Wamin Songs Archive

For the completion of Markos Koumoulas’ Ph.D. dissertation, “The ancient voice of the future: reawakening Wamin song and language through the didjeridu” (2025), and in collaboration with world-renowned Ewamian and Western Yalanji didjeridu player, David Bindi Hudson, this archive presents a collection of fieldwork materials in the Cairns region from March 2022 to March 2023. The aim of this research project is the revitalization of the Wamin (Ewamian) language through song. The first component of this project is the creation and recording of new Ewamian 'classical' Aboriginal music. Secondly, is the development of an Ewamian didjeridu notation derived from Ewamian cultural symbology and rock art to help facilitate the documentation of Ewamian music and language.

为完成马科斯·库穆拉斯（Markos Koumoulas）题为《未来的古老之声：通过迪吉里杜管（didjeridu）唤醒瓦明（Wamin）歌曲与语言》（2025年）的博士学位论文，并与世界知名的埃瓦米安（Ewamian）与西亚兰吉（Western Yalanji）族迪吉里杜管演奏家戴维·宾迪·哈德森（David Bindi Hudson）通力合作，本档案集收录了2022年3月至2023年3月于凯恩斯地区采集的田野调查资料。本研究项目的核心目标为通过音乐歌曲复兴瓦明（Ewamian）语言。该项目包含两大组成部分：其一为创作并录制全新的埃瓦米安“古典”原住民音乐；其二则是依托埃瓦米安文化符号体系与岩石艺术，开发一套专属的埃瓦米安迪吉里杜管记谱法，以助力埃瓦米安音乐与语言的记录与留存。