Kunred (places)
Barrihdjowkkeng

Hear the pronunciation, spoken by John Mawurndjul

Barrihdjowkkeng is a yirridjdja moiety place belonging to the Darnkolo clan. There are paintings about Barrihdjowkkeng, with the water represented by cross-hatching. A Rainbow Serpent pierced the ground there. The yawkyawk (young female spirit beings) live in the bushland there. They wander around that area and in the afternoon they go down to drink and then return. They are eternal. In the savanna bushland there is a sacred site or Djang with rocks standing up everywhere, representing the breasts of those young female spirit beings. They are similar to the site at Buluwana. Their spirit has risen up and has penetrated the ground. Owen Yalandja is the senior traditional owner for Barrihdjowkkeng; there are many traditional owners in the Darnkolo clan. I once camped there long ago when there was no water. We dug a well and we drank the water out of the well, a long time ago. That was when Crusoe Kuningbal was still alive.

Barrihdjowkkeng yirridjdja bedberre, nawu Darnkolo kunnguya. Barrihdjowkkeng, ngalek kume bidjdja kayo, rarrk. Barrihdjowkkeng kunekke. Nakan kunronj rarrk, kunronj rarrk. Nakkan, nakan nungan ngalyod duhkeng kunronj makka, Barrihdjowkkeng. Yawkyawk ngalkkan manberrk karri. Kabirrire kabirriwohwirlire en wolewoleh kabirrimkolung kabirribongun kabirridjaldurndeng bonj munguyhmunguyh, bonj. Manberrk kahdi kadjikkadjabdi. Kadjaldjabdi kaluk yire yinan. Kumekke djikkano kadjikkadjabdi kume korroko. Djang manberrk kaberrkmiyindi, djikka. Manberrk. Yiman Buluwana yiman kahdi. Dolkang kunmalng. Kabolkdulubun. Birriwern. Dabborrabbolk warridj ngurrbendjawan. Ngayi ngarri kumekke nawu no kunronj only ngarri-kunngad ngarrikaruy bonj ngarribonguneng kunkare. Korroko Kuningbal Crusoe.


– John Mawurndjul, with translation by Murray Garde