Vincenzo
Our long-time friend and brother Vincenzo Maiolini left his body in the evening of December 28th in the critical care unit of Chennai’s Apollo Hospital, where he had been taken for injuries following a moped accident a week earlier. He was 70 years old.
Vincenzo, who hailed from France and had been in close contact with the Mother since the sixties, was one of Auroville’s true, adventurous and determined pioneers of the very early years. It was he who organized the Urn at the Amphitheatre and got the first Caravan together in 1969, traveling overland from Paris to the future City of Dawn.
After a spell of absence, during which he always remained in touch, Vincenzo presently was in the process of re-joining. It turns out he joined Mother directly instead. OM ~
In the afternoon of Monday December 31st his remains were buried at Adventure’s funeral grounds with many of his old friends attending, - for a short time bringing back some of the love, humor and comradeship of those early pioneering days.
Our warmest condolences go out to his daughter Aurotaranti, his grandson Ennio, and his ex-wife Clare.
Thank you, Vincenzo.
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