Description
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]) carried the storm further west until it dropped the storm at Pirlinyarnu, forming an enormous Maliri (lake). A “œmulju“ (soakage) exists in this place today. At Puyurru the bird dug up a “˜warnayarra“’ (rainbow serpent). The serpent carried water with it to create another large lake. Whenever it rains today hundreds of “˜ngapangarlpa“’ (bush ducks) still flock to Pirlinyarnu. The “˜kirda“’ (custodians) for this Jukurrpa are Jangala/Jampijinpa men and Nangala/ Nampijinpa women.