Water Dreaming

IN THE Dreamtime, two Jangala men 'sang down the rain' and the skies responded with an enormous storm.

The storm rapidly travelled over the land, bellowing thunder and striking the earth with lightning. The land was soon running with water.

A Kirrkarlanji (Brown Falcon) caught the storm and carried it further west, dropping it at Purlungyana, where a huge body of water developed. The Falcon then dug up the Rainbow Serpent, which helped carry water to create Jillyiumpa, another large lake.

This Walpiri Jukurrpa (story) belongs to Jangala/Jampitjinpa men, with Nangala/Nampitjinpa women the custodians of the story.