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Amritavarsham50 Cultural Performances
24 - 27 September 2003
They came from around the world. Musicians and dancers of all faiths, colours and walks of life. From classical Indian dance to breakdance, from fire-eaters to flautists, from loud guitars to lions—Amritavarsham50 had it all. This was Amma's children's offering to Her: the diverse artistic beauty of the world laid at Her feet.
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(clockwise starting top-left): Panafrican Ensemble, Dr. Padma Subrahmaniam, Amma's breakdancing children, Dr. L. Subrahmaniam, J. Mascis, Rajasthani fire-eater.
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Amma says that music and dance are ways for us to open our hearts to God, to cry out our sorrow and to express our longing to merge in the divine. The diverse cultures of the world are its treasures, and they need be shared and preserved. It was with this in mind, that the Amritavarsham50 cultural performances were held.
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(clockwise starting top-left) Tony Jarvis, Japanese folk-dancer, Rajasthani dancer, Hariprasad Chaurasia, Kavya Madhavan, Kerala Arts.
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It truly was an unforgetable collection. Each night as Amma gave darshan, artists would perform at Her side. Indian performers included bansuri flautist Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia, classical Indian dance by Dr. Padma Subrahmaniam, classical Indian music by violinist Dr. L. Subrahmaniam and singer Smt. Kavita Krishnamurthy Subrahmaniam, sitarist Shri. Debu Chaudury, percussionist Shri. Mattanur Shankaran Kutty, singer Shri. Jagjit Singh, singer Shri. Ramesh Narayan, singer Shri. Shankar Mahadevan, Kerala filmstars and dancers Navy Nair, Divya Unni, Kavya Madhavan, Devi Chandana and Suja Karthika, singer Shri. P. Jayachandran with Ms. Radhika Tilak, jalatarangam by the Gaekwad Brothers, dancer Nandini Rangan plus numerous Kerala dances and performances by devotees from throughout the country.
Performers from outside of India included Spain's flamenco ensemble Carvajales, Ensemble PanAfrican, Irish dance troupe Londubh, Japanese folk trio Soubugen, aboriginal music and dance by the Tal-kin-jeri tribe of Australia, Native American music and dance by the Tewa Dancers of the North, a Chinese Lion Dance performed by the Wong Low Shen Shee Chee How Ensemble from Malaysia and American rock-star J. Mascis. There were also many other performances by Amma's devotees from around the world. In fact, there were so many performances, we have yet to have time to create pages on them all. Please check back in the near future to read and see more about all the events.
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