Papijoon Quotidianus

2009-11-18T01:30:00.001-08:00

v. www.bahai.fr et Mondialisation et gouvernance mondiale 2009 ...

Le futur ordre mondial et le parlement mondial en discussion à une conférence bahá’íe

Luxembourg, publié le 15 novembre 2009 - La conférence annuelle de l’Association francophone européenne d’études bahá’íes (AFEEB) tenue cette année à Luxembourg les 24 et 25 octobre a été consacrée au nouvel ordre mondial et à la gouvernance mondiale.

Une assistance studieuse pour ce colloque de l’AFEEB consacré au futur ordre mondial et au parlement mondial.

Le programme de la conférence de cette année incluait une présentation du concept de l’Assemblée parlementaire des Nations unies (United Nations Parliamentary Assembly - UNPA, en anglais) par le Président du Comité pour des Nations unies démocratiques (KDUN), Andreas Bummel.

En mettant en exergue la voie vers un parlement mondial directement élu, M. Bummel a insisté sur la « dimension spirituelle » des efforts à accomplir.

« L’établissement d’une Assemblée parlementaire des Nations unies représenterait un changement de conscience. Pour la première fois dans l’histoire humaine un tel organe établirait une connexion politique directe entre chaque être humain et la planète », a déclaré M. Bummel.

De gauche à droite : Andreas Bummel président du Comité pour des Nations unies démocratiques (KDUN), Abbas Rafii un des membres fondateur de « Unity Foundation », fondation d’inspiration bahá’ís qui finance au Luxembourg des projets socio-économiques et Daniel Schaubacher du « European Bahá’í Business Forum ».

Daniel Schaubacher, du European Bahá’í Business Forum et Jean-Francis Billion, membre du Conseil du Mouvement fédéraliste mondial (World Federalist Movement - WFM) ont apporté leur vision de cette représentation des peuples au sein des Nations unies et des efforts pour une démocratie mondiale.

M. Billion a, entre autres, souligné le succès de la Coalition internationale des ONG pour l’établissement de la Cour pénale internationale. M. Billion a noté que le WFM avait pris la tête de cette action et que la Communauté Internationale bahá’íe faisait partie de cette coalition. Dans la discussion, il a été convenu que la Coalition pour la Cour pénale internationale était un bon exemple sur lequel s’appuyer dans la lutte pour l’UNPA.

Parmi les autres orateurs à la conférence, on peut citer Esther Zana-Nau, directrice de programme de l’International Master Comparative in Social Policy Analysis (IMPALLA), qui est intervenue en introduction sur le sujet de la mondialisation et la gouvernance mondiale.

Le docteur Farhan Yazdani, spécialiste d’éthique dans un contexte multiculturel, a, quant à lui, présenté la vision de Shoghi Effendi d’une civilisation mondiale en gestation.

Enfin, le physicien Nazzareno Gottardi a conclu le colloque par un exposé sur les énergies renouvelables et la gestion planétaire commune des ressources, devoir moral pour l’Humanité.

Pour les bahá’ís, l’expression « nouvel ordre mondial » a une signification spéciale et très précise. C’est il y a plus d’un siècle que Bahá’u’lláh a utilisé cette expression pour caractériser un ensemble de changements profonds dans la vie politique, sociale et religieuse du monde. Selon Bahá’u’lláh, ces changements incluent la création d’un gouvernement mondial, d’un parlement mondial élu, d’un tribunal mondial avec force de coercition et d’une force de police mondiale.

Pour contacter l’AFEEB : afeeb@afeeb.org

2009-07-14T08:25:00.000-07:00

(CNN) -- A death-penalty trial of seven Baha'i prisoners accused of spying for Israel has been delayed, Iranian officials have told family members, according to the U.S. Baha'i Office of External Affairs.

The trial did not begin Saturday as scheduled and no date for its resumption has been given, the Baha'i office said. The government has not officially commented on the status of the trial.

The seven Baha'is have been held for more than a year without formal charges or access to their attorneys, said Diane Ala'i, representative to the United Nations for the Baha'i International Community.

She said the seven are being legally represented by Nobel Peace Prize laureate Shirin Ebadi and human rights lawyer Abdolfattah Soltani. But according to the human rights group Amnesty International, Soltani was arrested in Iran on June 16 and his whereabouts are unknown.

Ala'i said the lawyers have not had access to their clients, though they have been able to read their files.

The Iranian government has been under international pressure to release the Baha'i prisoners.

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Responding to a letter from Roxana Saberi, the Iranian-American journalist who spent four months in an Iranian jail earlier this year, the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) has demanded the group be freed rather than stand trial on charges of espionage and religious violations. If convicted, they could face execution.

"In addition to the hundreds of Iranians who have been detained in the context of Iran's disputed presidential poll, many other 'security detainees' arrested long before the June election remain behind bars," Saberi said in her letter requesting U.S. government intervention in the Baha'i case.

"These Iranians and the authorities who have detained them need to know that the Iranian people's human rights are a matter of international concern," she said.

Saberi, who was tried, convicted and sentenced to eight years in prison on espionage charges, spent time in a cell at Tehran's Evin prison with two of the Baha'i prisoners. Saberi was released in May.

Leonard Leo, chairman of USCIRF, said last week that the crackdown on protests after Iran's June 12 presidential elections "have exposed the world to the cold realities about how the Iranian government regularly deals with dissent or views that are a perceived threat to the theocratic regime."

"The charges against these imprisoned Baha'is are baseless and a pretext for the persecution and harassment of a disfavored religious minority," Leo said. "They should be released immediately."

USCIRF, which is an independent bipartisan federal commission, said the seven Baha'is are charged under the jurisdiction of Branch 28 of Iran's Revolutionary Court, the same judicial process that convicted Saberi in April. The Baha'i prisoners are accused of spying for Israel, spreading propaganda against the Islamic Republic, and committing religious offenses.

"This trial is all about them being Baha'i," Ala'i said. "The accusations are completely false."

The Baha'i faith is a world religion that originated in 19th-century Persia, but Iran does not recognize it. Baha'is are regarded as apostates and heretics in Iran, where they have long been persecuted.

Ala'i said that, since the Islamic revolution in 1979, more than 200 Baha'is have been executed in Iran.

Iran denies that the Baha'i community is mistreated. Earlier this year, prosecutor general Qorban-Ali Dorri Najafabadi told state-run Press TV that the Iranian government has afforded the Baha'is "all the facilities offered to other Iranian citizens."

Najafabadi also said there is irrefutable evidence that many Baha'is are in close contact with Iran's enemies and have strong links to Israel.

The treatment of the Baha'is in Iran and the detention of the seven prisoners have attracted global attention.

Human Rights Watch, the world rights monitoring group, last month called for the release of the imprisoned or a prompt trial, with "fair and open proceedings."

Lawyer Cherie Blair, the wife of former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, wrote a newspaper column last week urging international pressure before the trial to "ensure the seven men and women receive a fair trial and a chance of justice."

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MY FRIEND LAVAL

2008-10-17T08:42:00.000-07:00

was surprise and happy to see him reading the new garden book in the garden which we offer him yesterday

what is the 19 days feast? he ask me

in a simple way .. reply...its like the last supper of the Lord Jesus remember ABDUL-BAHA words
then explain what the feeling we have all at the 19 days feast
the meetings of the friends create the energy the love the force and we fill ourself spiritually ......

3 parts of the feast is

1st the spiritual parts consisting of prayers readings and chanting then follow the administration that 2nd part is where we learn share and consult on any matter concerning the bahai community life ect . we hear the news from around the world , ect
then the 3rd part is what we call the social where the friends enjoy meeting each other eat and drink the host of the 19 days feast arrange the settings chairs decoration bring food and drinks to host the friends

2008-10-15T12:26:00.000-07:00

Eradicating Poverty: Moving Forward as One on Blog Action Day

Posted: 14 Oct 2008 09:27 PM CDT

The well-being of mankind, its peace and security, are unattainable unless and until its unity is firmly established. Baha’u'llah, Baha’i writings

Today is Blog Action Day on the theme of poverty. Over 9,000 bloggers are around the world are blogging about this today.

I am sure many blogs will look at the characteristics and manifestations of poverty:

* lack of income sufficient to ensure a sustainable livelihood

* lack of productive resources sufficient to ensure a sustainable livelihood

* hunger

* malnutrition

* ill health

* limited or lack of access to education and other basic services

* increasing morbidity and mortality from illness

* homelessness and inadequate housing

* unsafe environments

* increasing criminal activity

* social discrimination

* exclusion

* lack of participation in decision-making

* lack of participation in civil, social, political and cultural life

* human trafficking

These are, in a manner of speaking, symptoms of an ill world. Endeavours to eradicate poverty focus on changing these — and they need to be changed. But we must ask ourselves — why have these symptoms arisen? What the root causes of illness of humanity, if I can put it that way?

The Baha’i Faith suggests that there are two underlying causes to the present illness of the world, to the growing poverty of much of its population and, in another context, to its lack of peace. These are, first, its lack of unity and, second, its reliance on materialistic solutions alone.

The Lack of Unity in the World

Bahá’u'lláh wrote that the `dis-ease’ afflicting humanity, the root of its illness, is its lack of unity.

I would suggest that we rarely consider that the disunity of the human race is the cause of its lack of prosperity. Rather, we tend to think of poverty as the absence of money — and that is certainly part of it. However, to think that poverty is exclusively an absence of money encourages people to think that the answer to poverty must then be money. We often hear people talking about `throwing money at a problem’ (in both the positive and negative senses) or `throwing good money after bad’ and `throwing money into a black hole’ (when referring to economic aid or charitable giving, for example). These last remarks are intended, I am sure, to underscore the frustration ordinary people and governments experience grappling with the issue of poverty — the feeling that no matter what you do, poverty is never going to go away — `the poor are always with us’. However, they do highlight the crux of the matter: poverty is not simply an absence of money and its solution is not merely a question of adding more money. Even when you add money, the basic, underlying problems causing poverty and keeping people poor are not really resolved. Money does not really change attitudes. Money does not always give people dignity. Money is needed, yes, but it needs to come with a whole host of concepts and values and visions that make the application of money worthwhile and its effect both positive and permanent. We have also seen the ill effects of simply giving people money — the creation of a `hand-out’ society that does not encourage people to work, to use resources wisely, etc. The other side of this is that extreme wealth — and most westerners can be considered to be extremely wealthy in contrast to most of the rest of the world — also creates problems — the `you owe it to me’, `I’m-all-right-Jack’, `there is no such thing as community’, `every man for himself’, indulgent, fat, wasteful, unthinking sort of society the flawed nature of which this very week we have all witnessed.

Recent UN conferences have highlighted that the resolution of poverty — of indeed any human problem, is something more than merely money. Effective political will, participatory decision-making, trustworthiness and transparency in governance and much more are pointed to as necessary prerequisites for the eradication of poverty, for the growth of prosperity universally. However, even these cannot be forthcoming unless we understand the interconnectedness of the human race, its singleness and wholeness, and begin to act in ways that demonstrate that connectedness. That is, until we begin to act as if we ARE all members of one human family, we will continue to show the illness of disunity.

When Baha’u'llah wrote to Queen Victoria in 1868 he compared the world to the human body. The various cells, organs, tissues, bones, parts and so on of the body are all different but are all required to function together to make the body achieve its potential. When one part of the body is in pain, or is unfit, the rest of the body is aware of it responds — the whole body feels unwell and is unable to function properly when even a tiny disorder occurs — think of having a cold or even a splinter in one’s finger.

So too the human race, Baha’u'llah says.

This idea seems very simple but in fact touches on the organisation of the entire social fabric. As Donne says, no man is an island. The sorrow of one is the sorrow of all. This sentiment now must move beyond the poetic and into reality. It requires a fundamental rethinking and restructuring of all the social and economic institutions of the planet.

Reliance on materialistic solutions alone

The Baha’i International Community has for years been striving to put before humanity a radically different approach to eradicating poverty.

It points out that the assumptions underlying most development planning and poverty-action programmes are essentially materialistic, that is, their purpose is to bring to all societies the means of achieving the kind of material prosperity that already exists in other parts of the world. We are now learning that the materialistic way of life is not, perhaps, all that great. Some of the features and characteristics of poor communities are also features of very wealthy communities and individuals and are not very attractive or worth having: increasing mortality from illnesses such as diabetes and heart disease, increasing criminal activity, family breakdown, domestic violence, increased emotional health disorders, increased reliance on drugs and substances and material possession to fabricate happiness, increased workplace stress, the use of trafficked women and children for sexual pleasure, falling literacy rates, corruption, lawlessness and the trivialization of politics.

This is not to say that material things are worthless or, in some patronizing way, to suggest that people who do not have material things should not strive for them, as they are more dangerous than valuable. Nor am I suggesting that now that westerners have everything, we have discovered how hollow these things are and so `warn’ the rest of the people not to aspire to them (and thereby ensuring that we continue to hog them for ourselves). The Bahá’í Faith does not teach that poverty is a wonderful state to be in. Rather, Bahá’ís recognize that all people need good housing, food, jobs, health care, education and water, as well as beauty, art, fun and leisure in their lies. But by focusing solely on the amelioration of material conditions, without addressing the underlying issues that keep people in poverty on the one hand and create completely unsustainable gross wealth on the backs of those very people on the other, we will not be able to eradicate poverty or the extreme wealth that feeds it.

Thus as well as focusing on the immediate needs of people - providing food and fresh water and shelter and health care - even greater effort is needed to find and apply values, spiritual concepts and principles that will transform individuals, governments and social systems around the globe and provide a prosperous life for everyone.

By `spiritual’ I do not mean here vague ideas and pious hopes of sweet sentimentality. Rather I mean that cluster of practical virtues and values born out of a vision and understanding of God’s purpose for humanity that underpins our relationships with each other at every level — personal, family, community, national and global. We can identify some of these virtues as absolutely imperative for the smooth running of any social unit, whether it be the family or the world: justice, trustworthiness, honesty, courtesy, patience, love, selflessness, etc.

What this comes down to is recognizing the spiritual dimension of human reality and fostering a culture in which the moral, ethical, emotional and intellectual development of the individual are of primary concern. Such an orientation enables individuals and communities to become constructively engaged in the processes of their communities, to be service-oriented and to work for the material and spiritual well-being of the whole community, rather than to store up wealth for themselves. The big challenge — while we are simultaneously trying to keep people from starving - is to redesign and develop our communities around those principles such as love, honesty, moderation, humility, hospitality, justice and unity — which promote social cohesion and without which no community is sustainable for long.

So, are there any signs that the world is responding to the need for this new paradigm?

First, there is a growing consciousness that the root causes of poverty need to be examined and changed. We used to think the root causes of poverty were people’s laziness, colour, race or want of `civilization’. We are now beginning believe the root cause to be basically a lack of global social cohesion — that is, a lack of unity, which begets a lack of caring.

Second, this consciousness has been expressed by the international community in more and more cogent forms in the last half decade. And not only by governments but by NGOs, civil society and partners of all kinds from business to the academics to the scientists. The solutions proffered are more and more basic, more and more fundamental — not merely the provision of money, of shelter, or services — important as these are — but recognition that it is attitudes that must be changed if the money applied is not going to go down a black hole. At a simple level, ethical standards must be raised if aid is to get to those for whom it is intended and not line the pocket of a profiteer.

Third, there is a growing awareness of the need to take account of the spiritual dimension of human reality and there is beginning to be the political and social will to seek to foster a culture in which the moral, ethical, emotional and intellectual development of the individual are of primary concern.

What are some of the elements that we need to develop if we are to combat poverty? They are the same ones we need to develop is we are to make our societies less crime-ridden, more gentle, less violent:

* an increase in the understanding of the essentially spiritual nature of the human being and a recognition that a person’s spiritual needs must be met as well as his or her physical ones — indeed without attention to this area, no plan of material welfare will really stick — spiritual values are the foundation of material progress and prosperity

* the development of a new work ethic — Baha’u'llah says that work done in the spirit of service to others is worship

* stewardship of the earth’s resources

* ethical practices in government and business

* a consciousness of the concept of unity in diversity

* new forms of governance need to be developed that are value-driven, participatory (on all levels — local, national, international), and transparent

* fostering the advancement of women and the participation of women at all levels of governance

* the development of the spirit of service and voluntarism

* the extension of virtues-based education

* the development of conflict avoidance and resolution through consultation

* the promotion of the family as the basic unit of the community and assistance to the family to enable it to provide for its members

Interestingly, UNESCO’s (UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) programme for the eradication of poverty has many of these elements:

* to denounce intolerance and prevent the development of social apartheid between the `city of the citizens’ and the `city of the excluded’

* to affirm solidarity as a fundamental value of democracy and human rights: the encouragement of cultural and social pluralism and the promotion of integration through social policies.

* to promote a culture of peace

* development and peace are intimately linked: aim at peace-building

* turn people into citizens through education in citizenship

Will we be able to eradicate poverty? It seems to me that we can only do this by a radical rethink of the nature of our selves and our communities, locally, nationally and globally. We have the technology — we now need the vision and the will — first to change ourselves. Baha’is accept that Baha’u'llah has provided the vision — we have to provide the will.

(PS - Have a look at the Baha’i International Community’s publication Eradicating Poverty: Moving Together as One)

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FROM WENDI WOWEN

2008-10-15T06:30:00.000-07:00

THE
WORLD TREE

The Blessed Beauty
saith: “Ye are all the fruits of one
tree, the leaves of one branch.”
Thus hath He likened this world

of being to a single tree, and all its
peoples to the leaves thereof,
and the blossoms

and fruits. It is needful for the bough to
blossom, and leaf and fruit to flourish,

and upon the interconnection of all parts
of the world-tree, dependeth the

flourishing of leaf and blossom, and

the sweetness of the fruit.”

~ `Abdu’l-Baha ~
Selected Writings of `Abdu'l-Baha
&nbs p; Page 1
IIII

study circle 15-10-08

2008-10-15T03:40:00.000-07:00

we start a study circle to-day at Notre -Dame with one participant jenifer Justin
her husband Jhonny came late and would join us next week with a 3rd participant
experience of a long time dormant tutor, but amazed as one could come quickly in..

in the morning have read some guidance for the tutor and also i think been present from time to time assiting with my son ANIS tutoring a home a study circle with 12 youth , that's help too ..

I was in a few minutes attuned with the books Ruhi ONE
i carried a Ruhi book 6 in my teaching bag thats help me immersed in the sea of the Words of God
and i love the passage of the character of a teacher and how shall a teacher be(being and doing)
love jo

A special day

2008-10-15T02:55:00.000-07:00

yesterday 14th October
was a special day...

Remember the Beloved Master everyday is a blessed day its festivies all the time when you are spreading the glad-tidings
in the morning while driving my daughter -in law to her work place
i saw a man sitting and a sudden feeling that He needs comfort when i return back i park and meet him His name is LAVAL my new found brother and we chat and became friends he explain his misery and life his noble character touch me ,
i say i will come later in 2-3 hours then i went back and give the message
he accept instantly i give him a litte prayer book call"Leau de la vie"(water of life) and another book on the life of Baha'u'llah
To-day this morning I meet him in the garden he was praying his book in his hand
he said he became enamoured with
it and he told me he read the other book on BAHA'U'LLAH
but love the prayer book
and yesterday he said he found the midnight prayer and he wake up at midnight and walk near a light to say the midnight
prayer ..
He said now his life will change because of this and will give him the blessing of God, May Baha'u'llah our heavenly father shower His protection and love to my dear brother LAVAL
remember reading that OUR LORD BAHA'U'LLAH LOVE'S SURROUND THE POOR AND THE NEEDY WITH TENDERNESS ( MON AMOUR LES ENTOURE AVEC TENDRESSE)

......YESTERDAY I WAS A TOMBEAU BAY also for the Meeting of AREA TEACHING COMITEE
I went earlier there and open a NEW CHILDREN CLASS for the cluster the 3rd one
the teacher was preparing food so i started with histories that make them happy and later on when i accompany them to their respective home they ask me to be present again next time
they are angels of the kingdom
lovely childrens

Chantale with the children

WHY THIS PICTURE?

2008-10-13T08:01:00.000-07:00

DONT ASK ME WHY ?
AND YOU KNOW WHAT ITS JUST A PICTURE
THAT'S RIGHT SO NOW ON DONT BELIEVE WHAT YOU SEE
AS THE SAYING GOES DO BELIVE ONLY 25% OF WHAT YOU SEE
AND 50 PERCENT OF WHAT YOU EAR
NEVER JUDGE NEVER JUDGE
JUST SMILE AND LET IT GO

where am i in the blogging world
finding time is a GREAT CHALLENGE TO A BLOGGER

returning back to post

2008-04-27T02:55:00.000-07:00

le tas de grasse
ou vas mon pays!!!

WORLD RELIGION DAY--Let's be a Peace Messenger

2007-09-25T03:13:00.000-07:00

Publicitaires amateurs à l’honneur

2007-09-03T03:55:00.000-07:00

La créativité récompensée.

Le 21 août, les lauréats du concours ‘Make your own TV advertising’, organisé par l’agence de publicité Amadeus ont reçu leurs prix.

La finale de cette compétition lancée en mai a eu lieu au Kitsch, Ebène.

Samsheed Sobha, photographe, Anoushka Bestel, ‘Administrative Manager’ d’Amadeus, Lara Marot et Tanweer Ebrahim, ‘client service consultants’ à Amadeus.

Josian Dholah recevant le 2ème prix des mains de Georges Lee de CIM Leasing.

Pascal Lelong, ‘Business Development Manager’ de Toyota remettant le 3ème prix à Manish Ramrooch.

Mario Guillot, directeur de IV Play, remettant le 4ème prix à Dharshini Seesurun et Stephan Felix.

Ashraf Oozeerally et son épouse récompensent le grand gagnant, Krishnaduth Ramrooch.

Nanda Pavaday et Ashraf Oozeerally, les deux directeurs de l'agence.

2007-08-26T00:55:00.000-07:00

picture from HEBDO MAGAZINE

’ Loeil sur …

« MAKE YOUR OWN TV ADVERTISING »
Les lauréats récompensés

Ils sont plusieurs à avoir fait montre de leurs talents à travers le concours « Make Your Own TV Advertising ». Ils sont sept à avoir tenu l’affiche haute mardi dernier lors de la remise des prix. Pleins feux sur les deux grands gagnants, Krishnaduth Ramrooch et Irfaan Nujjoo.

Les sept lauréats du concours Make Your Own TV Advertising.

Le concours Make Your Own TV Advertising a fait des heureux, mais aussi des publicistes en herbe. Mission accomplie donc pour l’Agence Amadeus, l’initiateur de ce concours qui voulait donner une plateforme aux amateurs et aux professionnels de l’image. « La publicité est souvent accueillie dans les maisons comme un uninvited guest, d’où l’importance d’une pub d’essayer, avant tout, de plaire. Malheureusement, le publicitaire n’est jamais là au moment où sa pub est vue, donc il n’y a pas moyen pour lui de savoir si sa création est appréciée ou pas. Avec ce concours, on vient dire au public, mettez-vous à notre place et dites-nous comment vous auriez fait » explique Nanda Pavaday, le directeur d’Amadeus.

L’agence a finalement retenu les sept meilleurs candidats à ce concours destiné à des réalisateurs de pubs sur des thèmes comme la paresse, le poukni ou le lézard contre le chikungunya.

Hormis Lawrence Makoona, qui a fait une spécialisation dans la publicité, les six autres candidats ne connaissaient rien à la publicité et pourtant ils se sont pas mal débrouillés mêlant créativité, humour, avec des messages accrocheurs pour certains. Il est vrai que si certains spots ont accroché tout de suite le spectateur, d’autres ne frôlaient que légèrement la notion de la pub. Du coup, on avait du mal à capter tout de suite le message que voulait faire passer le réalisateur. Mais les deux grands gagnants ont impressionné.

Krishnaduth Ramrooch est tout emoustillé de ce premier prix catégorie Grand public qu’il a remporté. Son film de 40 secondes est en noir et blanc. Tout de suite, il nous ramène au passé, à ce fameux « létan lontan » où pour alimenter le feu, les femmes soufflaient dans le poukni. « Quand j’ai vu l’annonce de ce concours, elle m’a tout de suite frappé. Et j’ai su à cet instant que je voulais traiter le thème du poukni. Et je savais exactement le message que je voulais passer à travers ce film publicitaire », confie cet huissier au SSS Basdeo Bissoondoyal.

La paresse « fer ou rate bis lexpress »

Muni de sa caméra Panasonic 3G 400 avec ses 4.0 megapixels, l’homme plante le décor dans son voisinage immédiat : Montagne-Longue avec ses montagnes, la cour d’une voisine où il filme une bonne femme soufflant dans son poukni. Tout cela, il le fait en une journée. Puis, il prend une autre pour le montage sur ordinateur, domaine où il a eu recours à l’aide de son fils, vu qu’il n’est pas encore expérimenté dans cette autre phase du « film making ».

Le résultat est là. Dans son film, Krishnaduth vante les vertus du poukni. Pour l’utiliser, il faut aller sécher du bois, allumer le feu et l’alimenter de son souffle… un nombre d’exercices qui éviterait à beaucoup des maladies comme le diabète, claironne le primé.

Irfaan Nujjoo, 21 ans, est étudiant en ingénierie à l’université de Maurice. Primé dans la catégorie Écoles profes-sionnelles pour sa pub sur la paresse, il s’est lâché en sensibilisant au fait que la paresse « fer ou rate bis lexpress ».

Créateur en herbe, passionné d’informatique, Irfaan a profité de ses vacances scolaires pour réaliser sa pub de 20 secondes. Dans ce film, il accorde ses rythmes pour sensibiliser les gens aux conséquences de la paresse. Et il secoue ses télespectateurs en leur énonçant à la fin : « Pa resse en place ta paresse. » Et cela avec de l’esprit, de l’humour et dans le language mauricien, ce qui lui a sûrement valu cette récompense.

LES AUTRES PARTICIPANTS N’ONT PAS DEMERITE

● Darshini Seesirrun et Stéphane Félix ont réalisé une pub de 20 secondes, style gothique en blanc et noir, reflétant la tristesse, pour traiter de la paresse. Les deux étudiants de la Chambre de commerce de Maurice, ont remporté le quatrième prix, catégorie Écoles professionnelles.

● Josian Dholah a raflé, quant à lui, le deuxième prix, catégorie Grand public. Le thème pour son film était « Le lézard contre le chik ». Dans sa pub, ce dernier a trouvé une solution contre le chik : le « lezartific ».
Il a essentiellement utilisé les techniques du graphisme dans ce film.

● Diplôme en Fine Arts with Specialisation in Applied Arts du MGI en poche, Lawrence Makoona a été primé deux fois. Il remporte le troisième prix dans la catégorie Ecoles Professionnelles pour son film sur le poukni, où le jeune créatif s’est laissé aller à créer cet instrument mais pour une génération future. Son poukni ressemble ainsi à un stylo à bec avec des perforations pour faire circuler la fumée. Bref, un bec amovible design très tendance quoi. Sa pub sur la paresse a aussi été récompensée.

● Quant à Manish Ramrooch, il a raflé le troisième prix catégorie Grand Public pour sa pub sur le thème du poukni.

---SOURCE --L'EXPRESS DIMANCHE 26 AOUT

Joanna SEENAYEN

2007-08-23T02:32:00.000-07:00

AMADEUS

Les meilleurs clips récompensés

L’agence Amadeus a organisé un concours de clips. Les gagnants dans les catégories Grand Public et Ecole Professionnelle sont respectivement Krishnaduth Ramrooch et Irfaan Nujjoo. Les récompenses ont été décernées mardi soir au Kitsch Club...

Le guitariste Gérard François est entouré de Marie-France et de Karen Ah Kee.

Anuradah est Senior Sales Officer à Mauritius Telecom, Danie exerce comme Administrative Assistant à Mauritius Telecom et Kavita est Nursing Officer.

Zainab Bassawon, qui travaille pour un tour-opérateur, est aux côtés de Katia Bassawon, femme au foyer et de Kurshid Oozeerally, institutrice à l’école Rémy Ollier et épouse d’Ashraf, directeur de l’agence Amadeus.

source L'EXPRESS

AMADEUS

2007-08-21T21:34:00.000-07:00

LA NUIT DES OSCARS

AMADEUS

PUBLICITY AGENCY

a new kind of people
....... and publicity agency

Well it's was "La nuit des Oscar"this 21st August 2007

OH WHAT A NIGHT !! (THE BEATLE SONGS PLAYED IN MY HEAD )

The night of the price giving for the winners of a

"concours de Publicité" the theme was

1-Lezard anti-moustique

2- le poukni

3-la paresse

well this was so amazing to see all the video who was selected

(nominée)
I was very surprise

and so to see my video on the screen and was selected (nominees)

I say to myself --WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD
au moins mo parmis les selectioner )

mais de la à avoir le 2iéme prix cetait trop grand trop beau ....

I t's A WONDERFUL GIFT FROM MY HEART BELOVER ...HE DOETH WHAT HE WILEFT ..

let me tell u about AMADEUS

THEY ARE SO AMAZING A WELL DEDICATED TEAM

IT'S not staff-workers around the Boss

NO ITS MORE THAN THAT ....

its a family spirit that we THE INVITED GUEST

WE were truly surrounded by true friendship and love

all feel welcome they are truly wonderful

beyond words

i say a big thanks to AMADEUS TEAM

U

R

SO WONDERFUL

its come from the heart

LOVE JO

the PRIZE

PROJET (2) : Le Lézard anti-chick
Dans la crainte d’une reprise de l’épidémie de Chikungunya dans le pays, notre client a eu l’idée de se lancer dans l’élevage d’une race de lézard anti-moustique qu’il compte commercialiser. Outre le fait d’être très efficace, ce prédateur, venant tout droit des forêts amazoniennes, offre l’avantage d’être docile et peu encombrant, pouvant facilement entrer dans un sac à main.

OBJECTIF :
Concevoir une pub TV pour vanter les mérites du produit. La pub devra être d’une durée de 30 ou 45 secs, incluant votre slogan commercial.

CLIENTÈLE VISÉE :
Le grand public

THE VIDEO

see all the winners clips here on AMADEUS SITE

http://www.amadeus.mu/winners.html

TO MY LORD

2007-06-10T08:05:00.000-07:00

O Thou who assure the returns of the days and nights
O Thou who rekindle the bones who fall like dust
Thy words light my extinguish flame

O lumiere pourpre qui baigne toute choses!
comment cette forme mouvante de poussiere
cet ame sans vie sans esprit sans intelligence
peut te louer toi l'incomparable
qui est au-dessus de louanges des Saints des saints, !!
ou est la louange de DAVID ~!!

OU EST LES PSAUMES EN TON HONNNEUR
ESAIE ! JOSUE !REVEILLER VOUS !!
IL EST VENU DANS LA GRANDE GLOIRE
LES CLOCHES DU CIEL ONT SONNER L'APPEL

Thy Greatest Name flash my drooping soul
OThou who are far from me because of my trespasses
please O beloved of my heart
show to this servant the path of thy True lovers
The bird song of THOMAS in celebrating thy greatness and praise's
hasten to offer his earthly life in praising Thy Grandeur

The faith of FARIS who regnonise thy sublime station
.... in his letter we read
O! thou who converse on the Sinai
by the love of your son Jesus
and beloved friend Muhamad ......
blessed be the imortal lovers
the transforming power of Mulla hussein ...
who hear the voice of Gabriel
and acclaiming to the universe thy glad tidings of the new dawn

there came Badi the celestial coursier
who brave the fire in giving your message
o celestial martyrs
thousands upon thousands
hasten in giving their life
for Love of Thee
O BAHA'U'LLAH O BAHA'U'LLAH
o words you fail to import the meaning
no words can adequately robes the spirituality of this wondrous souls how could you ??

what power can a shadowy creature claim to posess when face to face with the uncreated

he who is not reborn in this age will remain eternally dead

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