Bob Marley Cultural Fest 2010

Bob Marley has been, the world over, an inspiration for those who upholds and take pride in their own culture. At a time when imperialist globalization is literally wiping out native cultures, memories of Bob Marley and the cultural resistance put up by him is worthy to commemorate. Cultural resistance becomes all the more important in India as the Home Minister of India himself is out there with his Operation Green Hunt to teach the Dalits and Adivasis some lessons in upper caste Hinduism and thereby continue the centuries old exploitation of these people.

Bob Marley Cultural Fest to be held at Comrade Abu Square at Fort Kochi (near the beach)from 9th to 11th this month is a platform for cultural activists and musicians who declines to conform to the existing establishment to get together and perform and express their views. This is the second year Bob Marley Cultural Fest is held in Fort Kochi by Bob Marley Cultural Collective. _____________________________________________________________

Detailed programme notice _____________________________________________________________

BOB MARLEY CULTURAL FEST 2010

At Comrade Abu Square, Fort Kochi

Inaguration: Gauri Lankesh

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Day one May 9 (Sunday)

10.a.m Inagural session

Inaguration: Gauri Lankesh

11.am. Seminar -- Cultural Resistance in the Time of Globalization

Intervention: K.P Sethunath

Speakers : A.Marx

K.S.Hariharan

T.S.Ashadevi

Dr.T.P. Sajeevan

K.K.Baburaj

M.Divakaran

K.V.Sreeja

DR.Hari

Sanathanan

Moderator: Mohammed Irshad

3.p.m : Drama

5. p.m: Rock show music event (Glen James)

7.p.m : Screening of Bob marley's songs

Day two May 10 (Monday)

10.a.m. Inaguration : Anirudh Raman

Participants : V.B.Venu

Mohandas N.N

Sasi Memuri

Workshop and exhibition of paintings and sculptures

5.p.m: Sitar concert by Vinod Sankaran

Tabala: Jithesh sisarkar

7.p.m: Screening of documentaries

Day three May 11 (Tuesday)

10.a.m: Bob Marley Commemoration

Inaguration : Kureepusha Sreekumar

Commemoration Speech : Charu Nivedita

11 a.m : Nadya Vadya Tharang

12.30: Folk songs (Adiyar Nattukoottam Adoor Rajagopal and team)

3.p.m : Porattu natakam (nanthiyodu Krishnan and team from Palakkadu)

5.p.m : Mehfil, Gazal, and Adivasi performances

7.p.m : Screening of Bob Marley songs and documentaries

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BobMarleys famous Song War

Until the philosophy which hold one race superior

And another

Inferior

Is finally

And permanently

Discredited

And abandoned -

Everywhere is war -

Me say war.

That until there no longer

First class and second class citizens of any nation

Until the colour of a man's skin

Is of no more significance than the colour of his eyes -

Me say war.

That until the basic human rights

Are equally guaranteed to all,

Without regard to race -

Dis a war.

That until that day

The dream of lasting peace,

World citizenship

Rule of international morality

Will remain in but a fleeting illusion to be pursued,

But never attained -

Now everywhere is war - war.

And until the ignoble and unhappy regimes

that hold our brothers in Angola,

In Mozambique,

South Africa

Sub-human bondage

Have been toppled,

Utterly destroyed -

Well, everywhere is war -

Me say war.

War in the east,

War in the west,

War up north,

War down south -

War - war -

Rumours of war.

And until that day,

The African continent

Will not know peace,

We Africans will fight - we find it necessary -

And we know we shall win

As we are confident

In the victory

Of good over evil -

Good over evil, yeah

Good over evil -

Good over evil, yeah!

Good over evil -

Good over evil, yeah

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and here is Bob Marley's Get Up and Stand Up