content (Arts & Culture) To celebrate life and overcoming cyclone was the keynote of Lively Up Your Earth eco music Festival in Solitude Farm on Saturday 28th of January. With Cyclone Blue we went down the memory lane into early 70ies, by evergreen rock songs well played and sung by amazing olny 13 years old Danny, who joined his father Amando and Matt. And it is something in known that made us at ease, so Cyclone Blue hit the dancing strings in audience and enthusiastic share of encouragement. To Joel and his team we are grateful for excellent sound.
Friday, 03 February 2012 (Arts & Culture) Hosting Lively Up Your Earth eco - music festival for the second time in Solitude Farm with numerous stalls of products ecologicaly oriented, gadgets for children, food and lots of music brought community and more together almost a month after the natural catastrophe of Thane. Emergence as the hosting band came up on stage the last, and late. Solids songs of world music and poetic rock, reflecting the uniqueness of city life in Auroville and life of members of the band kept the audience on their toes. Thanks for excellent sound to Joel and team
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Thursday, 02 February 2012 (Arts & Culture) There's no doubt that Marc Vella captured hearts of Aurovilians with his loving attitude toward music as toward audience, nature... Films we saw before his arrival, his personal presence in the town, brought again crowd to the Lively Up Your Earth eco music festival at Solitude Farm on last Saturday 28th of January. We can thank to private donors which contributed needed money to hire a piano from Chennai and with that made it possible for all of us to hear to Marc Vella amongst the palm trees of Solitude Farm.
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Tuesday, 31 January 2012 (Arts & Culture) Sun was hot, children happily running around when music started with Oldtimer - Larry and Paul. Paul was also informing us on the progress of the musical part of the festival in his humorous way. Oldtimers haven't spent much time on the stage and Johan ZilverZurf followed them with his bass. Some interesting combinations of chill out and ambient we heard with him, setting the peaceful tone of festival at this hot hour of the day.
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Tuesday, 31 January 2012 (Arts & Culture) Suryan surprised us with his new Dharma Trio - beside Suryan on guitar and voice Johan on bass and Laurent on drums which added new dimensions to his songs. His songs still hypnotic and thought provoking, but now dance worthy getting us up on our feet. A true poet speaks to everyone at once but also speaks each individual at the same time; and if it's accompanied with such an amazing and captivating voice Suryan is blessed , touching us all on many levels.
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Tuesday, 31 January 2012 (News) Financial Service informs us that thanks to Future School students Chandran, Dyuman and Kanikannan the financial service office at the Townhall has now an electronic token system. In today's news we feature an interview with Krishna reflecting on recently held Lively Up Your Earth eco music festival. Aurovilians and Newcomers are welcome to register their names for a Darshan on 21st of February token on from Monday, 6th, to Wednesday at PITANGA, in Samasti. Music of hildegarf of Bingen and Beyond at Arka tomorrow at 6pm .
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Tuesday, 31 January 2012 (Arts & Culture) When Mishko M'Ba greeted the audience with announcement of repertoir which would pay the tribute to Jaco Pastorious, famous bass player, brought many smiles on the faces. The whole gig was special treat for music lovers. Excellent musicians Mishko M'Ba on Bass, Matt Littlewood on saxophone, Suresh Bascara on drums and Karan Joseph on keyboards played known songs of Jaco Pastorious, Pat Metheny, Miles Davis and Joe Zawinul with technical perfection and with all their love for the music.
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Monday, 30 January 2012 (News) The Pavilion of Tibetan Culture invites us to an exhibition of rare historic photos
Walking into Exile - The Dalai Lama arrives in Tawang (March 31 to April 18, 1959) tomorrow 28th of January at 5pm. The exhibition will be inaugurated by Prof Samdhong Rinpoche, former Kalon Tripa and will be followed by a talk by Samdhong Rinpoche on My Vision of Future Tibet .In today's news we feature short phone interview about it with Namgyal. Weekend it will be nicely busy, as it is usual for this time of the year, with lots of good music, presentations...
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Friday, 27 January 2012 (News) Daniel, member of the Working Committee shares with us updates on land encroachments at New Farm, and on dr. Karan Singh, Chairman of Auroville Foundation yesterday visit. On Friday at 8pm Ana, Hartmunt, Suryan, Joy and Jivatman, Taranti, Caroline and Elisa and Anisha and Tiago will offer thir music to life and community under the sky of the Big Amphitheater in Kalabhumi Made in Auroville concert, postponed from few months back due to the rain at the time. Lively Up Your Earth is taking place on Saturday from 10.30 onward at Solitude Farm.
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Wednesday, 25 January 2012 (News) The Working Committee would like to inform the community that all wood in Auroville is a collective asset and should not be kept for personal use, sold or traded. Selling or trading it is in fact illegal. People who have sold wood to outsiders should contact the Cyclone Help Desk AND then transfer the money to the Unity Fund account number 240001 with description "Wood Sales". In today's news we feature Krishna on Lively Up Your Earth, eco music festival, update and music line up. Today at 5pm Sve-Dame Heart Songs and dances by Upahar.
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Thursday, 19 January 2012 (News) Todays interview is wih Aurovilian Kayananda, enthusiatic about the OM choir experience. Its Pongal, celebrated all over India! It began as a farmers festival, but has become a national festival. Bhogi: discarding old things; homes cleaned and decorated. Rice with fresh milk is boiled to overflowing, offered to the Sun God in gratitude for the harvest. Maattu honors cows: they are washed, horns painted brightly, flowers round their necks. Kanu Pidi : girls feed the crows, praying for their brothers: a time of gratitude and family reunions. Read more Monday, 16 January 2012 (News) Almost after 2 weeks of cyclone the "temperature" in town is optimistic with new brighter looks on the future, and healthy humor clearly shows how much alive we all still are. So, Jesse - in today's news we feature interview with him - invites us tomorrow at 7.30 at Visitor Center to a Hurricane Theatre Sports, Improvised Theatre Games on the topic of the Hurricane. Also Tomorrow at 5pm at White Hall, Bharat Nivas, Sri Aurobindo Centre for Studies India and the World invites us to a dr. Elisabeth Ursic presentation on the Divine Feminine
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Thursday, 12 January 2012 (Environment) When the cyclone is on its way there's nothing a farmer can do. He can't evacuate crops. Krishna from Solitude says amongst others that now is the time to understand destruction, it is time for new birth, where we can make a step forward and what have been destroyed can be rebuild better, with more vision, more intelligence...a new birth...Krishna knows that it will take them three months before they will get some crops rotating again, and a year to get back to the level that things normally going on. But "you smile and go the best you can.."
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Thursday, 05 January 2012 (Environment) Yes, the eco music festival Lively Up Your Earth will happen for the second time at Solitude Farm. About last year experiences and what are preparing this year with talked with Krishna. Beside twelve hours of music mostly from Auroville based musicians with surprise also this year theme is ecology awareness with organic farming. So there will be many stall and workshop because they want to be more involved, interactive. Last year experience showed that this festival is really one of the special occasion that can bring whole community together.
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Saturday, 24 December 2011 (Arts & Culture) Bahauddin Mohiuddin Dagar is a 40 year old renowned Rudra Veena player and son of famous north Indian musician Zia Mohiuddin Dagar. He plays with the Dagarbani style and his lineage can be traced to to eight generations, to Baba Gopal Das, who converted to Islam, and became Baba Imam Baksh in the 18th century. At the age of 12 he started training under his father. and uncle Zia Fareeduddin. He started performing at the young age of 20. More information here: swaratala.blogspot.com/2007/04/bahauddin-dagar-in-beginning-your-ustad.html Read more Thursday, 22 December 2011 (News) Tonight we can see two interesting theater plays at 7pm at Visitor Centre The Mankeys presents form Monkeymotion to Mokemotion, and 8pm at Sri Aurobindo Auditorium in Pavilion of Indian Culture the Morodokmai Theater Troupe from Thailand will put on the stage Chitra by Rabindranath Tagore. Tomorrow at 5pm at Creativity Hall of Light L'Avenir d'Auroville will share with us Residential Zone Presentation, and on Friday Sadhana Forest will celebrate its 8th birthday with an all-day festival of workshops and live performances! Free bus rides.
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Tuesday, 20 December 2011 (City Life) Saturday afternoon could be called almost perfect. The weather was sweet, children of all ages and big kids in a festive mood, music playing with energetic announcements by Anand, enticing smells of food. It's hard to imagine the beginning of Christmas and New Year holidays in Auroville without the traditional fair at the Youth Center. Stalls in the event area offered many interesting items and games. Suryan rocked us with his great voice, TLC children made us laugh with their play...but..but...from some local young men who were drunk br...
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Monday, 19 December 2011 (News) Bridget of lAvenir explains in an interview with Miriam a positive forward step related to the art of building; graduate engineers to join the lAvenir team. The Gods will awaken on 15 January, Pongal. That means village temples switch on their funnel type loud speakers early morning until 8 pm. Shankar of Last School campus reminds us to respect the sacred beliefs of our neighbours and, to be ready with ear plugs! Sadhana Forest celebrates its 8th birthday Friday December 23rd... everyone is welcome to join in an all-day festival.
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Monday, 19 December 2011 (News) We are all invited tomorrow between 5 to 7pm at Multimedia Center Auditorium in Town Hall to a slideshow presentation of three different adventures that took place this year in Hampi and Himalyas(Darjeeling and Laddakh). Presentations are full of images, while members will narrate the experience, and members of treks - The Learning Community (TLC) team, Jean, Joy, Pierre Anu, Lalit, Palani, Swaha, Elke, Dinesh, Lola, Anandamayi, Vladimir, Aurevan, Sergei and Jonah are looking forward to see and share the stories with us.
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Thursday, 08 December 2011 (News) At the Amethyst in Chennai tomorrow at 7pm Anu, honorary voluntary artist will launch her new book along with Krishna D. B and Partha , who we will be doing a dramatized reading of the book. Book launch is hosted by Prakriti Foundation. On Friday 9th of December we are all invited to join the Deepam Celebration at 6pm at Deepam School. Karthigai Deepam has for centuries been celebrated around full moon in November or December. On Saturday 10th will be preparations and buildup for the Christmass Fair_de_luck at the Youth Center from 9am to 5pm.
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Tuesday, 06 December 2011 (News) That beach erosion is happening for some might be a vague idea but for Repos community is a harsh reality. Fence is gone, guest huts are collapsing...Urgent plea from Sam in the name of community asking us for help with financial means and engineering skills to dome up with an IMMEDIATE solution to the beach erosion. Pavilion of Tibetan Culture in International Zone is celebrating the 6th Tibet Festival in Auroville, and for tomorrow at 7.45 pm at Sri Aurobindo Auditorium, Bharat Nivas tibetan students will give culture dance performance.
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Thursday, 01 December 2011 (News) Announcements featured in today's news: Christmas Fair: the 'Fair-de-Luck' on Dec. 17th at the Youth Center promised to be an afternoon of fun, games, music, shops, theater, food and art.Volunteers and contributions gratefully accepted. LRM (Land Resources Management) shares some challenges they face. B, for the Cooperatif Cosmique Aura, explains the Aura; a means of exchange vs. money, an energy exchange between those who live in Auroville. Auras can reflect and respect the values for which people have come to Auroville.
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Wednesday, 30 November 2011 (News) On 23rd November 2011 BSNL inaugurated a Wi-Max tower at the old Tindivanam road near the Hanuman statue. Auroville is within the coverage area of this tower. Recently, an expert committee of the Government of India has recommended that radiation from cell towers be declared as a pollution. Wi-Max is a new communication technology similar to cellular communications and the new tower adds to the pollution in Auroville. This is a cause for serious concern as it threatens the bio diversity created by planting of million trees over four decades.
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Tuesday, 29 November 2011 (News) An interview with Auroville Telephone Service Sub Group member Min, speaking about the current challenge faced by many with their telephone/online connection featured today.
Meeting for 'Lively Up Your Earth' Eco-Music Festival today at Solitude. The first Auroville "Holi" Tango Festival to be held during Holi weekend next March, as well as current classes and practica.
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Wednesday, 16 November 2011 (News) Featured today are three radio people whose names are always mentioned as 'instudio'... they are Andrea, Gilles and Yahalom, three anchors of AurovilleRadio; they speak not only about the radio, but also their involvement with it.
Tomorrow is Diwali... celebrations include one at Bharat and one at Upasana. The Hibiscus Art Village Project, which will be a residence for artists and craftpersons, calls for artists, performers and creators to participate in its fundraiser presentation to be held next month.
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Monday, 24 October 2011 (News) On Tuesday, 25th of October 2011were all invited to celebrate Diwali at Bharat Nivas., after delicious common dinner at Solar Kitchen . Program starts at 7.00 pm with fireworks with all our children at the entrance of the Auditorium. Between and 7.30pm to 8.45pm we will see an Indian classical dance. Rapahel from Sri Ma is happy to announce that from next week onwards there will be a new free service for the resident of Auroville's beach communities: Auroville Tsunami Alarm Service (AVTAS). Giorgio will celebrate his 75th birthday.
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Thursday, 20 October 2011 (News) Featured today is an interview with Aurovilian Dianna, journalist with Auroville Today, expressing her enthusiam for the recent film festival. 'If we want peace on earth, we need to get an idea of what peace is' from the recent Auroville Seminar 'Renewable Townships of Tomorrow;' a book on Tamera Community in Portugal has been given to Laboratory of Evolution. The International Council of Thirteen Indigenous Grandmother's film For the Next 7 Generations is their story. Hopefully they will sit in council in Auroville next year.
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Wednesday, 12 October 2011 (News) Youth Centre team announced, after few months of keeping it low, Ratbags Day of Fun&Action for this Saturday 8th of October. Children and youth of all ages are invited to come, share and celebrate that day with them in many different activities, games, pony rides...surprises. We feature short interview with Manolo about it. AV Security Service, Working Committee and AV Council informs us that the Tamil Nadu Panchayat Elections will be held on 17th and 19th of October. To avoid unwanted incidents we should not have loud music, night parties
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Thursday, 06 October 2011 (Education) At Ilaignarkal Education Centre a traditional Navaratrhi Doll Show was prepared to mark the celebration of Evolution. In one of the rooms of the centre are displayed many amazing figurines and dolls from the rich spiritual Indian tradition. There are various and many practices depending on the part of India, including pujas, paryers, special food items to honour the Celebration of Evolution. Janaki guided us through, explaining different meanings and manners of the gods and godesses. Meenakshi did her usual annual special offering.
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Wednesday, 05 October 2011 (News) "May Goddess Saraswati, fair as the moon, with pure white garland, in radiant white, on whose arm rests the veena, throned on a white lotus, may She protect me, remove my lethargy, sluggishness, and ignorance." Mia Berden, 97, of AVI Netherlands and Stichting de Zaaier, will soon transit into the Light; with full trust in the Mother she sends greetings to all. Doctor Tatiana, 47, left her body yesterday about 6 pm in a road accident cycling home after duty in Kailash Clinic. Love and support to Tatiana's husband Dr. Igor and their children.
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