Uluru-Kata Tjuta or Day 2

In the morning we rolled the swags up and had breakfast in the moonlight.
On the way to Kata Tjuta with the english name the Olgas we could se a stunning sunrise.

To explore the many mountains of Kata Tjuta we did the whole walk around the Valley for a couple of hours.
In my super nice group we had of course faster and slower people so that it was the same people on the second day who were walking in the fast group.
We were always around 6 people hanging together.
Next to Julia and me we had Ash from the UK, exchange students in Brisbane were Thomas,Robert and Charles.
On the group photo in the Olgas Ash is missing so we have Julia, Cora, Robert, Charles and Thomas.

After the walk we went to the cultural center for lunch and lots of information about the Aboriginal people and especially the Mala Tribe.
The Aboriginal people have the Tjukurpa (Tschukupa spoken) which is their believe system and their laws.
Every Aboriginal Tribe has their own Tjukurpa and language.They can be very similar or totally different.In most of their languages the word ´palya` means hello,how are you, I understand and good bye.With this word you can have a whole conversation on your own.The people living in Kata Tjuta were the Anagnu and the people around Uluru were the Mala people.                         
There is the Mala Walk which is a special walk at Uluru which goes along the places of the story.

So once upon the time the Mala men had a very important ceremony at Uluru. The 4 senior men climbed up Uluru to place a ceremony pole.
That showed the start of the ceremony. There were another tribe around aproaching the Mala people and asking if they want to celebrate the ceremony together. Unfortunately in the Tjukurpa of the Mala people it is law that you can´t interupt a ceremony. So the men said no and continued their ceremony.
The other tribe was very angry about that and they took all their magic together and created a monster.
At Uluru you can find the teachers cave were the young boys learned the Tjukurpa, the mens cave and the womens cave next to it. In the womens cave they were just about to prepare all the food for the ceremony as the monster attacked the women and his footprint is still visible.
The women ran to the mens cave and all together they escaped the monster into the dessert.

It was very fascinating to see the places of the story and to feel the aura of Uluru.
In an example we learned how senior women were once allowed in the mens cave. That was on the occasion to find a man for her daughter.
So in our example were 3 guys lying on the floor heads down and I was picked at the senior women. Usually they looked for the best breedable men and were beating them with a stick to see who isn´t moving. That was to drastic for me so I just had to sprinkle some water on their backs and decide for a man for my daughter Jane, a very nice girl from Scottland.

After the walk we went to the Uluru sunset area and because its usually quiet crowded we should be build a wall with backpacks around our area. Since we had a lack of backpacks we started using empty beer cans and bottles and it really worked. Nobody tried to come very close to us so we had lots of room for beautiful photos.