Endangered Craft Mela

This is a yearly event organised by the Fertile community that aims to bring together local crafts people with the children of the Auroville bioregion and Tamil Nadu. The weeklong mela started on Sunday 19th February and ended with a fair. The featured crafts this year included macramé, basket-weaving, pottery, silambam stick fighting, upcycling, metal casting, rope making, leatherwork, stone carving, and wood carving. Every evening there was a programme with music and dance open to all.