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Warlukurlangu Nguru Nyirrpi-wana (Country around Nyirrpi) 112 cm Fabric Multicoloured 112 cm
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Allow your garments and textile pieces to celebrate indigenous Australian culture by incorporating this gorgeous Warlukurlangu Nguru Nyirrpi-wana (Country around Nyirrpi) 112 cm Fabric. Cotton Poplin Fabric is ideal breathable, durable, easy to iron and has natural wrinkle-resistance, making it ideal for creating children's outfits, buttoned shirts, dresses, tops and other versatile garments. 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.
This painting depicts the natural landscape around Nyirrpi, a small Warlpiri community (originally an outstation) about 160 km west of Yuendumu. About 200 people live in Nyirrpi today. The bush around Nyirrpi features plenty of 'watiya' (trees), 'marna' (grass), 'kuyu' (animals) to hunt, and 'miyi' (edible plants) to gather. There are a number of beautiful natural features close to Nyirrpi, including sandhills, soakages, and Karrku (Mt. Stanley), a large flat-topped hill that is an important source of red ochre used during ceremonies. There are also several small outstations around Nyirrpi. These include Wayililinpa, Yinjirimardi, Karrinyarra (Mt. Wedge), Nginyirripalangu, and many more. Many sites around Nyirrpi are associated with different 'Jukurrpa' (Dreamings). These sites include Karrku, which is associated with a 'karnta Jukurrpa' (womens' Dreaming) and a 'ngalyipi Jukurrpa' (snake vine [Tinospora smilacina] Dreaming). In the Jukurrpa, two women of the Napaljarri skin subsection threw a hairstring rope around Karrku and tried to pull it down. Other Jukurrpa around Nyirrpi include the 'warna Jukurrpa' (snake Dreaming) that travels north from Kunajarrayi (Mt.Nicker), the 'maliki Jukurrpa' (dog Dreaming) associated with Winijardu, a hill, and the 'marlu Jukurrpa' (kangaroo Dreaming) that travels from north to south past Nyirrpi. There is also a 'pamapardu Jukurrpa' (termite Dreaming) and 'mukaki Jukurrpa' (bush plum [Santalum lanceolatum] Dreaming) associated with Warntungurru, a hill close to Nyirrpi. This 'pamapardu Jukurrpa' (termite Dreaming) travels from Wapurtali (Mt. Singleton) in the west to Warntungurru. The Jukurrpa sites around Nyirrpi are all owned and cared for by different skin subsections. Some people are 'kirda' (owners) of the Jukurrpa, and others are 'kurdungurlu' (custodians).