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arXiv:1605.08507 (physics)
[Submitted on 27 May 2016 (v1), last revised 7 Oct 2016 (this version, v2)]

Title:"Dancing with the stars" - astronomy and music in the Torres Strait

Authors:Duane W. Hamacher, Alo Tapim, Segar Passi, John Barsa
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Abstract:Song and dance are a traditional means of strengthening culture and passing knowledge to successive generations in the Torres Strait of northeastern Australia. Dances incorporate a range of apparatuses to enhance the performance, such as dance machines (Zamiyakal) and headdresses (Dhari). The dances, songs, headdresses and dance machines work together to transfer important knowledge about subsistence survival, social structure, and cultural continuity. This paper explores how celestial phenomena inspire and inform music and dance.
Comments: The Inspiration of Astronomical Phenomena: Proceedings of the INSAP IX Conference, edited by Nicholas Campion and Chris Impey. Lampeter: Sophia Centre Press, 2016
Subjects: History and Philosophy of Physics (physics.hist-ph); Physics and Society (physics.soc-ph)
Cite as: arXiv:1605.08507 [physics.hist-ph]
  (or arXiv:1605.08507v2 [physics.hist-ph] for this version)
  https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.1605.08507

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From: Duane Hamacher [view email]
[v1] Fri, 27 May 2016 05:16:40 UTC (4,054 KB)
[v2] Fri, 7 Oct 2016 03:51:55 UTC (3,297 KB)
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