VENTURING INTO THE ANCIENT Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park is something you will never forget. Sacred to the Anangu people, Uluru holds secrets to many Anangu creation stories, or Tjukurpa (pronounced ‘chook-orr-pa’).
Tjukurpa is the foundation of Anangu culture and is what connects the Yankunytjatjara and Pitjantjatjara people to Country and their ancestors. It is all-encompassing. From important lessons on survival, to relationships and how to behave and the origins of the universe.
Passed on verbally through generations, you won’t find a book on Tjukurpa, and equally, you won’t be able to learn Tjukurpa stories on a whim. Anangu only share Tjukurpa with