The Munga-Munga spirit women sprang from Kunapipi's creative power in the Dreamtime, dancing the first ceremonies and singing the country into shape at the great mother's side.
The sacred rangga objects and ceremonial knowledge the Djanggawul siblings carried from Bralgu became foundational to the Kunapipi ceremonial complex in northeastern Arnhem Land, linking the two great Yolngu religious cycles.
In the Kunapipi ceremony, the Rainbow Serpent swallows young men whole and the great mother births them back into the world as initiated adults — serpent and mother working as one force of consumption and renewal.
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