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Diwan (Scrub Turkey)
In Kuku Yalanji language we call scrub turkey ‘Diwan’. When I was a young man I used to take my sons out hunting Diwan in the rainforest. We used to hunt them with a spear and cook them traditionally over an open fire. Diwan tastes very similar to chicken but has much more flavour.
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(LS): Yinjul (Rainforest Parrot)
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Yinjul (Rainforest Parrot)
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(KS): Green Ant Queen
Print colour: Creamy green, Venetian Red.
Fabric colour: Mosstone Green
Fabric type: 100% Cotton
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(VC): Wurarr Wurarr (Dragonfly)
Print colour: Light Blue
Fabric colour: Saxony Blue
Fabric type: 55% Cotton and 45% Linen.
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Vessel ‘Echidna’
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Diwan (Scrub Turkey)
In Kuku Yalanji language we call scrub turkey ‘Diwan’. When I was a young man I used to take my sons out hunting Diwan in the rainforest. We used to hunt them with a spear and cook them traditionally over an open fire. Diwan tastes very similar to chicken but has much more flavour.
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Ngangkin (Echidna)
Long time ago our ancestors used to hunt echidnas for their meat and fat. The fat was used as bush medicine. They rubbed it onto sore muscles to relieve pain.
The echidna also appears as part of a rock formation on one of the high mountains of Manjal Dimbi (Mossman Gorge). The rock formation represents a number of significant Ancestral Beings in their animal form and Kubirri, a man who came to help Kuku Yalanji when they were persecuted by the evil spirit, Wurrumbu.
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Walbul Walbul (Butterflies)
Butterflies in the rainforest are different colours, shapes and sizes. When they start to fly around you, that’s when a visitor is coming to visit you, someone whom you haven’t seen for a long time.