On Milpirri. Prof. Wanta Jampijinpa Pawu.

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The Milpirri Festival is held biennially in Lajamanu, Northern Territory. It is a time where young and old gather to sing, dance and celebrate Warlpiri community and culture. Through preparations for Milpirri, children and youth engage with traditional Warlpiri culture, while also contributing their own interests and styles to performances.
In this video, Warlpiri Elder and Director of Milpirri Festival, Professor Wanta Jampijinpa Pawu, explains the significance of the concept of Milpirri for Warlpiri culture.
The intermingling of different pressure systems that form milpirri (thunder clouds) show what ngurra-kurlu looks like in action. This is a call to start looking at each other’s stories and valuing one another, to learn about the ways our culture and values might work productively together to produce lifegiving rain. When we involve ourselves in this process, we ‘become our homes’ – we have identity and purpose through our interactions.
From “Wantarri-tarri: The Gift Road” symposium, University of Divinity, 8 December 2021.
Editing and production by Samuel Curkpatrick, Sarah Bacaller & Voices of Today.
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