Mina Mina - 2009, 2016, 2018
2009 Milpirri - Jurntu
Mina Mina (karnakulungu)
Dance Story
The place is Mina Mina. They go Kakarra (east) and then come back. (This is the coming back part of the story.) They are singing and dancing all the way. Then they sit down and throw their kurlarda (spears) away to show that it is the end.
Belonging to Skin Groups
Japangardi, Japanangka, Napangardi and Napanangka (Green Group)
2016 Milpirri - Kurdiji
Mina Mina
Dance Story
The place is Mina Mina. They go Kakarra (east) and then come back (I think this is the coming back part of the story.) They are singing and dancing all the way. Then they sit down and throw their kurlarda (spears) away to show that it is the end.
This is a Jardiwarnpa dance.
Belonging to Skin Groups
Japangardi, Japanangka, Napangardi and Napanangka (Green Group)
Milpirri 2018 - Jurntu
Mina Mina (karnakulungu)
Dance Story
The place is Mina Mina. They go Kakarra (east) and then come back (I think this is the coming back part of the story.) They are singing and dancing all the way. They put on their headbands and put oil on their heads. Then they sit down and throw their kurlarda (spears) away to show that it is the end.
Belonging to Skin Groups
Japangardi, Japanangka, Napangardi and Napanangka (Green Group)
Transcription of Mina Mina song
Transcription of the song item sung in Milpirri 2009.
Nganangka nganangka kana jurrparlina,
nganangka nganangka kana jurrparlina Parlija kana jurrparlina,
parlija kana jurrparlina
All the trees of Mina Mina N/Japangardi N/Japanangka stand up and grow up.
(Stand up like a digging stick.)
Ngayilung kurlungu Parlinya parlang kurlangula
Facing to the east where the sun rises. Face to face with a digging stick
Source - Milpirri at Lajamanu as an intercultural locus of Warlpiri discourses with others. A thesis submitted for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy of The Australian National University September 2015 Yukihiro Doi
Mina Mina is a place
Mina Mina is east of Lake Mackay on the Lake Mackay Aboriginal Land Trust.
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Part of Karnta Karnta (Women Dreamings)
Mina Mina is part of the Karnta Karnta (Women Dreamings). The story is about a group of ancestral women of who travelled far to the east beyond the boundaries of their Warlpiri Country.
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