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During Ceremony on the Tiwi Islands a series of "Yoi", dances are performed, some are totemic (matrilineal) and others act out newly composed songs. Participants are painted with turtiyanginari (natural ochres) transforming the dancers and protecting them against mapurtiti (spirits). These designs are collectively called Jilamara.
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SEVEN SISTERS
The Sisters created the landscape as they tried to escape from Wati Nyiru. They formed a rock hole that went underground and emerged on the other side of the hill. The women dived into the water and then flew up into the sky. Wati Nyiru followed them. Today, Wati Nyiru can be seen to the south of the Seven Sisters (the Pleiades), still chasing them across the sky.