Jukurrpa

Jukurrpa is an Aboriginal word used by the Warlpiri people and other language groups in central Australia. It means ' Dreaming' Jukurrpa is about:

Aboriginal religion, law and moral systems
the past, the present and the future
the creation period when ancestral beings created the world as it is now
the relationship between people, plants, animals and the physical features of the land
the knowledge of how these relationships came to be, what they mean and how they need to be maintained in daily life and in ceremony.

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