Hymns ring out over Uluru on 'bittersweet' handback anniversary
While the general mood was one of celebration, the issues still faced by Indigenous Australians were not ignored
Aboriginal women perform a traditional dance near Uluru on Sunday. Photograph: Dan Peled/AAP
Aboriginal women perform a traditional dance near Uluru on Sunday. Photograph: Dan Peled/AAP
Rita Jingo, from the Mutitjulu community, and her daughter pose for a photo near Uluru on Sunday. Photograph: Dan Peled/AAP
As the sun dropped lower in the sky and a storm rumbled ominously overhead, the central Australian women’s choir gathered on the red dirt, Uluru forming their backdrop, and began to sing. Harmonised hymns, brought over by missionaries and translated into Aranda and Pitjantjatjara, rang out across the crowd.
