VIDARÅSEN LANDSBY

'Culture'

Cultural life - the pulse-beat of the village.
As in all the Camphill villages, we put a lot of effort into the celebration of the Christian and other festivals of the year. Michaelmass, Advent, Christmas, Easter, Pentecost and St. Johns, are all milestones of the year. They give village-life a flow of creative continuity. These festive days are the centre of serious celebration, and a lot of preparation, care and effort goes into the plays, music, and other artistic activities that are central to the festivity. Sometimes we leave our normal work to do cultural work. Be it rehearsing for a play, eurythmy, singing or the like.

Such cultural activities may also be a seminar and studies, for everybody, and also in smaller groups. On Sunday evening there is often a talk, given by someone from the village, or maybe by a guest. Biographies, history, science - almost anything can be the subject of a Sunday talk.

Such cultural activities give us the opportunity to try out other sides of ourselves, and are in many ways of great value and importance in the building of community. Culture is in its essence not meant to be of entertainment, but is something that can give us new perspectives on life; new strength to perform the more mundane tasks of life that have to be performed out of necessity.