The articles, the opinions, the stories, the poems and the cartoons Ovi magazine covers for Tuesday June 21st, 2022 – World Humanist Day
World Humanist Day is a Humanist holiday celebrated annually around the world on the June solstice, which usually falls on June 21. According to Humanists International, the day is a way of spreading awareness of Humanism as a philosophical life stance and means to effect change in the world. It is also seen as a time for Humanists to gather socially and promote the positive values of Humanism.
World music day by Dr Elsa Lycias Joel
Inspite of knowing that world music day is celebrated on June 21 since 1982 I happened to think over it for the first time today. One of my favourite childhood memories include waking up and going to bedlistening to one particular Tamil song named that goes as ‘ Deva pidhaenthanmeipanallo’ . This was not only my most loved song but the one that rang in my ears all the time. I consider this my all-time special due to the following reasons
1- This is the first Tamil song I learnt as a kid
2- If not in our house, this song was still heard from some part of my hometown Neyyoor.
3- Soon after I began to decipher the lyrics, I understood the song was not just honey to my ears but it also encouraged my soul.
4- It was nothing but Psalm 23rd taking the shape of a song only to offer me a peace that passeth all understanding.
5 – I could tell between music lovers and others from the way they sang this particular song.
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The Surfer #poem & #photo by Nikos Laios
“It’s cold and the wind
Is howling along the coast,
The smell of the ocean
Hangs in the air
And the sound of
Rustling eucalyptus trees
Bending in the breeze.”
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A Day of Balance and Harmony by Rene Wadlow
The 21st of June, the Summer Solstice, is in many cultures the cosmic symbol of balance and harmony: balance between light and dark, between the universal and the local, between giving and receiving, between women and men, and between our inner and outer worlds. History records humanity’s preoccupation with the sun’s annual cycle. Sites such as Stonehenge in England are thought to have been erected specifically to trace the path of the sun through the heavens.
The sun has always had symbolic meaning. As that most ancient Sanskrit prayer, the Gayatri tells us, the sun is a disc of golden light giving sustenance to the universe. Plato used the image of the sun to represent the idea of the One, the Good. In the age of the Old Kingdom in ancient Egypt, the concept of harmony, order, and balance were personified by the goddess Ma’at, the winged woman who replicated on earth, the celestial balance of order and beauty.
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Mika Toxica #28 #cartoon by Thanos Kalamidas
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