Yesterday Once more
Working with Milaap Centre, this project provided opportunities and new experiences for Asian elders in the Kingston area to explore and value their musical and migration heritage for the first time.
Through a series of museum visits, heritage activities and training, they were inspired to share their untold stories. The project was documented with the production of an exhibition, DVD and publication.
Visit to the Horniman Museum
The Music Gallery has magnificent displays of musical instruments from around the world, including those from Indian. The gallery also featured short films linking instruments on display to the cultures and contexts in which they are played and sound stations which played the sounds of instruments on display.
The ‘Hands on Base’ has thousands of fascinating objects that can be handled, including instruments from India.
I have seen a lot of musical instruments which have been used before my birth – Ratilal Dodia
I liked the musical instruments; the sitar, the harmonium, the flute, tabla and the concertina, I have seen these in so many old movies with Raj Kapoor – Shantha Shah
Visit to the Cinema Museum
They showed us some photos and posters of Indian cinema. they reminded us of many old movies especially Mahmood, the comedian – Shantha Shah
The film posters reminded me of my school days – Ramiben Patel
It was really good to see how the film posters were made using artwork and photographs, how the original was made for mass production of posters, big and small – Nirmala Patel
Visit to the Cinema Museum
They showed us some photos and posters of Indian cinema. they reminded us of many old movies especially Mahmood, the comedian – Shantha Shah
The film posters reminded me of my school days – Ramiben Patel
It was really good to see how the film posters were made using artwork and photographs, how the original was made for mass production of posters, big and small – Nirmala Patel
Visit to Kingston Museum
Milaap members visited their local museum for the first time. They saw collections which brought to life the history of their local area going back hundreds of years.
I have lived in Kingston for over 30 years and didn’t know we had a museum -Ramiben Patel