Activities in 2022

Our program began with a traditional dance, the bow dance. (Lähdtin a gaah). Formerly performed before or during wars and animal hunts, on this day it symbolized the fight against the military regime.

The following documentary "Padauk: Myanmar Spring" by Jeanne Hallacy and Rares Michael Ghilezan traced the democracy movement directly after the coup up to the brutal crackdown.

In the subsequent live conversation with Jeanne via Zoom, we were once again drawn closer to the protagonists and the concluding appeal to the world community left us full of thoughts as we went into the break.

Due to copyright laws, the film "Padauk: Myanmar Spring" and "Buffalo Boy" are not available in the recording. If you would still like to watch these and other films, you are cordially invited to visit the "Burma spring benefit Filmfestival 2022" website: https://bsbff.eventive.org/welcome

In many conversations, with great music and outstanding food, people networked, exchanged ideas and got to know each other.

The lecture by Lukas Nagel and the short film "Home" by Kaung Sint ushered in the second part of the evening.

After the reading of two poems and the last item on the program, the short film "Buffalo Boy" by Mai Ah Nway (Taaung Chit Thu), the evening came to an end.

It was moving, sad and beautiful at the same time. The live music and dance, combined with the delicious traditional food, showed many great aspects of Burmese culture.

On the other hand, the ruthless reality, packaged in three films, two poems and a lecture, was very thought-provoking and sad.

Nevertheless, we ended the evening stronger, united in the fight for democracy.

The event was sponsored by Engagement Global with funds from the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development.

It was organized by the "German solidarity with Myanmar democracy" initiative, from which this association has since emerged.

The venue for the event was the Rainbow Factory (http://www.regenbogenfabrik.de), which we would like to warmly recommend at this point. We would like to thank everyone who took part, helped organize, contributed and supported us in every possible way - thank you!