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Ngalyipi Jukurrpa (Snake Vine Dreaming) - Yanjirlpiri
The country associated with this ‘ngalyipi Jukurrpa’ (snakevine Dreaming) is located at Yanjirlpiri (meaning ‘star’ in Warlpiri) (Mt. Nicker) to the west of Yuendumu. The ‘kirda’ (owners) of this Dreaming are Napaljarri/Nungarrayi women and Japaljarri/Jungarrayi men.
‘Ngalyipi’ (snakevine) is a green creeper that climbs up the trunks and branches of trees and shrubs. The plant is found on sandy spinifex plains and sandhills. ‘Ngalyipi’ is frequently depicted in paintings due to its many uses and its great ceremonial importance. The vine can be used as a shoulder strap to carry ‘parraja’ (coolamons) and ‘ngami’ (water carriers). The plant also has medicinal uses; its vines are used as tourniquets, and its leaves and vines are used as bandages for wounds.
Warlpiri sometimes also chew the leaves to treat severe colds. ‘Ngalyipi’ stems can be pounded between stones and tied around the forehead to cure headaches. In men’s initiation, ‘ngalyipi’ is used to tie the ‘witi’ (ceremonial poles) to the shins of the dancing initiates, and to tie ‘yukurruyukurru’ (dancing boards) to dancers’ bodies. The initiation ceremonies associated with the ‘ngalyipi’ Dreaming at Yanjirlpiri are for the sons and grandsons of Japaljarri and Jungarrayi men. Napaljarri and Nungarrayi women dance at these ceremonies, and then look away and block their ears when the men dance. This ‘witi’ ceremony is performed at night under the stars.
The importance of Yanjirlpiri cannot be overemphasized, as young boys are brought here to be initiated from as far away as Pitjantjatjara country to the south and from Lajamanu to the north. A number of major Dreaming tracks pass through Yanjirlpiri in addition to the ‘ngalyipi
Jukurrpa’ (snakevine Dreaming), including ‘karnta Jukurrpa’ (womens’ Dreaming) and ‘wati-jarra Jukurrpa’ (two men Dreaming). Yanjirlpiri is also important due to its association with a major ‘janganpa Jukurrpa’ (brush-tailed possum [Trichosurus vulpecula] Dreaming).
In Warlpiri paintings, traditional iconography is used to represent the Jukurrpa and other elements. In many paintings of this Jukurrpa, sinuous lines are used to represent the ‘ngalyipi’ (snake vine). Straight lines are used to represent the ‘witi’ (ceremonial poles) and ‘karlangu’(digging sticks).
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Artist Profile:
‘I like my country, it is important.â€
Jacob Jungarrayi Spencer was born in 1964, in Yuendumu, a remote Aboriginal community 290 km north-west of Alice Springs in NT of Australia. When he was young, he lived in Yuendumu and attended the local school before going to Alice Springs where he completed his schooling at Yirara College, an Aboriginal boarding school. Jacob continued his education, training as a bookkeeper with the Yuendumu Council before moving to Nyirripi where he still lives and works.
Both of Jacob’s parents have passed away, but he is the adopted son of highly successful artist from Yuendumu, Paddy Japaljarri Stewart. He paints his father’s and his grandfather’s Jukurrpa stories, Dreamings that stretch back at least fifty millennia. He particularly likes to paint Wardapi Jukurrpa (Goanna Dreaming) from his father’s side and because the goanna is his totem. Jacob’s daughter Debbie Napaljarri Brown also is an artist. When Jacob is not painting or working, he likes sport and hunting for bush tucker.
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Entries open 9.00am AEST on 7 August 2023 and close 11.59pm AEDT on 1 October 2023. Must be residents of Australia, 18 years and over and be an eligible The Australian Plus member during the Promotion Period and at the date of prize draw. Limited to one entry per eligible entrant. Winner drawn on 2 October 2023 at 4.00pm AEDT at Nationwide News Pty Ltd, 2 Holt Street, Surry Hills NSW 2010. Winner’s name to be published within 7 days after the draw date on The Australian Plus website. There is 1 x 950 x 950mm Ngalyipi Jukurrpa (Snake Vine Dreaming) - Yanjirlpiri framed print by Jacob Jungarrayi Spencer to be won. Total prize pool valued at $990. Winner drawn from entrants who are eligible The Australian Plus members. Full terms and conditions apply.
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