As expected, most of the people who are participating in the SikhNet Youth Film Festival waited till the last minute to send in their video :) The videos are all coming in the last days, so far about 30 video entries. I have been watching them over the past week and am excited to see what people have come up with in their videos. It’s always cool to see people use their creativity and express themselves in different ways.
We extended the video submission deadline a few days since it is the weekend and a holiday for us on Monday. So you have a few more days till Monday Sept 3rd to send us your video.
Starting Tuesday, every day we will feature a few videos on SikhNet. After all the videos have been featured we will announce the results of the contest.
We are still looking for judges who can participate in reviewing the videos, so if you have any suggestions let me know (and why you think they would be a good judge). The judges will be viewing the videos online, so they would need to have a computer and broadband internet access.
In this video Gurucharan Singh Khalsa, Ph.D., (Director of Training at Kundalini Research Institute - KRI) shares his thoughts on the topic of meditation and in relation to Guru Nanak’s bani/prayer of Japji Sahib. He explains the mental process of meditation.
This past weekend we celebrated and remembered the life of SSS Harbhajan Singh Khalsa (aka: Yogi Bhajan). This birthday event has always been a joyous occasion and serves to bring many people together. It is especially a great event for inviting the local community to learn more about us as Sikhs. There are normally quite a few political figures and local citizens who have a chance to get to know us better.
This year the Langar hall was transformed into a beautiful gallery for the event. There were all kinds of pictures, art work, jewelry, stories, videos, magazines, etc. showing the history of Sikh Dharma in the west and the life of Yogi Bhajan.
The entry way to the gallery with the "introduction"
The following stories were written by several attendees at the 2007 Jaap Sahib Camp in Espanola, New Mexico. The stories are all personal remembrances.
Video excerpt from the Jaap Sahib course in Espanola, New Mexico on the topic of Guru Gobind Singh ji’s bani. Jugat Guru Singh Khalsa (Chardikala Jatha) talks about how it is important to learn about the Sikh Gurus and the history to deepen the experience.
In case you haven’t noticed, on the right hand side of this website the days have been counting down for the submission deadlines for the 2007 SikhNet Youth Online Film Festival. As of today there are only 11 days left! Still enough time to make a video and submit it!
Video submissions have been coming in slowly; but one thing I learned from last year, was that everyone waits till the last few days to submit their video. So…don’t wait too long…submit your video soon!
Jasmeet Singh Bansal from Pennsylvania, USA was last years first prize winner and made a video preview trailer of his video submission. Looks like it is going to be an interested video. We’ll all have to stay tuned to see how things turn out for Gurmukh Singh.
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