Birthday week events

Among other events happening during the Auroville birthday week there was a Bansuri flute recital offered by Aurovilian Chandra in the Matrimandir amphitheatre on Mother’s birthday, 21 February. A composition by Aurovilian Holger Jetter on the four great aspects of The Mother for piano, guitar, flute, four string instruments and solo dance, was performed at Cripa on 22 February. A collective dance offering for the birthdays of The Mother and Auroville called Divya Shakti (Divine Power) took place on 25 February at the Matrimandir amphitheatre, involving 20 Indian classical dancers (Odissi, Bharat Natyam, Kathak) and Kalaripayattu practitioners, including Aurovilians, Ashramites and professional artists, who danced on recorded music played by 30 musicians from India, Europe, Russia, USA, Sri Aurobindo Ashram, and Auroville. From 21 to 23 February, a Mini Film Festival focusing on films from the Middle East countries took place at the Multimedia auditorium. The festival featured films from Iran, Tunesia, Lebanon, Algeria and Jordan.