We headed off to Cooinda today which is around 100klm west of Jabaru, on the way we dropped into a walk at Nourlangie. We got to see some beautiful rock art and climbed this huge slopping rock that was like a huge piece of concrete and must have kept going for at least 500 meters. We arrived at Cooinda and went to a night where an elder Jumpin’ Jo and his nephew Deadly Dave played didgeridoos and other instruments. They asked if anyone would like to get up so Trice and I jumped up. The problem was that Trice was not allowed to play the Didge as it is against aboriginal custom. Apparently the story goes that a spirit was trying to win over to young sisters and they rejected him so he snapped off his penis and started playing a tune through it to impress them, they still rejected him - loser. This is where the Didge has come from and if a female were to play it then the aboriginal male will lose his pride and joy. They appear to have a fetish with genitals as all the aboriginal art has all the body bits but in larger size. Trice was restricted to banging clacker sticks while I playing the Didge.
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