Love Story - Judy Napangardi Watson
Love Story - Judy Napangardi Watson
Printed on Paper, 56x76 cm
At Mina Mina women were living and having women's ceremony also at Warlpalpa (soakage water). The Napangardi and Napurrurla women were weaving Jirnjirla (white feather) around their head. The old man named Jalkirjarlki Jakamarra was watching them from his country Munyuparnti-parnti, near Mt Dennison. So he went up to them and took them towards the east. Jakamarra Looks them to a place called Yalankirri that is in Alawarri Country. The Jakamarra was singing love songs for them and so he left them at Yalankirri, while he was singing he made the ladies put their hands behind their backs. The ladies stopped at this place called Yalankirri forever and that Jakamarra, Jalkijarlk, came back to Munyuparnti-parnti. Before that Jakamarra man took the women East the women made a big wee at Munyuparnti-parnti and they made a hole in the grounding this hole is called Munypartni-partni.
