The artist sings three to four songs on climate change issues and engages children in an intensive discussion of what climate change is. The children will be introduced to the constituents of air, the greenhouse effect, ice caps, carbon footprints, etc.
This is a part of Hyderabad Literary Festival on going in various venues in Hyderabad from 24-26 Jan - where Enda Reilly's country Ireland is the Guest nation for this year.
Irish singer-songwriter Enda Reilly writes in both Irish and English and conducts Climate Change Songs Workshops initiative, bringing fun songs and environmental issues into schools and other groups.
Enda has represented Ireland at the Nós Úr minority languages event in Inverness, Scotland and his song Dónal Ná Fág sung by Aoife Scott, represented Ireland in Liet, Italy in 2012 for the minority languages song competition there. Arise and Go!, a collaboration with the Irish contemporary poet Stephen James Smith, which is a collection of poetry and original works performed by blending spoken word and song is going from strength to strength with their video of WB Yeat’s September 1913 being aired both on RTÉ’s TV show The Works and the IFTA award winning “No Country For Old Men” documentary.
This workshop is open for all. Especially children are welcome to participate and sing along.
Entry - Free
Organizer
Hyderabad Literary Festival 2014
Hyderabad Literary Festival 2014 is organized by "Hyderabad Literary Trust" in association with the Department of Tourism, Government of Andhra Pradesh, and with the support of several academic, literary, cultural organizations and publishing houses.
Started in 2010, HLF has received excellent response from writers, readers, publishers, and the media. HLF is a multi-lingual event and one of its distinctive features is the strong accent on writing in the Indian languages.
Guest Nation
Inviting a foreign country to showcase its literature and culture was a feature added to the Festival in 2012. Germany was the 'Guest Nation' at HLF 2012, and France at HLF 2013. At HLF 2014, Ireland will be the 'Guest Nation'. Besides, three eminent writers from Singapore will be participating in HLF 2014.
Indian Language in Focus
Paying special attention to the writing in one Indian language at each edition of the festival was a feature introduced at HLF 2013. Telugu was the language in focus at HLF 2013, and it will be Hindi at HLF 2014.
Other Highlights
Special events for college students and school children
Workshops on Haiku, Creative Writing, Theatre
Book Launches, Book fair
Venues:
'Literary Street', Rd No 8, Banjara Hills. Events will take place at Ashiana (near Kalpa School), Saptaparni, Kalakriti Art Gallery, and Lamakaan.
Admission to all sessions is FREE.
http://www.hydlitfest.org/
