Mimih Spirit The mimih spirit exists in a realm that runs parallel to and mirrors many facets of human life, also demonstrating the deep sense of time and place understood by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. Such spirits feature Read more…
Mimih Spirit The mimih spirit exists in a realm that runs parallel to and mirrors many facets of human life, also demonstrating the deep sense of time and place understood by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. Such spirits feature Read more…
Punmu refers to a region and an Aboriginal community within its vicinity
Punmu is her ngurra; she grew up in this region with her parents. the community was named after a nearby Jukurrpa (Dreaming) story. As described by Marianne
Punmu community sits on the edge of a large salt lake known as Nyayartakujarra
Jila-jila and Tuu-tuu. Yilyara
The Country around Punmu features in several Jukurrpa stories. Of particular importance is the story of the Jila Kujarra (Two Snakes)
spiritual ancestors of the Warnman people.
I went there when I was a young girl Punmu waterholes “,”, “Punmu a teenager with my mother and father before my mother passed. Big mob of people was there. No building
These here are the waterholes around Punmu; Rawa spring- Rawa means ‘long time’
camp). We grew up in Punmu around all these water holes. I still live here with my grandkids Wirlarra and Yilyara. That is my ngurra (home Country [we share the] same stories for all these places.”