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Auroville 40th anniversary soil ceremony

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Uploaded by on Dec 19, 2008

On february 28, 2008 at dawn, in the amphitheatre where 40 years ago the ceremony for the foundation of Auroville took place, some 2000 people gathered to celebrate the anniversary witha bonfire (dawnfire) at sunrise. 40 years ago, handfuls of soil from all countries in the world were mixed together and sealed in the urn where still are, together with the Auroville Charter. This time, 40 years later, handfuls of soils were again gathered from all countries, to be mixed up during this ceremony, and the redistributed in the world, symbolizing that "Auroville does not belong to anybody in particular, but to humanity as a whole..." These images are, for reasons of time, only a few excerpts from a longer DVD filming of the event...

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