For women!

For women!
There is this common language of art and craft. We use it to laugh, learn and change communities for the future!

Friday, July 31, 2009

WHAT ARE THE FACTS


... The Tharu culture have - IN MY MIND, been hardly done by.... A "Kamlari" girl refers to the act of sending daughters away. They're with the hope that their children will be attending school, and will be returning home soon. Rarely, does such pull through.

... The orphanages consist of the basics for human survival... ONLY JUST - and indefinably so. Many kids are going to join the daily meal as, currently, the girls ARE being rescued from their "slavery" position! They now have the opportunity to go into an orphanage in the Narti village or Kathmandu if families are unfound, or families are still unable to support them - most often the case.

THEIR MIND>>>>?
The songs these girls sang, brutally reflect the hardships of their past. Experiences that myself, and undoubtably their families, cannot fathom. Experiences that were never part of any parents plan.

But their smiles and companionships reflect the dedication to their future happiness. I am overwhelmed by their love and for the world, and each other! Hardships of the past can be worn like scars across ones face, or moulded to redeem the path to a life 
of euphoria and simply a life of comfort!

OUR MIND
... DISSATISFACTION!
... POSSIBILITIES!

A change in attitude,,,

Looking back on this basically untouched blog of mine... I see how much things have changed... 
My driving motivation is not now to create fashion from Nepali textiles made by the beautiful Tharu culture... What satisfaction, REALLY- does that give them? There's no ownership, there's little connection with exactly where their products are going and what they represent.

Not to say one day I ill head back towards this- but not until their ownership is established. 

What will my next adventure to Nepal include?

A basis for a craft centre that they want to be involved in, they can see the reason for their work, and are not bound to the centre for security.. 

Some pretty serious questions need to be addressed... 

Do they want me there?
What creative knowledge do they have?
Can we work with these skills to product products that are useful in NEPAL... ?
Can we ALSO work with these skills to product products that can be sold in a western consumerist market?
How does a Nepali woman really live daily? What are their priorities?




The boys in the Kathmandu "Papa's House" in the time of load shedding... (power cut)

The boys in the Kathmandu "Papa's House" in the time of load shedding... (power cut)

Chapter 2- What matters

Chapter 2- What matters

Nepal


Here- we have the Tharu culture in Nepal. A beautiful bunch of people who have been hardly done by, particularly in regards to slavery incidents. This doesn't tamper their strong understanding of other people, or the amount of love they're able to give. 

Slavery is being abolished and there is a drastic need for job and independence as these girls move out of the education system. For Freida Mountain, the energy, colour, love and skills were the beginning of what will be a dedication to these people. We now have the opportunity to work in trading to Australia from Nepal. A lot of fair trade research, justification and funding needs to occur, but I look forward to more and more involvement!
This environment acts as a stigma for my next range...