As Pokkali farming by the residents of St. Joseph Boys’ Hostel at Koonammavu near North Paravur gains momentum for the next three months, evolving alongside will be a play taking inspiration from the local folklores, indigenous art forms and tales while also drawing in the performing talents among the local farming community.
Sowing the seeds of organic artistry will be a thatched Organic Theatre set up by the side of the Pokkali farms where the play will take a life of its own during the breaks between farming culminating with its staging on the day of harvesting.
Organic Theatre was a concept launched by WIWA (Wide Inspiration Wide Aspiration), a cultural development organisation that aims at promoting a holistic lifestyle coupling environment-friendly life with local art forms, as a pilot project for NABARD while reviving farming in 2.50 acres of fallow land in the border village of Vellarada in Thiruvananthapuram in 2015.
