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Be your passions,
The hidden wishes you blossomed into the world as a child.
Creative freedom.

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In your journey the idea is to reach your most primitive source that will allow you to develop and grow, but the beginning is important, your childlike and secure feeling about yourself, you can find it in your childhood, in the raw and free person you may have been wondering all your life
The desire for this initial return invites you to observe and reach the hope of your passion and sincere personality as a human being.
Be the free child you are
A migratory bird.

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a poem written by shachar friganti.

Inside the undergrowth,

you'll see yourself,

Different and powerful ways

that unite in the existential landscape.

A ray of sunshine

looking for its way.

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They say coincidence is the soul's way of finding its own path. Such a coincidence happen to me few months back.

Artists of a strong passion for the subject were called upon for the Theatre die Welt congress. My undying passion for theatre and dance made me jump into the rabbit hole head first.

At the door they asked me one last thing "Are you interested in writing?" I dont have much experience in writing, however the essays I wrote for my school were very much appreciated by my friends and teachers. With that note on my shoulder, I agreed because from what I have learnt you have to try everything at least once.

That was how I got introduced to the Editorial Team of the congress.

I had an amazing time meeting people from around the world who are passionate about Arts as much as I am.

The most breathtaking part of it was that I got to see and hear their stories.

You can travel all around the world but you will only see through your eyes,  for you to hear the people you need to be connected to them. The bitter and sweat whispers should be heard loud and clear. Thats why I view The Editorial Team as an important aspect of the congress.

Right now, along with the ending of the congress, I believe these whispers of  people of  the earth should be cherished or grieved within themselves. Including and not limited to 100 participants, these stories should be heard by Earth as a whole. In order to do that story tellers are very much needed.

That is the sole reason why this group of amazing reporters (or shall I say story tellers) should continue further beyond the congress into the whole wide world turning whispers into echoing voices.

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DRUG ABUSE: WINNING THE BATTLE                   There is no gainsaying the fact that drug abuse is a growing phenomenon amongst most youths in the 21st century. This stark reality is marked by unprecedented social malaise.                                  As a result of the crowning backlash associated with its gregarious effects, many lives have been lost. Daily, more lives are helplessly left at the mercies of the outcome.                    However, not all hopes are lost in the battle confronting the effects of drug abuse. In Bariga, a lot of Non-governmental organizations are championing the cause to ebbing drug abuse. For instance, the Footprints of David Arts, a Children Theatre operating for nearly twenty years in the area have taking up the task with grit as part of its social intervention programs. This move have been met with myriad of success stories. Other conscious efforts in this regard is the sensitization campaigns that decries drug abuse in its entirety. The strategy has been with applaudable results of reduced rate of drug abuse in the Bariga community. However, the first rule of winning assuages consistency as the key to sustained victory. For the recorded victory over drug abuse to be sustained, there is need for community leaders, youths leaders, medical practitioners, security agents, religious leaders and NGOs to act more vigorously and steadfastly in sustaining these victories.       

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DRUG ABUSE: WINNING THE BATTLE                   There is no gainsaying the fact that drug abuse is a growing phenomenon amongst most youths in the 21st century. This stark reality is marked by unprecedented social malaise.                                  As a result of the crowning backlash associated with its gregarious effects, many lives have been lost. Daily, more lives are helplessly left at the mercies of the outcome.                    However, not all hopes are lost in the battle confronting the effects of drug abuse. In Bariga, a lot of Non-governmental organizations are championing the cause to ebbing drug abuse. For instance, the Footprints of David Arts, a Children Theatre operating for nearly twenty years in the area have taking up the task with grit as part of its social intervention programs. This move have been met with myriad of success stories. Other conscious efforts in this regard is the sensitization campaigns that decries drug abuse in its entirety. The strategy has been with applaudable results of reduced rate of drug abuse in the Bariga community. However, the first rule of winning assuages consistency as the key to sustained victory. For the recorded victory over drug abuse to be sustained, there is need for community leaders, youths leaders, medical practitioners, security agents, religious leaders and NGOs to act more vigorously and steadfastly in sustaining these victories.       

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What we do now, makes a difference later

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What we do now, makes a difference later

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All of us can do our own little parts in making our Earth a better place to live in!

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These 5 days in gather town have been very unknown and fantastic for us it  seems that we were in another world.
Meeting other people who they were  kilometers  far away from you,people that their nationality,language and culture are different from your's but they are as kind and honest that you think you know them for a long time.
Gather town was full of creative and  artist people that each of them came to this wonder world with a lot of ideas . In this five days we imagine  thousand times that it could be definitely more enjoyable for all of us if all of these people ,conversations and shows, was  together in real life and without  corona virus .
May lot of us are not as confident with English and may we had a bad connection to the internet
But it does not mean that we did not enjoy the Congress .
I have no idea that i will join to the gather town again and  be more familiar with these people or not but i am  sure none of us will forget memories of these five days .
During this time it has proof to us that whenever you try you can do it , And it does not matter how many people tell you that you can not.

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This was such a big topic to tackle, and hope to have done it justice.

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Michael Jackson - Heal The World ( cover by J.Fla )

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Dancer- Pavithra Buddhini

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Dancer- Pavithra Buddhini

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When you think of island dancers you imagine dancers with flowers
coconut and leaves. Well you are absolutely correct however Sri Lanka has dance styles of its own running way back to thousands of years, frankly these dance forms originated from the stone age. Despite the fact that Sri Lanka is a exotic island, its unique dance forms make it standout among other such islands. The link given below will open a door for you about these amazing dance forms. Stay curious while dancing the night away.

Because of that I decided to interview and gather information from Miss Pavithra Buddhini.
She just graduated from aesthetic art forms university in Sri Lanka.
She is a professional Sri Lankan traditional dancer, who has mastered all the three main dance forms in the island.

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There are three main styles of Sri Lankan classical dance, The Kandyan dances of the Hill Country, known as Uda Rata Natum, the low country dances of the southern part of Sri lanka, known as Pahatha Rata Natum and Sabaragamuwa dances, or Sabaragamuwa Natum.

The three classical dance practices vary in their styles of movements and motions, in the outfits worn by the performers, and in the nature of the drums used to provide rhythmic sound to the dance.

The drum used in Kandyan dancing is known as the Geta Bera, the drum in low country dancing as the " Yak Bera", and drum in Sabaragamu dancing the D aul beraya.

The main feature that differentiates Ruhunu dance from Kandyan and Sabaragamu dancing, is that only Ruhunu dancers wear masks and some Ruhunu dance styles look more bold than other two graceful dance styles, to a person seeing it for the first time.

Kandyan Dance

The Kandyan Dance is traditionally performed to drum beating only. The most common drum is the Geta Beraya, which is only used in Kandyan Dance. To assist the dancer to keep rhythm a small pair of cymbals knows as the Thalampota is also used. The Vannam's however have lyrics that are sung in tune with the movements of the dancer. These lyrics sing about the virtues of the animal that the Vannama is depicting. This form of dance has developed from the period of Kandyan kings and today is regarded as the national dance of Sri Lanka. The costumes of Kandyan dancers are striking.

Sabaragamuwa Dance

The Sabaragamuwa dance style is performed to worship the God of Saman. Typically, this dance is exclusively performed in Ratnapura. The local people love and admire the God Saman in a fascinating way. What's more, this dance style is a combination of both Kandyan Dance and Low country Dance. Both male and female dancers are allowed to perform this dance.

Low-Country Dance

Dances in low country are highly ceremonial. . This form of dance is performed to quieten evil spirits which cause sickness and is therefore, called 'Devil Dance'. The dancers wear masks portraying many characters varied in forms of bird, demons, reptiles, etc. There are 18 main dances related to pahatharata style known as the Daha Ata Sanniya Kolam.
Stay at our Dambulla Hotel, Amaya Lake, and experience a plethora of traditional activities available in the cultural triangle of Sri Lanka.

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There are three main styles of Sri Lankan classical dance, The Kandyan dances of the Hill Country, known as Uda Rata Natum, the low country dances of the southern part of Sri lanka, known as Pahatha Rata Natum and Sabaragamuwa dances, or Sabaragamuwa Natum.

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We have shared our narratives, our stories, and their power will last! We have changed something in these five days. I believe the change also comes from our personal space. How do I relate with my parents and family? Do I take care of my street or of my public spaces? Do I say good morning to my neighbor or someone who passes me on the street? Because if I do not think the change within the people I relate, how can I expect to change something for next generations or even for mine?

I will now invite you to read and listen the testimonials of young people of Paideia, from São Paulo, Brazil, about these magical days:

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Yesterday in Die Theater die Welt Jugend Kongress, The speech given by the environmental activist Tony Nowshin was a eye opener for me. It made me think about the price the future generations has to pay for the actions of their past generations.

One of her phrases from the speech struck me very hard which was; "...the economic system that brought us here today does not give solutions for the major problems we are facing at present..." she was referring to problems such as global warming and environmental pollution. This made me realize that the economic system the world is based upon is pretty much wrong. We as human beings headed in the wrong direction with our civilizations. It all started with Industrial Revolution and dragged us deep down the hole of doom.

I believe that it's not to late to change. Earth is still a place animals including humans can thrive on. If we, as youngsters made a drastic change now our children and their children's children will be able to witnesses and feel the beauty we see and feel today. That is why  it has to be our prime responsibility ,to act out immediately to save our only home.

I strongly believe an education system inclined towards addressing the global crisis frequently would strengthen the actions taken by global citizens against it.

For an example as Tony said There are some politicians and organizations who gain large profit destroying the planet earth. Since they gain profit from people's  nonEco- friendly life styles, they bring out false arguments such as "Overpopulation is the reason for global warming " to the public, when the scientific research regarding them clearly prove that they are false.

Such forces could be halted by giving proper and accurate education about the global crisis to the public.

If we work together holding hands, day by  day getting more and more stronger more and more louder we CAN heal the world we CAN save our planetfor our children. Making my vision for a beautiful and a peaceful global future a reality.

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By Andressa Medeiros

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intimate and honest interactions with humans, through physical and street theater.

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Acquaintance.

A group of youth artists from Israel went out to the bustling and special streets of Haifa, with the aim of exploring new and exciting human interactions with various passers-by, children, adults, families, people who contain these spaces that we can call streets.

From a different and very unique point of view, we explored the magic of human diversity, the magic of the "natural stage" that is actually the street, and how we as creators and people can create honest and deep intimacy and dialogue with other people contained in human space.

We have developed a process of getting to know our partners and strangers we have met on the street and never seen, we have realized how much in the universe and humanity itself provides us with special places and moments waiting and longing for this interaction, human interaction.

Our group works and creates with the world of physical theater and street theater, these are worlds.

During the creative process on the street there was a powerful, magical, significant energy in the air that attracted us and connected us and through this energy we could turn to other people who were in the space where we worked, this art of initial encounter, of discovering that in the natural stages of life each of us can connect To feel and feel honest and deep with the people around him and the creators with him, the power of the universe to contain us all and create us as one, one in which we are formed into the human beings we are, and this desire to discover other people that is so natural and primitive.

In the process of creation and work, we shared with passers-by our feelings and the natural connection we want to create with them, even though we do not know each other.

Through the street theater we can get to know each and every person, each and every character and feel each other, get excited from the acquaintance meeting.

We as the creators this is apart from the initial experience of getting to know special and different people over and over again, discovering an initial acquaintance with ourselves through the physical theater very connected to the source of the human soul, we move our sincere and abstract feelings in the sword and create a powerful inner spring projected outwards. What so intrigued the passers-by in the streets and made them even approach us, touch us, stand in front of us and look into each other's eyes, with powerful honesty, the moment everything stops and it's just you and his wife you just met, it's a magical experience that accompanies the creator and the person you meet With him throughout the rest of the time which he carries with him this special and unconventional encounter.

The excitement and magic of the wondering eyes, intrigued by what is happening, creates an instant connection of the street artist with the person and the universe that contains them.

The space, the natural stages, the streets, the alleys, the stairs, the bench, the huge flower field gives us those moments, and connects all the points of existence together.

There is nothing more exciting than this approach to a child holding his parents hand and inflating balloons and you, approaching him, looking into his eyes, dancing with him, touching his skin, the raw and revelatory interaction that excites both sides in a powerful way and powerfully enacted in time.

In each interaction you shed your editor

Your body and soul are exposed and vulnerable in front of the human being with whom you created your intimate, tender and poetic moment.

When you are present and devoted to consciousness and feeling, to discovery in space and to the points of light that create it, the universe makes you its own, a part of itself.

The mystical atmosphere that is created carries the human beings with it and makes them open and honest and cherished in front of each other, a really exciting connection is created here.

I can say that from my experience as a work theater creator that I developed within myself in the space of the street and with people, a possibility to understand an ancient existential secret that is in the human being and engraved in the books of creation.

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Oftentimes, I have heard drug abusers and addicts talk about a certain 'high' that they derive from taking the drugs.

In an interaction with one of such fellow, she described figuratively how it feels to be in a world where the individual flies above the ground level, touching the sky (if anything like that ever existed) - and the vaguely painted stuffs that I can make anything of.

But then, there is a certain sense of feeling - a feeling that carries the addict far beyond the realms of the ordinary.  Forgive me for sounding a bit awkward.

I call this sensation that they get Flying without wings..A little bit comical, you say. Someone else may consider it as delusion and another sees it as outright madness. To the one who is digging it down with his/her stuff, the sweetness of the pudding is in the taste.

Here is a true account of a one on one encounter with a drug addict a month ago.

She was a tall, slim lady in her late 20s lived in my area - Bariga, Lagos, Nigeria. She was a Dj who lived down the street - jovial and fun to be with.

In the conversation, Fiona ( real name withheld) told me about her first experience with cocaine - how she almost passed out and mocked to a scorn by fellow hookers. Fiona was introduced to drugs by her friends when they all attended a birthday party. She went on to tell of how she has consistently been hooked to it - day and night for 6 years- and the same sweet feeling of amusement, giddiness and indescribable loves that accompanies any single drag.

At a point in our interview, she looked at me in the eye - studying it for a while, she asked: What is your 'high'? High, I asked. Yes, she replied: What is your high? As if she read my thoughts, she reiterated by saying not necessarily taking drugs but what takes me into that world of euphoria. 'What is your high?'

For me, I started out explaining, I find utmost joy and peace in little things of life. The joys of seeing the laughing baby or playing in the rings with children - finding in their space the shuttle to journey to a time when life was young, wild and free. That, I concluded, is my high.

I had barely finished talking when Fiona lit a cigarette, her innocent looks showing behind the shadows of her present not-too-good visage.

Suddenly, she paused for a while, quench the cigarette and stood up. She signaled me to come to her and gave me a long, bear hug. At this time, Fiona whispered into my ears, 'this used to be my 'high'. Finally, she let me go.

Sadly, Fiona died two days after the interview. But in her memory I have written this piece, a topic up for the debate: What is your high?

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Ritual is a continual and consistent action that takes place in our day to day life. the word ritual symbolize the rite of passage going through a process either by action, object , sound, emotion, chant  and more done by  a tradition in a community. Rituals are categorized  and characterized  but not defined, by , traditionalism, invariance, rule-governance, , and performance.
RITUALS  is not only the rite of passage it can be a form of purification , coronation and oath of allegiance , marriages, funerals and more. Even common actions like hand-shaking , head to head touch, eating, brushing , "hello" and "ok" may be termed as rituals.
Tradition
Tradition is a long-established practice or belief that has been passed on from one generation to another, tradition is usually a belief and way of life of a community or family.
Tradition could serve as norm and a living means to a community.
Roles of rituals and tradition for the well being of a culture.
Traditions and ritual as a perfect role to a play in our community as a traditiona,l both represent a critical piece of our culture. They help form the structure and foundation of our families and our society. Tradition and ritual  reinforces values such as freedom and accountability, a good education, personal responsibility, a strong discipline, commitment, time consciousness and the value of being selfless.
Rituals motivate and move us. Through ritual we build families and community, we make transitions and mark important events in our lives, we express ourselves in joy and sorrow, and perhaps, most importantly, we create and sustain identity. They come in every shape and colour.

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By Ritika Dutta, one of my roommates

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By Ritika Dutta, one of my rommmates

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We only live once but we can live more and more with being an artist.actors,painters,writers,dancers and ...
They feel alive every time they create something and there is no other way to be an artist.
How to look,how to listen,how to touch and ...are the different forms of  art that not everyone can learn to do them im the best way.
There were many people in the world's  history  who suffered a lot  but the reason
that they became successful  was that they know how to live.
When you watch and pay attention to different artistic works you can clearly see and feel every emotion that a human can experience like hate, love, revenge, forgiveness, trust, betray, truth and lie. If a writer does not fall in love he can not impress other people with his stories or an actor who has never experienced getting revenge can not be the Hemlet but we do not have enough time to experience everything and that is why we have to read a lot of books, watch a lot of movies and listen to music as much as we can.
In my country there is no justice or freedom and I try to express that in my notes and writings.

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We got quality family time, as well as some well-earned solitude...

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How the Lockdown has been a boon in disguise

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Humanoid Puppets made by Market Theatre Laboratory Students (Attempt 1)

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Humanoid Puppets made by Market Theatre Laboratory Students (Attempt 1)

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For our workshop here in Johannesburg, we have an introduction to Puppetry facilitated by the wonderful collective of Ukwanda Puppetry and Design.

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Audio interview with Ricardo Genesis, first year student at the Market Theatre Laboratory, Johannesburg.

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Yesterday at around 3.30 pm I heard dogs barking vigorously and birds chirping like there was no tomorrow. I immediately knew something was approaching us. I quickly ran outside with my phone in video mode.

I could not believe my eyes My jaw dropped  to the floor. Thousand kilos pressing gently against the street road. Wise and curious eyes carefully observing the surrounding. Radiating royalty ,confidence and patience turning heads, making  everybody around her shrink into their shells.

Sri Lanka is very famous for having unique looking elephants. Not as big as the African elephant but no so small either. They are usually in the Goldilocks zone just the right size for a gentle giant. Thereby, they would make excellent pets if you have enough money and room to raise one.
There is a profession built upon taking care of  pet elephants. In Sinhala (the language talked in Sri Lanka)  these people are known as Athgouwa

In order to know more about this majesty of a creature that went past our house, my father spoke to  her Athgouwa. From him we got to know that her name was
"Sama". Her owners live in the central hills of Sri lanka namely Kegalle and they have traveled all the way to Colombo ( commercial city of Sri Lanka)  with their pet elephant Sama.
The Athgouwa was taking her for a walk around Colombo.

When you see Sama walking gracefully down the street, her chains don't make a very good first impression for a first time viewer. The chains Sama was wearing that day are like a leash you put on your pet dog before you take it for a walk. At first glance you might not have noticed , but Sama seems to be at ease. Usually, elephants that go through miss treatment tend to be aggressive. If you ever take a look into the eyes of an elephant who has seen injustice, you see nothing but flaming fire.

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Take a moment to think about our lovely big friends.

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Take a moment to think about our lovely big friends.

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Just because Sama receives love and protection as a pet  Most elephants don't.

Circuses. Labor. Habitat destruction. Not just that, tusks meant for their protection is now becoming a threat to their own lives. Root of such horrid acts bounce back to human greed.

Once an elephant faces pain, loss or miss treatment they will remember it forever. Hence, they face mental health issues such as depression and PTSD. In a world where human mental health is neglected, these poor creatures' mental health is merely invisible.

There is an interesting, rather tragic true story regarding such incident right here in Sri lanka.

When Sri lanka was under the British rule in the 18th century. A British wealthy  man started shooting and hunting hundreds of elephants for fun and sport in Panamurae (A Sri lankan Village where lots of elephants gather).
Finally, he suffered a horrific death by an elephant who lost his herd to this man's outrages actions. Legend says his grave still gets hit by lightning to this day.

Always remember to be nice and protective towards elephants not  because they will remember the acts of kindness forever, but because right now in a world struggling to breath we are their only hope.

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A crisis in the world but a democracy in our room

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A crisis in the world but a democracy in our room

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Operários "Workers" By Tarsila do Amaral

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-photographed by shachar friganti~ שחר פריגנטי

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Amit, Bella and shachar discovering their-selfs throw their bodies.

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The most ancient, rooted and embryonic human being began his movement and exploration of existence and space through his use of the body and bodily abilities to develop humanity, this testifies to the body's abilities to develop life and evolve from life, these interactions of life with body development and exploration of living space In the human environment the body becomes a significant tool.

Even before we become whole, we begin in the womb as a fetus connected to the woman's body containing in her body the fetus forming into a body itself, the connection between the body and life can be seen as a connection between the fetus and its mother, to the most primitive

Examining the human body in front of itself allows it to connect to its embryos at every moment and re-admire the dialogue created and woven like the umbilical cord connected to the source of life.

From the moment we are created, the body is always present, in every existential part that will occur later in our life and even before we exist as individual people in the life system.

The body is a powerful breath, which allows us to experience and feel in our senses the creation,  the body is very primitive even though new generations are created, new centuries apply in the endless timeline of the universe, the body always exists.

We are part of infinity only in our present body.

Ancient hands are sent from the placenta, breaking through the space that envelops the body, soft, virgin, wandering in initial innocence, demanding to resonate in space, to be born of their body.

A moment of inner expression from the depths of the body, the longing for pleasure in the naked birth as on the day of our creation.

The initial membranous displacement within the mother body shell containing us, the eruption through the interior of this body, as fetal kicks visible on the mother's exposed abdomen, legs and hands, miraculous deep and communicative connection between the containing body and the contained body, between the various forms of creation, the gentle and powerful touch The tangle of the clean and rooted body, the desire to walk in our own body, to develop from it our formation.

Rolling over, folding hands, the first laugh, revealing the fingers, lines sewn to our skin, soft and whole touch, touching the cracked earth, feeling the touch of the grounded feet

first walk, fall, stray step in his own balance, standing up,

Run, run, run, run, stop.

A body is revealed in the tangled darkness.

The connection to the assimilated and breathing antiquity in the existence of the human being, connects him with the deep and primitive emotion as our re-creation.

The infinite and soft intimacy that is revealed before us, awaits with temptation the longing for man to reach his original source with the help and through our body, which is in every existential state and state, connected to creation and infinity

Just feel, wherever you are, here and now, in the time spaces in which you are contained, feel your exposed skin, sensitive skin, connect to the most natural source you can give yourself and we will always be your part, for the rest of your life.

Your body.

The connection into the depths of the emotion will allow communication with the body and personal development.

The body contains within it life, existence, human being

We were created from the union of bodies, we evolved from the body, we discovered ourselves in space as a body and within a body.

The movement, the pause, the feeling stem from the very essence, the existence of the body in existence.

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The twigs are placed on my natural hand line.
There is a connection of the body with the rootad source.
Discovering the intimacy of creation in the palm of my hand.

-Photographed by shachar friganti

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- shachar\שחר
ancient hands

Climbing on my skin like a collection of dry
withered twigs

When my body is
contained in
the swamps of
the enveloping desert
the beautiful wilderness
is present.

An ancient
passionate emotion

Calls on me
to experience it again

My initial character
returned to her home
To her Exists form".

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Masks.

Masks below the chin.

Scared people.

Fearless people.

Using their cellphones. Touching their faces.

Distanced people. Non-distanced people.

Mandatory mask. Non-mandatory mask.

Avoid going out on the street.

Going out every day on the street.

There is no alternative but to go out everyday on the street.

Food on the table. No food on the table.

Deaths.

Closure.

Deaths.

Opening.

Deaths.

Opening.

Deaths.

Opening.

Opening.

Unstable mental health.

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Music is considered by many (certainly not theatricians) as being the supreme art, with which you can express and transmit emotions in way nothing else can. Maybe, if your heart is the locked box where you keep your feelings, then music is the key that opens it.

Occasionally, you´re listening to music and it connects with you in a special way.  It can also happen with the lyrics, as relating to them or their message can help put a lightbulb on that box. Sometimes we forget we need to open the box and let it get some sunlight.

Even in different parts of the world, where cultures are completely different to yours, where people seem so strange, and the music they make is so different(you can´t even understand the lyrics!) you can still connect to it. The sounds are all so distinct, and yet  some of them connect to you and me. It doesn´t matter where you come from, nor does it matter where the music comes from; the key simply fits the lock.

If music is so varied and it still connects to us, why can´t we do the same? Maybe, in the future, we   will all learn with music and focus on connecting to each other.

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Follow the link for a visual drive through of the mentioned locations. Video music by www.bensound.com. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1tnA8oGrhWrwGn9RMmYltGF559MfoC6qc/view?usp=sharing

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As proven by Sociologists, family is the bedrock of every society. The family forms one of the strongest influences on one’s physical and mental well-being. This means to say that there exists a direct correlation between a man’s character traits and his immediate family. Family is like the first god of every human being, the source of all human races.

Drug abuse, as defined, is the arbitrary or indiscriminate use of drugs for self-aggrandizement or simulation of certain acts. What makes it more difficult to control is the addiction because consumption of such drugs in the class of amphetamine releases a dose into the Central Nervous System (CNS) which in turn causes reliance on such drugs for stability and proper discharge of daily activities.

You may like to ask: What then is the role of the family in substance or drug abuse? Because the family is the first contact a newly born has with the world, and an integral part of his life as he goes through the process of time, family is a determinant factor in how such individuals turn out to be in most cases.

In this part of the world where I come from, there is little or no attention paid to the mental health of an individual. By Mental Health, I mean the cognitive, behavioral, and emotional well-being of such an individual. This also encapsulates the psychological balance of such a person in the process of time.

Mothers shout at their children at the slightest provocation, fathers are quick (most times) to use the cane on their wards without appropriate questioning, or altogether parents who physically abuse each other or separated may leave a stain on their children’s mental being. This situation leaves the child no option than to seek a temporary elixir – something to soothe his/her pains. This may be found in friends, colleagues, neighborhood fraternities, etc.
Because the individual needed to go beyond the physical realm of what is being felt at home – running away from the horrors at home in search of happiness. Indulging in drugs gives that needed pleasure(s) but causes damages that drastically break the person.

Parents should do so much in engaging their ward(s) more, listening to them, and proffering help at all times. This helps develop the mental health of individuals, enliven their self-esteem, and make them better person(s) in life.

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Lot of people or rather organisations strongly oppose the ideology of using chemical fertilizers because of the fact that there are huge industries gaining large profit from chemical fertilizers. For that reason I decided to interview my mother, Mrs. Shyamalee Wickramasinghe.
Who is a tea factory owner,
of one of the best tea factories in Sri Lanka and is heavily involved in the industry for the past few decades.

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"My name is Luísa, I’m 20 years old and I’m a Brazilian actress. I started at Paideia in 2014 and in those years when I was part of the young group of Paideia, I participated in a exchange between Brazil and Germany, I have been helping in the International Festival and, now, I’m in the Kinesis group, inside of the Paideia too. My dreams and deadlines are finished the university, share experiences with others cultures and places, do the difference in my country, in my city and in my family..."

Today I interviewed Luísa. She told me very interesting things about her relationship with her body in the pandemic! She is now involved in a dancing Workshop during the Congress. You can listen to her answers and reflections in the audios below.

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Here you can watch a little bit of Luisa´s dance.

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What does the phrase "my body is on fire" means to you?

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Do you think your body has changed during this pandemic? How?

What do you do so you don't lose contact with your body on those days when you're probably sitting at your computer?

How do you think your body affects your mind?

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Tell me about the dancing workshop you´re being part of during Theater der Welt Youth Congress?

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"I looked into my eyes drowned in them
in their depth
Lost in a dream, where am I going
where should I go
Ran after myself like a migratory bird
Abyssal roots, A nomadic woman
seeking sincerity, drowning in the lines of existence
sketched in the passions within my body.
Who am I"

process of discovery through the theatrical work.

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"powerful dawn"                  the process of theatrical creation as a way to find inner meaning. Exploration and inner creation bring with them an exciting revelation as a tender vision, as the rising of life and their meaning in both our hands.Through theatrical creation and through it we, humans can find ourselves exploring ourselves as we were born, "naked" in ourselves, exposed, vulnerable, finding within ourselves a kind of great light which by its very existence intertwined within our individual existence seeks throughout our formation and existence in the world. Man's inner and personal meaning in front of himself so that his existence for himself has a certain depth, meaning and direction, we consciously and unconsciously search for ourselves, running after ourselves in search of this refined desire for inner truth and meaning that we want to envelop and contain us, without noticing Sometimes our meaning and self-expression are already contained within us, within each and every one.Theater, by its very nature, creates a deep and important dialogue with the universe, and we are the human being as part of the whole called the theatrical work contained within creation itself, the discovery of the inner and root source and the gestures that are made to develop the theatrical ritual.In order to connect two points of thought, namely man and the theatrical work that branch out into the universe into a whole, including us, we will return to the sources of each's development.The most primordial and rooted theater began as a thought process in order to hold a ritual ceremony, the theater is present in our lives at every moment and fills with a miraculous and even mystical essence the small moments woven in one complete existential timeline.The ritual of worship stems from a devotion to existence, reaching and longing for an honest and deep connection with the most primitive plays in our formation and to the most primitive realms of the touch of life.As lines drawn on our bare skin, so do the lines of creation and essence branch into the human being through the theatrical worship that is contained and contained in the moment a work or theatrical moment is performed.Theater is free contact, sincere communion, theater contains within it different and varied types of expressions that allow each person the label the way to search for the meaning that exists in him, the self-expression that is emitted into the space fills him with his contemporary, existing presence.We exist, communicate at powerful gentle levels, reach out and break the gloom of ambiguity that has outlined us in her lap, There is a pure revelation when the human being unites with the rationale of theatrical creation, penetrating into the intricate anchorages and depths of discovery.Self-revelation dances delicately within us and creates growth and progress, happiness and creation.Theater leads the creator to an honest path that is woven in his mind, as a kind of ripple wave process, man becomes acquainted with the strengths, elements and essence for which he exists.As a powerful dawn.The theatrical moment through which I will weave in your mind the thought process that theater reflects and presents meaningful moments of life will be through working with neutral masks, usually when a person puts on a mask he tries to hide something, perhaps from himself, he puts on his face and breathes a false envelope It becomes to her, as the transformation into a fleeting moment created in the connection between the mask and the person, but in working with the neutral and natural masks, the mask encourages the person to embark on a self-search through the most primitive, as a fetus, as the discovery of life itself. Towards the most initial rawness and highlighting of the various textures that exist in our living space, birds chirping, a small crack in the wood floor, a dried leaf that falls from a beautiful tree, differences in light and shade that are felt throughout your body Initial contact, A constant and passionate dialogue with the roots of existence as a kind of theatrical worship ceremony, motivation and the relationship that is created Between the human being and the theatrical creation framework allow the universe to be a part of you, to be your own.               I looked into my eyes, drowned in themin their depthLost in a dream, where am I goingwhere should I go    Ran after myself me like a migratory bird            Abyssal roots, A nomadic woman                          seeking sincerity, drowning in the lines of existence sketched in the passions within my body                                    Who am I."                                   - Shachar friganti       

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"powerful dawn"                  the process of theatrical creation as a way to find inner meaning. Exploration and inner creation bring with them an exciting revelation as a tender vision, as the rising of life and their meaning in both our hands.Through theatrical creation and through it we, humans can find ourselves exploring ourselves as we were born, "naked" in ourselves, exposed, vulnerable, finding within ourselves a kind of great light which by its very existence intertwined within our individual existence seeks throughout our formation and existence in the world. Man's inner and personal meaning in front of himself so that his existence for himself has a certain depth, meaning and direction, we consciously and unconsciously search for ourselves, running after ourselves in search of this refined desire for inner truth and meaning that we want to envelop and contain us, without noticing Sometimes our meaning and self-expression are already contained within us, within each and every one.Theater, by its very nature, creates a deep and important dialogue with the universe, and we are the human being as part of the whole called the theatrical work contained within creation itself, the discovery of the inner and root source and the gestures that are made to develop the theatrical ritual.In order to connect two points of thought, namely man and the theatrical work that branch out into the universe into a whole, including us, we will return to the sources of each's development.The most primordial and rooted theater began as a thought process in order to hold a ritual ceremony, the theater is present in our lives at every moment and fills with a miraculous and even mystical essence the small moments woven in one complete existential timeline.The ritual of worship stems from a devotion to existence, reaching and longing for an honest and deep connection with the most primitive plays in our formation and to the most primitive realms of the touch of life.As lines drawn on our bare skin, so do the lines of creation and essence branch into the human being through the theatrical worship that is contained and contained in the moment a work or theatrical moment is performed.Theater is free contact, sincere communion, theater contains within it different and varied types of expressions that allow each person the label the way to search for the meaning that exists in him, the self-expression that is emitted into the space fills him with his contemporary, existing presence.We exist, communicate at powerful gentle levels, reach out and break the gloom of ambiguity that has outlined us in her lap, There is a pure revelation when the human being unites with the rationale of theatrical creation, penetrating into the intricate anchorages and depths of discovery.Self-revelation dances delicately within us and creates growth and progress, happiness and creation.Theater leads the creator to an honest path that is woven in his mind, as a kind of ripple wave process, man becomes acquainted with the strengths, elements and essence for which he exists.As a powerful dawn.The theatrical moment through which I will weave in your mind the thought process that theater reflects and presents meaningful moments of life will be through working with neutral masks, usually when a person puts on a mask he tries to hide something, perhaps from himself, he puts on his face and breathes a false envelope It becomes to her, as the transformation into a fleeting moment created in the connection between the mask and the person, but in working with the neutral and natural masks, the mask encourages the person to embark on a self-search through the most primitive, as a fetus, as the discovery of life itself. Towards the most initial rawness and highlighting of the various textures that exist in our living space, birds chirping, a small crack in the wood floor, a dried leaf that falls from a beautiful tree, differences in light and shade that are felt throughout your body Initial contact, A constant and passionate dialogue with the roots of existence as a kind of theatrical worship ceremony, motivation and the relationship that is created Between the human being and the theatrical creation framework allow the universe to be a part of you, to be your own.               I looked into my eyes, drowned in themin their depthLost in a dream, where am I goingwhere should I go    Ran after myself me like a migratory bird            Abyssal roots, A nomadic woman                          seeking sincerity, drowning in the lines of existence sketched in the passions within my body                                    Who am I."                                   - Shachar friganti       

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When asked, what is the worst challenge of the 21st century, the answer that readily comes to mind is Drug abuse. A growing phenomenon that unabatedly lingered causing in no small measure scathing effects on the well-being of any society.

The alarming rate of this uncouth development can be likened to a fork in the road of great future leaving the youths to form a larger demograph of drug abusers.

In Bariga, Nigeria, drug abuse, a trending issue, now goes beyond the use of synthetic drugs to stimulate the nervous system irrationally.

Many youths now engage in the act of inhaling odours from latrine pits, gum, smoking of dry pawpaw leaves etc. in a bid to get "cheap high". Others consume in large doses cocaine, loud, Skunk, heroine, a mixture of hemp and palmwine or spirit as the case maybe, to be in their own cloud nine.

Several socio-economic factors have been identified as responsible for substance abuse in the Bariga community. Peer pressure, escapism and curiousity are elementary factors identified. Beyond that, broken family relationships, drug abuse by parents and those around the child as well as poor parental involvement in the child's development.

If this goes unchecked, the country might be at the risk of dangers untold.

It appears efforts by agencies of government like the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in nabbing & prosecution of drug syndicates is working in checking this cankerworm, but is that enough?

There's no doubt we all have to do more to avert this crisis. Government must continue to empower institutions to check the movement of drugs on the streets, adequately scrutinize and license patent medicine stores, provide facilities to treat addiction and alcohol especially on an individual basis and collaborate with non-profits and corporate individuals.

Public enlightenment through the mass media, educational institutions, organized workshops and symposiums on the dangers of drugs and substance abuse would do a whole world of good.

Parents and guardians must complement corporate efforts by inculcating moral values and being true examples in this bid to help our community from burning any further.

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"The escape"
-shachar friganti

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                FREEDOM                    -shachar friganti                                                            Four walls. Sealed space. Dull breathing Closure, insulation.We are all in the abstract reality in which we humans are opaque in the spaces of our own lives.Our freedom in a sense is taken, we are not free as in the past, our existence imposes a limitation that deprives us of the existential freedom that each and every person needs, this situation leads to upheavals and upheavals among many people around the world, the people who make up humanity, all humanity crumbles before our eyes Imprisoned in the bars of the disease and we can do nothing to change that, but have you ever looked at your freedom from a different perspective. i thinks that through the reality of closures each and every one of us can find the essence of true freedom, it sounds quite surreal, but once we are with ourselves, we explore, discover, exist in a space that allows us to be intimate and honest with and throe our existent. But How this freedom realized, this freedom that I speak on behalf of despite our incarceration in homes and the feeling that we do not have to give ourselves a way through which we will feel free again.I believe that through re-exploration, as reborn, as knowing ourselves and the people closest to us as the first time, we are re-created in a sense and with us the freedom. take advantage of the time of closures to do and engage in things that your mind consciousness and soul  will feel free again. It is only a physical limitation that is imposed on us, but, each and every one in his mind and consciousness and soul  can create for himself a delicate, and intriguing freedom that will restore to his existent the freedom we so desperately need in this period.Express from yourself your personal creation share freedom with your own self-world people in your space. andYou have the power to create your own freedom.We are all free, we just need to see it, dance with it, fly like a bird in the wind.   

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                FREEDOM                    -shachar friganti                                                            Four walls. Sealed space. Dull breathing Closure, insulation.We are all in the abstract reality in which we humans are opaque in the spaces of our own lives.Our freedom in a sense is taken, we are not free as in the past, our existence imposes a limitation that deprives us of the existential freedom that each and every person needs, this situation leads to upheavals and upheavals among many people around the world, the people who make up humanity, all humanity crumbles before our eyes Imprisoned in the bars of the disease and we can do nothing to change that, but have you ever looked at your freedom from a different perspective. i thinks that through the reality of closures each and every one of us can find the essence of true freedom, it sounds quite surreal, but once we are with ourselves, we explore, discover, exist in a space that allows us to be intimate and honest with and throe our existent. But How this freedom realized, this freedom that I speak on behalf of despite our incarceration in homes and the feeling that we do not have to give ourselves a way through which we will feel free again.I believe that through re-exploration, as reborn, as knowing ourselves and the people closest to us as the first time, we are re-created in a sense and with us the freedom. take advantage of the time of closures to do and engage in things that your mind consciousness and soul  will feel free again. It is only a physical limitation that is imposed on us, but, each and every one in his mind and consciousness and soul  can create for himself a delicate, and intriguing freedom that will restore to his existent the freedom we so desperately need in this period.Express from yourself your personal creation share freedom with your own self-world people in your space. andYou have the power to create your own freedom.We are all free, we just need to see it, dance with it, fly like a bird in the wind.   

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When asked, what is the worst challenge of the 21st century, the answer that readily comes to mind is Drug abuse.

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When asked, what is the worst challenge of the 21st century, the answer that readily comes to mind is Drug abuse.

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"Delicate relationship with the universe"

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"Delicate relationship with the universe"

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-photo by shachar friganti

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Hello Im Sadhara from Sri Lanka reporting for the editorial team.

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If you were to think about some countries, it would be rather unlikely for Portugal to feature in that list. Portugal, however, is a bit like that old carton box in the attic:  you don´t really notice it but it´s riddled with colourful secrets.

Choosing to visit Portugal would be a wonderful option, and you´d be able to see some beautiful things hard to find anywhere else. One of the best things here are, without a doubt, the beaches. Blue sea, golden sand: sweet dreams are made of this, you can´t disagree. You´ve never felt so alive, and yet you´ll think you´ve died and gone to heaven. It´s perfect, but there´s more.

If you had indeed taken a trip to Portugal, after being dazzled by the beach you´d be bedazzled by the food.  Yes, we are also very good at cooking. Vegetables, meat, fish, you name it, we´ve got it all figured out. Bacalhau, Migas, Pastel de nata, these are all typical( and incredibly delicious) meals you have to eat if you come to Portugal. They will stay in your memory for eternity, an explosion of colours in your mouth forever treasured.

But it´s not over yet. Our monuments and landscapes are incredible, and just like the food, they´re spread around the country in different shapes and forms. The northern part of Portugal is quite mountainous, making for great views. If you choose to head to the cities, you´ll also find Porto to be extraordinary,  with numerous landmarks impossible to list. In the centre there´s Lisbon, the capital, in which you could spend days and days visiting its every artery. Heading south you´ll find the relaxed plains of Alentejo, where even Nature sleeps, and eventually reach Algarve, Portugal´s southernmost part, rather famous for its beaches.  And if that wasn´t enough, we´ve still got some islands (Azores and Madeira) but it´d be hard to do justice to their beauty with only words.

And with that being said, we now talk about 2017´s wildfires. A huge fire crisis in such a small country could´ve only had devastating effects, and it did. All that was expressed above was quite literally turned to ashes.

Breaking in central Portugal,  on one of the hottest days of the year, it angrily  ravaged across villages, too fast to allow proper evacuation.  You´d expect the government to clean up their mess and guarantee this wouldn´t happen again, but things didn´t really took off like that. Four years have passed, and the case has been forgotten, with every  summer a threat to the frail greenery.  Now it´s up to us to keep it in our memory.

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Imagine an old and historical country with a beautiful nature and artistic people like famous poets, writers, painters who are intelligent and creative.
A country that it’s spring, summer, autumn and winter are breathtaking on their own way.
Now imagine a place that it’s people have forgotten everything that I mentioned before just because they have to fight in order to survive. They are exhausted and they’re not able to continue fighting.
In the middle of this chaos 7 teenagers from north, east, south and west of Tehran came together and that is how our group was born.
Maybe there was never a problem if we were lucky enough to be born somewhere else. Somewhere that people and government would support us and understand our situation as a theater group and most importantly as a teenager.
I would like to introduce us to you.
Radman and Alireza who were only 13 years old joined the group with all the interest and hope in the world and now it has been 9 years since these two are with us. After a little while, when there was only two days left till our first general theatre play, 13 year old Sevil joined the group and since then she has always been kind and helpful to us. Less than one year later, I met this group, I didn’t have a plan to stay but here I am.
Mehrdad decided to participate in our group when he was 17 and the last two member of our group were Mana and Helia who became inseparable immediately after they met.
Masterpiece kids group has always been trying to image a brighter future for all the teenagers in the world.
Theater isn’t just about art it’s about life and we couldn’t be the strong characters that we are now if there was no Masterpiece kids group.
Theater der welt is the first international experience for our group and we hope being a part of this congress can help us to present the results of our efforts.

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"I’ve just had the toughest conversation with a person I love, whom I have to let go of at the moment because they need time to get to grips with their mental health and heal."

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"I’ve just had the toughest conversation with a person I love, whom I have to let go of at the moment because they need time to get to grips with their mental health and heal."

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Image by Cyril Zuma, Color Space

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Colombo.  A city accidentally stumbled upon by Portuguese merchants. They were sailing in the Indian ocean  when the heavy seas broke loose like a pack of hunting dogs released from the grip of a hunter. Call it destiny, fate, coincidence or what ever you want. On 1505 these sailors along with their captain Dom Lourenço de Almeida were brought to a shore with sand of gold.  They were stunned by her beauty fell in love with her at first sight. She was an prosperous and a breathtaking island. Because of her golden shores she was named Taprobane by greeks.

Little did they know then, that breathtaking Taprobane belonged to someone else, Sri Lankans. Portuguese fought for hand but had to leave her behind in 1605.

Leaving her an memorial of them behind which is Colombo.

Years past so many things have changed. Taprobane is now called Sri lanka. She has seen Colombo grow through hardships blood, sweat ,tears and finally reach development.

This is the city I had by first breath in. The city I grew up in. Perhaps that is the reason why I am positively biased towards this "accident" in particular.

On that note I think it is safe to say that l know this place like the back of my hand and  would love to take you with me for a tour around Colombo.

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The StoryTeller, By Ludwig Knaus

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the story teller Oil Pinting Ludwig Knaus

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photo by shachar friganti

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how can the theatrical experience open our eyes to new futures

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My personal belief of human existence comes from the essence of desire, of passion, of the ancient emotion of self-recognition.

How the desire motivate us, human beings to follow our most honest, natural and devoted emotion in order to become the person we want to be, the person our soul, mind and concisions wants to take "home"- the space where we will find our most solid, bare and free form of our formation, become a whole, a whole of choices, desires, dreams and the certain self-vision of the human being that we are.

and still, we are not all the time aware  to those emotions  and our primitive self's and I think that that’s the most powerful and important tool we can give to our self-development  and recognition, those are here to make the self-fulfill possible.

The life journey that we are experience holds in his essence and his raw element the need of The feeling and thought which contains our desires and feelings in order to fulfill ourselves, to create ourselves, to express satisfaction that inspires us, the feeling of ability and realization in life inherent in every human being and necessary for the meaningful, different and exciting ways we go through our existence.

That’s why I'm here.

When you are starting to pay attention in your knowledge to the part when you have a right and free way to connect in one partnership with your soul, the road of becoming, of creating yourself throw the universe and existence find his own roadstead's, and you take from those roadstead's the power that will lead you to find your true meaning and the platforms that will contain you and will be part of you.

In my journey i feel and think that this platform, the platform which let people to explore and expose them self's to things that they are bigger than them, that will create them and will give them space to show and share their creations in the way of becoming, and I feel that I want to lead myself throw those foundations that I belive that my soul can see and find in them meaning that will lead me to development.

I feel like we are all the Migratory Birds- looking, running, searching and trying to find the shadow of our-self's in the mystery of self-discovering.

I want to be a part of this migratory birds group on her way of self-discovering and becoming throw the journalism, writing and artistic ways of expression.

In summary, My deeper motivation in the most honest and ancient way is to make my journey meaningful.

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Interview - A Retired Engineer from The Bokaro Steel City

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Interview - A Retired Engineer from The Bokaro Steel City

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For today's interview,  This is my grandfather, who is one of those people who were the firsts to work at the Steel Plant. He has a lot of memories, good and bad, related to this city.

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Desperate attempt to save a sinking Ship.

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Desperate attempt to save a sinking Ship.

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You don't need me to tell you that our world is a already a sinking ship. Among the gigantic counties pea sized Sri Lanka is taking its baby steps in a desperate attempt to save whatever good left in its soil.

In the previous month Democratic and socialist republic of Sri Lanka, came forth with a ban for all agro chemicals including chemical fertilizers upon its soil.

This is perhaps the greatest challenge faced by Sri Lankan farmers. Sri lanka formerly known as Ceylon has its name built upon tea. Therefore the sudden ban of agro chemicals and the chemical fertilizers came as a shock to them.

My family also depends heavily in the tea industry. Thereby the struggles faced my planters hits very close to home.