Good Together: Tjungu Palya 2016
Past exhibition
David Miller
Wati Kanayala
acrylic on linen
150 x 90 cm
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This is the story for Wati Kanyala, (euro man) he is the nephew of Wati Ngintaka (perentie man). When anangu tjuta (many people) killed that ngintaka at Pulpal the nephew...
This is the story for Wati Kanyala, (euro man) he is the nephew of Wati Ngintaka (perentie man). When anangu tjuta (many people) killed that ngintaka at Pulpal the nephew decided to turn into a kanyala (euro), then a big mob of people chased him to Inarki wanting to eat that kuka pulka (big meat). At Inarki my tjamu (grandfather) from the dreamtime was there, saying "he is not a kanyala, he is a wati" but those people didn’t believe him and kept chasing him back to Pulpal. At Pulpal he tricked them and killed them all with his tail. Now there is a big rock-hole in that place where this happened.
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