Img 20180623 wa0018

Welcome cultures through Arts

Engage and Enhance our community through Traditional Arts

Project details

Suggested by: sountharam

Project partner: Tamizh Pallikoodam Inc

Budget

$68,000.00

Votes

174 votes received

This project did not receive enough votes to be successful.

"Welcome Cultures through Arts" is a programme to enhance social inclusion and to build cohesive society through arts.
This project offers fun, creative high quality and a safe space to learn about culture through arts. This project focuses on three core components :
1) "Melodyful" is a workshop to learn Traditional Arts - To learn traditional percussion instruments from different cultures such as : Paray, Djembe, Bongo, Rabab and Dhol
2) "Let's Tango" is a cross cultural experiential learning space, and
3) "Welcome Gathering" is to share a meal and learn traditional arts

Project assists the learners with the following:
1. Learn different traditional arts to connect with their cultural roots
2. Explore and share the historical and cultural significance to create social awareness
3. Promote cultural identity
4. Rhythm, harmony and melody for the emotional and physical wellbeing
5. "Welcome Gathering" is to give an opportunity to meet and greet new migrant and refugee background families and individuals to share their stories including arts and culture. This will build their self confidence and make them feel welcome

Project details

Suggested by: sountharam

Project partner: Tamizh Pallikoodam Inc

Budget

$68,000.00

Votes

174 votes received

This project did not receive enough votes to be successful.

Comments

Comments closed

sivameha

09 Sep 2018

Great idea and much need too. Really hope you get selected as you have attracted young generations.

RVijay

03 Sep 2018

Great initiative.

Melrose

23 Aug 2018

Great social inclusion project. Spreading the word.

Joanne B

22 Aug 2018

Great idea! Hope you are selected and deliver the program to the local community

Sandra

22 Aug 2018

Ancient art is our blueprint
Ancient art is our roots
Ancient art is our identity

Meeraqt

20 Aug 2018

Excellent way to deliver our culture

Cpblackburn

20 Aug 2018

Excellent way to help newcomers and make them feel welcome

LisaPe

20 Aug 2018

a wonderful project bringing people together

Mohanraj

19 Aug 2018

Well done Sountharam and the team!

Sriharei

19 Aug 2018

It's a great work... which keeps our culture and arts to spread in upcoming generation nd we support it always forever...

kandaman

18 Aug 2018

Believing cultural activities helping us reforming and energising ourself as well taking part in community activities to strengthen multiculture....<3

Parthi

18 Aug 2018

Its a great and awesome initiative which welcomes different culture. Im being professional dancer will support this with wholeheartedly.

Sandra

13 Aug 2018

Meaningful project which brings racial harmony and help to shape our multicultural society.