Today was a day of many fun workshops wherein
Wittians, Dutch Students and Danish Students worked together on interactive
projects such as Building the cow workshop, Painting Mandalas, Dance and Music
Workshops as well as Henna Tattoo Workshop. Students were divided into five
groups and were allotted a specific time for every workshop. Thus every student
had to participate in all the workshops.
Mandala is an ancient symbol for wholeness and
harmony. The Mandala painting workshop invited the students to explore their
soul through mandala painting. It enabled the students to use the mandala as a
path of self-discovery and artistic development.Students attended the dance
workshop wherein the Dutch students who had visited Mumbai earlier taught
everyone a famous bollywood dance which they had learnt in the last exchange
from the Wittians. The music workshop
enabled students to understand the content and form of lyrics in blues songs.
Students had a chance to write and perform on their own lyrics. Students also learnt about the AAB / 12 Bar Blues which
is the most common blues song form. The
fundamental structure of 12 Bar Blues is three four-bar lines or sections.
Often the first two and a half bars of each 4 bar section are vocal melody,
while the last one and a half bars contains an instrumental melodic hook that
gives a sense of completion for the line.
In the Henna design workshop students made many
different and inspirational patterns and designs on their host students’ hands.
Students made many beautiful and impressive henna tattoos depicting Indian Art.
Building the cow- was the most interesting workshop for the Wittians as they
got to work with their hands and use tools such as hammer, nails, saw and many
more hardware tools to physically build a cow. A framework of the cow was
created and students had to finish the
design on the cow using reflecting mirror sheets which had to be cut and nailed
into the wooden framework. It was an innovative and fun filled experience as
the students could finally see the cow taking shape at the end of the Day!!
In the evening, Dutch parents hosting the Indian
and Dutch students were invited for a cultural evening. Wittians went home
after school to help their host families in cooking the meal which the Dutch
families would be bringing for the buffet in the evening.
At around six pm students and host families starting
getting food they had prepared for the buffet in the Aula. Everything was
lovely and it was amazing to see that students and the families had prepared
such lovely food.
After dinner, began the cultural performance. In
the preparation of the visit, RSG Broklede School had made some amazing hand
painted Bollywood movie posters of the older yet evergreen famous hindi movies.
Some of these posters were displayed on the stage, thus setting the ambience of
a magical evening with Indian folklore and music.
Wittians
performed a medley of Indian Classical folk dances, a true exploration of
Indian culture and tradition. Showcasing the diverse dance styles that span the
nation, the traditional folk dances such as Garba, Lavni, and Bhangra with all
the colourful and golden costumes truly captured the fire, heat and desire of
Indian dance. It explored the various typical Indian dance styles with a modern
spin.
The Danish students also performed their school
dance with Danish flags, and it was amazing to see students dance to the tunes
of their school anthem. Finally we had the Dutch students who visited Mumbai
last year perform a famous bollywood dance which we had performed together on
our first exchange visit. Then finally we had all the Dutch students even the
younger ones, along with the Wittians joining in this dance on stage. It was
like the entire school joined in unison celebrating the fusion of Indian and
Dutch culture. The evening ended as the students sang the Indian National
Anthem. It was definitely an evening to be remembered forever, as once again it
portrayed the long lasting friendship and bond between Indian and Dutch
Students.
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