Water Dreamingby Sarah Napurrurla Leo

This site depicted in this painting is Puyurr, west of Yuendumu in Central Australia. In the usually dry creek beds are naturally occurring wells. The owners for this site are Nangala/Nampijinpa women and Jangala/Jampijinpa men. Two Jangala men, rain-makers, sang the rain, unleashing a giant storm. The storm travelled across the country from the east to the west, initially travelling with a Pamapardu Jukurrpa from Warntungurru to Warlura, a waterhole 8 miles east of Yuendumu. At Warlura, a gecko called Yumarlyumari blew the storm onto Lapurrukurra and Wilpiri. Bolts of Lightning shot out a Wirnpa (also called Mardinymardinypa) and at Kanarajli. At this point the Dreaming track also includes the 'Kurdukurdu Mangkurda Jukurrpa (children of the clouds Dreaming). The water Dreaming built hills at Ngamangama using baby clouds and also stuck long pointy clouds into the ground at Jukajuka, where they can still be seen today as rock formations.