On Warlpiri country in the Tanami desert in central Australia, Ngapa Jukurrpa (Rain Dreaming) is handed down through song, story and painting as part of an ancient lineage of rainmakers.
The rainmaker sings the rain, making the Rainbow Serpent come up from the waterhole and create the rain.
Stories of the rainbow man, the rain, lightning, wind and thunder are painted by the custodians and guardians of the rain Dreaming on the bodies of the rainmakers during Kurdiji (Warlpiri initiation ceremony) and are drawn on the ground for their sons and grandchildren during Purlapa (Warlpiri public ceremony).
Each generation, different men are selected to carry on the guardianship of rain making as part of an ancient Warlpiri lineage.