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CATAPULT ARTS CARAVAN
Announces its next series of public discussions and video + local arts performances in Hoshangabad district of Madhya Pradesh. 

The Catapult (Gulael) Arts Caravan is a socio political traveling arts performance partnership of artists and community workers. The performances are an innovative multimedia communication initiative on the theme – jal, jangal, zameen (water, forest and land) - that combines audio-visual arts and public discussion. A combination of video images selected from real life observations in the locality, and set to live traditional music is being used to draw attention to the themes outlined above. A short satirical comedy play – nadiya hira gayee – the river is lost!! -  also forms part of the performance.

The performances use video as a mirror for the local community to see itself and its surroundings along the thematic foci of jal, jangal and zameen. The big screen projection draws audience attention immediately and insistently to the themes of the programme. The performances re-assert creative potential of local communities while catalysing discussion about community governance., and are also a reminder of the continuing relevance of traditional and local knowledge and concerns.
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The present series is a partnership with local NGO’s, adivasi, farmers, workers and community organisations, youth clubs and local cultural societies.

Performance Schedule
6 October in Palia Piparia village, district Hoshangabad, MP
7 October in front of the District Collectors office, Hoshangabad.
8 October in Pipariya town, district Hoshangabad, MP

HOW TO GET THERE
Pipariya – By train 
Direct train from Delhi, change at Itarsi. Pipariya is an hour away in the direction of Jabalpur/Allahabad. 
If you get off at Bhopal, there is the Veraval-Jabalpur express leaving Bhopal station at 0930 hrs, Amarkantak express leaving Bhopal station at 1600 hrs and Bhopal-Jabalpur Jan Shatabdi express leaves (Bhopal) Habibganj station at 1700 hrs. Pipariya is 3 hours away.
>From Bombay/Calcutta – the Howrah Bombay Mail (via Allahabad) stops at Pipariya station.
>From Madras – Ganga Kaveri express (Chennai-Varanasi) stops at Pipariya station everyday.

CONTACT
Jatan Trust – 9425408801 (gopal) ; 9425475979 (shrigopal); 9868117784 (surajit)
Eklavya, Pipariya – 07576 - 222574 (kamlesh)