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On Light was a specifically crafted class during my practise/internship with Magda Lambropoulou. I was invited to hold my own class by following the Ministry of Education guidebook which instructed to engage seasonal holidays and celebrations. Since it was Easter, a very big and important holiday in Greece I prepared a presentation and discussion on the significance and use of light through different cultures and religions from India, to Islam, to the African Diaspora, to Orthodoxy. In the meantime, I brought the book of the photography exhibition Wor(th)ship of Tassos Vrettos in the Benaki museum who explored and documented different religions in the Attica area based on immigrant populations. After discussing with the students about multiculturalim, spirituality and ethnicity, they seemed very excited to share their views, I invited them to take a moment to engage in their own little act of spirituality by lighting a candle and arranging it collectively, an act that is familiar to them from Greek Orthodox church, but as we witnessed is a universal thing thats transcends race, culture and religion.

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