Touring Iskcon Devotee Cultural Troupe from Manipur - Ranganiketan

[Guest guest]

Dear Devotees,

 

CULTURAL TROUPE AVAILABLE FOR FESTIVAL PERFORMANCES

IN S.E.ASIA/AUSTRALIA/NZ FROM DEC 99 TO FEB 2000

 

Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada,

saviour of the whole world!

 

By the great vision and transcendental foresight of Srila Prabhupada, he

established Ranganiketan. Where religious preaching is not directly

possible/suitable, the door is always open through culture. For example, in

1997, our artistes had the pleasure of performing before 10,000 students and

the President of Egypt, loudly chanting "Hare Krishna", in a spirit of

brotherhood through cultural exchange.

 

On Srila Prabhupada's order, Ranganiketan functions under the guidance of

our beloved Guru Maharaj, His Holiness Bhaktisvarupa Damodara Swami Maharaj

(a.k.a. Dr T D Singh, International Director of the Bhaktivedanta

Institute).

 

Please allow me to present some information about our troupe.

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This is the 10th consecutive year that Manipuri artists from Ranganiketan

are touring the world and presenting India's goodwill message for peace and

friendship through the language of arts & Culture. During thse ten years,

we have performed in many prestigous international arts festivals, including

at the Kennedy Centre Washington DC, Disney World Florida USA, Harvard

University USA, Tanta University Egypt, International Children's Festival

Vancouver Canada, World Trade Orgnization First Ministerial Conference

Cultural Show Singapore. Our artistes also met the Vice-President of Canada

and the Prime Minister of Singapore twice during these tours. (We have

recently established a new branch in Singapore.)

 

Our standard performances include the following:

 

1) Flying Drummers - three different types of vibrant, acrobatic

performances

 

2) Fierce Martial Arts display - fighting with swords, with spears,

man-woman, hand-to-hand combat.

 

3) Folk Dances

 

4) Manipuri Tribal Dances

 

5) Child artiste, Tulasi Das (performing since age 3-and-a-half)

 

6) Manipuri Rasa Lila dance

 

7) Many solo dances of Bhagawat Culture to the songs of Jayadev Goswami

etc.

 

 

 

We can tailor our programs to suit different audiences and budgets:

 

University students / School Children / Mass Public Concert

 

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It was Srila Prabhupada's strong desire that the world come to see the

culture of Manipur - even today, 67% of the population there wears Gaudiya

Vaishnava Tilak, including the King and the Chief Minister. Arjuna had

married a princess from Manipur. Srila Prabhupada mentions his desire for

Manipur's revival of Krishna Consciousness in Srimad Bhagavatam, Purport to

vers 9:22:3.

 

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We shall be touring South East Asia, Australia, New Zealand from Dec 99 to

Feb 2000. Kindly contact the undersigned at this email address if you would

like to take advantage of this impressive cultural heritage that has come to

us through the disciples of Sri Narottama Das Thakur.

 

your humble servant

in service of sri guru and sri gauranga

 

 

ajit das

 

(Secretary, Ranganiketan)