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Latitude

-21.304

Longitude

126.82

Start Date

2019-04-15

End Date

2019-04-15

Recorded Monday 15 April 2019 Balgo with Felicity Meakins at the Art Centre. Patrick Jupiter Smith & Marie Mudgedell Discussing Laka and Puranguwana File names: 20190415Balgo_01.wav wanji-wanji 20190415Balgo_02.wav wanji-wanji 20190415Balgo_03.wav wanji-wanji 20190415Balgo_04.wav Asking about Aus 650 (dont really know it) 20190415Balgo_05.wav 20190415Balgo_06.wav 20190415Balgo_07.wav 20190415Balgo_08.wav 20190415Balgo_09.wav 20190415Balgo_10.wav PAKAM 2006 recording https://ictv.com.au/video/item/867 (Kukatja?) This is the story of Puranguwana, which means perishing in the sun. An old man, Yawalyurru, was trying to go to Gordon Downs from Sturt Creek. He camped halfway there with his wife and two children. They ran out of water because they had been walking in the wrong direction. The old man told his family he was going to look for water. He started walking a long way from the family. He followed mirage after mirage. But when he got near there was no water. He kept doing that for hours and hours. He was getting dizzy and weak from dehydration. He got worse and passed away there. Then his spirit came up and was going back to his country to the south east near Kiwirrkura and Kintore. He was a Pintupi man. But before he left, he gave the song to the Jaru people and they sing it today at special events.

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