On Wednesday, 2 August 2017, class I-B presented a special assembly on Rakshabandhan. As we know it is this is the festival which celebrates the eternal love between brothers and sisters The assembly was conducted in the School auditorium, where the entire class participated in great enthusiasm.
The assembly started with a couple of students coming up on stage to explain the significance of Raksha Bandhan, its period of occurrence on the calendar and the festivities associated it. Students were familiarised with the customs and rituals followed on Raksha Bandhan. Traditionally girls tie rakhis on the wrists of their brothers and offer them sweetmeats. In return the brothers promise protection and give their sisters gifts.
[gallery link="file"]At The Indian School we believe in empowering our girls and as a symbol of our belief in gender equality, our boys tie rakhis on the girls too! Both therefore offer sweets and gifts to each other as a token of an everlasting bond.
It is our way also, of reminding our young citizens of tomorrow, of Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore's call for freedom, where he entreated the brotherhood ( and sisterhood) of all Indians equally with rakhis ,to defeat British imperialism.
The children had fun dancing to the song Phoolo ka taaron ka
The choir of the class then melodious sang, "Aaya rakhi ka tyohar.
The assembly concluded with a solo song by Aaryan Sehgal who also played along the keyboard.
The values of love and protection was sensitively portrayed by the students. In fact the little audience seemed very receptive indicating they enjoyed the assembly.
Ms. Jagrati Kapoor.
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