Wiru Tjukurpa : Beautiful Law/Story: A SURVEY EXHIBITION FROM TJUNGU PALYA
Past exhibition
Bernard Tjalkuri Australian/Pitjantjatjara, b. 1930
Tjitji Tjuta, 2018
acrylic on linen
150 x 120 cm
18-174
Tjitji Tjuta Tjukurpa, this is the story of dancing children. It is a sprawling tale with many secret components. There is a sacred song and dance ceremony attached to this...
Tjitji Tjuta Tjukurpa, this is the story of dancing children. It is a sprawling tale with many secret components. There is a sacred song and dance ceremony attached to this tjurkupa and I often sing it as I travel and paint. Nyangatja tjitji tjuta pakalpai tjitjiwilu tjuta munu witalunpa tjuta munu tjitji langka tjuta muna tjitji kalaya tjuta tjitji liru tjuta tjitji ngapari tjuta tjitji uwankaratjunguringkupai munu inma kantalpai tjintira Watarrula tjangati. This site is where all the children were dancing, if you look closely at the rocks around this place you can see the children moving down the rock faces. You’ll see the stone bush children, the emu children, the blue tongue lizard children and the snake children. Even the mamu tjitji (spirit children)move in a big group towards a nearby lakebed, a very special gathering place close to my homeland Watarru. All these children dance and sing together here
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