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WELCOME & INTRODUCTION
Welcome to the Event
One World Commitee members Bede Gerrard and Kanta Gopal introduce 'Spring Celebrations'.
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CURATOR TALK
Silver Toast Rack, designed by Christopher Dresser
Ashmolean Museum Curator, Mathew Winterbottom, tells us about an extraordinary toast rack, which would make eating any boiled ‘Easter’ egg and slice of toast very special.
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HOLI CELEBRATIONS
With the Oxford Hindu Temple and Community Centre Project
Join the Oxford Hindu Temple and Community Centre Project as they share colourful highlights of online Holi festivities, and all the fun this brings.
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PRAJNAKETU
How to become a ‘light in the darkness’
Prajnaketu, from the Triratna Buddhist tradition, tells the story of how ‘an untouchable’ became a beacon of hope to many millions of people – and what this means for us.
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TABLA SOLO IN RUPAK TAAL
And a Hindu Chant
Caroline Tapp and Neil Kensit present a tabla solo in 7 beats and a chant accompanied by the Kanjira – a South Indian drum.
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KURDISH NEW YEAR
The Story of ‘Mem and Zin’
To celebrate Newroz, the Kurdish New Year festival in March, join Kurdish author Zara Saleh as he tells this tragic Kurdish love story, written in the 17th century.
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SPRING CRAFT ACTIVITY
Easter Bunny Bunting Learn how to craft your own Easter inspired bunting. With Clare Coleman from the Ashmolean learning team.
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ASYLUM WELCOME
The 'Iraqi Women Art and War' (IWAW) Project
Rana Ibrahim, artist, and founder of IWAW, introduces this collective of Iraqi women artist and makers (audio described). A second film explores 'Wall of Memories' artworks from 'Of Ordinary Things', an upcoming exhibition (in Arabic and English).
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