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Muslims ‘ " f i . r square. 1 WW“ forced '0 the Pakistan side and 3.17 ‘ " ’ " Bring or make your own drum or percussion Hindus ‘0 the lndian side, There was a ' ‘ instrument, or borrow one of ours for free. Begin 1 lot of uprooting of people‘s homes, a lot 5 i . . ners are always welcome. of cruelty." " - . - it was a traumatic experience for ' , , Talwar and his Hindu family, and pan 5“ ‘ ‘ ' Arts Squared of the reason he helped found the Spir~ “£3“ ‘ y ', weekend market itual Heritage Education Network in . 2‘,» t, , ‘ . Waterloo 53 years later. ' l . ‘ The Button Factory presents an annual outdoor One of the other founders was Zen D) , i . . art market this Saturday. presenting new works by Banduk, a Muslim who also lived ' ' local artists and a variety ofart forms Visual artists through Partition in India. The inter- will have booths set up in the Waterloo public faith network also includes people ‘ square selling their works. ' from the lewish community. Catholic Dancers and musicians will perform in the and United churches. among others i r . . . . . square throughout the day. "We welcome all ‘isms' and people ts:|:yn1:gllv:crea&dsngzngel are organizing SHEN s first International conference, David Okum will draw caricatures from 2 p.m. of no ‘ism”'. Talwar said. ' mm,“ mm mm more to 4 pm. This weekend, the network known is in the identities of these outer lay< studies lecturer from George Washing- Sophie Drouin will be making a special mosaic as SHEN holds its first annual intema- ers,” he said. ton University in Washington, DC. installation at 9 am tional conference at the University of "When we look at religions, we look Participants can choose from a This event is in partnership with the City of Waterloo. at the exterior. What kinds of buildings. dozen presentations, focusing on top- Waterloo and Matter of Taste. The event is free and SHEN is a non-profit organization what they weir. how they pray â€" we ics such as ecology. public policy. med- family friendly. created in 2000 to promote global unity look at these kinds of things more than itation and peaoebuilding and peace. Its members hope to create the shared humanity." "There will be a fair bit of listening a curriculum about core spirituality Graham Engelha philosophy stu- from everyone at the conference. sowe LINK Festival in that can be taught at a university level. dent at Wilfrid Laurier and SHEN know what people think â€" what. col- . Because it‘s an education-based research assistant, describes himself as lectively. we think." Talwar said. dOVllntOWIl KltChener organization. many of the members of an openâ€"minded, non-religious agnos- “Individually. we are all different. . _ _ . . the network are university professors. tic atheist. But there's an underlying core which “)9 UNK 7850‘“! runs this weekend I" ““0113 They've been working on a curricu~ “it‘s a problem of translation. We're we share” ”1er downtown Kitchener. . . lum for the past 10 years, and holding all talking about the same thing, but we its a time to experience authentic African and workshops on an ad hoc basis. Talwar, have these different languages and cul- ..l.,rg:j"j;:.y.ni )v . 1’ . A Caribbean culture through “Y8 musrcal entertain- who is prey-dam of the network (“l'm titres to say it with." w. ' . «- 4‘? ; a ' ment and various vendor displays of arts, crafts the head gofer"). said the conference is And he said science and spirituality ' w w j. and f00d; , ‘ _ . _ _ aimed at expanding that network and go hand-in-hand. "Look at quantum - ; Mm Attractions-include children's aCII‘7t'eS‘ games. . sharing collective wisdom, physics. “-5 very metaphysical. We ,3}: ‘ t ‘ ._ . ~.. , races, face:painting, a childrens carnival costume . He believes core spirituality is the believe in all these things that we cant i 933M333“ Globalize the parade, a limbo contest as we" as drumming and common element of all humanity. But sea" ‘: mmmk‘ steelpan workshops. . . A that core. over time, is wrapped in lay- Registration is still available for the ’ ' " my“): . ‘ * " ' . {WW ““5 year. the {95‘1“} “$1115 With an Open ers of language. culture, social and three«day conference, which runs Fri- figm‘m . lnvrtation Drum and Dance Circle 0" Saturday. legal systems that differ from one reli- day to Sunday at the Ron Eydt Village ”.mm , ~* August let at 5 pm. in the park. . . gion to another. on the [}w campus and includes WW ' * " Bringyour drums and percussion instruments, ”Then. overtime, these communi» keynote speeches from Michael liig- fifllfiw fl. "0 “Perle?“ required. . _ _ ties become political and economic gins, former president of St, Jerome’s. . 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