Celebrating the river!

Bangalore

Why would someone want to come and see a dying river?

Unless, she is so much concerned about the environment and nature, there is nothing much to prompt a person to come and experience a river, if it was positioned as dying river.

"Hello, our river is dying. Please come and visit and let everyone know that the world should interfere ASAP!"

I doubt if this would have worked.
Instead, we decided to celebrate the river!

There was nothing much we could do based on the water left in the river, except during monsoon. So the celebration of the river had to be based on it's :

-legends and folklore
-culture
-folk art forms
-classical dance forms
-scenic beauty
-people
-history
-life style
-literature
-institutions
-martial arts lineage
-military tradition
-religion
-bio diversity
-architecture
-farming tradition
-music (mainly percussion tradition)
-festivals
-and on and on...

Sometimes we wonder if we are talking about a dying river at all?

© GP 2006