Description
This dreaming tells about the bush turkey (Australian Bustard; Warlpiri: wardilyka). It is a big ground bird that also flies around from place to place searching for food. It eats desert raisins (Warlpiri: yakajirri) and insects. Bush turkeys are a valuable source of food, and traditionally the men hunted them with boomerangs. Bush turkeys are found near Kurlurrngalinypa, an important Warlpiri site to the east of Lajamanu. The dreaming belongs to Jungarrayi/Japaljarri and Nungarrayi/Napaljarri.