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Didjeridu

Didjeridus from this region are made in the West Arnhem style. Called Mago, they’re different and special and follow the tradition made famous by Beswick’s Mago Master, elder David Blanasi.

Ghunmarn didjeridus are sourced on country, and hand cut from Woolybutt trees. Artists travel considerable distances on foot to find the right woolybutt tree naturally hollowed out by termites. Good instruments are hand-cut and taken back to camp to be worked, shaped, sanded, tuned and then finally painted.

These are top quality musical instruments, highly regarded worldwide, and still used in ceremony and performance today. Featuring traditional designs handed painted with a Jarlk grass brush.

Most Ghunamrn didjeridus are high pitch D, low pitch D, F, C or G. The longer the dij the lower the pitch, a shorter didj will give a higher sound.

Name: Ray Dooley


Language: Jawoyn



Biography: Ray Dooley, Born at Barunga in 1966. Ray's family is from MANYALLALUK, Mayali people. Mayali families used to travel from Oenpelli - Gunbalanya through Pine Creek to Barunga. Ray's father was a law man in the region. But it was he's grandfather who taught him painting. Ray paints the spirits and animals from this country.


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