurryurr and Yilila - vocals, Synth Production - Luke Howard. Mixed and Mastered by Hadyn Buxton. Produced by Anthony Gray. Released by Arnhem Land and East Indonesian label Bapa Gajah.

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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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