The old man and the sea (and Gotye): the story of 'Australia's only guru'

Djalu Gurruwiwi is a spiritual keeper of the didgeridoo. He’s also a mysterious and charismatic figure, whose admirers include a film-maker, a street artist and the musician Gotye. Paul Daley joins them on a voyage along an ancient songline

It’s not clear where the story of Arnhem Land’s Djalu Gurruwiwi begins or ends. It just meanders infinitely, back and forth, across the land and into the sea along the songlines that tell it.

Nobody is certain when Djalu – a spiritual keeper and master craftsman of the yirdaki (didgeridoo) as well as one of its most globally respected players – was born.

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