Name and Country |
Did you know ... sold without stating that fact? |
Did you know ... sold by deceiving customers? |
What do you think or feel about these issue that almost all didgeridoos not made by Aboriginal people are sold without clearly stating this fact?
What do you think or feel about these issue that many didgeridoos not made by Aboriginal people are sold using Aboriginal cultural images or are even sold by deceiving the customer into believing they were made by Aboriginal people? |
Adam Vitti from USA |
Yes |
No |
Since I've been doing didge research I've found out that there are some very unfair and deceitful practices being committed with didges. |
Anonymous |
No |
No |
Again these companies are manipulating the customer by using images (copied Aboriginal images) and techniques. Because the customer sees those images and the seller never clearly states who made the product the consumer assumes the best that the product was made by a native person who was paid fairly for their art. I refuse to be manipulated and I also refuse to support companies who prey on isolated poor natives. |
Amanda from United Kingdom |
Yes |
No |
Disgusted disappointed ashamed |
Anonymous |
Yes |
No |
Great |
Anonymous from Australia |
Yes |
No |
It should be outlawed. |
April from USA |
Yes |
No |
Truth in Advertising should be mandated. |
Anonymous from USA |
Yes |
No |
Again it is a really unfortunate situation. It's sad that a culture is literally being exploited in a way in order to benefit people who ultimately don't care about the Aboriginal people. Even more sad is the general lack of understanding and knowledge about Aboriginal people and their culture/ history which unfortunately allows people to buy into products that are not benefiting the culture in which they think they are helping/ supporting. |
Anonymous |
No |
No |
I do not like this |
Anonymous from USA |
No |
No |
Same as the above. I'm saddened and angered by these facts and do my little part in preventing them but in the end it's the overall populations knowledge that will help to stem this abuse. |
Anonymous from Australia |
No |
No |
Its okay because it reminds us of the aboriginal culture. |
Benoit Begin from Canada |
Yes |
No |
Its really sad for the aboriginal culture because other nation can't take it the way it is really |
Brad from USA |
No |
No |
Its very upsetting. |
Anonymous from Thailand |
Yes |
No |
Clearly deception is wrong but what if these people simply change the design spelling etc a little and call the didge something else? I don't think this solves the problem that your trying to address although it does deal with the focus of your question. |
Brett from Australia |
No |
No |
It's shameful and should be rectified. |
Brian Phillips from USA |
No |
No |
I think that it is a shame that some people would make false claims like this which in turn would cause a consumer to purchase a product that is not what the believe it to be. |
Anonymous from USA |
No |
No |
When it says authentic it should be authentic. It is unfortunate for both the person who buys something that isn't what they wanted and for the person who chooses the life of deception. All things in life are a balance. Eventually there will be balance. |
Bryan from USA |
No |
No |
Sounds like false advertising to me. If a person were truly looking for an authentic piece hopefully they would do their homework and find a site like this one. |
Carlos from Spain |
Yes |
No |
If someone is using the legacy of the australian aboriginal people just for earning money and lying about the origin of those didgeridoos they should be judge as criminals. |
Casey from USA |
Yes |
No |
I believe in the necessity of truth in advertising. Deception at any level is unacceptable. I believe that the stated information should be made more available to purchasers so that they can feel they are making an educated decision when purchasing a didj. |
Cathy Chadwick Ciccone from USA |
Yes |
No |
I completely understand this plight as I myself am a Native Artisan and this affects me personally. While we have laws here in the U.S. regarding this nobody really pays any attention to them. When non-indigenous people make & sell "native" art/instruments etc. without regard to the Original Peoples this is blatant disrespect. Also purchasers are duped into believing they have the "real deal". While some may just care about a lower price I believe many more would be willing to pay more if they knew the money was going to an Indigenous Person. |
Anonymous from Spain |
Yes |
No |
I think that they can't deceive us and they should know the creators of the didjeridoos are the aboriginal people. |
Clayton from USA |
Yes |
No |
Deceiving people into spending large quantities of money on items they believe to be genuine but which in fact are not is a poor practice. |
Connie from USA |
No |
No |
Same as above. A people's culture should not be taken advantage of by others. |
Cristian Bouniot from Chile |
No |
No |
It's a shame because they obtain benefits at the expense of millenarian cultures and they deceive the people |
Dan from Australia |
No |
No |
This should be illegal! they are basically lying to us and betraying the aboriginal people |
Daniel from Canada |
Yes |
No |
It is rather upsetting. However though they try they will never be able to reproduce the quality of real aboriginal didgeridoos. |
Darin from USA |
Yes |
No |
This is an unethical misrepresentation |
Daryl from USA |
Yes |
No |
Same as above. This is a poor abuse of Australia's resources and damages the cultural identity of the aborigine people. |
Anonymous |
Yes |
No |
Nothing like a Original Australian didje this people must be punished. |
David from United Kingdom |
No |
No |
I feel that this is a great injustice to the aboriginal people. That a company or a person my profit for cultural images which people find special without full knowledge of their meaning is not morally correct |
Des Holmes from United Kingdom |
Yes |
No |
When I've spoken to shop owners selling didges in the souvenir shops they deny all knowledge but when they can't look you in the eyes you know the reality. Government should be prepared to make shops declare the parentage of each didge by statute. |
Dominick Messina from USA |
No |
No |
I believe sharing aboriginal imagery is ok but deceiving someone to make a sale is bad karma and is bad business |
Dylan from USA |
No |
No |
I think people are just trying to make quick money and it is pathetic |
Erik from Slovakia |
Yes |
No |
This can be expected. only a fool would expect that every aboriginal looking didge is authentic. |
Fabian from Portugal |
Yes |
No |
Sorry I talked about everything on the other question. |
Florent from France |
No |
No |
That's not good and we got to fight to change that!! |
Frank from USA |
No |
No |
Attempting to deceive people about who made the didj is disgraceful and wrong. |
Gail from USA |
No |
No |
I would wish there was a way to control this. |
Gary Lister from United Kingdom |
No |
No |
People should be honest. |
Gary Ross from USA |
No |
No |
The world sets a bad example with the copy of many designs and products by third world countries where the law looks the other way and those products are contracted for by big sales distributors without heavy penalty if they get caught. On a smaller scale using the made by Natives label is the same as using the Nike brand on some cheap Chinese shoes. |
Geert Roelants from Belgium |
No |
No |
Same answer. Some procedure should be installed in order to respect the authenticity of the didgeridoos an other artefacts made by the aboriginal people. when it is possible in this world to get authentic wines form france (the doc's) or any other region then it surely should be possible to get a label for quality and origin of the products (didgeridoos and others) made by the aboriginal people. |
Anonymous |
Yes |
No |
Its a pity also |
Gregory White from Canada |
No |
No |
Outraged! |
Jake Hoyne from USA |
Yes |
No |
The Aboriginal people have a deep culture that should be help with respect; saying a didgeridoo is what it isn't insults this culture. |
Jake Richman from USA |
Yes |
No |
It's an awful fact of life when it comes down to it but as stated above this is nearly essential as with a lot of art today to do this and to spread the knowledge to people who wouldn't necessarily seek it. |
James from USA |
Yes |
No |
It makes me feel as if our world is spiraling into a state of deceit for the sake of profit. |
Anonymous |
No |
No |
Sad but not surprising I would hope that more would consider this in their purchasing decision |
Jan from Netherlands |
Yes |
No |
Its not good but its not easy to do it all well. |
Jason from USA |
No |
No |
Again I feel that without the communities consent this is very wrong. however the sale of authentically decorated didges (even if not by an indigenous community member) is not necessarily wrong granted the consent of the community. however fooling consumers into believing that a product is an authentic creating is tantamount to lie and thus immoral. and I will take the time to say here that the following questions are not set up very well. the emphasis should always be placed on the consent of the community when it comes to who can share in their culture. my answer to each of the questions below would be: "this depends on the community." |
Anonymous |
Yes |
No |
I just can say the same thing. It's the robbery of a culture. |
Jef. from Australia |
Yes |
No |
They reveal a callous attitude to Aboriginal people. |
Anonymous from USA |
Yes |
No |
More info needs to be given to people |
Anonymous |
Yes |
No |
Complicated |
João from Portugal |
Yes |
No |
If people around the world were more peaceful and open minded with each other this wouldn't happen and the world would be a better place. |
Johan Blanckaert from Belgium |
No |
No |
Once again somme official certification and labelling or even marking could occur. |
Anonymous from Portugal |
Yes |
No |
I think people shouldn't be tricked to buy a didgeridoo that is not made by aboriginal people but sold as aboriginal and that happens very often! That's not fair neither to the aboriginal people nor the buyers! About the aboriginal cultural images I feel that its a violation of rights to use those images with the purpose to sell a Didgeridoo as being aboriginal sometimes using images badly with wrong meanings or without the sense of what they mean. |
Josef from New Zealand |
Yes |
No |
False statement. |
Anonymous |
Yes |
No |
It's very sad that we treat our fellow human beings this way. People who have just as much potential as anyone else. It's much the same here with the Native Americans. |
Anonymous |
No |
No |
I feel like I answered these question in my response to the 1st question. deceiving anyone about what you're selling is just wrong and to do so at the expense of a culture is punishable by universal law. that judgement is up to a higher power than me. and what of the aborigine that paints cultural images with no ritual and no other purpose but to profit. the dreamers will remain as all else falls away... |
Juli from Australia |
No |
No |
That only aboriginal artefacts should be sold. |
Anonymous from USA |
Yes |
No |
It should not be this way. |
Kathleen from USA |
No |
No |
The source of the instrument should be made clear |
Keith from Italy |
Yes |
No |
As stated above It's unfortunate that people do this. That's why I'm loyal to Didjshop. |
Keith Story from USA |
No |
No |
To mimic the design is not an issue I disagree with as long as the artist informs the buyer that the design is a pastiche; however to copy the designs simply to claim and feign authenticity is disgraceful. Also using an image to authenticate a clearly non-authentic production of an instrument is equivalent with lying which I personally have no tolerance for. |
Kelley Smith from USA |
Yes |
No |
I think that the Yadikis should be properly labeled so people know who really made them. |
Ken Broeckel from USA |
No |
No |
It makes me mad. I don't like false fronts. |
Kermit Crissey from USA |
No |
No |
Needs to be changed |
Kirsty from Australia |
No |
No |
As above. |
Kyle from Australia |
Yes |
No |
The Aboriginal Culture created this instrument and the art that is used on these instruments. It is completely unjust to take their culture and abuse it in the form of of deceiving consumers into believing the products they are purchasing are authentic Aboriginal made products. It is not only unfair in that it is abusing the gifts their culture has given to us for money that should have been theirs but it is also culturally offensive. |
Anonymous |
No |
No |
It"s unfair and the customer ends up being the loser for not gaining the authenticity associated with the design of the Didgeridoo. |
Lasse from Denmark |
Yes |
No |
Bad |
Anonymous |
No |
No |
False advertising seems to be becoming a real issue in this world as time passes. Money DOESN'T make the world go 'round...spirit does. |
Lori from USA |
Yes |
No |
Again I think a law should be made to prevent unscrupulous people from exploiting the aboriginal culture as well as deceiving the public. |
Anonymous from Peru |
No |
No |
Some people take more time than others to understand that truth is the right path |
Manuel García Fernández from Spain |
No |
No |
Seems to be kinda abusive and maybe for some people offensive for the Aboriginal culture. Also this could be used for scams to the customers of this great instrument. |
Manuel Verducci from Italy |
No |
No |
This is our robber's world. this is the trade philosophy in past century too..so we should change the world or We can try to rob the world to robbers! |
Anonymous |
Yes |
No |
Like I said before they are scammers and in all honesty THEY SHOULD ROT IN HELL for stealing others money and hard work and using their name on things to deceive good people |
Mariano from Argentina |
Yes |
No |
It's almost obvious that everyone who make a didjeridoo is gonna make it with aboriginal designs so that it looks nice and commercial. But personally I wasn't informed about stating facts. |
Marius Monsø from Norway |
Yes |
No |
That's a sorry thing. But they are bringing more of its art out in the world. maybe some will find interest in it and will seek its true origin like me |
Marjory from USA |
Yes |
No |
I am married to an American Indian Artist we are both well aware of these issues. It's unfair it's maddening to have to deal with galleries and people copying his work if frustrating and definitely not a compliment. |
Mark Jones from Australia |
Yes |
No |
Should be able to get some sort of "copyright" that protects this. Champagne can only be called champagne if it comes from a certain part of france therefore a didge made by anyone other than an aboriginal or endorsed so should not be called a didj. |
Mark from USA |
No |
No |
Despicable. |
Mark from USA |
Yes |
No |
I wish there was more I could do. It makes me ill. |
Massimo Maddaloni from Italy |
Yes |
No |
Well I feel for aboriginal people but... such is life. I am not pretending to live on royalties just because my Roman ancestors used to dominate the world... |
Matt from USA |
Yes |
No |
I believe in truth in advertising if you are selling something that is only a copy of something else then you should not lead people to believe otherwise. |
Matt from USA |
No |
No |
What can I say so many people are out there trying to make money and that's it |
Matthew Coplan from Italy |
Yes |
No |
These are very serious issues that could possibly be changed by forming a grass-roots coalition of Aboriginal tribes to produce products that can be marked and traced back to the artist as being authentic. |
Matthias Casagrande from France |
Yes |
No |
I just can feel ashamed about this because I'm european and because I'm indirectly responsible of this. I'm used to say that when they're no ways to change a system that does not convince you the best way to **** it is to be the best in it and not having his mind corrupt at the same time. I don't know if it's possible but the creation of a controlled and worldwide recognized Aboriginal appellation would help.. I know it's easy to say especially when you're white. I want to apologize for my poor english I just hope you'll understand my ethnocentric french mind. Feel free to answer me I'd really love to discuss about this. If you want to publish this I wont blame you at all if you mod this because I've the worst english grammar possible! |
Anonymous from Argentina |
No |
No |
The ones who do that are big **** and must have more respect for Aboriginal cultures |
Michael from United Kingdom |
No |
No |
He that hasteth to be rich hath an evil eye and considereth not that poverty shall come upon him. (Proverbs;29:22) |
Michael from Canada |
No |
No |
Unfair |
Michael Rivoire from France |
No |
No |
The last point is really a shame but I don't see how it could be fixed with all the people sending didgeridoos. Before I believed in what said the senders but it is true that some of them are not so reliable... |
Michele from Italy |
Yes |
No |
I think that is right to pay the right price for an original Yidaki made by aboriginal hands not chinese nor whatever else all the rest is a robbery. I don't say that nobody can do a didj but the aboriginals but must specify the origin of the product if is not aboriginal and not to use the images or false ceremonial paints on instruments. The misuse of tradition for commercial is piracy and weak the power of the significant and deep spirituality of the people of the Earth the aboriginal. |
Mikael from Denmark |
Yes |
No |
I disapprove a product must not be made into something it isn't. |
Mike Mcgeehan from USA |
No |
No |
Again I think the Aboriginal history is being used for the wrong reasons. |
Mike Nielsen from USA |
Yes |
No |
I think the above question has two parts. I think it should be very clear who made the didgeridoo without any deception of origin. I also think that Aboriginals don't have exclusive rights to any images that aren't explicitly copyrighted. No different than any other cultural styles/icons from around the world. |
Anonymous |
No |
No |
I think its lame. If your gonna by something make sure its the real deal not some knock off. especially not on something so beautiful. |
Mike from Canada |
Yes |
No |
Well if I lived in Australia I think these are issues that I would definitely become actively and publicly opposed to. |
Anonymous from Italy |
No |
No |
That's wrong! |
Monica Mion from Italy |
No |
No |
What can I say? may be you need strong act |
Anonymous |
No |
No |
The customer should not be deceived in such a way. Doing so is unethical. |
Anonymous |
Yes |
No |
Indignant it's making money out of those people very poor in large majority |
Nicolas Fidalgo from Argentina |
Yes |
No |
I presume this point as a fact because we all see Didjes with images of aboriginal people. |
Anonymous |
No |
No |
Not sure. |
Norm from USA |
No |
No |
NOT GOOD |
Pat from Australia |
Yes |
No |
The aboriginal culture and its people are certainly used and robbed by issues such as these. I feel it is quite sad. |
Anonymous from USA |
No |
No |
Authenticity may not matter to most people who buy a "didge" only for a hobby or novelty. |
Paul from USA |
Yes |
No |
I personally try to be sure about where my money might be going. It is frightening to me that people by and large have no idea where their money is going and what kind of abominations it is supporting. It is intensely upsetting that Aboriginal people are still being disenfranchised an abused by those in power. |
Paul from Australia |
Yes |
No |
I hate it I'm looking at buying a new didge for myself... and you always have a feeling that you maybe not looking at the real thing. Keep it Real Australia!!! |
Peter from Ireland |
Yes |
No |
If a Didgeridoo is to be genuine it must be made by Aboriginal people with " indigenous " materials. Otherwise it is a copy and should be labelled as such. |
Phil from Australia |
Yes |
No |
I think it is highly disrespectful. something that is in blood of white people to be ignorant and selfish that no matter what is said and done will always be. |
Anonymous |
Yes |
No |
I think that is wrong to use the aboriginal culture in that way to deceive people |
Anonymous from Australia |
No |
No |
Something should be done |
Anonymous |
No |
No |
I had no idea and am glad that I know this now |
Rick from USA |
No |
No |
I think the maker should make it very clear who made the instrument and give truthful background information. |
Rod from USA |
No |
No |
This would be fraud. Aboriginal inspired is totally different from authentic. |
Anonymous |
No |
No |
It's unfair to the buyer and it should be clear which are genuine and which are not. |
Russell Toohey from Australia |
Yes |
No |
Again I think that this rare instrument should maintain its significance as a cultural icon representative of the traditional peoples life- thus should remain the "patented" property of Indigenous Australians |
Ryan from Canada |
Yes |
No |
Again it's wrong to mislead people into believing something that's not true and a shame that the iconography used on the 'commercial' didj's is basically stolen culture |
Anonymous from USA |
No |
No |
What other artwork would be painted on didgeridoos? Haven't those images always been aboriginal? I don't think people would assume they were made by aborigines just because of the design. |
Scot from USA |
No |
No |
It is wrong. Again I want to contribute to the preservation of the originality of the Aboriginal arts by obtaining only authentic didgeridoos. |
Sean Cavanaugh from USA |
Yes |
No |
I think this is called stealing where I come from. |
Sergio from Portugal |
Yes |
No |
Cultural and social heritage deserves much respect and is not supposed to be exploited or manipulated. |
Sergio Ruiz from Mexico |
Yes |
No |
I think is not a world to say that but they going to pay for that the gods are going to take care of that because they don't have any respect of the cultures and the work that this incredible people do. My dream is to make and paint one but only with the permission of the spirit and the aborigine people |
Shaman Smith from USA |
Yes |
No |
Well this is really no different than any other marketing ploy. but just because one is not of there culture dose not mean that we still cannot enjoy and/or duplicate there artwork. |
Anonymous |
No |
No |
That's just lying and it's wrong. |
Shaun from United Kingdom |
Yes |
No |
Registration and authentication of didjes is really important to me. Makers of imitation cheap didjes should be made to state that they are not aboriginal. There is perhaps a place for some in that if it gets the instruments awareness out to schools exact that cannot afford much to spend but they should not be able to claim them as original pieces. |
Simha Bode from USA |
Yes |
No |
I have seen these (mostly asian) poor imitation 'artifacts' and have been disturbed by their presence. It is another example of the many victims of "globalization". |
Stefan Jung from Germany |
Yes |
No |
I know that it's very important that the aboriginal should give information about their tradition and didge culture to more people worldwide. |
Steven Mckone from USA |
No |
No |
Those companies are deceiving people. |
Stuart Kirkpatrick from Bermuda |
Yes |
No |
If you truly believe in the whole didge concept and the Aboriginal people the buyer should make sure of the authenticity of his or her purchase. If you do not do this then you are not worthy of owning a didge!!! |
Anonymous |
No |
No |
I am glad you are educating people about this. |
Sven from Germany |
Yes |
No |
Plagiarism without spirit |
Anonymous from Israel |
No |
No |
People who see money while seeing a culture new to them |
Tamir Gilad from Israel |
No |
No |
Those Cheaters should be shut down! |
Thomas from USA |
Yes |
No |
I am part Native American. The same stuff happens here also. It is cool that you are all very concerned and are trying to spread the knowledge. |
Anonymous from United Kingdom |
No |
No |
This is not a good thing |
Tyrell from USA |
Yes |
No |
Like I said some of our designs are sacred and should not be used on other objects that are not for ceremonial use. I Understand that aboriginal people use their didgeridoos in ceremonies as well so the designs on those are considered sacred and should not be used by non natives. And deceiving customers well there is really nothing you can do about that. I mean example people in america will buy dream catchers here thinking there native made but some later fine out that there made in china. |
Ugur Koçak from Turkey |
Yes |
No |
I really wish people were a little bit more honest: |
Anonymous from Belgium |
Yes |
No |
I think it should exist a seal for aboriginal didgeridoo |
Anonymous from USA |
Yes |
No |
I hope people become more educated about these facts and begin buying from the Aborigines. |
Wylliam Noel from Belgium |
Yes |
No |
I don't agree with that cause Aboriginal people are used and it's not a good thing. Using them is making them art dying it's a way of life and nobody's allowed to use their art in making money on their back. |
Zain Griffiths from United Kingdom |
Yes |
No |
Very Sad |
