We're delighted to bring to you an evening of storytelling infused with magic and music with Lilanoor Ensemble in association with Alliance Francaise de Bombay!

Tales, and fables, shaped by time and travel, represent a multitude of small pieces of our collective Indo-European history. In Buried treasures the texts of essential authors such as Aesop, La Fontaine, or Tagore question inequalities, intolerance, or even greed with humor, tenderness, and sometimes also melancholy.

Buried Treasures is perfectly suited for audiences of all ages, for the stories are easy to understand yet thought-invoking. There are four short stories, adapted for the stage, and interspersed with a variety of musical pieces. The Lilanoor group intends to create a poetic and magical universe, notably while using puppets and shadow theater techniques, with the extraordinary Puppeteer and Sculptor Mohammed Shameem.

At a time when exchanges between the peoples of the whole world have never been so easy, but being paradoxically deeply troubled by numerous health, ecological and social crises, by a return of nationalism on both sides of the globe, and by a demonization of racism favored by ignorance, it seems essential to us to recall through these tales and fables, how much each human being is unique but also similar to his neighbor, how much humanity is rich in its diversity and its potential for sharing and creativity, unlimited.

Genre: Musical Tales from India and Europe

With Chayan Adhikari: Guitar, Vocals

Harmonie Deschamps: Vocals and artistic direction

Avik Roy: Percussion

Mohammed Shameem: Puppeteer

and Bhanu Sharma: Vocals, sarod, bass guitar

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ABOUT LILANOOR:

Lilanoor , (which can be translated from Sanskrit and Arabic as "light of art/music") explores the convergences and links between different cultures of the Indo-European world, in particular through music. By associating with versatile artists from various backgrounds, Lilanoor tries to create original artistic and educational projects while respecting each tradition.

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ABOUT ALLIANCE FRANCAISE DE BOMAY:

Alliance Française de Bombay is the official French language institute and cultural centre in Mumbai that works with the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Fondation des Alliances Françaises in Paris, and the French Institute in India. Founded in 1938, the organisation aims to promote and develop Franco-Indian cultural relations through teaching French (AFB has 4 centres across Mumbai with more than 5,000 students per year) and organising cultural events in partnership with the leading cultural institutions of Mumbai in the field of cinema, music, dance, contemporary circus, theatre, debate of ideas, conferences etc.

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ABOUT HARKAT:

Harkat is an international boutique arts studio with a passion for film, new media, community art spaces, and contemporary art. Based in Mumbai & Berlin, Harkat takes many forms and identities across disciplines & related creative industries. As an alternative performance & arts space, we have hosted more than 150 shows in the past year in the mediums of theatre, film, music, community projects & contemporary art. We support the new, unheard, upcoming, exciting, cutting edge, the political, the forgotten, nostalgic, melancholic, soul stirring, the beautiful & more. And that's what Harkat is. Harkat.