Didgeridoo is an onomatopoeic origin word, used by occidental peoples, that refers to the antique wind instrument of australian Aborigines. In Australia this instrument is indicated with at least fifty different names, according to the various peoples living in the Country: therefore one can run through djalupu, djubini, ganbag, gamalag, maluk, and up to yirago, yiraki, yidaky... Didgeridoo originated from North Australian aborigines. There are no reliable sources stating its exact age, but it could possibly go back to at least two thousand years ago. Didgeridoo is classified as a "labial reed airphone" musical instrument, it has a light conical hose shape of variable lenght (about a meter or a meter and a half, but can also reach two meters and a half). This instrument is made out of an eucalyptus branch ( a plant widely diffused in the North of Australia); the branch is chosen among those whose inner part has been hollowed by termites. Firstly peeled, cleaned and accurately finished, the instrument is then decorated with traditional paintings which remind of aborigines mythology.

In the last three decades the didgeridoo was subjected of modifications, researches, contaminations and it was joined to the modern music as normal musical instrument. Today it is possible to count more than a dozen of different kind of materials used to build the modern didjeridoos (like plastic, glass, cartoon, agave, leather, hemp etc.). Originally it was made in a unique branch of wood, today you can find telescopic instruments to intone the key while playing. A lot of contemporary players were born creating new styles and techniques. New artists, new inventions, new styles were amplified by several didgeridoo festivals organized around Europe and USA.

This "movement" so far from the origin gave the possibility to discover and highlight the aboriginal culture. Few aboriginal people, recognized as custodian of the traditions, began to spread their knowledge and culture. All the material is now available on books and CDs.