Water / Ngapa Dreaming

This dreaming tells about rain dreaming. The rain travels around our country. This dream is about the wet season that gives new life to our country. Ngapa fill the creeks, waterholes and overflows onto all the land. This story belongs to Jangala Nangala Nampijinpa, Jampijinpa. Kurdungurlu (the person who checks and audits the story every time it is sung danced or painted) is Japaljarri, Napaljarri, Napanangka, Japanangka.

$110.00

1 in stock

Medium: Painting
890 X 680mm Acrylic on Canvas
Year: 2010
SKU: 262-10

Description

This dreaming tells about rain dreaming. The rain travels around our country. This dream is about the wet season that gives new life to our country. Ngapa fill the creeks, waterholes and overflows onto all the land. This story belongs to Jangala Nangala Nampijinpa, Jampijinpa. Kurdungurlu (the person who checks and audits the story every time it is sung danced or painted) is Japaljarri, Napaljarri, Napanangka, Japanangka.

Additional information

Weight 0.8 kg

About Maria Nangala Jigili

Maria Nangala liked to paint at the art centre.  She painted her traditional stories about the land she had custodian over.  One of these was the story or Jukurrpa of rain and how to make it rain in the desert.   

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