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​Tjamu Murray George

Wanampi Painting

Wanampi Painting refers to the water hole at Piltilti in the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankuntjatjara Lands of South Australia. This is the home of Wanampi or Water Snake, known in many places as Rainbow Serpent who lived and carried on traditional life as real people through this country. Wanampi is the life generating principle and the creative force that maintains country and people. 

This painting is by Murray George and is available for sale at the Gallery
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Murray tells us the story of his painting Wanampi http://youtu.be/K2A55vo3rPM

Enquiries to purchase this iconic painting and support Murray George email art@glenelgartgallery.com.au
Information about APY Lands http://www.anangu.com.au/

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This is the home of Wanampi or Water Snake by Murray George
wanampi noun: water serpent, water-snake monster, rainbow serpent. Very dangerous creatures believed to live in and guard waterholes. (Pitjantjatjara/ Yankunytjatjara to English dictionary. IAD Press)
Rainbow Serpent goes by many names. His movement across country created mountains, valleys and waterholes. He is both benevolent and dangerous, providing food and water for people and animals and punishing law-breakers.


Some Ku Ku Yalanji words:


  • bubu (country, homeland)
  • ngujakura (Law, way-of-life, story)
  • bama ( the people, that person)
  • Ku Ku Yalanji (talk of that place)
  • Yirmbal (Rainbow Serpent)
  • kurriyala (carpet snake)
In bamanga ngujakura, Yirmbal travelled from a south to north. His travels are well documented and reflected within the shapes, forms, rockholes, waterways, and seasons of our bubu.
Read to Preview of Two Brothers Walking - Documentary 
"Two Brothers Walking" is a documentary about spiritual people in spiritual country. It reveals the creative and regenerative force of Rainbow Serpent Dreaming that extends from central Australia to Far North Queensland.

Traditional owners give the filmmakers privileged access as they visit sacred country to record stories and practices for the first time. They are intent on preserving knowledge of the Dreaming for future generations.

The documentary is suitable for everyone interested in learning about Australian Aboriginal ways of life. It will be completed by the end of 2012. Here is a preview.

CategoryFilm & Animation
LicenseStandard YouTube License
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TO SEE "Two Bothers Walking" trailer GO TO:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f89D8c-6Khg
GO TO:www.twobrothersdreaming.com for more.....
A Rainbow Serpent Dreaming Journey
Some time ago Murray George said to me, “Come to APY (Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Lands) and I will take you to my mother’s country. We want you to film it and put it on the internet so the whole world can see what our tjukurpa means for us. It’s our whole life. We are free people and it’s not for anyone to tell ws what to do. This tjukarpa is for everybody to know about, and they can support us so that it is there in the future, for all the children, for everybody.”
So I went with Murray and John, and that’s what we set about doing.
The journey for Murray started long before that. He comes from Wanampi (Rainbow Serpent) and has been doing it all his life. John Hartley has been doing it all his life too. His country is Far North Queensland (FNQ) where Rainbow Serpent is know as Yirmbal by the Kuku Yananji or Kurriyala, the more general name for carpet snake. Murray and John’s coming together was a natural and obvious one in the Aboriginal world. They are both of Rainbow Serpent or water snake dreaming and are born of the same spirit.
The journey has covered over 20,000 km. Murray and John have sat down with men and women all over Australia, carefully deliberating the endangered position of traditional culture in Australia, and taking action to prevent its extinction. Only a small part of this story is told in the documentary. This blog will add some more.
The Two Brothers Walking preview is ready for release and shortly you will be able to see it. In the meantime we are working on the website and completing the documentary. Subscribe to the mailing list to keep up with new releases at 
twobrotherswalking.com.
For some, this will be the first contact with traditional Aboriginal culture. If so, this page will assist you in coming to appreciate a unique world-view completely different from the western mindset. I can promise you it will be dynamic, organic and sustainable as well as at times confusing, baffling and thought provoking, but above all, a magical mythical tour. Tell your friends.
Palyo,
David Salomon
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On behalf of the Gallery we firstly acknowledge the land now known as  Australia belonged to a Nation of People, widely sophisticated, Aboriginal people of Culture, With Gratitude to our Elders past, present and emerging, the Country's ancient Cultural heritage. Always Was, Always Will Be, Aboriginal Land. 
We hope that by sharing the Stories of the Artworks more attention is paid to the land supporting us through the emmense  Generational Knowledge of this Country Aboriginal people have. 
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      • Sue Norman SALA 2019
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    • Sally Arnold SALA 2019
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    • FRINGE 2019 Thea Popoff
    • Centre for Creative Healing
    • 11th Art Naif Festival – International Naive Art Festival, POLAND
  • Circle of Arts Foundation Link