![Australian Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) artwork by JULIE NANGALA ROBERTSON of Warlukurlangu Artists (Yuendumu). The title is Ngapa Jukurrpa (Water Dreaming) - Pirlinyarnu. [580/09] (Acrylic on Canvas)](https://media.redotgallery.com/stockroom/gallery/n/ngapa-jukurrpa-water-dreaming-pirlinyarnu-651.jpg)
580/09
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Ngapa Jukurrpa (Water Dreaming… | 580/09
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The site depicted in this painting is Pirlinyarnu (Mt.Farewell), about 165 km west of Yuendumu in the Northern Territory. Two Jangala men, rainmakers, sang the rain, unleashing a giant storm that collided with another storm from Wapurtali. The two storms travelled across the country, from Karlipinpa near Kintore.
A Kirrkarlanji (Brown Falcon, Falco berigora) and carried the storm further west until it dropped the storm at Pirlinyarnu, forming enormous Maliri (lake), depicted in this painting - a Mulju (soakage) exists in this place today.
At Puyurru the bird dug up a Warnayarra (a Rainbow Serpent) and the serpent carried water with it to create another large lake. Whenever it rains today, hundreds of Ngapangarlpa (bush ducks) still flock to Pirlinyarnu.
A Kirrkarlanji (Brown Falcon, Falco berigora) and carried the storm further west until it dropped the storm at Pirlinyarnu, forming enormous Maliri (lake), depicted in this painting... Read More
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