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Jarpinkar (Rainman)

“Jarpinkar – ngurra ngalmpa pulka jila-jamu Juwaliny-kura (Jarpinkar- home for Juwaliny people and clan groups). It’s a big waterhole in the Great Sandy Desert. A place called Jarpinkar (rain man), in the Great Sandy Desert where there’s no trees, [there is] one big waterhole with lots of sand dunes (it’s Juwaliny People[‘s] country). [The] Death Adder or Rattlesnake…is the rainmaker and he lives here in the Great Sandy Desert.” – Alphonse Bullen The traditional country of Juwaliny people is in the north-west fringe of the Great Sandy Desert. Their neighbors were the Walmajarri to the north-west, Mangala to the East and Yulparija to the south. There are only a few people who can still speak Juwaliny. These people mainly live in Bidyadanga and Looma communities.