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Kurri Djang (Brown Slate) By Thompson Yulidjirri
Story: Kurri Djang (Blue Tongue Lizard Dreaming, Brown Slate) Kurri was the name of a man in the area known as Mangardubu (Cooper's Creek). The man was Mawamud 'skin'. He was making a kundjabarrk (a traditional multi-purpose 'dilly bag') from pandanus fibre when he looked back and saw that men were hunting him. The men were carrying spears and spear throwers. To hide he climbed into the dilly bag. In doing so he became Burri or Mirldar (a blue tongue lizard) whose skin resembles the texture of a dilly bag. Djang refers to sacred or sacred place where specific rites and rituals relating to the beings and sites are still performed and maintained today.
