Mercia Wawul 1925
Marringarr. Ferriderr
Merrepen ArtsNauiyu, Daly River,
Fitzmaurice regione,
Northern Territory
Atwalulu
Pigeons
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”These birds often feed on the red fruit from the Carpentaria palms. They depart in the late wet season, February – March, and return in the late dry season.”
Miwulngini
Water lily pods
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”Red lotus lily or miwulngini have big pink flowers, large leaves, and green pods that ripen at the beginning of the dry season producing a seed, midamuy. They are found in all the billabongs around the Daly. There is a big billabong just the other side of the community.
The seed can be eaten raw or roasted on hot coals. These seeds are a rich and abundant food source for the Aboriginal people of the Daly River. The root minginiginy is eaten after roasting; it is also used medicinally to treat constipation. The new shoot minytyangari is eaten raw like celery sticks. The leaf is called midetyeri. The large concave leaves can be used to carry water and as a cup to drink from.”
