Climate of melodies to visit Auroville

Auroville is all set to come alive with the sound of music with two events in the coming months.

First up is ‘Sing for the climate — Do it now’ and the other is the Auroville Singing Festival 2014.

The ‘Sing for the climate — Do it now’ is a global movement which began in Belgium in September 2012.

Around 80,000 Belgians had sung from 180 town squares for the climate. A month later, 3,00,000 schoolchildren sang ‘Do it now’ at their playgrounds.

This year, Aurovilians will aim to replicate it at three different venues, for the first time in India.

Organisers feel that as Auroville is ‘a unique international town’, it can play a role in reminding one of climate change in this international campaign. The events kick-off on September 20 at the Farmers Market, Youth Centre in Auroville. The second event will take place on September 27 at the Solar Kitchen, Auroville.

The ‘Sing for the climate — Do it now’ is open to everyone to participate or attend.

The ‘Do it Now’ song will also feature on October 11 at the Sri Aurobindo Auditorium in Bharat Nivas, Auroville, at the finale of the Auroville Singing Festival 2014 on October, during which around 950 people are expected to participate.

The Auroville Singing Festival is devised around the principle of community participation according to the organisers.

“A lot of the experience of music in our culture is listening to someone else sing but community singing means that people feel they own the music. A part of the joy of the Singing Festival is people remembering what it feels like to sing,” according to the organisers. Programmes at the festival include family concerts, sing along and songs by a children’s choir.

The Auroville Singing Festival 2014 will be held on October 10 and 11 at the Sri Aurobindo Auditorium in Bharat Nivas in Auroville. Due to limited seating, the event is open for Aurovilians and their guests only.