Duwarra Wujara

The Dreamtime comes to life.

Duwarra Wujara tells the story of two young cousins, recently initiated as young men into the clans of their people.  Frustrated and impatient, these two cousins abandon their duties in search of adventure… and mischief. 

The cousins journey far into the west, laughing as they go about breaking laws, killing animals and fouling traditions.  But these boys are not alone, for Bujimala, the Rainbow Serpent has his eyes on them, ever vigilant as the guardian of this country.  As he stalks the boys, he becomes frustrated with their antics.  In a moment of despair, he swallows the boys and carries them far beyond the safety of their own country, hoping to scare some sense into these two teasing cousins. As they all travel, the country is named.  These places are sacred to the Yanyuwa people to whom this story belongs.

For hundreds of years the Yanyuwa people have expressed their identity through the oral traditions of song, poetry and story.  Passed down from generation to generation, Duwarra Wujara is just one of these ancient traditions. A tale from the Dreamtime, the Aboriginal time of creation, and performed in the Yanyuwa language; an endangered dialect with only a hand full of speakers. Duwarra Wujara is a warning to the young and adventurous.