DAY 3 OF SPIC MACAY ONLINE FEST ANUBHAV 3.0

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DAY 3 OF SPIC MACAY ONLINE FEST ANUBHAV 3.0

SPIC MACAY Anubhav 3.0 is gaining popularity through diverse performances by legendary artists of our times.

The objective is to give them an experience of our rich cultural heritage and help them connect to their inner self.

In the words of Dr. Kiran Seth the purpose of the series is to ‘help the students conquer their inner Mount Everest’.

Building on these milestone experiences we are organizing “ANUBHAV–III” from 09th–15th October 2021.

ANUBHAV–III is being specially organized at this time to celebrate India’s 75th anniversary of Independence – “Azadi ka Amrit Mhaotsav” and will feature the following:
- Performances by more than 40 great artistes of the country awarded Padma Vibhushan or other awards

- 150 workshops on different art forms for 15,000 students from all over India and overseas including Japan, Korea, Singapore, Bangladesh and Sri Lank

- Over 500 schools participating across the country

- Artistic practices and performances from other countries including Whirling

Dervishes from Turkey, Gregorian Chants from France, and western classical music.

Day 3 as usual began at 4 am with a blissful Nada yoga session by Guru, Padmashri Ustad Wasifuddin Dagar (Dhrupad vocalist) during the early hours of the day, the auspicious brahma muhurta which is considered the best time for sadhana to attain siddhis faster.

He taught students to master mandra saptak and kharaj through raag bhairav. This was followed by the traditional Hatha Yoga sessions by Shr Amit Shamnani from Bihar School of Yoga, to instill vitality.

It started with Mantra ucharan and ended with pranayama, Nadi shodhan and prarthana.

At 6am a meditation session started to calm down the restless senses. After trying to find the supreme being, the audience was blessed with Gurbani Live from Sri Harmandir Sahib ( Golden Temple).

Next session was Shramdaan which was conducted from 7 am to 7:15 am.
After rejuvenation, breakfast etc, from 9am to 12pm, students joined more than 150 Intensive/workshops by various master craftspersons, masters, Gurus of classical music, dance and other forms of art from all over India.

Through the second day, Few of the students from Little Flower Public school shared their experience as follows - Bhakti a class 8th student shared

WORKSHOP SESSIONS

The Yoga series was followed by 150 workshops by eminent artists, covering art forms of classical music , dance, painting and crafts like Bharatanatyam, Odissi Kathak, Kuchipudi, Sattriya, Manipuri, Mohiniyattam, Hindustani Sangeet, Carnatic Sangeet, Kalighat Painting , Mural Painting, Calligraphy, Chittra Painting Kangra Painting, Gond Painting.

Each workshop had students joining via video conference for 3 hrs. with a viewership of around 5000 on Youtube.

Following are some of the highlights from the workshops:

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Pattachitra Painting Workshop by Purna Chandra Moharana.

It was a golden opportunity to learn Pattachitra art from the marvelous National Awaredee Shri Purna Chandra Mohrana.

His dedication towards teaching art was inspiring. Thanka to concerned teachers and Spic Macay for launching such interesting and Informative session.

I really enjoyed the workshop today . Guruji is a inspiration for me and learning a indian traditional painting from such a great artist is a golden opportunity.
- Om Gupta, 8D, Apeejay School Pitampura

Hindustani Classical Workshop by Kumar Mardur

“This workshop got me more interested in classical music. Knowing our culture is so beautiful and soothing to the soul.

I got a lot of new stuffs to learn and grow myself, and they are teaching us with so much patience, and it worked like stress buster from continuous work.” - Bhakti VIII-E (Little flower public school), Delhi

It was an amazing experience for me. I never knew that Classical Music can be so much interesting.

We learnt a lot about Classical Music in today's session...SPIC MACAY is a wonderful platform for students like us who don't even know the ABC of Classical Music

Bhuvi Chawla , VII-A, Little Flowers International School, Delhi

YOG NIDRA

Post lunch a Yog Nidra session was conducted by founder of SPIC MACAY Dr. Kiran Seth.

Dr. Seth guided students to lay in the Yogic posture of rest (savaasana), to relax and meditate on their senses and calm down their minds, listening to his soothing voice and instructions.

PUPPETRY IN THE AFTERNOON SESSION

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The afternoon session opened up with legendary puppeteer Sh Dadi Pudumjee the greatest Indian puppeteer of all time.

He is the founder of Ishara Puppet Theatre Trust and President of UNIMA. His theme revolved around introducing and educating the students about nuances of puppets and puppetry.

The session began with a discussion on how to define a puppet. The artiste and the audience both must be emotionally invested to be able to bring the inanimate puppet to life.

There are various kinds of puppets; the glove puppet, muppet, string puppet, shadow puppet, rod puppet and bunraku puppet among others.

He talked about how the choice of the materials and colors to make one can change the entire perception of the character displayed.

An interesting part of the discussion was around how the puppets are known in the world around us.

In Hindi, puppets are named on the basis of the material used to make them, for example ‘Kathputli’(Kath means wood).

While only in Bengal, they are named depending on the technique used to handle them. Mr. Dadi encouraged the participants to research and know more about why this is so, as till date, there is no definitive theory around it..

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The afternoon session concluded on a calm and serene note with an enlightening talk by Sister Shivani of the Brahma Kumaris movement .

Her pearl knit words revolved around the need to kill the Ravana within us. She said celebrating one of the ways to celebrate Navratri is to resolve to refine & reform ourselves.

She stressed on techniques of ‘What to change’ (bad habit or lifestyle or mindset) within us, ‘how to change’ it and realise ‘if we really do want to change those things’.

She urged the students to look within and not blame outside factors for our woes like anger, irritation, laziness or criticism etc.

She also talked about the concept of ‘Sankalp se Siddhi’ or ‘Whatever I think becomes reality’!

She said we can deploy this formula in life and experience a peaceful, fulfilling, happy, stress free and depression free life.

EVENING SESSION

The evening session commenced with a Bharatanatyam recital by the most graceful Padmashri Malavika Sarukkai.

The wisdom in her words about her ideology and passion for her art captured the audience even before she began her dance.

Her graceful moves seeped in various emotions and rasas throughout the performance enthralled everyone.

She was accompanied by a set of extraordinary accompanying artists on violin, mridangam, nattuvangam and vocals beautifully ornamented her dance.

The evening further witnessed the beauty of Smt Suma Sudindra’s auspicious Veena.

She is the recipient of Karnataka’s highest civilian award - Rajyotsava Award. Suma ji, along with Charulatha Ramanujan on violin, Anoor Ananthkrishna on Mridangam and S.N. Narayanamurthy on Ghatam, set a mystical aura for the last concert of the day.

As they began the Varnam in Raga Nattakurinji, it proved to be an absolute delight to every ear listening.

Her grace and talent beautifully enlightened the evening with the melodies of the Veena.

This was followed by a composition ornamented by Mysore Vasudevacharya in raga Vihaag, set to Rupaka talam.

The komal and shuddha Swaras of the raaga joined by the beautiful strings were the life of the presentation and mesmerised the audience.

ANNEXURE :

EVENING CONCERTS:

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AFTERNOON SESSIONS:

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