WORLD WATER DAY March 22, 2010Music for Water – Single Download Launch The Holiwater Project first performed on the banks of the Ganges in Varanasi on March 22, 2000 on World Water Day – after a massive human chain formed over several kilometers in celebration of the world’s water. The Holiwater Project in conjunction with Oxfam NZ World Water Day ‘Water for Survival project -March 22, 2010 is releasing a special single to to commemorate a decade of public performance and installation works to raise awareness about the situation with the Ganges river and the human right to access fresh clean drinking water – a worldwide problem which currently affects over a billion people. The Holiwater Project’s release of a music single down load can be purchased on Amplifier. amplifier.co.nz All profits from sales of the single to go toward Oxfam’s Water for Survival’ project. www.oxfam.org.nz The Holiwater Project music download ‘ Lament’ will support the Oxfam World Water Day Campaign for 2010 which will focus on the millions of women and children who spend hours a day carrying 20kg water containers to and from their homes. The voice of Varanasi female singer Revati Salkakar features on the Lament track with lyrics written by Shankarcharya Swami Swaroopananda. The concept for the song is by project founder Andrei Jewell from a compostion by Vikash Maharaj and has been produced by Tom Bailey. The Holiwater Project in conjunction with Oxfam NZ World Water Day ‘Water for Survival project today -March 22, 2010 is releasing a special single to to commemorate a decade of public performance and installation works to raise awareness of the situation and the problems of the Ganges river and the right to access to fresh clean drinking water world wide. which affect over a billion people. |
