What is Mikantji?
'''Mikantji''' is a [[Billabong|waterhole]] in the [[Northern Territory]] of [[Australia]]. It is an important [[sacred site]] for [[Warlpiri]]-speaking [[Indigenous Australians|Aborigines]]. The site features in their [[Dreamtime|Dreaming]] stories.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indigenart.com.au/Dynamic/display_ex.asp?id=402|title=Kapi Tjukurrpa - Water Dreaming|work=Indigenart: Aboriginal Art, Sculptures and Paintings|publisher=The Mossenson Galleries|accessdate=26 July 2012|archive-date=10 April 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130410192056/http://www.indigenart.com.au/Dynamic/display_ex.asp?id=402|url-status=dead}}</ref> [[Fire]]- and [[rain]]-making [[ritual]]s are performed here by the Warlpiri. Mikantji is located about {{convert|50|km|abbr=on}} northwest of [[Yuendumu]], on the road coming north from [[Papunya]]. ==References== {{reflist}} {{geo-stub}} [[Category:Geography of the Northern Territory]] [[Category:Indigenous Australian culture]] [[Category:Waterholes of Australia]]