Thursday 12 April 2012

Sunday, April 8th, 2012

A Grand Event

Durban, South Africa

The festival in Durban is a rather large undertaking. I hear different figures in terms of attendance. You are looking at anywhere from 100,000 to 400,000 people. This is a strange range. In any case, it's big. Tents which house displays, items for sale including food and speaking venues are sizeable and span over the large lot two blocks from the ocean beach front. The lay out arrangement makes for good walking stretches. For me it means a trek from major tent to the drama rehearsal space to the Youth tent and so on.

Today I took to the Youth Lounge and part two of The Dance Master, which highlighted physical movement and mantra. This is a volunteer free time to express oneself in the most joyful. I really appreciate the innovation of one person in particular, Krishna Chandra. Being himself creative, a comedic perosn of incredible wit and who takes a lead in the BYS (Be Your Self) youth outreach in educational campuses in the Durban area.

Here various interfaith groups were permitted to share the space to express their themes of world change and 'we have to do something different'. This approach of open mindedness and out of the box thinking opened doors for youths to befriend and take to a Krishna partnering.

Tonight also was our finale of the drama "The Ramayan" which wowed the audience of two thousand plus. The Ramayan is for everyone and has packed into it everything - a love story, intrigue, heroism, comraderie elements, war, conflict and above all a strong message about service to others and The Supreme. Thanks especially to the character of Hanuman.

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