Kungka Kutjara

Ngayulu paint-amilalpai ngura puḻka, kungka tjuṯaku ngura. Tjukurpa nyangatjangayuku kamingku wantikatingu, ngayuku mamaku ngunytju kungkaYankunytjatjara. Tjukurpa nyangatja Kungka Kutjaranya. Kungka Kutjara pulanyinangi ngurangka, pula Nguraṟitja. Pula para-ngaṟangi, kapi nguriningi, maikuanangi, ma-pitjalinangi, munu pula ma-wirkaṉu ngura kutjupangka munu pulama-nyinakatira ngura kujtupangka wirkarira kutjuparingi. Wati kutjuku nguḻupula. Ka palu pula kutju ankupai wiya, palu pula rawa kutjara ankupai, ngapartji-ngapartjingku aṯunymankupai. My painting and what I paint is from very important women’s country. This was passed down through my father’s side. My father’s mother, a Yankunytjatjara woman. This story is about the Two Women. They are the Traditional Owners of that place. They would move around looking for food, looking for water and travelling around, they moved around because they were getting followed by a man. When they would arrive at a different place, they would disguise themselves into what was normal in that area so they could hide, as they were worried the man would find them. The Two Women were always together and looked after each other. JOANNE KEN Transcribed and translated by Dom Barr