The Song of the Tiger Shark at Manankurra

Yanyuwa, Northern Territory - 2007

This songline of kujika belongs to the Rrumburriya clan of the Yanyuwa people.  It is the first section of a songline that was put into the country by the Tiger Shark Dreaming. The Dreamings from the Saltwater Country (Narnu-Yuwa ki Anthaa) is the second section of the Tiger Shark Dreaming song line of kujika.

The Song of the Tiger Shark at Manankurra (Manankurra Kujika) sings of the cycad trees, the freshwater well, children playing, people gathering water, the river and many other things that can still be found at Manankurra today.

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