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Throughout the process of curating Ma\u1e0fayin, the Yol\u014bu curators have constantly stressed that every painting has an accompanying <\/em>manikay (song). These ceremonial song cycles are associated with men, but the women have their own distinctive songs known as <\/em>milkarri. Here curator Wukun Wa\u1e49ambi discusses <\/em>milkarri and how the songlines connect Yol\u014bu people to Country.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

All our song cycles\u2014whether Dhuwa or Yirritja\u2013start from the horizon in the deep sea. Men have manikay<\/em>, the song cycles which name all the places in our country. Women don\u2019t sing manikay<\/em> but they cry milkari<\/em>, which are keening songs. They\u2019re very touching to hear. What I\u2019m saying is that miyalk<\/em> (women) understand the cycle of the manikay<\/em> and can feel the spirit moving to his or her destiny, which is their country. We don\u2019t see the spirit but the spirit\u2019s home is stable: it is the spirit\u2019s resting place where it finds peace and quiet. So, when we sing the country, we feel present in the country as we cycle through the songlines for each place. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

First, we sing the songs of the deep sea, then we come up onto the shore to sing the song cycles of the inland areas. It is very important for Yol\u014bu to learn about women\u2019s keening songs, it follows Yol\u014bu bones on their sacred journey home, telling the place in their own country where their body returns to. That women\u2019s singing is important. We should be encouraging all the young women to learn those songs for ceremonies of the Dhuwa and Yirritja.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Throughout the process of curating Ma\u1e0fayin, the Yol\u014bu curators have constantly stressed that every painting has an accompanying manikay (song). These ceremonial song cycles are associated with men, but the women have their own distinctive songs known as milkarri. Here curator Wukun Wa\u1e49ambi discusses milkarri and how the songlines connect Yol\u014bu people to Country. 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