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Warlukurlangu Ngapa Jukurrpa (Water Dreaming) - Mikanji 112 cm Drill Fabric Multicoloured 112 cm
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Allow your garments and textile pieces to celebrate indigenous Australian culture by incorporating this gorgeous Warlukurlangu Ngapa Jukurrpa (Water Dreaming) - Mikanji 112 cm Drill Fabric. Cotton drill is a heavier weight twill weave fabric that can be used in both pants and jackets, yet it is still lightweight enough for casual dresses and uniforms - drill can also be used for craft or home décor projects. This material is composed of 100% cotton. It is supplied in a 112 cm width and sold by the metre. Spotlight has a beautiful range of fabrics, featuring amazing artwork by the talented first nations peoples creating with Warlukurlangu, Artists of Yuendumu. Find the perfect fabric for your projects in-store or online.
The country associated with this 'ngapa Jukurrpa' (water Dreaming) is Mikanji, a watercourse west of Yuendumu that is usually dry. There are 'mulju' (soakages) in this creek bed. The 'kirda' (owners) of this Dreaming site are Nangala/Nampijinpa women and Jangala/Jampijinpa men. Mikanji is an important water Dreaming site, and features in at least three different water Dreaming tracks. In one story, the water Dreaming travelled from Puyurru, northwest of Yuendumu, to a 'mulju' (soakage) in the Mikanji creek. It unleashed a huge storm there. Two old blind women of the Nampijinpa skin group were sitting by the side of the soakages. As the two women strained their eyes to see the sky, tears formed in their eyes, crea??ng the rain. Their spirits can still be seen at Mikanji in the form of two 'ngapiri' (river red gums) growing near the soakage. A second water Dreaming track that passes through Mikanji is also owned by the Nangala/Jangala and Nampijinpa/Jampijinpa subsections, and travels further west. At Mikanji, the storm rained so hard it created a hole in the ground which became a soakage. At Mirawarri a 'kirrkarlanji' (brown falcon [Falco berigora]) picked up the storm and carried it on its wings to the west until it became too heavy for it. The falcon eventually dropped the storm at Pirlinyarnu (Mt. Farewell) about 165 km
west of Yuendumu, where it formed an enormous 'maluri' (claypan). A 'mulju' (soakage) exists in this place today.