SAIIER 2021:Mira Cultural Group
 Kuilai Creative Centre (KCC) |
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 Life Education Centre |
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Mira Cultural Group encourages women & children of our community to learn extracurricular activities outside of school studies. These activities are connected to the rich heritage of Bharatiya Samskritam.
This type of program offers unique opportunities to Auroville and village students who are not able to join such classes in the city. In the future elder students may teach new ones.
Besides, as a team, we also benefit, learn and grow as we love to create a place that encourages and promotes collectivity.
Activities of the year:
In 2020 it was a difficult situation all over the world. Schools were closed and everybody was isolated in the house only. From October it was a slight release from the Covid situation. The children enjoyed starting their classes.
This year we had 8 children learning Bharatanatiyam (from Auroville and Pondicherry schools), and 19 children learning folk/contemporary dance (from Auroville schools, Udavi School and Moratandi village).
The classes took place on the weekends at the SAWCHU building in Bharat Nivas.
Reflections:
Children are very eager to learn and want to progress. But we realize that some disciplines like Raga in classical music, but also dance, require very regular if not daily practice.
Nowadays the teachers are charging for a student and not for the class. But we always find the teachers who are willing to give classes without concern for the number of students. That way more students can benefit from our programme.
This year some of the parents were worried to send their children to the classes due to fear of Covid.
Conclusion:
The program has helped to foster the development of the women and children at the personal and the community level. On top of that we seek to provide occasions for contact between Auroville and the bioregion and aspire to open up that space, to build bridges of friendship and collaboration between the two.
We are working in the name of togetherness and interconnectedness. The students’ interest in collaborating in this way inspires us to keep working together.
