Status: Stock GNARLA GNARLA ARNYININGGUNDU The people of Mowanjum have always been great ambassadors to the reconciliation process by sharing their culture with others. Gnarla Gnarla Arnyininggundu (Teaching Them) provides a unique opportunity to gain a deeper understanding of traditional performances from the three tribes of the Mowanjum community. Featuring Read more…
Status: Stock Waanungga (sugar bag) by Gudu Mungulu, Adult T Shirt Gudu Mungulu often paints Waanugga, which is a word that describes various forms of bush honey. The hives in which honey is stored are called ‘Sugarbag’, and can be found in trees and in termite mounds. The Wandjinas keep Read more…
Status: Stock Jiayaa (fish) by Amelia Hurrell Ringeewala Umi, Adult T Shirt Wandjina is the creator for all the food on the land and in the sea. He’s the one who gave us fish (Jiayaa). Product Details: 100% combed cotton, from AS Colour.
Status: Stock Mowanjum People DVD Mowanjum People Spirit of the Wandjina The Wandjina is the centre of spiritual life for the three tribes who live at Mowanjum Worrorra, Ngarinyin and Wunumbal. The stories of the Wandjina from Lalai (creation time) inform all aspects of life in this West Kimberely Read more…
Status: Stock Mowanjum Logo Kids T-shirt The Mowanjum Aboriginal Art and Culture Centre is a creative hub for the Worrorra, Ngarinyin and Wunumbal tribes, who make up the Mowanjum community outside Derby, Western Australia. These three language groups are united by their belief in the Wandjina as a sacred spiritual Read more…
Status: Stock Mowanjum Logo Adult T’shirt The Mowanjum Aboriginal Art and Culture Centre is a creative hub for the Worrorra, Ngarinyin and Wunumbal tribes, who make up the Mowanjum community outside Derby, Western Australia. These three language groups are united by their belief in the Wandjina as a sacred spiritual Read more…
Status: Stock Kimberley People Love’s book describes traditional Kimberley Aboriginal everyday life, including social organisation, kinship systems, belief in child-spirits, rituals, naming people, hunting and food gathering, fire-making, housing, language, warfare, murder, punishment, medicine, ageing, death and funeral practices, infanticide, polygamy, domestic violence, wife-lending, euthanasia, and cannibalism.
Wandjina (cloud and rain spirits) The Wandjina spirits are highly respected by the Worrora, Ngarinyin and Wunumbul people who live at Mowanjum and along the Gibb River Road to Kalumburru in the North West Kimberley region of Western Australia. Wandjina represents the laws of everything the surrounds us trees, rivers, Read more…
Wandjina the rainmaker This Wandjina is called the rainmaker. Two lightning spirits in a cave are waiting for the clouds to gather up, so he can make the rain and lightning. Where you see a lot of Wandjinas they represent the laws of trees, rivers, rocks, bush fruit, animals and Read more…
