Piltati - Teresa Stevens

This is the story from the creation time me for Nyapari. Piltati rock hole is close by in the hills to the north east of us. The two women would go out everyday in search of food. They worked very hard collecting bush tucker, including honey ants, witchetty grubs, mitlka (betong) and many other native foods. They would bring back food for their two husbands who were sitting back at their camp. The men spent their days painting on the cave walls and doing ceremony. The women got tired of the men's lazyness and decided to eat some of the food before taking it back.The men began to worry about the women. " Yaltji, minyma kutjara?" ("Where are the two women?") The men waited a long time and got angry. "We will pay those women back and teach them a lesson!" They turned themselves into wanampi (mythical serpents with magical powers) to play a trick on the women. The circles represent the holes left behind after the women were digging. Their wana (collecting bowl) is lying on the ground close by.