Dr Prabodh Kumar Bhowmick set up Bidisa, a place which 100 Lodha families now call home.

Most people living in urban and rural areas today have access to basic amenities and opportunities alike, but tribal people cannot say the same when it comes to basic facilities. There still exist nomadic tribes and communities who lead destitute lives because the current society fails to understand these people and their way of live.

There still exist tribes who choose to live within themselves and are scared to even interact with the outside world. This fear stems because of the fear of unknown and more importantly because of they have led isolated lives. Bringing them to the fore, working towards their sustainable uplifting of these communities is the need of the hour.

Late Prof. Prabodh Kumar Bhowmick, who had understood and realised this very aspect, worked towards the uplifting of the Lodhas in the Medinipur region of West Bengal.

Prof. Prabodh, who did his BSc (Honors) in Anthropology in 1949 from Bangabasi College, and then his MSc in Anthropology from Calcutta University in 1951, went on to complete his PhD in Anthropology on the topic Socio-Economic Life of the Lodhas of West Bengal.

Turning his study into a centre for change, he set up the Samaj Sevak Sanga and then the Institute for Social Research and Applied Anthropology in 1955. The centre, which was called Bidisa, was set up for working towards the uplifting of the Lodhas with particularly, bringing about a change in the criminal tendencies of the Lodhas.

Prof. Prabodh dedicated his life towards economic amelioration, educational progress and sustainable living of the tribes, and uplifting of the tribal people particularly Lodhas of the area.

In 2003, Dr Pradip Kumar Bhowmick, Associate Professor, Rural Development Centre, IIT, Kharagpur, filled in the place of honorary Secretary, after the demise of Prof. Prahodh.

After a journey of about six decades, Bidisa is now home to about a hundred tribal families, including the Lodha, Santal, Munda, Mahali, Kora, and Bhumij tribes.

Within the ashramic folds of Bidisa, a social laboratory exists where research on tribal welfare, tribal development takes place. The social laboratory mainly concentrates on working with tribal communities towards their integration into the society, imbibing in them the values of the middle class, and teaching them various skills for sustenance, says Dr Pradip.

Bidisa is working towards bringing social transformation in undeveloped, nomadic tribes by rehabilitating them and giving them space and opportunity to learn and sustain themselves.

The effort began when late Prof. Prabodh, along with the government, was involved in the distribution of agricultural land to 20 families of the Lodha tribe, in Daharpur. Thus, Bidisa began with an aim to inculcate in them social values and facilitate them with formal and vocational training, as part of the rehabilitation process.

Various training programmes, seminars, and workshops are conducted to teach the tribes skills and methods such as bee keeping, vermicomposting, mulberry cultivation, and tussar cultivation.

A bio-gas unit and a vermicompost plant were installed to impart training facilities to the local tribal youth to provide a means of sustainable livelihood to the local people. Recently, the District Sericulture Board established a Tasar-cum-Mulberry cultivation, training-cum-production unit at Bidisa for employment and income generation in Paschim Medinipur.

Through various training activities, the people here are forming self-help groups to ensure their self-dependency. During 2006-08, we executed a project called Empowerment of Tribal Women through Batik Print: Training cum Production sponsored by Department of Science & Technology, Government of India. As a part of the project we trained 90 tribal women belongs to various tribal communities in and around Bidisha. In view of their show interest we formed nine self-help groups, says Dr Pradip.

Bidisa strives to preserve the tribal art culture of the tribes, at the same time tries to teach them skills to survive in todays world.

Bidisa is currently running three Ashrama Hostels two for boys and one for girls exclusively for Lodha children. Ashrama Hostel provides free food and lodging facilities to the children. The tribal children study at the Daharpur Junior High School.

Bidisa also houses an eco-museum and a library, Prabodh Kumar Bhowmick Memorial Library. Bidisa publishes a biannual journal on social sciences called, Man & Life, which has been running for the past 37 years.

With the aim of revival of tribal art and culture, Bidisa organises the Navanna Utsav every year. At this annual event, different tribal communities perform various cultural arts and dance forms. Our institute is putting its endeavor to provide a platform where the missing tribal cultural traits are being staged and this happens to be the eye opener before younger generation of various communities as a source of motivations and challenges, says Dr Pradip.

Bidisa has now become a place for research for students of anthropology, rural development, and sociology, who come from all parts of the country. While tourists do come to Bidisa for visits, a lot of students come here for research, to study the model of Bidisa, and its role in the welfare of tribal communities.

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Teachers in tribal welfare (ashram) schools are government teachers by a Presidential order and common service rules should be made applicable to them along with those in the Education Department. Instead, Zilla Parishad teachers, who are not government teachers, are sought to be included in the service rules the demand for which is long-pending, Tribal Welfare Teachers Union has pointed out. In spite of being qualified, teachers in ashram schools were denied promotional opportunities to take up posts of MEOs or deputy DEOs owing to the anomaly, Union State president Regam Matsyalingam said.

Besides, though GO 233 was issued in 2013 to fill 1,319 posts, it had not materialised so far. The posts should be filled with 70 % quota for in-service teachers and 30 % with fresh recruitment, he told reporters here.

In other schools, Telugu and Hindi pandits and physical education directors were directly appointed as school assistants whereas in ashram schools Grade I and II pattern was still being followed, Visakhapatnam district president K. Ganganna Padal said.

Single teachers

While in ZP and government schools two teachers were appointed, in the Agency area of Visakhapatnam district alone 680 schools continue to function with single teachers.

Also implementing GO No. 3, non-tribal teachers should be shifted to plain areas thereby providing employment to the tribal unemployed, they said.

While the teacher, student ratio should be 1:30, it was now 1:40 and only appointment of more teachers would improve it, they pointed out. Appointment of regular ANMs in all ashram schools to take care of the health problems of students and provision of security at girls schools would greatly improve the situation in tribal schools, they opined. State general secretary Karem Ranga Rao and organising secretary Bhavaraju Appa Rao were present.

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The Thiruvalla Sri Ramakrishna Ashram will launch the first Sree Ramakrishna Vachanamrita Sathram, a week-long retreat on the teachings of Sri Ramakrishna, on the ashram premises on Tuesday.

A large pandal to accommodate 1,000 people has been built at the ashram grounds. The stage has a LED wall on its left for the audience to have a hassle-free viewing of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who will inaugurate the event through videoconferencing between 1 p.m. and 1.22 p.m. on Tuesday.

People from across the country are camping at the ashram and its surroundings to attend the spiritual retreat.

Senior monks of the Ramakrishna Mission are camping at the Ashram to make necessary arrangements for the smooth conduct of the event, according to Swami Golokananda, senior monk, and Swami Nirvinnananda, ashram president.

The 103-year-old SRK Ashram in Thiruvalla is the second-oldest monastery of the Ramakrishna Math and Mission in Kerala.

Swami Swaprabhananda, senior monk from Belur Math, and Swami Nandatmajananda, Editor of Prabudha Keralam, journal of Sri Ramakrishnan Mission, have been assisting the Ashram president in making necessary arrangements for the Sathram.

Birth anniversary

The week-long Sathram has been planned in connection with the 182nd birth anniversary (Jayanti) of the Saint of Dakshineswar, Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa. The jayanti fete is on February 28.

The inaugural ceremony will begin on Tuesday. Deputy Chairman of Rajya Sabha P.J. Kurien will preside over the function and Kummanam Rajashekharan, BJP State president, will deliver the keynote address.

Swami Atmaghanananda, president of Sri Ramakrishna Ashram at Kancheepuram, will light the ceremonial lamp and Swami Nirvinnananda will welcome the gathering.

Water Resources Minister Mathew T. Thomas, will release the souvenir by handing over its first copy to Swami Golokananda on the occasion.

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by Greg Klein | February 17, 2017

With potential customers waiting for rare earths concentrate samples, Commerce Resources TSXV:CCE closed a $1.71-million private placement on February 17 that included $1 million from Ressources Qubec. A subsidiary of the provincial government corporation Investissement Qubec, Ressources Qubec focuses on projects that have good return prospects and foster Qubecs economic development, the organization says. Its role is complementary to private funders.

We are excited to have the support of the Quebec government with this investment from Ressources Qubec. The province of Quebec continues to prove that it is one of the most attractive jurisdictions to develop a mineral project. Chris Grove, president of Commerce Resources

We are excited to have the support of the Quebec government with this investment from Ressources Qubec, Commerce president Chris Grove stated. The province of Quebec continues to prove that it is one of the most attractive jurisdictions to develop a mineral project. We are excited to be advancing our Ashram project with this financing.

The private placement will be used to complete the projects pilot plant, to produce samples of REE and fluorite concentrates, and for general working capital. Among companies requesting REE samples are Solvay, Mitsubishi, Treibacher, BASF, DKK, Albemarle and Blue Line.

The money comes in addition to a three-year, $300,000 environmental grant from the province to optimize tailings management.

Ashrams high-grade, near-surface deposit benefits from relatively simple metallurgy, suggesting a potentially low-cost operation with an impressive distribution of magnet feed elements. Now moving towards pre-feas, the project reached PEA in 2012.

Commerce also holds the Upper Fir tantalum-niobium deposit in southeastern British Columbia, which reached PEA in 2011 and a resource update in 2013.

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Although Rishikesh is the self-styled "yoga capital of the world," there's lots more to do there than simply run through vinyasas mouthing "Om Shanti."

In addition to being a melting pot of worldly intellectuals, the Hindu pilgrimage site that rests peacefully on both sides of the sacred Ganges river has recently become a hub for outdoor activities.

Here's a basic Rishikesh to-do list which can be explored over several weeks or in just a few days.

Rishikesh boasts one of the world's largest clusters of ashrams, loosely defined as spiritual retreats. The process of bunking on site begins with a 5 a.m. call to mediation followed by a sunrise yoga class, and ends with more yoga, chanting, lectures and group meals.

Heating and hot water can be inconsistent, however, which is worth bearing in mind between November and February.

Aartis, a Hindu religious ritual, are performed on river banks every night at sunset, and involve music and fire as offerings to the Ganges, known as the "mother" in Hindu culture.

It is not uncommon to see bonfires blazing in the distance, signaling a body being cremated with ashes soon to be scattered into the river -- a Hindu ritual that promises to free the soul from the constant cycle of rebirth.

Dipping your feet in the Ganges while setting a flower bed afloat is part of the tradition -- as is full bathing, for those who want a more authentic experience. The river runs rapidly, however, and the banks can be slippery with moss, so do exercise caution.

A day trip to the charming neighboring city Haridwar is worthwhile to contrast its aarti, which is less catered to western visitors. Be wary of false holy men looking to fleece you for a "donation," however.

Rishikesh is home to a number of small temples which act as makeshift venues for musicians performing kirtan (lengthy call and response prayer chants) accompanied by harmoniums, tablas, flutes, symbols and whatever other instruments happen to be lying around.

These sessions can carry on at all hours and participation is usually welcomed (though it is best to ask first with a silent nod).

Technically it's the former ashram of the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, who famously taught transcendental meditation to celebrities that included Mia Farrow, Mike Love of the Beach Boys and Mick Jagger. But it was the Beatles who put the Maharishi and Rishikesh on the map when they visited his sprawling 14-acre ashram in 1968.

Despite distancing themselves from the Maharishi after their trip, Rishikesh was a creative boon to John Lennon and Paul McCartney. The pair wrote over 30 songs at the ashram, including most of The White Album, while the visit would have a lasting impact on George Harrison both musically and spiritually.

The compound was left discarded after the Maharishi moved to Europe in 1970s. Although the Indian government has done little to restore it, it was opened to the public in 2015. Foreigners like to gripe that they are charged nearly $9 for entry, while Indians pay $2.

Only a 90-minute drive away, Rajaji National Park is home to more than 500 elephants, along with scattered panthers, leopards, deer and even anteaters, and offers on-site accommodation for those who want to take in more than a day's worth. The park is also home to one of India's 48 tiger reserves, though you're more likely to spot a shooting star in the night's sky then a roaming Bengal Tiger.

Rafting has become increasingly popular and can be booked for half or full-day excursions down the Ganges, taking in up to 36 kilometers of glorious scenery along the way.

A more pedestrian form of outdoor activity -- but one that can be just as treacherous -- involves crossing Rishikesh's two narrow suspension footbridges.

Built in 1929, Lakshman Jhula rises 59 feet above water level, stretches 450 long, and is just six feet wide. Though it is mainly used for foot traffic, pedestrians crossing the bridge -- which shakes noticeably -- must maneuver around honking motorcycles and bicyclists, as well the odd cow or family of monkeys swinging from the cables.

Though its sister bridge Ram Jhula was built in 1986 and spans 750 feet, it offers no less of an adventure.

Many pilgrims to Rishikesh bypass this microcosm of India, unaware that a bustling street market exists just minutes from their quiet confines.

Rishikesh town is a maddening cluster of restaurants, sweet shops, vegetable and fruit stands, mechanics and bric-a-brac shops hugging either side of busy Haridwar Road.

Sampling the specialty sweets as well as the fresh peanut brittle is highly recommended.

As a holy city, Rishikesh strictly forbids alcohol and non-vegetarian food, so dining out is a pretty sober affair. Though restaurants are plentiful -- with some making feeble attempts at serving international cuisine -- it's the coffee shops that get buzzy.

Many travelers tend to hang around these cafes for a lot longer than a meal, since Wi-Fi is free and relatively stable. This can be a fun way to exchange stories with other travelers, link to their Instagram accounts (a virtual must-have for travelers in photogenic India), and keep track of their journeys.

As in most parts of India, many different animals coexist with humans around town, including sheep, cows, pigs and dogs. Monkeys are notorious for grabbing food off people as they walk by, or raiding hotel rooms if they spot open windows -- even while attended.

Though it's best to avoid the monkeys, feeding the peaceful dogs any leftovers is a cause worthy of stirring up some good karma.

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Lucknow, Feb. 13: For the first time in Rishikesh, the Beatles don't matter.

Nobody has yet demanded that the place where John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr and George Harrison had stayed in February 1968 be turned into a heritage site.

No political party has promised to preserve the fame that had travelled to this holy city in Uttarakhand with the British rock band.

The band doesn't figure anywhere on the 2017 Assembly poll canvas.

Back in 2012, the Beatles were on everybody's lips when most candidates had promised to develop Chaurasi Kutia - the ashram of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi - as a tourist spot.

"They believed that there were a large number of youths who loved their association with the town because of the Beatles. But we are surprised that the politicians are forgetting this," a Beatles chronicler in India told this correspondent.

The chronicler, based in Dehradun, 45km north of Rishikesh, asked not to be named.

But it's true that politicians seem to have forgotten the band. Prem Chand Aggarwal, a sitting BJP MLA, had in 2012 promised to take good care of the portion of the ashram where the Beatles had stayed. This time, the ashram hasn't even figured in his campaign.

"This electoral war between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and chief minister Harish Rawat (of the Congress) has unfortunately overshadowed other issues," said Ram Krishna Tiwari of Sarv Vikas Party, who is contesting from Rishikesh, which would vote on February 15 along with 68 other constituencies in the state.

Polling in one Assembly seat, Karnprayag, has been deferred after the death of the Bahujan Samaj Party candidate yesterday.

In the 2009 Lok Sabha election, Satpal Maharaj (Satpal Singh Rawat), a spiritual leader who was contesting from Pauri Garhwal as a Congress candidate, had made several promises regarding the ashram because he didn't want "the rich spirituality of the area to die".

Spread over 15 acres, the ashram borders Rishikesh in Dehradun, Yamkeshwar in Pauri and Narendra Nagar in Tehri.

Maharaj then remained dormant for four years before waking up again in 2013 - a year before the last parliamentary elections - with the promise of preserving the "glorious history of the Beatles".

Maharaj has since switched camps to the BJP, frustrated after being overlooked for chief minister in February 2014.

The group had visited Rishikesh to stay for three months and learn advance transcendental meditation. They returned early but not before triggering a rush of footfalls as thousands of British and American fans flocked to Rishikesh for a glimpse of the quartet.

The band is said to have composed more than 40 songs, including The Happy Rishikesh Song, in the ashram or just after leaving it.

If politicians have ignored the Beatles this time, consciously or unconsciously, the forest department has been counting the gains since the ashram - in the possession of the Maharishi's disciples till 2003 - was thrown open to the public on December 8, 2015.

"We counted the visit of about 10,000 tourists in the first 365 days of opening The Beatles ashram to the public. The number included 2,000 foreigners. This year we hope the number will multiply because now the entire world knows that it is open for all," Rajendra Nautiyal, a ranger of Rajaji Tiger Reserve, told this newspaper. The ashram falls under the reserve.

The entry fee for foreign tourists is Rs 600. Indians have to pay Rs 150 and students, Rs 50.

"We are planning to develop a nature centre in the ashram where students of nature can be trained," Nautiyal added. "There is also a plan to build a bird sanctuary on the ashram area. Let us hope it materialises soon."

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Miscreants decamp with Rs 4 lakh and ornaments at Chudi Bazaar under Shahinayathgunj police station limits.

Senior police inspecting the ashram where transgenders stay was burgled at Chudi Bazaar in Shahinayanthgunj in Hyderabad on Monday.

Hyderabad: Burglars struck an ashram in which members of the transgender community take shelter and decamped with Rs 4 lakh and gold ornaments at Chudi Bazaar under Shahinayathgunj police station limits on Monday afternoon.

Ashram in-charge Saber Baksh alias Jyothi Naik and others had gone out at around 10.30 am and returned to the ashram at around 12.30 pm only to find that the lock of the main door was broken. They then entered the ashram to find the entire place ransacked.

Intruders had broken open the almirah and made away with Rs 4 lakh and gold ornaments and other valuables. The number of ornaments stolen from the almirah and the worth is yet to be ascertained as the complainant Jyothi Naik is yet to furnish more details about the incident, Shahinayathgunj Detective Sub-Inspector C Venkatesh said.

Based on Jyothi Naiks complaint, the police have booked a case of theft and pressed into service Clues Team to collect fingerprints from the spot. A dog squad too also inspected the premise for evidence. We have some clues and are hopeful of cracking the case soon, Venkatesh said.

Jyothi Naik, along with four others, stays in the ashram where shelter is provided to transgenders. The ashram helps people who require financial assistance or medical aid.

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Built up on the very property where Amma was born, Amritapuri is now the headquarters of Ammas worldwide mission and the spiritual home for Ammas monastic disciples and hundreds of householder devotees. All the residents have dedicated their lives for realising God and serving the world. Everyday, Ammas children from across India and abroad flock here to have Ammas darshan. She sees each and every one, listens to their worries, consoles, encourages, provides new direction to their lives.

Amritapuri is the living example of the ancient Indian ideal the whole world is one family (vasudhaiva kutumbakam). Here you will find people from all parts of the world speaking different languages and having different customs and religions all living under one roof. In their quest for the meaning of life, each has forgotten their differences and become a child of Amma.

When people come to Amritapuri Ashram for the first time, they are almost always surpriseda remote fishing village on a small island cradled between the backwaters and the Arabian Sea has become the centre of a silent spiritual revolution..

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MHOW: Shocking it may seem, an ashram of social worker and activist Dr Murlidhar Devidas Amte, who is popularly known as Baba Amte in the country and the world, is lying in a dilapidated condition but, Narmada Valley Development Authority (NVDA) has already declared that it has come under submergence of Sardar Sarovar Dam and has even paid compensation against it reportedly to a person, who was never associated with him.

The matter came to fore when 67-year-old Devram Kanera, a native of Khaparkheda village and one of Baba Amte followers put forth the demand of people for construction of a memorial at the ashram. During the process he came to know that as per NVDA survey report the ashram, which has not submerged yet, has been declared under the submergence area of the dam.

Rajneesh Vaish, NVDA (rehabilitation) member, when asked about the issue said "It is true that compensation has been given for the ashram after survey report." However, he refused to comment on whether the amount was disbursed to a wrong person and the demand of people for converting the structure into a memorial.

Kanera had accompanied Baba Amte from 1989 to 2005 during his stay at 'Nijbal,' the ashram under Choti Kasrawad village panchayat on the bank of Narmada River in Rajghat. Baba Amte lived with his wife Sadhna, who was lovingly called as Tai, at the ashram during this period.

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In 1968, the Beatles traveled to Rishikesh, India, to study transcendental meditation with Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, an experience that opened the eyes of Western culture to the country's majestic draw and launched the band members into one of the most creative and productive periods of their lives. Almost half a century later, Jonny Fritz and Robert Ellis traveled in their footsteps, toting along filmmaker Joshua Shoemaker with the intent to learn from and integrate local players into the recording of Fritz' fourth album Sweet Creep.

Though the record was ultimately produced by My Morning Jacket's Jim James in Montecito Heights, California, Fritz left India with handfuls of material, many enlightening creative experiences and, in the case of Ellis, an unwelcome stomach ailment. In the exclusive video above, Fritz, Ellis and two musicians, Neeti and Raj, who run the Devi Music Ashram, perform Fritz's "Forever Whatever," with the local players adding an ethereal touch of harmonium and tabla drums to the Sweet Creep track.

"[Neeti and Raj] run an ashram where you can stay for three dollars a night in a very nice room, overlooking the Himalayan holy city of Rishikesh," Fritz tells Rolling Stone Country. "There's no limit to how long you can stay at Devi and if we didn't have flights to catch, and if Robert didn't almost die from some parasite, we'd probably still be there. Neeti and Raj were very reluctant to play music with us. It was confusing since they run an ashram completely based around music. We finally talked them into playing this song with us. Looking back, I wish we had pushed to record more songs with them. But India is a very confusing place and often makes you wonder why you did any of it in the first place."

Country music doesn't exactly have a stronghold in India, but it does lay claim to one major star: Bobby Cash (born Bal Kishore Das Loiwal), who lives about an hour north of the ashram where Fritz and Ellis recorded "Forever Whatever." His music draws a line between the picking styles commonly used on traditional instruments like sitar and the Saraswati veena and the playing found in the honky-tonks of Nashville which, as evidenced on this version of "Forever Whatever," have more in common than one might expect.

Fritz, who released Sweet Creep this past October, will set out on a new tour this spring at home and abroad, including several shows with Margo Price.

Here are Fritz's full tour dates: February 11 - Missoula, MT @ Palace with Izaak Opatz February 17 - Los Angeles, CA @ Bootleg Theatre February 18 - Los Angeles, CA @ El Condor (DJ set) February 23 - Knoxville, TN @ Bijou Theatre * February 24 - Blacksburg, VA @ Lyric Theatre * February 25 - Charlottesville, VA @ The Southern * February 26 - Charleston, WV @Mountain Stage February 28 - Asheville, NC @ The Grey Eagle * March 1 - Wilmington, NC @ Throne Theatre * March 2 - Charlotte, NC @ Neighborhood Theatre March 3 - Saxapahaw, NC @ Haw River Ballroom * March 4 - Chattanooga, TN @ Revelry Room * March 5 - Birmingham, AL @ WorkPlay *

* with Margo Price

March 22 Glasgow, UK @ O2 ABC2 Glasgow March 24 Bristol, UK @ The Exchange March 25 Twyford, UK @ The Swiss Cottage March 26 - London, UK @ The Moth Club March 28 Krefeld, DE @ Kulturrampe March 29 Amsterdam, NL @ Paradiso March 30 Utrecht, NL @ Molen de Ster presented by Ekko March 31 Rotterdam, NL @ V11 presented by Rotown April 1 Gent, BE @ Trefpunt April 4 Gothenburg, SWE @ Pustervik April 5 Orebro, SWE @ East West April 6 Oslo, NO @ Buckleys April 7 - Malm, SWE @ Folk Rock April 8 Borlnge, SWE @ Broken Dreams April 9 - Stockholm, SWE @ Southside Bar April 13 Sydney, AUS @ Porteno Restaurant April 14 Sydney, AUS @ Newton Social Club April 15 Bruzzys Farm, Tallarook, AUS @ Boogie Festival April 16 Bruzzys Farm, Tallarook, AUS @ Boogie Festival April 19 - Melbourne, AUS @ Spotted Mallard April 20 Melbourne, AUS @ Caravan Music Club April 21 Melbourne, AUS @ Meeniyan Town Hall April 22 - Adelaide, AUS @ Silver Raven Festival April 23 Brisbane, AUS @ Triffid April 24 Byron Bay, AUS

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