Eat M &M’s, sleep, and pray, sit, yawn, travel or groan may be. Cross boarders, enjoy the foreign cuisine, enjoy some exotic sex with a stranger, have encounters, meetings, make love and break affairs, learn life lessons, sob, empathize and even talk and sniff. No matter where we are, in which part of the world we live in , what race we are , what sex or age , our actions are more likely the same that revolves around the world. But there is one thing that make every society unique and to talk proud of themselves. It’s the culture.
Today many of us at various junctures in life migrate to other countries. We are born to one country but we make living in another home. These cross political, social, cultural and economic aspects have created complex identities. We belong here and there. Different geographies that are mapped have created different adaption methods. What devises a country? Is it the religion, the ethnicity, the customs or the language spoken? How about those outsiders who make home in other countries? Where do we really belong? Do we really inherit the lifestyle of a particular country or do we carry beliefs of some specific nation?
The roots of origin are baffling, confusing and complex. More likely we share diverse styles of living, sharing, eating and dressing. This year’s COLOMBO SCOPE will bring “HOMELANDS” featuring the art, paintings, sculptures and photographs demonstrating the contemporary cultures .Perhaps this will be a landmark event in remembering the traditional customs , national or international it may be and an opportunity to learn and practice cultures for the younger generations who miss it.
History is never to be forgotten. The present is a gift of the past. History voices the ancestors and the rich heritage of any nation. Colombo Scope will make “MAKE HISTORY” this year. They are ready to take spectators to the lives of people hundreds and hundreds of years ago. It will be the chance for the audience to take a glimpse of the ancient lifestyle, to interpret the differences of the olden days and the digital era and above all life lessons to be carried further via the older ancestors.
Colombo Scope 2014 will re discover the forgotten music, the traditional dances, folk dances and the cuisine of the bygone era. The writers from the nation and beyond will get together to debate and follow discussions to ponder on their thoughts about the modern society and how life was centuries back.
It’s time for all of us to get prepared to see the old and seldom views. It’s time to make a fantasy journey to an unknown past yet heard and familiar.
Come; take a look at Colombo Scope! Enter the busy city woven with its sophisticated Colombo Port and the harbor and the Lotus Lounge of the Grand Oriental Hotel to witness the evening festivals. Learn the past and discover the future.
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