Janganpa Jukurrpa-Mawurrji
Brush-tail Possum Dreaming
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Glen Jampijinpa Martin
Janganpa Jukurrpa (brush-tail possum Dreaming) travels all over Warlpiri country. Janganpa are nocturnal animals that often nest in the hollows of white gum trees (wapunungka). This story comes from a big hill, Mawurrji, West of Yuendumu and North of Pikilyi (Vaughan Springs). The Janganpa Jukurrpa belongs to Jakamarra/Jupurrurla men and Nakamarra/Napurrurla women. At night a group of ancestors would go out in search of food. Their hunting trips took them to Wirlki and Wanapirdi, where they found flying ants. They journeyed on to Ngarlkirdipini looking for water. A Nampijinpa women living at Mawurrji gave her 2 daughters in marriage to one of them. But they decided to run away. The Jupurrurla tracked them to Mawurrji and killed them. Their bodies are now rocks at this place. In Warlpiri paintings traditional iconography 'E' figures represent tracks and circles depict the trees in which the ‘janganpa’ live. |
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