Yuendumu: Honey Ant Hunting

TitleYuendumu: Honey Ant Hunting
Publication TypeBroadcast
Year of Publication2010
AuthorsLaFlamme M.
Secondary AuthorsLaFlamme M.
Tertiary AuthorsLaFlamme M.
KeywordsAboriginal people, honey ant, Stories inLand, Warlpiri, yuendumu
Abstract

The women bring the young girls to teach them what season and what time to go hunting for honeyants, using 'new technology': a crowbar, billy can and shovel. A lot of people makes the search easier, under the dry mulga trees. They talk about how the trees, the ants and the weather give hints about how to find honeyants, and who belongs to that dreaming. They teach the young girls how to eat the 'bum parts', where the honey is.

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DKCRC-0782

Citation KeyDKCRC-0782