Auroville birthday Dawnfire 2011

On February 28, 1968, 43 years ago, Auroville was founded. As every year, Aurovilians and friends gather on this date to celebrate together, waiting for the sunrise, with a great dawnfire (dawn-bonfire). The recorded voice of The Mother Mirra Alfassa, founder of Auroville, welcomes us reminding principles, goals and duties of this “living experiment“, of this “city that the world needs“. “Benedictions à Auroville“ is written with flowers on the floor in front of the urn that contains handfuls of so