Ivy McDonald - Tjupi Tjukurrpa (Honey Ant Dreaming)

the honey ant provides an important link between the Anangu people's mythology and interdependence of the environment. The honey ant ancestors are strongly associated with the country surrounding Papunya. When Aboriginal people go looking for honey ants they look for the tiny tunnels that go down to the ants nest about a metre under the mulga tree. The presence of honey ants is betrayed by the colour of the ants walking around on the ground. The tunnels are called nyinantu and the larvae are called ipilyka-ipilyka. When they find them