Mickey Jampijinpa Singleton
The site depicted in this painting is Pirlinyarnu (Mt. Farewell), about 165 km west of Yuendumu in the Northern Territory. Two Jangala men, rainmakers, sand the rain, unleashing a giant storm that collieded with another storm from Wapurtali. The two storms travelled across the country, from Karlipinpa near Kintore. A Kirrkarianji (brown falcon [Falco berigoral]} carried the storm further west until it dropped the storm at Pirlinyarnu, forming an enormous Maliri (lake). A "mulju" (soakage exists in this place today. At Puyurru the bird dug up a "warnayarra' (rainbow serpent). The serpent carried water with it to create another large lake. Whenever it rains today hundreds of 'ngapangarlpa' (bush ducks) still clock to Pirlinyarnu.Â
The 'kirda' (custodians) for this Jukurrpa are Jangala/Jampijinpa men and Nangala/Nampijinpa women.
