Last Friday, the 5th of February 2010, the residents of Sadhana Forest invited numerous guests to their Brazilian Night. A very interesting film about the art of Capoeira and its development was shown, delicious vegan organic Feijoada was served and finally the audience could listen to and watch an amazing play by the Sadhana Forest Band. With a lot of wonderful Brazilian rhythms like Samba and Axé, the band offered a humorous understanding of Brazil´s past, including the story of the slaves, colonization, and the indigenous people from the Amazon.
Today's news recognizes an all day event that took place yesterday in honour of Tsunamika's fifth birthday, organized entirety by the many villages who work to produce the small but famous Tsunamika image, which personifies the survival and hope and livelihood of so many who were devastated by the tsunami five years ago. Also in the news an announcement for a classical music concert: two guest artists from Switzerland, a cellist and a pianist both well known in their fields, performing tomorrow at Pitanga.
The last meeting regarding the renewal of L’Avenir d’Auroville was focused on the organisation and detailing of this process. Due to unavailability of space in the Pavillion of Tibetan Culture, this 3rd working session was exceptionally held in the Town Hall on Tuesday, 29th December 2009, at 10 am, in the Conference Room. All those who have been already participating in the first two sessions were present as well others who helped in constructing further on the ideas. The proposed process was then presented to the community and the Governing Board, on the occasion of the meeting on L’Avenir d’Auroville with the GB (B.V. Doshi, Ameeta Mehra and Ajoy Bagchi) and residents on the 2nd January 2010.
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+ Nadaka & Gopika + The Fashion Parade presented by Jesse + The Mohanam Boys + The Brand New Band + Krishna, Laurent & Patcha Mama + Tiago & Ana and the percussionist of Sadhana Forest + Emergence - Live in Bharat Nivas + Ziskakam & Mayapouni + Visit of leading Design and Planning professionals + Irina Bokova and Aurovilians
The Trashion Show event at the Visitor Center was packed. More than 400 people came to see the fashion parade spectacular featuring garments and accessories made entirely from trash and recycled junk. The event challenged Auroville's best designers to work with Auroville's worst materials. The entertainment featured: Nadaka & Gopika - performing with the relevant theme in mind. The Mohanam Boys - making percussion music out of litter, The Brand New Band - representing the youth our future. Krishna (Emergence) - playing home-grown eco-friendly fusion. Patcha Mama - getting you grooving to sustainable ska/reggae. Tiago & Ana and the percussionist from Sadhana Forest. Jesse, the ever splendid trash talking host presented the event.
Claudio Menandro, one specialists of Brazilian music was here in Auroville. He did an well attend concert at Sri Aurobindo Auditorium in Bharath Nivas. The concert included many Brazilian Music styles including Bassa Nova, Samba and Choro. He also covered the classic Beatles song 'Yesterday' form the album 'Help!'.
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Today's news offers a few moments from Wednesday's jazz concert with Edmund Held on trumpet, Mishko M'Ba on bass and Holger Jetter on violin. And some points concerning just what 'stewardship' means in relation to housing, plus points to consider around the issue of a petrol bunk in Auroville; as there will be a petrol station on the plateau. The question is whether Auroville should own it?
Le temps cette semaine est encore et toujours ensoleillé, pas un seul nuage à l'horizon, température entre 26 et 30 degrés. Auroville est en ce moment saturé par les touristes, entre 2000 et 5000 visiteurs par jours naviguent au Visitor Center. Parmi eux se trouvent quelques curieux qui sentent qu'il y a quelque chose d'autre qui se trame ici, bien loin du parcours à touristes. Nous avons rencontré l'un d'eux qui nous raconte ses premières impressions. Aussi cette semaine la célébration des 5 ans de la petite poupée Tsunamika et un spectacle de danse contemporaine Buto avec le maitre japonais Atsushi Takenouchi.
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Impressions from the TrashionShow
Written by Steffi
Thursday, 04 February 2010
One of the highlights from last Friday´s Litter Free Auroville was the amazing Trashionshow. The numerous talented designers attended a workshop one week before, where they got input, material and ideas how to create fashion out of trash. The result was simply outstanding: They transformed vinyl records, juice boxes, cassette tapes, bubblewrap, rice sacks, used fashion magazines and plastic bags into creations just designed for the catwalk. The audience felt like being in Paris, Milan or New York. Here are some impressions from the Trashionshow, featuring excerpts from the show itself, pictures and reactions from the audience. Click read more to see more pictures of the show.
For the final day and last part of the Auro Olympics was the Run for the Heart on 13th of January. All the children were excited about that race for over a month, because it was postponed due to the monsoon rain from December, and that is the race nobody wants to miss it. Some children were preparing themselves for long time for it. And the final day came! Hot sunny day, but that didn't stop the ehtusiasm of maybe small by the size, but big on their will, runners. Parents and friends came to cheer them up, and the feeling of excitment was contagious. We recorded some soundscapes of the race itself and some short interviews with children and their parents.
Today's news features an interview with Pepi from Upasana about the Tsunamika project and the 5th anniversary of Tsunamika on Sunday, the 7th of February. Also in the news some announcements: On Wednesday, the 3rd of February the Aditi Mangaldas Dance Company presents Extract – an evening full of dance at the Sri Aurobindo Auditorium. On Friday, the 5th of February Sadhana Forest invites everyone to a Brazilian night with a lot of music, dancing, a movie about Capoeira and traditional food.
The 29^th of January was indeed a different Friday for Auroville. It started early in the morning with meditation, and after school the children and many adult Aurovilians collected litter along the roads... which all lead to Certitude where the main action took place throughout the day. In a conversation with Chandra, Ribhu and Mira who were three of the many active facilitators for this day's events, some interesting facts were uncovered: the target is to create a team for a platform to create a change. It is ongoing, ideas and work, to reduce waste. Each of us can participate: the way we choose to acquire our food, and how we handle our waste, becoming aware that we can't just 'throw it away' as there is no 'away.'
