Issue No. 328, November 2016
The Women's Solidarity Festival
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Women from AVAG’s Women’s Self-Help Groups perform in front of an audience of more than 5,000 women
A
volunteer at Village Action (AVAG) shares her experience of this year’s Women’s
Solidarity Festival
India is a land of many festivals, each
celebrating our rich cultural tradition, each representing a certain important
date in the history of one or the other religion. These timings often
correspond to events in the natural cycles of land and water, such as the
coming of rain or the harvest season.
The Women’s Solidarity Festival at AVAG
stands out in some ways from these traditional festivals. For one, the date of
the festivities is flexible and this year there were four pre-events leading up
to the Finale. The theme of the festival is simply the Spirit of Woman. It
overcomes every cultural, caste, class, race, colour and even gender divide
since men, too, are welcome to celebrate the Spirit of Woman. There is no
religion-based tradition or fear of upsetting a God...
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