Duke and Duchess of Cambridge Receives Poo as Gift from Uluru
Royal Tour Australia: The Duke and Duchess arrived at Yulara at 1:30 pm local time (2 pm AEST), News.com.au reports.
From Yulara, William and Kate are scheduled to head to Uluru-Kata Tjuta Cultural Centre where a gift made out of poo awaits them.
A series of paintings telling the story of Kuniya python woman and the Liru poisonous snake man collecting water and bush tucker was done on a paper created from the wallaby's poo.
Wallaby is a nearly extinct animal which largest captive population of 200 is being taken care of in Uluru to protect the breed from predators.
The art piece was made by Barbara Tjikatu, with four generations of women in her family, including her 2-year-old great-granddaughter Lolita.
The art piece, according to Sharon Davies, was born out of a desire to offer something special and creative to the royal couple despite the artists being in a bushy region.
"You have to think creatively out here, because we're in the bush. I put glitter in it to make it more royal. The rangers collect the poo from the mala enclosure when they clean them out. Once I get the poo I have to boil it and wash it and make sure it's all sterilised because I put it in the paper. If were in the car and we see some goona (poo) we collect the goona so we can put it in the paper. It's all crazy. It's all a bit of fun," Davies told News.com.au.
The artists were hoping for the royal couple to hang some of the paintings in the room of baby George.
Back during the visit of Prince Charles and Princess Diana in 1983, the Uluru women were not able make the poo art piece. They started working with mala poo recently, after their attempt to use camel dung was unsuccessful.
Vincent Nipper, Barbara's son, said that the community was happy that the Duke and Duchess made time to visit Uluru.
"It's very important for those two special people to come to a place that is very strong in spirit and that they come here and feel that for themselves. The spirit is alive here and they will be able to take some of that home with them," Nipper said.