Event Info
Date and time
| Saturday 07 September 2024 | 2.30pm - 3.30pm |
Join Warlpiri elder Robin Japanangka Granites, Myfany Turpin, Carmel O’Shannessy for the offical launch of this important publication.
The song cycle relates to a women’s Jukurrpa Dreaming narrative, as a group
of ancestral women journey across the country. The book presents the verses
and explains their meanings, and provides QR codes for the audio of each.
Yuupurnju: A Warlpiri song cycle, by Henry Cooke Anderson Jakamarra, with Jerry Patrick Jangala, Steven Dixon Japanangka, Wanta Steven Patrick Pawu-Kurlpurlurnu Jampijinpa, Carmel O’Shannessy and Myfany Turpin, documents
a ceremonial song cycle as sung by Warlpiri Elder Henry Cooke Anderson Jakamarra at Lajamanu, NT, in 2013.
Image: Cover of Yuupurnju: A Warlpiri song cycle, featuring the work Women’s Dreaming, 2024, by Judy Nampiya Martin Napangardi.
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