Jivan Mary and Chinmaya at a poetry and music evening in Auckland, New Zealand
Two well-known UK sannyasins in New Zealand
From our well-known musician, Chinmaya Dunster, we hear that recently in Auckland, New Zealand, a evening of creativity was held to celebrate a reading of Jivan Mary’s poems to Osho. Chinmaya provided music on the sarod and guitar and Christine danced.
You can watch the video from the event An Intimate Evening on YouTube:
Part 1. Poem read by Kaisad Mushkan Dorabjee
Part 2. Jivan Mary reads her poetry inspired by Osho
Part 3. A dance by Christine, music by Chinmaya and an opening short poem by Jivan Mary
Part 4. More of Jivan Mary's poems to Osho.
Part 5. Chinmaya plays a short alaap on his beloved sarod
Part 6. Mary's poems read by herself and and Ocean Paul
Part 7. Two poems by Jivan Mary, one read by herself and one by Prem Maureen
There are seven short parts. Total viewing time is 20 minutes. Enjoy!
PS You know Jivan Mary is eighty seven this year?
Jivan Mary, who is eighty-seven this year, was born in the UK and went to New Zealand as a child. She was an actress and a theatre director there and became famous in the sannyasin world for the theatre classes, workshops and productions she did at the Osho Multiversity in Pune.
text by Punya and Veena – June 2007
