About the Didgeridoo

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What is a Didgeridoo

The didgeridoo is a cylindrical wooden tube. Its length varies from around 3' to around 6'. The end that you blow into has an internal diameter of about 1.5". The bottom end is either the same size or it may taper out to a larger diameter.

The didjeridoo is played by blowing into the narrow end of the tube with your lips vibrating. It can played in conjunction with clapping sticks and the clapping together of boomerangs in 'corroborees' (warlike night-dance of Australian Aboriginals).

Origins of the Didgeridoo

The didgeridoo is one of the oldest if not the oldest instrument in the world. It has been used in traditional Aboriginal ceremonies and corroborees across the top of Australia for thousands of years.

Originally the didgeridoo was played by tribes from the Northern parts of Western Australia, the Northern Territory and some Cape York areas of Queensland. Traditionally the didgeridoo was only played by men, and believed to cause the women to become pregnant or to have twins when they did become pregnant.

Stories About The Didgeridoo

A long time ago. The women of the tribe were out gathering wood for the fire. One of the logs in the woodpile was hollow but they didn't know it at the time.
The wind began to blow during the day and a strange sound was heard and after a search the tribal members traced the sound to the hollow log in the woodpile. They thought if the wind blowing down the wooden tube could make a sound like that, why couldn't they?