Kara Tjurnpa

Design by Tim McNamara of Ewyenper Atwatye Artists.

‘Kara’ is meat and ‘tjurnpa’ is perentie in Western Aranda.

Tim says: We call every animal ‘kara’ if we don’t know what it is yet when we see them hunting. Everyone calls out; ‘kara, kara, kara, kara’ to kangaroo and goanna’.