The Luckiest Guy In The World
That’s the way I felt walking home under a gentle blue sky, knowing that I do THIS for my job, and for the first time in my life I thought that its truly possible that nobody else has it as good as I do.
Saturday night we wrapped up the sixth version of Semana Santa, and looking back on it now, I cant quite get my grip around the words worthy of expressing what every person, all 33 of us that were in that room, felt last night. It was a moving experience, something that touched all of our souls, brought joy to our bodies as well as our minds, and we were all there united by our love for this life, love for human beings, and love of sociocultural animation.
The program…
Friday
Introduction and Commencement of the VI Spanish-Moroccan Intercultural Encounter.
Workshop and presentation by the students of the class Technician Socio Cultural of Larache- The History of Larache
Workshops presented by members of the class of Socio Cultural Animation of the Superior Institute of the Macarena, Seville-Spain
a) How to Plan an Activity
1) Ten Easy Steps To Plan a Carnival
b) Methods for the creation of dynamics through the use of ones creativity
1) Through art…come up with an idea for an activity in the field of sociocultural animation
c) Conflict Resolution
Saturday
a) Morning workshop: Popular games of Spain and Morocco.
Alternating between games and dynamics that are well known in each country.
b) Dance Workshop
Exposition of Spanish dance. Flamenco and Sevillanas.
c) Group Lunch
d) Juggling Workshop
e) Cooking Workshop
-How to make Andalusian food- Salmorejo
f) Costume and face painting Workshop
g) Carnival-Fiesta
h) Closure of the VI Semana Santa
Its moments like these that give me hope. I know what everyone is saying, I know that the prospects are dim. I have even heard the trees themselves say that there way of life is dying and that mother earth is suffering badly. The elders say that every generation is worse than the last, the teachers say that the students don’t want to study anymore like they used to, and young people themselves say that there is no hope and no future for them in today’s world. Yet, as god as my witness, there is something out there makes me believe and there is something special that I see in the young people that I work with. I know in the deep of my heart that there is still a chance out there, and as of yet, I have not lost hope neither in the goodness of the human spirit, and its infinite possibility for regrowth, forgiveness, and new beginnings.
Now it’s not easy to transmit this hope that I possess but I know I am not only the one. In fact I hope that my own hope is contagious to others out there. And just in case anyone is not convinced…take a look at some of the photos taken during the activities this weekend.
Peace love and truth everybody!!!
Thanks!!!
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