Sylvia is from the Yolŋu community, a tribe settled in north-eastern Arnhem Land, in the Northern territory of Australia. Back homeEven though Sylvia is based in Darwin today, home for her is the outskirts of the Milingimbi island. “It’s called the Crocodile island, the waters around the mangrove trees are infested with them,” she says. Everything from people, to animals, to rocks and stars and the sky is either dhuwa or yirritja. the sun and the morning star is dhuwa, but the moon, the night sky and stars are yirritja,” she explains.

Source: The Hindu February 07, 2019 07:52 UTC