Warnayaka Art and Cultural Aboriginal Corporation

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Bush Potato Dreaming – Yarla Jukurrpa

This dreaming tells about bush yams or potatoes. The trees are green all year round. When the flowers are on the tree the women know that the potatoes are ready to dig for. The women look for long, thin cracks along the ground, made from the vines of the potato plant. The women dig where the cracks are. The potatoes are deep in the ground, sometimes more than one meter deep. The women gather them in wooden dishes, called parraja in Warlpiri. Bush potatoes are cooked on the coals, and have a sweet taste.

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Emu Dreaming – Yankirri Jukurrpa (Nangala, Nampijinpa-kurlangu)

Emu Dreaming: Yankirri Jukurrpa, (Emu Dreaming [Dromaius novaehollandiae]) is at Warlukurlangu, near Yuendumu. This Jukurrpa story belongs to Jangala/Jampijinpa and Nangala/Nampijinpa. The emus travel all over our country, and find water along the way. The father emu sits on the nest and he teaches the children how to hunt for bush food. The families travel around. They run very fast and are hard to hunt. Before we eat them we cook them whole in the ashes. Water holes and foods – grasses, seeds and berry bushes are depicted in the painting in Warlpiri iconography.

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