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World Culture Festival and Poetry Drones

Stories of art that makes an impression on the environment.

With Tina Daheley.

Sandip Roy considers why the high profile World Culture Festival, which took place last weekend in Delhi, ruffled the feathers of environmentalists.

Fashion designer Vaishali Morjaria explains how her hand painted textile designs draw inspiration from her Kenyan Indian heritage and the endangered wildlife of her beloved local landscape.

Poet and translator David Shook explains his project to use drones to spread the written word.

As la Sagrada Familia in Barcelona celebrates its 134th birthday, architecture writer Ethel Baraona Pohl reflects on the effect of the structure on the urban landscape of the city and the debate about whether Gaudi’s gothic church should ever be completed.

(Photo: Construction for the World Culture Festival Credit: MONEY SHARMA/AFP/Getty Images)

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Sat 19 Mar 201622:32GMT
BBC World Service West and Central Africa

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    BBC World Service except News Internet
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    BBC World Service West and Central Africa & East and Southern Africa only
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    BBC World Service except East and Southern Africa, News Internet & West and Central Africa
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    BBC World Service West and Central Africa

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