Bamanga Bubu Ngadimunku Aboriginal Corporation
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Ngawiya (Sea Turtle) In the past, sea turtles were an important food source for Kuku Yalanji people. Only men were allowed to hunt them. The men were also responsible for cooking them in a ground oven and distributing the meat to all the families. We ate turtle meat on special occasions such as the Read more…
Bamanga Bubu Ngadimunku Aboriginal Corporation
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Kadanji (Black Cockatoo) The black cockatoo is my totem. It has been passed down to me from my grandmother and her sisters, to my mum and her sisters and then it came to me and my sisters. I use the black cockatoo often in my art not only because it Read more…
Bamanga Bubu Ngadimunku Aboriginal Corporation
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Kakan (Black Palm) Dillybag. Our ancestors used Kakan (Black Palm) dilly bags to carry food when out hunting and gathering or soak bitter yams in creeks before cooking them. They were also used to hold personal items. When I was a young girl my grandmother would teach me how to Read more…
Moa Arts
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Guy stain 2 OF 3 guy coconut water is very refreshing the kaikai in the coconut is very soft and delicate. The skin can be chewed on, when chewing on the skin it turns from white to a orange staining shine. The guy stain coconut can be like a greenish Read more…
Moa Arts
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Look round poh urab 1 OF 3 look round Poh grab (coconut) meaning by going to walk down the buthu (beach) to look for crab to make wakes and as well as using the mouth (coconut skin) to burn to smoke mosquitos away. Art Centre notes: The artwork is a ‘pochoir’ Read more…
Moa Arts
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Urab 5 OF 6 Urab means coconut in language, its mostly found near the beach or depends if planted as a plant in your yard. It comes in handy now and then wether its for chasing mosquito away with the mouth (skin) or making wakes (coconut oil) leaving the leftover Read more…
Moa Arts
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Urab 3 OF 6 Urab means coconut in language, its mostly found near the beach or depends if planted as a plant in your yard. It comes in handy now and then wether its for chasing mosquito away with the mouth (skin) or making wakes (coconut oil) leaving the leftover Read more…
Moa Arts
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Urab 2 Of 6 Urab means coconut in language, its mostly found near the beach or depends if planted as a plant in your yard. It comes in handy now and then wether its for chasing mosquito away with the mouth (skin) or making wakes (coconut oil) leaving the leftover Read more…
Bamanga Bubu Ngadimunku Aboriginal Corporation
225182297642
Ngawiya (Sea Turtle) In the past, sea turtles were an important food source for Kuku Yalanji people. Only men were allowed to hunt them. The men were also responsible for cooking them in a ground oven and distributing the meat to all the families. We ate turtle meat on special occasions such as the Read more…