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-26.27145

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132.2825

Start Date

2019-01-09

End Date

2019-01-09

Interview with Lucy Lester about Wanji-wanji travelling song. In Adelaide, at Lucy Lesters House 4pm. Wednesday 9 January 2019. Interviewed by Myfany Turpin and Shirleen McLaughlin. Lucy was born in 1940 at Tieyon Station. Tieyon Station is to the east of the Stuary Highway in SA just south of the NT border. Lucy was born and grew up there. Its Yankunytjatjatjara country. Recorded on Isabel's zoomH6 using XY mic and lapel mic. FILE NAME DURATION NOTES 20190109LL-01.WAV 16mins 20190109LL-02.WAV 10 seconds (cut off) 20190109LL-03.WAV 19 mins (best one) Notes from listening (see also text files) 24.935 My name is Waniwa Lester, my other name is Lucy. 32.972 I was born at Tieyon Station in the far North. 40.679 I heard these songs a long time ago when I was a little girl. 475.324 Yeah, the old man would take a fire stick to the spot where they sit and sing 485.197 Look that old man is gonna make a fire and everybody come 492.499 Evening time and they would have danced on with the children. 496.482 But we have to cover out eyes, not to see the man approaching. 502.019 MT: Wait till it's all set up. 503.355 Yeah. 504.314 MT: And then they tell you 505.577 They don't like seeing him coming all done up you know, and we see, we gotta close our eyes and they come to the spot, and palya you can see now. 518.496 And they start singing and they start dancing. 528.707 They'll say turn around now and cover your eyes, cause they approaching now to the spot where they gonna dance from.

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