Musical Termites

Is it possible that an insect makes a musical instrument? Incredibly, the answer is yes. The Didjeridu is a wind instrument made from a Eucalyptus branch hollowed out by termites. The hollowed-out branch is the beginning of a wind instrument. The didjeridu is native to the Aborigines of northern Australia, where it has been played and used in their ceremonies for 1,500 years.
There are approximately 40 different Aboriginal names for the didjeridu, such as yidaki and yirdaki. Non-Aborigines typically call the instrument a didjeridu, but spell it in many different ways, such as didgeridoo, didgeridu and didjeridoo. Some anthropologists have even called it a drone trumpet because of its soft, melodic low tones.


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Josh Siegel is a student in the Thornton Jr. High School Honors Academy. He is a very good didjeridu player and is one of the few adolescents who play the didjeridu in the San Francisco Bay Area. His didjeridu teacher is the famous Stephen Kent, who is a professional at this instrument and plays didjeridu concerts around the world. Josh got interested in the didjeridu when the Australia exhibit opened at the San Francisco Zoo in 1993.
