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Old Songs are Always New Artists / Margaret Preston and a 'Discover More' sectionPerhaps the most defining feature of Tiwi song is the importance placed on the creative innovation of the individual singer composer. Tiwi songs are fundamentally new, unique and occasion specific, and yet sit within a continuum of an oral artistic tradition. Performed in ceremony, at public events, for art and for fun, songs form the core of the Tiwi knowledge system and historical archive. Held by song custodians and taught through sung and danced