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🎄 Holiday Special ⭐️

AT THE TURN OF THE YEAR

Celebrate the festive season at Auroville Visitors Centre with live music, diverse food and desserts, open boutiques, and festive lights.

🗓 Dates: 23–30 December
🎁 Boutiques: open throughout the day
🍽 Food: cafés, snacks, national and international cuisines
🍰 Desserts: cakes, ice cream, and seasonal treats
🕘 Opening hours: 9:00 am – 9:00 pm
📍 Location: Auroville Visitors Centre

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🎶 Live Music Evenings

28 Dec (Sun) · 5:00 pm – Djembe performance with “Suryakan”
Traditional rhythms from West Africa

28 Dec (Sun) · 7:00 pm – Ronny
Singing & Guitar Performance

29 Dec (Mon) · 7:00 pm – L’Yssue
Harp concert by Devadalucy from Cie UmArtio

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An open space to explore, know more about Auroville and its culture, enjoy music, share food and smiles, and welcome the new year together.

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🎄 Holiday Special ⭐️

AT THE TURN OF THE YEAR

Celebrate the festive season at Auroville Visitors Centre with a live music, diverse food and desserts, open boutiques, and festive lights.

🗓 Dates: 23–30 December
🎁 Boutiques: open throughout the day
🍽 Food: national and international cuisines, cafés, snacks
🍰 Desserts: cakes, ice cream, and seasonal treats
🕘 Opening hours: 9:00 am – 9:00 pm
📍 Location: Auroville Visitors Centre

🎶 Live Music Evenings

23 Dec (Tue) · 7:00 pm - Christmas in Auroville Concert
Shakti, Ludmi, Valerie, Ronny, Henrik, Sam, Simon, Lorenzo
27 Dec (Sat) · 11:00 am - Live Music · Handpan
27 Dec (Sat) · 7:00 pm - A Line Meant to Be
Shamanic Ambient · World · Downtempo Meditation
by Nadaprem, Tommaso & Dhruv
28 Dec (Sun) · 7:00 pm - Ronny Singing & Guitar Performance

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An open space to explore, know more about Auroville and its culture, enjoy music, share food and smiles, and welcome the new year together.

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*A Line Meant to be*

Shamanic Ambient World Downtempo Meditation
by Nadaprem, Tommaso and Dhruv

📍 Location
Auroville Visitors Centre

🗓 Date
Monday, 27 December

⏰ Time
7:00 pm

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A force emerges to trace The Line - to align — a living continuum where time folds into sound.
Here, hidden waves surface, frequencies reveal themselves, and the Music of Now takes form.
This is not a performance to be observed, but a moment to step into.

🎄✨ Christmas Concert ✨🎄

You are warmly invited to a joyful Christmas Concert at Auroville Visitors Centre

on Tuesday, 23 December at 7:00 PM.

We’ve prepared a heartwarming program of songs,

filled with love, joy, and the spirit of Christmas — just for you.

🌟 May this season bring laughter, peace, and cherished memories that warm your heart forever. 🌟

With love,

Shakti · Ludmi · Valerie · Ronny · Henrik · Sam · Simon · Lorenzo

🎃 Unleash your inner mischief and get ready for an un-boo-lievably good time at Spooky Night Masquerade!

📅 Friday, 31st October
🕒 3 PM – 10 PM
📍 Youth Centre, Auroville

Dress code demands a gothic palette of white, black & red only — the fashion police will be lurking! 😈

🔊VibroAcoustic sound Massage Therapy by Vibe studio 🔊
🕯️ Enchanted Chamber 🕯️
✦ Scavenger Hunt ✦
🌙 Mystery Maze 🌙
🕸️ Gothic Market 🕸️
🎵 Music & Dance 🎵
🎭 Masquerade Ball 🎭
🍬 Haunted Feast 🍬
🎃 Pumpkin Carvings 🎃
📸 Creepy Selfie Spots 📸
✨ Mini Magic Shows ✨

Here’s darkly delicious schedule:

👻 3 PM — The Boo-gie Session
House Music Set by Nikhilesh Teki (Dhik Chik Music)

🧚 6 PM — When Dolls Dream
by Bird of Paradise Beings (father–daughter duo act)

🌿 6:30 PM — Ancestors Healing circle by LoveRa

🫧 Spells in Motion by NarkWa

🪩 8 PM — Dance Tunes by Zbinzy

🎭 Come dressed to impress, ready to dance with ghosts, giggle with witches, and revel in spooky style!

Boo 👻 Get your costumes ready!
*Spooky Night Masquerade* is coming on 31st October at Youth Centre, Auroville 🕯️

Gothic vibes • Music & Dance • Magic • Mystery • Pumpkin Fun 🎃
Dress Code: ❤️ 🤍 🖤 White, Black & Red

✨ Plan your look early — it’s going to be a night to remember!

*Bal Bohème*  

📍 *French Pavilion, Auroville*
🗓️ *Saturday*  *9 August*
🕔 *5 PM – 10 PM*  

*MUSIC – ART – DANCE – CARNIVAL – FIRE – FOOD – MARKET*

- *5 PM* – “Gypsy Piano” (Abtin)  
- *6 PM* – Spiral Dance with Prem Shakti  
- *6:30 PM* – “Cotton Club” Bluesy Originals  
(Sam, Mathew, Saga, Rolf)  
- *7 PM* – “Nuages” Gypsy Jazz  
(Ronny, Mathew, Saga, Rolf)  
- *8 PM* – “Dusha” Ukrainian Originals  
(Shakti, Rolf, Suresh)  
- *8:30 PM* – Music Set by CWILD  
- *9 PM* – Gypsy Fire Dance

🎟️ *Entry Fee*: ₹499
🎭 *In Gypsy Attire*: ₹250
🎫 *AV / NC / VL*: Free Donations

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*Follow us:*

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🎬 *Gypsies Are Found Near Heaven* (1975)

*Original Title*: *Табор уходит в небо* (*Tabor ukhodit v nebo*)
*Director*: Emil Loteanu
*Based on*: Short stories “Makar Chudra” and “Old Izergil” by Maxim Gorky
*Runtime*: 101 minutes
*Language*: Russian with English subtitles
*Genres*: Romantic Drama, Musical
*Production*: Mosfilm Studio
*Box Office*: Approximately 64.9 million tickets sold in the Soviet Union

Set in the early 20th century in the Bessarabian region of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the film tells the passionate and tragic love story of Rada, a beautiful and free-spirited Romani woman, and Loiko Zobar, a daring horse thief. Their intense relationship is marked by a mutual desire for freedom and a refusal to submit to societal norms. As their love unfolds amidst vibrant Romani traditions, music, and dance, it ultimately leads to a dramatic and fatal conclusion, highlighting themes of freedom, pride, and the complexities of love

Renowned for its lush cinematography by Sergei Vronsky and a captivating score by Eugen Doga, the film authentically portrays Romani culture. Traditional songs like “Malyarkitsa,” “Dyves and Rat,” “Loli Phabay (The Red Apple),” and “Nane Tsoha” are performed by artists from the Romen Theatre, enriching the film’s cultural tapestry.

Tomorrow Gypsy Cinema 📽

Save the Date

*Bal Bohème Festival*
*August 5, 8 & 9 | Auroville*

The *Bal Bohème Festival* is a celebration of gypsy spirit — wild, free, untamed. It honors the ancient rhythms and elemental wisdom that this nomadic culture has carried for centuries through music, dance, and art — from India to faraway lands.

Spanning three vibrant days of gypsy cinema, live music, dance, performance, market, carnival, and world cuisine, this gathering is a tribute to the soul’s longing for freedom, connection, and authenticity.

This is a call to awaken the gypsy within,

to dance barefoot under the stars,
to tell stories shaped by wind and wander,
to reclaim the joy of movement, and
to return to the heart of community and spirit.

Come in your favorite gypsy outfit for the carnival flair.
Leave lit by music and soul.
*Join the dance.*