BIDDY TIMMS NAPANANGKA - NAPANGARDI & NAPANANGKA-KURLANGU (WOMEN’S DREAMING)
BIDDY TIMMS NAPANANGKA
NAPANGARDI & NAPANANGKA-KURLANGU (WOMEN’S DREAMING), 2023
30 x 80 cm
Synthetic Polymer Paint on Belgian Linen
REGION
Lajamanu, NT
PROVENANCE
Warnayaka Art, NT
Art Leven (Formerly Cooee Art), Sydney NSW
STORY
This dreaming tells about women’s ceremony. It affirms womens place in Warlpiri society. The Dreaming story marks large tracks of land of which women are guardian over. Particular men are workers for the women. They are called kurdungurlu. This works in reverse as well, where the particular women work for particular men. Only the women know this dreaming. It talks about travelling from north to south, west to east into the new sun signifying a new day and new life.
They teaching all the young kids. They all teach people from different skin groups, so that the dreamings are passed along to the young children.
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