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throwback a nuestra imagen/estética de grupo. primer ensayo general de atomic prros para tec it up.
foto tomada de screenshots al ver el video del ensayo, la tomamos como logo del grupo, esta por definirse si tendremos una estética de grupo diferente o si seguiremos con este concepto de las sombras y las luce.
ubicación: Estadio del campus
The Golden Temple.
There are few things that I can think of that could ever rival with the beauty of the Golden Temple. Worship prayers rung in the air, believers off all religions walking freely around in a sacred place that shimmered on the blessed lake that surrounds it. Women, regardless of belief or race, covered their hair as well as men and there was a widespread sense of peace, a quiet acceptance of being.
That night we ate in the community kitchen that is adjoined to the temple, completely for free. It was absilutely delicious but, more than that, the ambience around us was a vibrant thing with a life of its own. In the mess hall, all are equal and are treated as such.
Some of the few pictures we could sneak at Rogpa! The first is one of our favourite babies, Rinchen. He was an absolute sweetheart, mostly quiet but with quite a set of lungs when he was upset.
The bottom picture was taken shortly before our time in Daramshala was over, to conmemorate our time in Rogpa. Sadly, the afternoon shift I was part of didn’t get to pose with the women who work full-time in Rogpa.
One of the oldest women I am specially fond of and hope to write more of her and the “small babies“ soon.
Dharamshala
The interesting thing about domestic flights in India: there is an absolute unpredictability regarding their arrival and departure. Our flight was in fact delayed, but nobody seemed to mind too terribly. We spent a few hours watching familie scome and go, talking about what our expectations were, and before we knew it we were buckled and on our way to the Himalayas.
Located in the Kangra Valley in the district of Kangra, part of the Himanchal Pradesha Indian state, and formarly know as Bhagsu, Dharamshala has become the headquarters of the Central Tibetan Administration in Exile. To the Tibetan community, it has become a second home.
Rapsel Gi, soon to be our friend and guide for the length of our journey, greeted us at the airport, and any fears of inadequacy instantly flew out the window as he gifted us in the traditional Tibetan way, with blessings in the shape of white sashes around our shoulders. The drive to Dharamshala made us grateful for the blessing. I have never feared more for my life than driving on an Indian Highway bordered by miles of cliffs.
We arrived to McLeod, where the LHA residence and soup kitchen is located, with a slight delay and, sadly, we could not meet our one-to-one counterparts or introduce ourselves to the heads of our chosen volunteering projects. However, that first night and susequent weekend, we did spend naturalising ouserves with the town’s enviroment and locals. We soon established favourite coffee shops and aquainted ourselves well with the nooks and crannys of McLeod.
The residence itsslf was as accomodatingly spartan as it was homely. Family run and active throughout the whole year, volunteers come and go, leaving behind books for others and pieces of themselves; postcards and ear-dogged pages.
A glimpse of nightime Amsterdam; an experience on its own. As short as our stay was, and as cold as the wind blew, we made the best of our time visiting everything we plausibly could, from the infamous red light district to the government offices and lanmark historical sites of the city.
TECHO
Time Frame: November 29, 2014. From 9 am to 4 pm.
Letter(s): C, A, S.
C- Even before heading towards the community that accepted taking us in, figuring out how to make all the money needed to buy the materials to build the house was no easy task. From giving the generic bake sale a twist, to convincing sponsors to fund our project and going through with an unlikely raffle, it took a while but we managed the 64′000 pesos necessary to build not one, but two houses.
A- Leaving on Friday to return on Sunday, TECHO’s houses are made to be assembled in a day or two, often resulting in three. Although they are small, the risk of leakage is almost nule, the walls are well insulated and the floor held above the ground lowers tha risk of sickness and of faltering floor boards. Carrying all the equipment plus the elements of assembly can become a feat, specially after having troubles with the dry terrain and rocky settlements. The community we built in is located in Xochimilco, a few hours by car away from the city’s centre and built upon marsh water.
S- The family’s we provide this service for at times have naught more than a mattress to their name and a slate of scrap metal over their heads. Giving them a house will not fix their problems, but it takes a weight off their backs. The children get less sick, they have a place to play taht’s free of nails and glass, rain can no longer drench their clothes and it is safer to live in a closed space when delictive goups are never far away. Not only that, but the families that accept to take part of TECHO make a compromise to meet the educational and vocational goals the project sets and are capacitated in the field of law so that they can protect their property and their own from those who’d take them from them.
