Chesea’s Drama Club Students represented their college and the country Nepal in the 11th International Children’s Festival of Performing Arts, New Delhi, 2011 which was organized from December 8th to 12th to promote international integration, harmony, friendship and goodwill among children. The program was organized by the “Ryan International Group of Institutions”.
The theme for the festival was “GO HUMAN”. Children’s from our College Drama Club, Chelsea Int’l. Academy, were also invited among many others kids from different parts of the world. They were assembled to understand and respect varied cultures and traditions.
The fifteen member troupe from Chelsea Int’l. Academy was the only team representing our country Nepal. The students really had fruitful experiences by sharing their knowledge and accumulating their confidence level harnessing their talent in an international arena like this one. There were more than 30 participating countries from across the Globe. |
About the Play: Chelsea International Academy in collaboration with IATA Nepal is prforming a drama "Mrityuma Padhneharu" on the 11th International Children's Festival of Performing Arts which is going to be held on Delhi, India from 8 Decemeber to 11 December 2011.
Synopsis:
Mrityuma Padhneharu is a story of a girl - Maya, who collects Burkis (thrown away coins during funeral procession) to meet the expense of her pencil and copy. Due to puny economic prospect of her family, colleting the Burkis in hope of getting new exercise book and pencil is her necessity. So every death generates a new hope and optimism to Maya as it is synonymous to more copies and pencils. She stores the Burkis into Khutruke (money-box) until it is sufficient enough to buy new exercise books and pencil. In the course of time, Maya manages her expenses for pencil and copy herself by tutoring the children, still collecting Burkis develops as an embedded hobby and passion. The day comes when Maya loses her most beloved person, her grandfather. During the funeral procession they need the coins to be thrown on the way as a part of ritual. As people ready for procession don't get coins anywhere in the house, they break the Khutruke of Maya and use the coins in the procession. It intensifies the pain of Maya as she loses another beloved thing of her life - Khutruke. Though shattered, once again Maya collects the Burkis thrown during the procession of her grandfather, but this time she promises that she will no more store the coin in the Khutruke rather buy pencil and exercise books instantly. |
