Peace Museum

You are invited to the opening of the first PEACE MUSEUM  in India by people showcasing war and Peace, on the birthday of Non-violence,
The first exhibition on Hiroshima~ Nagasaki   
Gandhi Jayanthi~ 2^nd October 2011, ~11am
at Art 9,
KH Kalasoudha, Ramanjeneya Temple compound, Hanumanthnagar

with a  stunning performance of
Heiwa Zou Resha{ Peace Elephant Train}
A circus Puppet Dance theater
Written and directed by John Devaraj,
Choreographed by Mioi Nakayama , performed by the  Bornfree Art School

…followed by a live video conferencing
 with a Hibakusha
Atomic bomb survivors from Hiroshima

When two atom bombs fell on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945 killing 350 000 people we said a third atom bomb will not fall.  But today the nuclear weapons stockpile has reached an all time high of 30 000 in only 10 countries including India and Pakistan. The star war bombs jingle and dangle 2.5 kilograms of dynamite over everybody’s heads on this planet! In the last 5000 years of human history there have been only 147 years of peace. Rest of the days and years have been spent on killing each other. The History of Man is the history of War.

The idea of the Peace Museum springs from the fact that present day children and youth are unaware of ignorant of the dangers of war, existence of armies, defense expenditures
all linked up with their daily life. It endeavors to produce a culture of Peace. To include all in the processes of producing peace.

Hiroshima Peace Foundation,
To campaign enrollment of students, teachers, to study in the  Hiroshima Unversities on Peace studies. It entails study of Atomic Bomb survivors first hand in Hiroshima with the aim of starting peace study centers all over India

Come and enjoy Chai at the
World Peace café!
connected world wide with all the peace cafes and peace festivals.
~sing a song, read a poem, do a jig on Peace This is an invitation to all artists, poets, singers, musicians to build of the Peace Museum.  
We are looking for volunteer guides, researchers on war and peace are required, come and own the Peace Museum.

Program

11am Heiwa Zou Resha Performance

By students of the Bornfree Art School
12 30 pm; Video Conference with a Hibakusha,
1pm; Opening of Peace Museum and Peace Cafe

Poetry reading, song performance

John Devaraj: johndevaraj@gmail.com   9886306366

Mioi Nakayama : mioinakayama@gmail.com, 9886011830