Pages

18 April 2010

YONI (Sanskrit योनि ) a performance

At Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, The School of Arts and Aesthetics on April 17, 2010.
Myself in white with the young brilliant energies of choreographer-dancers Aopala(Ranchi)16 & Neha(Delhi)21..
Soundtrack: the music of the bells on their belts and the blurring wheels of the fans
  
Yoni means “source or origin of life”. The ancient Vedas contain the word yoni in various contexts. It is the very name of the female sex organ or it can be the subtle and profound symbol similarly found in nature and the universe. The meaning of the word expanded is "Divine Passage". A child was considered to be born from a yoni of stars - constellations that prevailed during the child's birth.

The yoni is also considered to be symbolic of Shakti in Hindu Tantra.  "Women are divinity, women are life, women are truly jewels. Women are heaven; women are dharma; and women are the highest penance. Women are Buddha; women are the Sangha; and women are the perfection of Wisdom.’’....from YONI TANTRA