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Mangaa Jaddaa Painting represents the wetlands near the town of Derby. They are called ‘Mangaa Jaddaa”
Mangaa Jaddaa Painting represents the wetlands near the town of Derby. They are called ‘Mangaa Jaddaa”
Namarali (Wororra god)_Framed Namarali is the great Wandjina that belongs to the Wororra tribe. Namarali represents the top, middle and bottom Wororra tribes up the North West Kimberley on the coast. His Laws, Culture and Language start from Oobagooma and go north towards Prince Region this is where the Wororra Read more…
Gyorn Gyorn, Grasshopper This painting represents the grasshopper. The Gyorn Gyorn Grasshopper is very significant to the dreaming of country. This painting gives us the law, customs and tradition on what the grasshopper left and what we abide by today. The responsibility of the grasshopper today is to eat away Read more…
Gyorn Gyorns, Bush food This painting represents bush food. The Gyorns also represent hunters, collectors and gatherers.
Wandjina, Ungud, Gyorns This painting represents the Wandjina, Creator for the Woddordda, Ngarinyin and Wanambul Tribe. The Gyorns gave the dance and Unguds are significant sacred spiritual representations of country, people, love and customs.
Gyorn Gyorns This painting represents the bush foods of the country and how it was collected.
Gyorn Gyorn This Gyorn Gyorn painting represents the bush food of the area. The hunting tools around it were used in collecting this food.
Wandjinas (cloud and rain spirits) Where you see a lot of Wandjinas they represent the laws of trees, rivers, rocks, bush fruit, animals and all of creation. The Wandjinas give the law on how we have to treat and use these creations. These customs are carried on today. The Wandjina Read more…
Wandjina & Dumbee The Wandjina is the creator spirit that belongs to us: the Wororra, Ngarinyin and Wunumbul people. He is the one that created everything; our culture, law and songs and even the dreaming of each child before they are born. Dumbi is an owl which resides in Ngarinyin Read more…
Wandjina & Wara Inja (cloud and rain spirits & kangaroo) The Wandjina spirits are highly respected by the Worrora, Ngarinyin and Wunumbul people who live at Mowanjum and up the Gibb River Road to Kalumburru in the North West Kimberley region of Western Australia. Where you see a lot of Read more…