PALYA
We can't wait to welcome you to Yankunytjatjara Pitjantjatjara land to experience Wintjiri Wiru.
Wintjiri Wiru, meaning 'beautiful view out to the horizon' in the local Pitjantjatjara language, is a breathtaking cultural storytelling experience that brings to life a chapter of the ancestral Mala story through choreographed drones, lasers and projections that illuminate the night sky. A story passed on for thousands of generations, now passes to you.
We encourage you to review this information prior to experiencing Wintjiri Wiru, including familiarising yourself with the Mala story.
Statements from Anangu
"We are thinking about our future. We are looking forward and have created Wintjiri Wiru for the next generation, for our grandchildren.
We have held hands with Voyages to create Wintjiri Wiru together. From the beginning, Voyages has been working together with the Anangu Working Group. We have been talking together, listening together and creating together.
People from every place have come to see Uluru. Now we want people to come and experience our story in a new way. We want visitors to know this is our story, to look and listen and feel with us. Our stories have been here since the beginning and we want to share this story with the world.
We have created this show from our heart, and our thinking, for people everywhere to see. Our old people have left these stories for us and we want you to experience our story too.
We always have open arms for people to keep coming to Uluru.
We are one world and we want to share something special with you.
Wintjiri Wiru is a gift to the world."
Rene Kulitja, on behalf of the Anangu Working Group.
'When I saw the show, I was thinking of my grandfathers and others who have passed on this story to me, and it reminded me that I have this knowledge as well.'
'Now I want to see more and more Anangu, older and younger, to lead tours and share culture so people can see the mala story right at the rock. This is a great opportunity from all over the world to see the Mala Tjukurpa in the sky and at the rock.'
Christine Brumby
'I am really privileged and honoured to be part of this project. I am deeply excited in my heart. This is the first time to see this sort of technology used to share our culture and it's a really big thing for us.'
'This is also for our young people, for our future generations, to remember our grandfathers and our grandmothers land the stories they left us.'
'I am really pleased. The first time I saw what we created and I couldn't get to sleep at night. I kept thinking about all the people around the world who are going to come and experience our story.'
'When I heard the inma we recorded I was really proud and happy. I was thinking, 'This is us singing! We are singing our songs!'
'It is a big thing what we have done. We are really pleased and honoured about this project. We should be proud and happy of everything we have achieved.'
'This is great for Anangu, it will create job opportunities for our young people to work and share our stories. This is about teaching our younger people, the next generation to take over and teach our stories.'
'Lots of people are coming to see the rock, to see our culture, our Tjukurpa. This will always belong to us and we want to share it.'
Awalari Teamay
Media Guidelines
Media Guidelines have been developed in collaboration with Anangu to detail how to capture and share content relating to Wintjiri Wiru in a culturally-safe way that adheres to the Wintjiri Wiru Anangu Cultural & Intellectual Property Protocols (Wintjiri Wiru ICIP Protocols) in place.
At the request of the Wintjiri Wiru Anangu Consultation Group, please read and return a signed copy of the image and footage capture & usage guidelines to [email protected]
Acknowledgement Statement
As custodians of the land, Anangu hold the Mala story from Kaltukatjara to Uluru. To share their story, RAMUS designed and produced an artistic platform using drones, light and sound to create an immersive storytelling experience.