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Bicycles generated the necessary power, with a gently audible rhythm, for the sound system at gatherings of the recent Carnival de Resistance<\/a>. Volunteers, including EMU students, took turns pedaling for the electricity.<\/p>\n

The energetic Carnival troupe began its two-city tour with 10 days in Harrisonburg, camping on Trinity Presbyterian Church<\/a>\u2019s lawn while promoting \u201ccreation care\u201d through performance, artwork and service both there and at EMU. Carnival de Resistance is a new venture, with artist-members from around the U.S. and Mexico, says member Sarah Thompson, who holds an MDiv from Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary<\/a> and is outreach coordinator for Christian Peacemaker Teams<\/a>. Four main shows addressed themes of earth, air, fire and water.<\/p>\n

At EMU\u2019s Thomas Plaza in front of the Campus Center Wednesday, more than 100 experienced the air-themed show, titled \u201cOut of the Whirlwind.\u201d Featuring its creators, Jay Beck and Tevyn East as Raven and Dove, it began serendipitously as a full harvest moon emerged from clouds:<\/p>\n

Addressing human neglect of earth<\/h3>\n

Dove (East), a wordless dancer in white robes, cradles an egg. Hatchling Raven (Beck) appears, clad in black rags. Raven\u2019s first word is \u201cdeath.\u201d His narrative \u2013 angry, mournful, sometimes humorous \u2013 attacks humanity\u2019s neglect of Earth:<\/p>\n

\u201cFor the earth to stay alive, your way will have to die.\u201d<\/p>\n

Raven and Dove briefly dance on a biblical-type ark, but Dove gets confined to a cage. \u201cWe can scarcely fly in this soup of chemicals,\u201d shouts Raven, who warns of angering Gaia, envisioned as the mother of Earth.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe concepts were thought-provoking,\u201d said Jessica Hostetler<\/a> \u201908, an EMU staffer who brought a church youth group to the show.<\/p>\n

At an earlier chapel service, the troupe led a Cherokee chant to \u201cthe great spirit,\u201d along with the adaptation of a familiar spiritual\u2019s words \u201cWhen I die, hallelujah, by and by,\u201d to \u201cWhen we live, hallelujah, how we live.\u201d<\/p>\n

On the Carnival\u2019s website<\/a>, inspiration is attributed to an array of influences, including First Nation and African earth-centered spirituality and activist theologians Ched Myers and William Stringfellow.<\/p>\n

Resonating with students of sustainability<\/h3>\n

EMU biology professor James M. Yoder<\/a> observed that the Carnival \u201clinks oppressed people with the oppressed earth.\u201d The radicalism, he said, may reach some who ignore conventional messages.<\/p>\n

Troupe members visited Yoder\u2019s environmental sustainability<\/a> classes all week. They have committed to making no purchases while touring, relying on kindnesses when needed. The Carnival is supported both by grants and hospitality.<\/p>\n

EMU junior Chris Lehman, an environmental sustainability major, served as one of many sound-powering bikers and directed parking. Everett Brubaker, a classmate in the same major, participated as co-president of the campus Earthkeepers<\/a>. This major has been attracting increasing numbers of students, with 30 now in the program.<\/p>\n

Junior Erin Rheinheimer, an environmental sustainability minor and Earthkeepers member, helped make sunflower signs for a parade and enjoyed a Carnival \u201cskill-share show.\u201d<\/p>\n

Lehman, who enjoyed the air show most, is considering a career in conservation or wildlife biology. Brubaker, who especially liked the Carnival parade, hopes to work in advocacy.<\/p>\n

Gifting a mural to Cedarwood<\/h3>\n

The second-floor mural in EMU\u2019s Cedarwood dorm<\/a> began with images by Carnival troupe member and nomadic painter Dimitri Kadiev. These were selected by art professor Cyndi Gusler<\/a> from his previous works, and the two worked collaboratively on shaping the overall result.<\/p>\n

On part of the mural, between a laundry-room window and custodial closet door, a figure with outstretched arms smiles joyfully. A river seems to flow from the figure\u2019s heart. Nearby, a quetzal (Guatemala\u2019s national bird) displays its tail feathers.<\/p>\n

Gusler and Kadiev started with a yellow background, which she notes, \u201cglows through wherever there is open space.\u201d Next, they filled in large shapes with solid colors \u2013 blue (river and shades of sky); green (landscape); purple (mountains).<\/p>\n

Then, Gusler had all her students participate. At Kadiev\u2019s suggestion, they created stenciled images of living things: an owl, poppy, hibiscus, egret and butterflies. Others subsequently dipped brushes in varying shades of green, instructed to \u201cfill the shapes, and while you do, think about the earth.\u201d<\/p>\n

A passing student shows a spot to a companion, noting, \u201cI did that shape.\u201d Cedarwood resident director Micah Hurst points to the blue space his children, 4 and 8, helped paint.<\/p>\n

Parading down Main Street<\/h3>\n

In Thursday\u2019s Carnival parade, imaginatively retooled bicycles rolled alongside marchers from Harrisonburg\u2019s North Main Street to Court Square. Motorists smiled at jugglers, banners, colorful costumes and percussionists with homemade instruments.<\/p>\n

The local \u201cFossil Fuel Zombies,\u201d wearing shredded black trash bags, called for burying fossil fuels with message-bearing signs, including \u201cOil, oil, watch Earth boil.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAre you really Jesus?\u201d someone asked Kadiev, who had lettered the name atop his paint-splattered garb. \u201cOnly a stand-in,\u201d Kadiev smiled.<\/p>\n

The march ended with an hour-long \u201cPower Down and Lift Up\u201d rally at Court Square. Local groups represented by speakers included the New Community Project<\/a> for sustainability, the global-warming awareness movement, Harrisonburg\u2019s Sept. 28 International Festival<\/a>, Friends of Shenandoah Mountain<\/a>, and Occupy Harrisonburg<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Park View Mennonite<\/a> Pastor Phil Kniss, who helped pedal the sound system, explained why his church installed 125 solar panels. When believers ask \u201cWhy worry about this world?\u201d he responds, \u201cBecause God loves this world.\u201d<\/p>\n

At Trinity this weekend, the Carnival will offer children\u2019s events and a \u201cWater Show\u201d before bicycling to Charlottesville for its final 2013 gig. Each day\u2019s schedule<\/a> is posted on the Carnival\u2019s website.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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