{"product_id":"ms-d-yunupingu-marwat-5701-24","title":"Ms. D Yunupiŋu | Marwat 5701-24","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eThis work refers to a new motif that Dhopiya initiated in early 2024. It references the threads of the material known as galiku, djårritjarri or manydjarrka. This is the cloth which the Makassans would bring and share with Yolŋu as a part of the broader family in return for their labour and access to trepang. As per the songs and often practiced dances relating to this material a part of the story is the fraying under impact fro the winds. This then reveals the nature of the material to be similar to that of Yolŋu cosmology made up of many threads like the family connections that embody gurruṯu. The lines are made with the fine lines of the marwat or line brush made from a few strands of straight hair usually from a young girl. This is a distinctive Yolŋu painting apparatus and style which is manifest here in its most reductive form.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eGaliku is also a material used for dancing. Yirritja people, men, women, children, wear it during Garma and other times for funerals, or the kids dancing at school. It's special. We Gumatj identify ourselves with yellow fabric. Inside the Galiku is cotton and if you tear it off you see the threads. Galiku is the material that makes the flags and the sails of the praus. Our dance and song celebrates the North wind which brings those boats carrying our family back to us. It sings the wind which snatches at the flags makes them climb and fly and then frays them and finally whips them away as it becomes the cyclone.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eThe material relates to the seafaring Makassan family members whose centuries old visits and settlements defined the economy and society of Yolŋu. A translation of Dr. G. Yunupiŋu’s song Galiku based on the Gumatj manikay (sacred song) is as follows:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFlags\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eDance, dance, dance, dance, dance hits!, snatch it!\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eFrom this northerly wind, snatch it!\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eOn the mass the flags are playing, snatch it!\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe flags torn by the wind, snatch it!\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eClimbing. climbing, climbing. climbing. climbing. climbing. climbing. climbing, fraying to pieces, snatch it!\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eTorn flags. mast arms\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003egiḻaŋ. giḻaŋ, giḻaŋ. on the masts. shredded flags\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eshredded by the power of wuḏuminy. gaŋgayparra winds\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eYou (flags) asked to fly dancing. from the northern wind\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eFlags dancing there at Mindharrŋura. Wilirrŋura. Muthamul\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eyou grandmother-flag mob, you Mandjikay families. m.m. m.m\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eSoft sands of Mawuyul. at the place Yanhdhaḻa\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eFor who? For Bāpadjambaŋ. at the place Djulkayalŋgi\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eAlso playing there for the Birrinydji. Djindjiray Baḻawuku\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eMāwuḻmirri. Gandjamarr Birrapirra nation\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eyou first, clash the knives\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eat the place, Seki Gurrumuru, m.m, m.m\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eHere is the trepang oven, at the Gāḏinŋura Djaltjunbi (Bawaka)\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003ethis Dhuwa country. Girriwaḻa Ṉämbatjŋu (Yāŋunbi)\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eDjarpanbulu. Raŋimula Gaṉdjitji (Barrkira)\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003ethe mast flags flew, for Gätjiŋ. m.m. m.m\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eWhere have the masts come from to be with Ḻuku-ḏumdhuna (ancestor)\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eFrom Melwula Barrthanaga, to Dholtji Manuna\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eOh my grandmother families. Ḏilingarra Yawunbaŋu\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eBungurrukurru, Walaywalayuna m.m, m.m (Warramiri nation)\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eRaising a new folded flag, take it\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e'giḻaŋ' as it is raised up the mast. take it\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eSinging the country Djanŋala. Gapala, Barrumbarru, take it\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eBecause this is marked for Gätjiŋba, take it\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003egiḻaŋ. giḻaŋ, giḻaŋ, giḻaŋ. giḻaŋ, giḻaŋ, giḻaŋ. disappears from sight\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Buku-Larrŋgay Mulka Centre","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52835565961514,"sku":null,"price":750.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0678\/0374\/2506\/files\/DhopiyaYunupingu_dec_-Marwat5701-24CROP.jpg?v=1791942237","url":"https:\/\/brunswickstreetgallery.com.au\/products\/ms-d-yunupingu-marwat-5701-24","provider":"Brunswick Street Gallery","version":"1.0","type":"link"}