Barnumbirr is connected to Bralgu by a feathered string stretching across the sky. The spirits of the dead travel along her light to reach Bralgu, the Isle of the Dead, after Yolngu funeral ceremonies.
The Djanggawul siblings began their creation journey on Bralgu, the Isle of the Dead, paddling from the spirit realm across the sea to the Australian mainland carrying sacred objects and the spirits of unborn humans.
Mokoi spirits haunt the bush and the dark stretches between the living world and Bralgu, the island of the dead, preying on the recently deceased who must pass through their domain on the journey to the afterlife.
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