SRI LANKA MUSIC VIDEO COMMEMORATES INTERNATIONAL PEACE DAY

Young Asia Television (http://www.yatv.net/) and GPPAC South Asia (http://www.gppac.net/page.php?id=2012) collaborated to produce this video by Sri Lankan rock band Paranoid Earthling (www.myspace.com/paranoidearthling ) for the International Day of Peace on 21 September 2008.

Youth Asia TV writes about the video:
"Music is a bridge between people that can transcend differences and prejudice and unite people, especially in countries that are torn apart by war and experiencing conflict transformation. It is a medium that especially appeals to young people. In the case of Sri Lanka, it reaches out to a generation that has been born into and grown up with the war and conflict.

Young Asia Television (YATV), in collaboration with the Global Partnership for the Prevention for Armed Conflict (GPPAC), has produced a music video to commemorate International Peace Day on the 21st of September 2008. Until we inhabit a different world the International Day of Peace must be embraced as an opportunity to reflect on what's happening around us, how far we have come and how much further we have to go.

Bringing Down the Sun an original song written and preformed by the rock band Paranoid Earthling, highlights the impact of conflict on youth in Sri Lanka. Paranoid Earthling is made up by Mirshad, Dhanushka, Asela and Shanka, four young musicians from Kandy, with 7 years of experience and a loyal fan base among urban Sri Lankan youth.

Recognizing that few opportunities exist in Sri Lanka for musicians to explore their talent and create new songs, YATV and GCPAC embarked on this initiative to promote peace, through the power of youth and music. The music video especially targets urban youth in Sri Lanka and among the Sri Lankan diaspora in other countries.

YATV is committed to supporting peace and conflict resolution through the media, while GPPAC believes in creating a perception shift to the response to conflict from reaction to prevention. This music video is one of several produced by the organizations and will be featured on YATVs weekly peace programmes, No War Zone, Sathi and Vilippu. The music video can also be accessed on-line on the YATV and GPPAC websites and on YouTube. The soundtrack will also be featured on popular local English radio stations.

The song will hopefully inspire young people to take an active stand on peaceful conflict resolution, so that their generation will finally know what it means to live in a country where guns are silent."

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[bethsheeba3]

Great video. What a good idea this is.

Cheers from Oz Beth

[GeHOF]

Music most certainly is a very strong bridge!

[lifeseditor]

Nice one!

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To watch an amazing International "Peace one Day" music video!

[androclestipster]

Thanks for sharing this with me my dear friend.

[hollywoodartchick]

So positive and beautiful. I love them.

[CherrisVids]

Thanks for sharing this with me !

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[Nephtys80]

Wonderful!