Parliament of Worlds Religion 2009 Melbourne Australia

Author(s): Parliament of the World’s Religions
Publisher: USA Parliament of the Worlds Religions

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PROGRAM
Sunday, December 6, 2009
9:30-11:00am INTRARELIGIOUS SESSION
socio-religious knowledge and practices in national/global environmental forums. Pedanda Arimbawa has joined interreligious art, player, and dialogues throughout Indonesia and internationally. Eko Kadarsih, of Solo, Central Java, Indonesia, is a leading performer of classical palace dances of the Karaton Surakarta. Since 1986, Eko has performed with the karaton artist's delegation and as an independent artist in several Indonesian provinces, and in Jakarta, Asia, Europe and the USA. She holds a degree in literature,
Walking With Wisdom by Jeremy 'Yongurra Yerin' Donovan Jeremy 'Yongurra Yerin' Donovan Room 201 Artistic Performance Jeremy's music is evocative and heartfelt. His stories and music stirs emotions in his audience as he transports them back to the Dreamtime.
Pujie Arung Pancana Toa', author of the world heritage literature, La Galigo. This dance depicts a woman's search for enlightenment through three phases. The first two consist of an Agni Hotra purification ceremony and Kalaruci innertime, in which the oneness of earth, moon and sun meets the small holy one in ourselves. Then, it depicts three sacred feminine ethnic sources from Bali, Central Java, and Makassar, South Sulawesi, manifesting as Saraswati with the Barong Pa-Hayu Buwana/World Peace Barong. From the radiation of Dewi Saraswati's compassion and breathing of religiosity in art, we pray within bhinneka tunggal ika', unity in diversity, to Nature, Ancestors and the Great Oneness of God. Barong Pa-Hayu Buwana/World Peace Barong was conceived in March 2003 during the Sharing Art and Religiosity program in Bedulu, Bali. This barong is a new creation made from coral, stones, bark, roots, feathers, fabric, bells and materials gifted every year by people across the earth. In 2011, it will be dedicated to the 1000-year anniversary of Pasamuan Tiga Yayasan Dharma Samuan Tiga is a nonprofit public foundation in Bedulu, Bali, Indonesia dedicated to maintaining and supporting the spirit of conciliation that arose in the interfaith meeting at Samuan Tiga Temple in the year 1011. The foundation strives to promote intercultural collaboration through sharing in the arts and religiosity among cultures in Indonesia and among nations throughout the world. Ni Ketut Arini, of Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia, is a distinguished performer, choreographer and teacher of classical and modern Balinese dance. She was a faculty member at the Indonesian Conservatory of Performing Arts |KOKAR) and then a supervisor for national high schools throughout Bali. In 1973, she founded Sanggar Warini, a traditional studio in her birth-village Lebah, where she continues to guide hundreds of young artists. She has toured extensively throughout the world, Gusti Koes Murtiyah, of Solo, Central Java, Indonesia, is the daughter of the late Sri Susuhunan Pakubuwono XII, the king of Karaton Surakarta Hadiningrat. She holds a degree in Javanese Literature and is Director of Yayasan Pawiyatan Budaya Karaton Surakarta, which develops and preserves palace arts and culture. She has performed traditional Javanese court dances in Jakarta, Asia, Europe and the United States. Nurlia Ruddin, of Makassar, South Sulawesi, Indonesia, is the daughter of a leading teacher of the ritual dance Pakarena. She is a dance teacher at the National High School for the Arts in Somba Opu. Nurlia regularly performs in Indonesia, and her students have received national recognition Suprapto Suryodarmo founded his Padepokan Lemah Putih school in Mojosongo, Solo, Java in 1986. Since 1970, he has studied free movement, Vipassana and Javanese Sumarah meditation. He uses these practices in the nature, temple and human fields. For twenty years, Suprapto Suryodarmo has taught his Joged Amerta method and created ritual art in Indonesia, Europe, the US, Mexico, Australia, the Philippines, Japan and India. He is a founding member of Dharma Nature Time and Yayasan Dharma Samuan Tiga. Diane Butler was born in the United States and has resided in Bedulu and Tejakula, Bali since 2001. She is a movement artist, teacher and cultural/education program director who has worked in contemplative intercultural arts in the US, Europe, Mexico and Asia. Diane holds a BFA in Dance from Juilliard and an MALS in Dance & Culture from Wesleyan. She is completing her PhD in Cultural Studies at Universitas Udayana in Bali. She is a founder and president of Dharma Nature Time. Eddy Supriono Wirabhumi, of Solo, Central Java, Indonesia, holds an MA in Economics and a PhD in Law from Universitas Diponegoro, Semarang. As a Board Member of the foundation Yayasan Pawiyatan Budaya Karaton Surakarta, he is Costume director for the artists of Karaton Surakarta and an advisor for the renovation and revitalisation of the palace architecture. Sacred Earth: Music for Inner Peace. Ida Pedanda Gede Ketut Sebali Tianyar Arimbawa, of Amlapura, Bali, Indonesia, was confirmed as a Bali Hindu Priest in 1985 and is currently Dharma Adhyaksa of the High Priests Assembly of Parisada Hindu Dharma Indonesia (Indonesian Hindu Councill. He is active in AIDS education and care for youth and fosters the presence of traditional eco
Religious Leaders for a Sustainable Future Bishop Geoffrey Davies James Buchanan Room 202 Interactive Workshop This session is framed to consider first the complex issues of a globalizing world and then outstanding regional solutions. We need to develop new forms of global civil society, networks of dialogue, engagement and action which work as a check and balance to the powerful global institutions which often do not represent common values. The presentation will explore the special role that Interfaith communities need to play in the creation of these global civil social networks and of the demand that these networks offer real workable alternatives to the bad practices of many of the global actors and institutions. Bishop Geoffrey Davies of the Southern African Faith Communities' Environment Institute (SAFCEI), will discuss how his organisation works to mobilise religious communities and people of faith to care for the whole creation. Believing that climate change, biodiversity loss, economic injustice and poverty are moral issues, SAFCEI seeks to qalvanise all varieties of faith communities to use their moral authority and extensive networks to seek environmental justice and equity for future generations. The work of the Institute serves as a model that can be replicated, showing that diverse religious people have much in common and can indeed live in peace and harmony with one another while seeking a sustainable, peaceful future. Bishop Geoffrey Davies is Coordinator and founder member of the Southern African Faith Communities' Environmental Institute, which works to raise awareness of environmental issues, such as climate change, among different faith communities. He participated in Christian Aid's Cut the Carbon march around the UK, which aimed to draw attention to global warming and the urgent issue of reducing our carbon footprint. James Buchanan is director of the Brueggeman Center for Dialogue at Xavier University in Cincinnati, Ohio. The Center works on globaliza tion and global issues though conferences, publications and a variety of
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