I suggested to my team members at our first tribal meeting that we should do something different for our final day presentation. We wanted to display our creativity and innovation - something that the audience would enjoy and remember. Once the idea of performing a skit was conceived, all that remained was hard work, commitment and determination.
After many late night meetings and long mind mapping exercises, we arrived at ‘The Great Nilgiris’ Robbery’ – a skit that would portray the Nilgiris’ past, present and the future through the eyes of the Kurumba tribe. We rehearsed enacting the past when the blue mountains were unadulterated with its wildlife and vegetation in peaceful coexistence. The transition to present day was marked with deforestation, illegal hunting of animals, irresponsible tourism and landslides as humans took ownership of the Nilgiris. The final part of the skit would then show climate champions offering solutions to these problems going into the future.
After many late night meetings and long mind mapping exercises, we arrived at ‘The Great Nilgiris’ Robbery’ – a skit that would portray the Nilgiris’ past, present and the future through the eyes of the Kurumba tribe. We rehearsed enacting the past when the blue mountains were unadulterated with its wildlife and vegetation in peaceful coexistence. The transition to present day was marked with deforestation, illegal hunting of animals, irresponsible tourism and landslides as humans took ownership of the Nilgiris. The final part of the skit would then show climate champions offering solutions to these problems going into the future.
Nilgiri would tell her own story through a monologue read backstage and the different phases in her history would be enacted on stage.
Working with my team members was indeed the highlight of my trip. I built a special rapport with them and felt inspired by their ideas and creative thinking. I was very much looking forward to performing the skit with them on the final day.
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