Thread: Girls - try to keep your hands off your mans' Didgeridoo

Good grief.....

It's like the rules are made up as they go along...

as far as i know it has always been that way. girls don't touch the didg'
but maybe they should make room for the girls
.
but that's not my culture, so i don't know
after all we let them vote in our culture.
let them fly airliners and other stuff

Originally Posted by Tombie2

Good grief.....

It's like the rules are made up as they go along...

Yep....But I am wondering which of the 900 plus tribal groups that rule belongs to!

Used by traditional aboriginals in a traditional way then they are entitled to their rules same as LandRovers are for men only. Oh wait we have been told we must share.
As far as it being used as a generic musical instrument then they can go for a walk.
Traditionally it should not be played to a general audience anyway, but they seem to have overcome that.
And we get called racist or sexist.

Seems odd when you have white muso's playing the didgeridoo and you can buy one from any touristy shop.........so whats the go then?

Regards

Stevo

So all the white kids who run around the house blowing rasberries into a vacuum cleaner pipe () can't read about how it's done because one indigenous academic says that girls shouldn't play the didgeridoo? (because it will make them infertile no less!)

I have many aboriginal friends, so please don't think me racist - but it really annoys me how *some* indigenous Australians are happy to reap the benefits of modern living yet bleat about tradition whenever it suits them. Or alternatively, apply their traditions selectively like in the example CraigE gave above.

For example, I remember seeing a clip years ago of an aboriginal woman screaming at a copper "there's no place for white man's law here!". It struck me as ironic that she was happily fully clothed and screaming from the safety of a late model vehicle which I suspect she didn't purchase with her hard earned savings.

Don't get me wrong - if people (of any nationality) want to retain their tradition then go right ahead. What annoys me is when the individual wants to be given "white mans" education for free, "white mans" income for free, to buy "white mans" booze and "white mans" cars - but then cries racism whenever they are subjected to "white mans" taxes or "white mans" paddy wagon.

I have probably just opened a can of worms here, but please understand I'm talking about certain individuals, not entire communities here.

Interesting but if you go to Didgeridoo
it also mentions about instant didgeridoos such as tail shafts of Land Rovers. Has any one on this site ever used a tailshaft for that purpose?
Besides all the oil and grease wouldn't it be hard to blow through