Members of Kechara Organisation are generally a talented lot, if you have not noticed by now and at Kechara, it all starts at a very young age! During the recent Wesak Fair, the Manjushri Kids’ Class (MKC) team set up two booths, one for games and the other for arts and crafts. The aim was to raise funds, to promote MKC and of course to allow the kids to display their talents.
The booths attracted many children who enjoyed playing the computer games, target shooting and testing their fortune at the Lucky Dip. At the arts and crafts stall, there were T-shirts and PilloPets for sale, as well as other items like crystal malas, Buddha pendants, food models and bookmarks. Children could also make their own photo frames with various decorative designs.
MKC's booth with lots of goodies
Later that month, MKC also participated in the first Wesak Fair held at Sunway Pyramid between 13 May and 17 May 2011. With so many shoppers who have never been previously exposed to the Kechara organisation, one of MKC’s aims was to promote the children’s Dharma classes held every Sunday in Kechara House.
Again, MKC had items for sale, as well as a highly-popular arts and crafts corner. Located under the shade of a tree made completely out of recyclables, the arts and crafts corner sat in the pergola in the main concourse, and drew crowds of people from different ethnic and cultural backgrounds.
Both young and old participating in MKC's activities
The highlight of the event was the mantra-singing performance by the MKC students, performing Chenrezig’s OM MANI PADME HUNG and rapping Vajrasattva’s 100-syllable mantra, the latter particularly appealing to the young crowd frequenting Sunway Pyramid. This was followed by their original composition, a song about recycling, which saw the children waving recycled items they had brought along with them. The crowds loved them, cheering for an encore!
Make sure you and your kids are there for MKC’s next encore!
Manjushri Kids’ Class is Kechara House’s education initiative to promote Dharma and the attitudes of compassion, wisdom and universal responsibility amongst our children. Taught by enthusiastic volunteers, the class aims to give children a head start in their practice of the Six Paramitas, by teaching them generosity, ethics, patience, joyous effort, concentration and wisdom.
For more information about the class, please visit their website or contact Yap Yoke Fui at [email protected].
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