They're here! They are small and dark in appearance, they move gracefully and quietly, have bright eyes and tell everyone a different story.
Their names are Joy, Anil, Adhar, Nepal, Visnu, Paremeswhar, Gauripoda, Susanta, Prosun, Tinkori, Baren.
And Abani of course who brought them to us even this year.
They are Milon Mela, they come from India. Every summer they give a small but rich and delicious taste of the traditional performing arts of their Country.
Baul, Gotipua, Chau, Kalaripayattu are just some of the ancient disciplines that are presented in their shows. Moreover, the workshops, seminars and meetings Milon Mela offer, are meant to explain, to make people understand that what they tell is not just folklore, beautiful colour and entertainment: it is something more, it is a ritual expression of the soul, an old tradition that is in a risk to vanish and that the "Source’s research" project is proudly and courageously preserving.
Milon Mela are in Ozu, Monteleone Sabino, until early September. In this small and lost corner of Italy they tell their story in a language that needs no words.
Scent of curry aromas of incense, chants and drums. The little cultural centre is transformed into a strange gravitational centre where everything is mixed, where distances are disappearing and where differences become richness.
During the summer OZU proposes a series of activities with Milon Mela: a 10-days intensive workshop, seminars and performances with Indian dinner in the large and colourful "shamiana" tent.
Everyone is invited to participate.