Tjurunga

Tjurunga is also a genus of spiders (family Stiphidiidae)

Churinga and Tjuringa redirect here. For the moth genus, see Churinga (moth).

A Tjurunga or as it is sometimes spelled, Churinga, is an object considered to be of religious significance by Central Australian indigenous people of the Arrernte (Aranda, Arunta) groups. Tjurunga often had a wide and indeterminate native significance. They may be used variously in sacred ceremonies, as bullroarers, in sacred ground paintings, in ceremonial poles, in ceremonial headgear, in sacred chants and in sacred earth mounds.