Didgeridoo?

what is a didgeridoo? ever heard of it? it looks like this :



I bet most of you guys have seen this unique instrument but some of us might not know what is the name of it. Its DIDGERIDOO and you pronounce it 'didjeridu' or you can simply call it 'didge'.

It came from nothern Australia where the Indigenous Australians developed it around 1500+ years ago.

Didgeridoos are made from Eucalyptus trees. The hollow is commonly caused by termite.

These are Eucalyptus trees

this instrument is sure historic, isnt it? and the sound produced also unique. it is categorized as aerophone instrument. Amazingly, this long instrument had been played around the world nowadays and that is including our country Malaysia.

In malaysia, we got many events for didgeridoo such as gathering and didgeridoo circles where our didgeridoo players will gather and having good time playing didgeridoo.

In search for Malaysian Didgeridoo act, i stumbled upon this blog :
http://didjeridooghetto.blogspot.com/

This blog is awesome i told ya. Lots of didgeridoo acts in Malaysia were posted here. If I were not mistaken, the blog owner is Hafiz. You can get his info in the blog. Here are some shots from didgeridoo ghetto blog:




So for those who are interested in Didgeridoo culture and wants to join them didge, spend some time visiting the blog. I'm sure you will get what you want there!

Fun facts about didgeridoo:

1)Different regions and tribes came up with different names for didgeridoo such as 'Ngarrriralkpwina' by Anindilyakwa tribe and 'paampu' by Pintupi tribe.

2) Study found that learning and practicing didgeridoo helped reduce snoring and sleep apnea!

3) You can find Didgeridoo at Pasar Seni/ Central market @ KL! yeay!


Source taken from:
wikipedia
Didjeridoo Ghetto