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Wednesday, April 21, 2004

Posted 5:36 PM by Anurag

Bhoomi Jathre 2004

- For details, call:
Pipal Tree/Fireflies Ashram, Contact: Deepa / John @ 94481 92010 / 843 2130 / 843 2725 (guess u'd have to prefix '2' for landline numbers)
- Official website.

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Dear Friends, 3rd April 2004

Yup, we're doing it again!

After much thought and ideas bashed around (so much had happened - the World Social Forum, Vikalp or The Great Indian Documentary Victory, the elections build-up etc), we decided that rather than merely repeat a good thing, we would take the great energy of last year and go forward.

So Bhoomi Jathre is here on May Day (May 1st) in a 2004 avatar. Once again many of us will gather at the lovely Fireflies on Kanakpura Road. You are welcome to come in any time after 4pm. We will be doing sound checks, but the craft stalls will be open.

Bhoomi Jathre 2004

An all-night, star-lit concert No sponsors A people-supported, community jathre Artists paid from the gate collection Performances 6 pm to Sunrise Music.Food.Dance-Theatre.Craft.Art.Documentary Film

This year we have two new stalls

a.. FREE BOOKS STALL b.. FLEA MARKET Both these have been so planned so as to further audience participation in the jathre, which means you can
1.. donate books to the stall
2.. take home free books from the stall
3.. sell, trade or barter home made crafts, old CD's, blue jeans, batik T-shirts etc at the Flea Market

For info on the Free Books Stall contact Anita at 9844001619 & 22214909 For info on the Flea Market contact George at 98457-66843 There will be an entrance fee to Bhoomi Jathre of Rs 200 to cover costs. Home grown Bhoomi Jathre posters will appear in public spaces, but mostly we are depending on the grapevine and other guerilla techniques to get the word out. So please, talk about it talk about it talk about it talk about it. And forward this to anyone who loves music.

Come, join us*

Momos, biriyani, ragi roti Maybe hesarbele usli and brownies Organic salads and banana-walnut bread Baskets, paper, jholas, chappals. The artists who will perform?

Shanti Rao, CN Anand, Dr.Sangeetha & party, Attakalari, Oikyotaan (Chennai), Collective Chaos, Thermal & a Quarter, Konarak Reddy & Muthu Kumar, Pedestrian Pictures, Tara Kini, Madrigals Etc Tripura Kashyap & Meenal Choudhary, Paul Santiago

Much Warmth,

Kirtana, Konarak, George, and all at Fireflies For Artists' Action Group (AAG)

PS - This year we are pleased to launch an independent Bhoomi Jathre website. This is to encourage others to replicate Bhoomi Jathre. More on this later.
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