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Tjakura Tjukurpa – Lorabella’s Story

This Tjukurpa is from Lorabella’s grandfather’s homeland called Kunytjanu, located just south of Pipalyatjara near the SA border with WA. It’s a story about tjakura, the great desert skink, a small orange lizard found across the APY Lands. 

Tjakura has a lot of grandchildren looking after him. One day, a long time ago, he saw too many strangers, an army coming from Mutitjulu. They came and found the tjakura and they killed him. All the kids made a cemetery there for the tjakura. This is a really big story that goes from Kunytjanu to Aralya.

Categories: Ernabella Arts Inc.

Name: Lorabelle Atira Atira

Language: Pitjantjatjara

Community: Ernabella (Pukatja)

Biography:

Lorabella was born in Alice Springs in 1990, and grew up in Pukatja community with her aunty, Atipalku Intjalki (Ernabella artist). Her aunty on her mother's side is Josephine Mick, a significant elder and artist from Pipalyatjara. She has two sons and is painting the story from her grandmother country in Kuntjanu, near Wattaru.

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