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CHAPTER 10
The next morning, Nungala and Evelyn, her niece, took us to Ubirr, a sacred Rock Art site. The place had beautiful rock formations on the green land. ''Our ancestors have painted here, onthese rocks, for 60,000 years, '' Evelyn told us. Evelyn was an artist and painted traditional paintings with lots of dots, which she sold at the Injalak arts and crafts centre nearby.
''Most of thepaintings you can see here are about 1,500 years old,'' she explained. ''They've all got stories.''
''What's this one?'' Emily asked, pointing to a picture of two crocodiles.
''Those are theNamarrgarn sisters,'' she said. ''These two sisters changed into crocodiles to frighten each other. But they decided to became crocodiles permanently because then they could frighten, or eat, anybody theywanted to! We tell this story to the children so they understand that crocodiles are dangerous.''
The place was very interesting. It was full of pictures, and Nungala and Evelyn told us the stories aswe walked. Then, we sat in the shade of the rocks and ate our lunch. It was too hot to move.
We stayed with Nungala and her family for three days. Everything happened very slowly in the heat. Evelynshowed us how to paint on wood and the different styles she used for her work. ''I teach the young people about our culture and our traditions with my art,'' she said. ''It's very important thatpeople feel part of our history, and that they know our culture. There are many problems with our people in towns all over Australia. They aren't part of the white man's world and they've lost their ownculture. They suffer and so they drink beer to forget their pain. Alcoholism is a big problem today.''
''Alcohol is the worst thing that the white man brought with him,'' said Jack. ''Alcohol anddisease. But now we must learn to live together with the white man.''
Soon, it was time to leave. The doctor picked us up on his way back to Jaribu. From there, we flew to Darwin - back to the 21st...
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