Break The Bias International Women's Day 2022 Global Gender Specialist Dr Kris Rampersad on MultiCultural Television

Break The Bias and the prospects, challenges and opportunities for gender equality into the Post Pandemic Planet. How a small island can make a difference. International Gender Development Strategist and Multimedia Educator and Journalist, Dr Kris Rampersad discusses futuring gender equality into the Post Pandemic Planet, the role of Caribbean Women Leaders, the impact of Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley, cultural change and transformations and the challenge onward towards effective sustainable development in changing the culture of politics, culture of business, commerce, trade and economics, culture of education... and so much more at the GloCal Knowledge Pot 

Tribute to Lata Mangeshwar reach across global diasporas

 The Nightingale, Lata Mangeshwar, flies off, released into new life at 92.

As I write, homes a cross the diaspora, not the least in the Caribbean too, are belting out the immortal voice of this iconic singer.  Can we assess her reach into the multicultural diaspora systems, iIndipop, Chutney Music, Indian music.

The Nightingale took our breaths away now Covid takes hers diaspora tribute to the evergreen Lata Mangeshwar and connections to Indipop and other revolutionary cross and cultural cultural currents

Read more at the GloCal Knowledge Pot Memorial to Lata Mangeshwar

Bhojpuri Wedding folk traditions inscribed on UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage List

Bhojpuri wedding folk songs now on UNESCO Heritage List

The wedding folk songs carried by indentured immigrant labourers from India during British colonialism now find a place on the UNESCO Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.

The tradition was approved this month at the meeting of the intergovernmental committee on intangible cultural heritage through an application by Mauritius for the Bhojpuri songs and the accompanying ritual, prayers, songs, music and dance of the Hindu Wedding Ceremony, Vivaah Samskara. The songs, music and accompanying dances are known as Geet Gawai in Mauritius. Similar traditions are practiced across the Indian diaspora.  These are known as Lawa or Matikor in the Caribbean with widespread practice in Trinidad and Tobago, Guyana and Suriname, and the associated Caribbean diasporas in North America, Canada and Europe. The practices, transposed from India through mass movement of bonded labour in the 19^th century, include song, dance, music, cuisine, rituals and communal engagement in the wedding cereomny  

In the nomination submission, Mauritius noted: “Geet-Gawai is a pre-wedding ceremony that combines rituals, prayer, songs, music and dance. It is performed mainly by Bhojpuri-speaking communities in Mauritius who have Indian descent. The traditional practice takes place at the home of the bride or groom and involves female family members and neighbours. It begins with five married women sorting items (turmeric, rice, grass and money) in a piece of cloth while other participants sing songs that honour Hindu gods and goddesses. After the site has been sanctified, the mother of the bride or groom and a drummer honour musical instruments to be played during the ceremony, such as the dholak (a two-headed drum). Uplifting songs are then performed and everyone joins in and dances. Geet-Gawai is an expression of community identity and collective cultural memory. The practice also provides participants with a sense of pride and contributes to greater social cohesion, and breaking class and caste barriers. Knowledge about the practice and its associated skills are transmitted from older to younger generations on an informal and formal basis. This is done via observation and participation by families, semi-formal teaching houses, community centres, and academies. Nowdays, the practice of Geet-Gawai extends to public performances and men also participate.

Last April, the UNESCO Executive Board approved a new international indentured  Indian immigrant labour route initiative, piloted by Mauritius and unanimously supported by all our executive board members.

Hindu Wedding traditions transposed, adapted and evolution from India to the Caribbean are explored in Finding a Place, and LiTTscapes – Landscapes of Fiction from Trinidad and Tobago. Finding a Place locates the role of these practices in the oral traditions that fed the evolution of a literary and journalistic sensibility while adapting to a new society while LiTTscapes present representations of the practices and rituals in fictional literature.

Dr Kris Rampersad is a UNESCO certified heritage expert and has served as Chair of the UNESCO Education Commission; co-chair of UNESCO Executive Board Programme and External Relations Commission, and co-chair of the Consultative Body of the Intergovernmental Committee on Intangible Cultural Heritage as an independent cultural heritage expert.

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It snapshots my story and journey aligned to small island and global developmental issues culminating in the Pandemic.

The genre, the ‘multimedia micro epic’ was screened at my session ‘Globalisation in Reverse’ at Interchagne21, hosted by the British Council for the Commonwealth Scholarship Commission. read mre at the GloCal Knowledge Pot www.krisrampersad.com

Biden Harris From Orange to MultiColoured American - Silver Lining or Global Rainbow US election post mortem

The colour question surfaces as one of the most pernicious issues in the 2020 US Elections. 

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Demokrissy begins introspection and projections on the challenges ahead and implications for multiculturalism gender under President and Vice President-elect Joe Biden and Kamala Harris, respectively  implications of diasporic reach India, Africa, Americas, Caribbean, Europe ... insights from LiTTributes to the Americas and beyond.

 https://krisrampersad.com/multicultural-gender-challenges-ahead-under-biden-harris/

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Education Creative Economy Culture & MASKS OF SATIRE RIP SIR KEN ROBINSON

A decade and a half ago I shared a platform with Sir Ken Robinson in the embryonic movement to advance the Creative sector through revisioning accounting, education, outreach, media and the creative arts. The imperatives for Novel approaches to #Education with the novel challenges of the #NovelCoronaVirus in the #PostPandemicPlanet evokes the reflections on this piece inspired by the foundational work we began in propelling the #creativeeconomy and the pitfalls therein for our developing economies at the #WorldSummit on #Arts and #Culture and the aftermath of #SirKenRobinson on his passing as we project on how we may move beyond the kiff kaff laughter towards effective and meaningful creative #development that would envelop #socialinclusion and #cohesion more presentations #webinars #seminars #workshops on request at the #Academy and #MultimediaGalleriesat the Glocalknowledgepot Sir Ken Robinson WorldWeWantPeople

Satire on mis/representations of the culture sector, creative economy & sustainable development in a small island state. Tribute to Sir Ken Robinson by Dr Kris.

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val into the post pandemic planet inspires this recollection on the encounter and reencounter with education luminary Sir Ken Robinson.
The presentation on the prospects for the creative economy, revisioning accounting and representation still holds as we address the challenges of the post pandemic planet. For more visit https://krisrampersad.com/ah-drinking-babash-in-dis-fo-rum-creative-masks-of-satire/

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Requests Semianrs Workshops Webinars Courses all Ages, All Sectors, All Industries at The Academy at the GloCaL Knowledge Pot https://krisrampersad.com

The Politics of Disempowerment & the Inheritance from Independent Colonials

The Challenge of countries previously ruled despotically, as colonies, and now navigating through new-found independent status with no long-established institutions or freedoms, they allowed for information to easily be manipulated or commandeered by power groups. Demokrissy reflects on 58 years of Independence from Colonial Rule and the realities confronting developing societies in not just post colonial period but now projecting to the post pandemic planet. Read more at the Academy at GloCal Knowledge Pot linked here

Demokrissy remains the go to consultative platform on issues affecting the developing world, small island states and the underprivilenged, marginalised, disenfranchised and dispossessed. For more analyses, and to request webinars, seminars, workshops, courses, analyses and perspectives See parent site at the GloCaL Knowledge Pot linked here www.krisrampersad.com

The MultiCultural Face of Politics

Over the years Demokrissy has become a platform for reliable and incisive analyses on interlocking global phenomenon. This analysis of the recent national elections show the vast discrepancies in interpreting data by conventional benchmarks. The picture is entirely different when the diversity and other demographics are taken into account. It is telling in how media representations shape public opinion and the climate of in/stability, violence, discrimination and other tangental socio-cultural and economic conditions. For details go to the Academy at the GloCal Knowledge Pot  linked here.
Dr Kris Rampersad is an independent international sustainble development researcher, educator and heritage specialist. For analyses, webinars, semianrs, workshops and courses contact at Academy at the GloCal Knowledge Pot  linked here.

Suffrage Literarily

Suffrage Literarily from
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Ever wondered what Suffrage means in a banana or other fructoid republic? Reinterpretation traditional into contemporary phenomenon see Suffrage Literarily in Encyclopedia Literaria at the GloCaLKnowledgePot read more in link
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The 2020 Pandemic Polls and the challenges facing the winner

Masks and shields accompanined stained ink fingers in the 2020 Pandemic Polls to acccomodate voting in a time of Novel Corona Virus COVID-19.

What does the 2020 Pandemic Polls hold in store? This would unfurl in the next few hours. The reportedly heavy voter turn out already suggests how pivotal the population views these polls as some 125 candidates view for 41 seats in the Parliament's House of Representatitives. But the challenges remain for whoever take the helm henceforth into the Post Pandemic Planet.
See More: https://krisrampersad.com/the-pandemic-polls-2020-voting-in-a-time-of-covid/