Definition of yidaki in English:
yidaki
nounPlural yidakis ˈjɪdaki
A didgeridoo, typically one made by an Australian Aborigine using traditional techniques.
Example sentencesExamples
- It is inappropriate for anyone to presume to play anyone else's yidaki.
- Traditional instruments such as the yidaki (didgeridoo) and bilma (ironwood clapsticks) are juxtaposed with electric guitars, bass, keyboards and drums.
- It is a place where Ganbulapula brought the yidaki (or didgeridoo) into being amongst the Gumatj people.
- Musically the main ingredients are guitar, drums and keyboard, plus didgeridoo (yidaki) and clapsticks (bilma).
- Neither of these commentators belongs to a group for whom the yidaki has any ceremonial significance whatsoever.
- The Australian didgeridoo or yidaki is a simple wind instrument, yet a good player can coax from it a variety of timbres greater than that of many an orchestral instrument.
Origin
Yolngu (an Aboriginal language of Arnhem Land), 'didgeridoo'.