Category: 365 Days
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Seeds of unity festival
Seeds of unity festival was created with the aim of food and music to bring our community together. Auroville has been created by hands and hearts and the strength of our community lies in the people. A lot of people came together to help create the festival where we offered an annadana(food offering) to a…
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Emergence at the seeds of unity festival
365 wouldn’t be 365 without lots of music. This video is a mashup of songs performed by Emergence at the seeds of unity festival with guest artist Mahesh Vinayagam, Aman Mahajan. As Krishna says music is an adhesive that brings people together, music is food- food for the soul. These songs that have been written…
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Chop and drop
Soil is everything! How do you make a healthy soil. Return organic matter. In nature you can observe this process of organic matter such as leaves, weeds, sticks, logs etc falling to the ground, decomposing and becoming available nutrients for the soil. In permaculture we plant various plants that are grown simply to cut back…
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Butterfly Pea powder
Clitoria ternatea This most wonderful flower, butterfly pea, has so many medicinal benefits. It boosts memory, lowers blood pressure, aids digestion, improves eyesight, good for uterus health and keeps your skin looking young. Dry the flowers and grind them into a powder. This powder is easy to store, can be used in teas and even…
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REVALUING LOCAL WEEDS IN THE SALAD
Edible weeds grow all around us. They are the fabric of our cultural nutritional heritage. This video gives you an insight into the amazing world of edible weeds.
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How to make your urban edible weed garden
Many people live in apartments. They do not have access to land. Urban gardening is becoming more and more popular and in Solitude we have been introducing the idea of an urban edible weed garden. These weeds are often well-known in our local culture. They are high in medicinal and nutritional value, and most importantly,…
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Community Garden
In Auroville, nearly everyone has access to a bit of land to grow some basic foods like papaya, banana, pineapple, Thulsai, Teepali, ladies finger, tomato etc For many years and especially during the lockdown, we have been making gardens in Auroville in different communities. With the basic concept of a circle garden, we engaged people…
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Pirindai Kuthu song
Pirindai, Or Devil’s backbone is a weed that grows in the hedges on the side of the road. It helps with healing and strengthening bones. In Tamil Nadu, we make a chutney from it which is very moreish! This video has been made by combining music and education, and a little drama! Hope it inspires…
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THALI OF THE DAY / PLAT DU JOUR
The thali of the day is a snap shot of the nutritional bounty of our Mother Nature. Harvested as the name suggest on a daily basis. Fruits, vegetables, roots, leaves, seeds, flowers, the colors of our nutritional cultural heritage. This food is delicious, heathy and truly expresses, the ancient proverb ” food is medicine “.…
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Pani Kirai
12_Pani_Kirai(720p).mp4 Pani Kirai ia wild amarant. It’s a forgotten spinach remembered only by the village’s old ladies. Eating the spinach is like a time machine. It is one of the many colours of this ancient Tamil culture. Check out the video.