Pure joy: how Parrtjima festival is bringing ancient culture into the future

Curator Rhoda Roberts wants the Alice Springs event to encourage Australians to truly connect with the land and ‘continue its stewardship with us’There was one moment during the opening night of Parrtjima festival at Alice Springs Desert Park that had curator Rhoda Roberts in tears.Zaachariaha Fielding – a singer from Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (APY) lands, and half of pop duo and Eurovision hopefuls Electric Fields – stood on the stage bare chested in a sheer