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National Geographic : 1973 Feb
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HERE TRIBESMEN once met in solemn rit ual, tourists now gather at Nourlangie Rock. Busloads of visitors from Darwin regu larly reach the stone outcrop ping to view one of the most beautiful collections of rock art yet discovered. Kay studies a complex cliff side mural of spirits clustered beneath alarger central figure. Thunder-man, to the right of the figure, holds a lightning bolt in his hands. Backbones and hatching designs of the X-ray art style decorate the bodies. Tribal elders once ex plained each detail of such se cret places to young initiates. But with the shift of tribes from their traditional lands, many Aborigines near Nour langie find local paintings as baffling as do the tourists. National Geographic,February 1973 184
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