Islamic activity in SouthBank

What a coincidence, this school holiday comes together with Ramadhan. In the first week of the school holiday Southbank Parkland held numerous remarkable activities. What came to make it special was that the activities were about the Art Workshop. General/Aussy Art Workshop might sound ordinary but last week (I'm not sure this week) the theme of the workshop was about the Islam. I wondered if they made it because school holiday and Ramadhan or else. The nuance of Islam colored the Suncorp Piazza, like the sound of Adzan, Cat Steven Nasyid and many more such as Asma'ul Husna. The sound was explained to the participant who were mostly Australian and not moslems in the middle of the workshop by a moslem lady who was hired to guide the Islamic Art Workshop. She was Shamima with her 3-year-old kid. We had a little chat talking about learning (introducing) Islam through art for kids and she invited me to the Kuraby mosque to have the Islamic Play Group that I was hopeless to join due to the distance. The workshop she hosted was making a middle eastern doll with a head cover. And I think it was only their "Hands On Art" terminology - It doesn't mean all middle easterner women are moslem, anyway whatever the name was, this was gonna be good. The title of the program was

The same but different- It's A Wrap and Middle Eastern Doll

Hands On Art and South Bank Corporation present Islamic Art workshops for children of all
ages.

Hijab is a head cover that Muslim women usually wear to cover their
hair and head. In this workshop children explore the meaning and value of hair
covering, and learn the different ways of wrapping a scarf or cloth around the
head. The workshop involves painting on large rectangular pieces of fabric. Kids
create a scarf design inspired by Islamic art. Making a doll with any types of hijab in different moslem countries.

So they introduced the Aussy kids what hijab was and they were allowed to ask anything about Islam. This was a good point where people out there would no more put us in a bad stereotyping. This was a kind of eliciting awareness through non-moslem community.

This is the doll Lara made with in the
workshop

Across the Piazza the Bungee Trampoline was really the biggest temptation for Lara. Trying the Trampoline for $10 wouldn't dig my deep wallet as long as she finished her fasting until 12.00. She did it and got the reward for fasting.

Pacific Fly Motion Bungee Trampoline

A four in one bungee
trampoline for anyone of any age group. Secured and safe in an adjustable,
purpose built harness, people are free to experiment with acrobatic movements or
simply jump as high as they can.