What is "kanyini"

Kanyini is an Australian Indigenous word. Kanyini is the principle of connectedness through caring and responsibility that underpins Aboriginal life. Kanyini is a connectedness to tjukurrpa (knowledge of creation or ' Dreaming', spirituality), ngura (place, land), walytja ( kinship) and kurunpa (spirit or soul). Kanyini is nurtured through caring and practicing responsibility for all things.

Kanyini is a 2006 Australian documentary film, directed by Melanie Hogan, which explores the philosophy and the life of Bob Randall, an Aboriginal man who lived in Mutitjulu, a town beside the world's greatest monolith, Uluru, in Central Australia. Bob Randall is a 'Tjilpi' (special teaching uncle) of the Yankunytjatjara people and a member of the Stolen Generations.