Ngapa (Water) Jukurrpa at Pirlinyarnu

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The site depicted in this painting is Pirlinyarnu (Mt. Farewell), about 165 kilometres west of Yuendumu in the Northern Territory. The kirda (owners) for the site at Pirlinyarnu are Nangala/Nampijinpa women and Jangala/Jampijinpa men. Two Jangala men, rainmakers, sang the rain, unleashing a giant storm that collided with another storm from Wapurtali at Mirawarri. A kirrkarlanji (brown falcon) carried the storm further west from Mirawarri. The two storms travelled across the country from Karlipirnpa, a ceremonial site for the Ngapa Jukurrpa near Kintore that is owned by members of the Napaljarri/Japaljarri and Napanangka/Japanangka subsections. Along the way the storms passed through Juntiparnta, a site that is owned by Jampijinpa men. The storm eventually became too heavy for the falcon. It dropped the water at Pirlinyarnu, where it formed an enormous maluri (claypan). A mulju (soakage) exists in this place today.