Warnu Jukurrpa

The place depicted in paintings featuring Warnu Jukurrpa or Snake Dreaming refer to a place called is Ngama just south of Yuendumu in Central Australia. The Dreaming belongs to the Nakamarra and Napurrurla women and the Jakamarra and Japurrurla men. The story describes the journey of Yarripiri, an ancestral Warnu (Snake). He travelled from place to place through the territories of Ngapanangka-Jarra finally arriving at Ngama. Yarripiri was sad as his family had left him behind at Wirnparrku, he was blind and crippled but he was determined to find them. He has to be carried by Kurdungurla or the ceremonial police of the Dreaming - the Nangala and Nampijinpa women and the Jangala and Jampijinpa men. Where Yarripiri's tail slumped and touched the ground creeks were formed, such as Mijirlparnta, west of Yuendumu. Yarripiri tracks and paths are often represented by arc shapes or curved lines depicted across the canvas.