Nancy Napanangka Gibson

The country associated with this dreaming is Mikanji, a watercourse that is usually dry, west of Yuendumu. In this creek bed there are Mulju (soakages). The dreaming traveled from Puyurru, northwest of Yuendumu to a Mulju in the Mikanji creek. By the side of the soakages two old blind women of the Nampijinpa skin group were singng. A rain ancestor traveled to Mikanji from Puyurru and unleashed a huge storm. As the two women strained their eyes to see the sky, tears formed in their eyes, creating the rain. Their spirits can still be seen at Mikanji in the form of two Ngapiri (river red gums) growing near the soakage. The custodians of this Jukurrpa are men of the Jangala and Jampijinpa skin groups, and women of the Nangala and Nampijinpa skin groups.