Our Culture

Tjukurrpa is our culture, law and connection to country. It is our connection with the dreaming stories. Yarnangu live in the mularrpa (here and now) but are deeply connected to the Tjukurrpa.

The Essence and Existence of Ngaanyatjarra Lands

Tjukurrpa and Mularrpa are complementary; two sides of the same coin. While Tjukurrpa defines the essence of all that exists, Mularrpa represents the existence of what Tjukurrpa has defined: the things themselves and the enactment of the Tjukurrpa.

The population of the Ngaanyatjarra Lands includes the first wave of people who came out of the Western Desert in the 1930s and the last wave in the 1960s. The Ngaanyatjarra people have never left their country, nor has their land been annexed or occupied by outsiders.

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