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TJURKURRPA PULKA – MINMA (BIG WOMENS STORY)
This is a very important women’s story for Nelly. It’s a story about strong women’s culture. Nelly sings the story while she is painting. Nelly is worried for her people’s culture and special ceremonial songs.

Nelly tells the story like this:

There are many women sitting together—young, old, and middle-aged women. All the elders begin singing together, and the middle-aged women join in, singing and dancing. The women begin having a big ceremony. It is a very important ceremony for all these women.

The elders tell the middle-aged women not to tell the young people the sacred songs because they are not keeping them secret and safe.

The orange circle symbolises a nulla nulla, which is a special tool also used for dancing.