7th September

Book launch: Yuupurnju: A Warlpiri song cycle

Name: Book launch: Yuupurnju: A Warlpiri song cycle
Start: 2024-09-07T14:30:00+0930
End: 2024-09-07T15:30:00+0930
Location: Red Kangaroo Books

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BOOK LAUNCH: Yuupurnju: A Warlpiri song cycle

with Myfany Turpin, Carmel O'Shannessy, Robin Japanangka Granites

Yuupurnju: A Warlpiri song cycle documents a ceremonial song cycle as sung by Warlpiri Elder Henry Cooke Anderson Jakamarra at Lajamanu, NT, in 2013. The song cycle relates to a women’s Jukurrpa Dreaming narrative, as a group of ancestral women journey across the country. The book presents the verses and explains their meanings, and provides QR codes for the audio of each.

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Red Kangaroo Books

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As the only bricks-and-mortar independent bookshop still standing within 1500kms, Red Kangaroo Books has survived and thrived in the remote town of Alice Springs in central Australia and has been trading for over a decade.

Our mission is to provide the vastest selection of fiction and non-fiction books that encompass the region’s history, arts, flora and fauna, geology and travel.

Unlike the monolingual stereotype of Australia, our store houses an extensive collection of works in a wide range of Aboriginal languages such as Arrernte, Pitjantjatjara, Pintupi-Luritja, Warlpiri and more, from children’s stories to academic texts.We also play a crucial role in supporting teachers in the region, especially those working in small Aboriginal communities far from Alice Springs.

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