What instruments are used in treaty by Yothu Yindi?

Musical style The timbres of the song include the balanda rock ensemble of electric guitars, keyboard and drumkit, and on occasion balanda voices. The Yolngu sounds include the lead singer’s vocal quality, and the traditional instruments, bilma (ironwood clapsticks) and yidaki.

What did Yothu Yindi do?

Yothu Yindi were one of the first bands to bring the music, the stories and the issues of Indigenous Australia to the world with their energetic and beautiful music. For all the amazing songs they produced in their two decades as a band, one has a legacy that is unrivalled by any other song in Australian history.

What does Yothu Yindi mean in Yolngu?

child-mother
Yothu-yindi is an expression of unity in diversity, a relationship of difference (child-mother) out of which stems good society. Yothu-yindi is about the reciprocal responsibilities of caring for country and family.

Is Yothu Yindi dead?

Yothu Yindi lead singer Yunupingu has died at his home in the Northern Territory. The former Australian of the Year, who was 56, died at his home in Yirrkala in Eastern Arnhem Land. He had been fighting kidney disease for several years.

What does the name Yothu Yindi mean in English?

child and mother
Pronounced as “yo-thoo yin-dee”, the band’s name translates from Yolngu matha to English as “child and mother” and is essentially a kinship term referring to the connection that the Yolngu (Australian Aboriginal) clans of north-east Arnhem Land have between themselves.

How many members are there in Yothu Yindi?

The four-piece band was formed by Roy Kellaway, the son of Yothu Yindi founding member and bass player Stuart Kellaway, and Yirrnga Yunupingu, nephew of Yothu Yindi frontman the late Dr M Yunupingu.

Where is Yothu Yindi now?

Why was Yothu Yindi created?

The group established the Yothu Yindi Foundation in 1990 to promote Yolngu cultural development, including from 1999 producing the annual Garma Festival of Traditional Cultures and from May 2007 running the Dilthan Yolngunha (Healing Place). Chairman of the foundation is Galarrwuy Yunupingu.