Circus in Bamiyan
by
Georgios Toubekis
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last modified
Aug 16, 2009 08:31 PM
In the first week of August, a team of 28 Kabul MMCC boys and girls traveled to Bamyan to make a Festival together with MMCC’s Bamyan children and staff. The Festival started with a public performance in the famous nature and picnic resort, Banda-Amir, followed by five days workshops and events for children and families in MMCC’s new center in Bamyan City
Combining entertainment with essential educational messages such as health and peace, delivered by professional Afghan artists in a local context, has proved effective in helping other cultural activities to take root. Circus workshops have been successful even in parts of the country where music, singing and other forms of artistic expression have been suppressed orforgotten for decades.
MMCC provides tools for children to express themselves and thereby
develop lifelong creative skills, self-respect, and a sense of identity.
Click here to learn about the Circus for children in Bamiyan
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