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Indra in Brazil For many years Marcia Pompeo has been Indra’s voice in Brazil. To complement Marcia’s work in Brazil, she has asked us to welcome her friend and colleague, Marina Coutinho from the State University of Rio de Janeiro, into the Indra network. Marina’s work has a deep resonance with the mission of Indra […]

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https://youtu.be/L7Jqu3Wp2pw A powerful short video made by young women of Prerna  school, part of the Study Hall Foundation, to support their ongoing campaign fighting for the rights of girls and young women to have an education and not to be married off at an early age into marriage and domestic serfdom.

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The Indra Congress Durban 2018
July 18, 2018 By admin

Indra Congress Durban July 2018 We have just completed the 2018 Indra Congress on Durban, South Africa. What a wonderful experience it has been. We are deeply grateful to Mary Lange and her dedicated team at ARROWSA, the University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban University of Technology and Bechet High School for creating a dynamic framework and […]

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ARROWSA and Indra: Background
February 18, 2018 By admin

The following is the chapter on South Africa from David Oddie’s book,  A Personal journey with Art and Conflict:  Weaving Indra’s Net. Somewhere over the Rainbow Mary Lange in South Africa I am what I am because of who we are. (Gbowee, L. 2011). Reconciliation means that those who have been on the underside of history […]

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We live in extraordinary times and Tim Prentki and David Oddie felt that Indra should have a clear manifesto regarding the principles the Indra Congress stands for.  Here is a draft copy of the manifesto.  Please send comments to indracongress:hotmail.co.uk. The Indra Congress Manifesto The Indra Congress is inspired by the extraordinary metaphor of Indra’s […]

Ten years ago I dreamt that one day we would hold a Congress event in Bethlehem.  This summer that dream became a reality.  Huge thanks to Marina Barham and her colleagues in Al Harah Theatre, working with Dr Hala Yamani at the University of Bethlehem, for making this possible.  It was a very special and […]

The 2016 Indra Congress will take place in Bethlehem during the week of the 17th July. We are guests of our dear friend Marina Barham of Al Harah Theatre and Dr Hala Yamani of Bethlehem University. We were due to hold this event in 2015 but felt we had to postpone it due to the […]

The Indra Congress and religion
January 13, 2016 By admin

I have been asked on a number of occasions if Indra is a religious organisation: here are some thoughts for the New Year. Although the Congress is guided by the spiritual, Buddhist metaphor of Indra’s Net, Indra is not a specifically religious organisation. The initial ARROW programme (Art: a Resource for Reconciliation Over the World) […]

The National Arts Council funding of air tickets for the ARROWSA Indaba Congress Plymouth 2015 facilitated the training and sharing of knowledge and skills specifically regarding Applied/Community Theatre for ARROWSA facilitators, co-ordinators, facilitators and participants as well as UKZN drama staff and students who physically went to the United Kingdom and those who remained in […]

The National Arts Council funding of air tickets for the ARROWSA Indaba Congress Plymouth 2015 facilitated the training and sharing of knowledge and skills specifically regarding Applied/Community Theatre for ARROWSA facilitators, co-ordinators, facilitators and participants as well as UKZN drama staff and students who physically went to the United Kingdom and those who remained in […]