Civil Society

BU regularly supports various initiatives in the field of civil society and takes part in benefit concerts. Through our profound explorations of the African and other traditional music (as well as multimedia) cultures the collective aspects on creativity and social engagement of the group are being continually fostered. The performances and actions in public space directly address up-to-date problems, as for example the wrongness and falsity of many a war conflict (especially lately the one in Irak and its contexts) or our country's participation in NATO. The action "BOBNI NE BOMBE!" (Drums, Not Bombs!) called for a deeper reflection of the then events and discourses, by taking part in the all-Slovenian initiative "NE NATO, MIR NAM DAJTE!" ("Not NATO, Give Us Peace!") we were trying to point at some better alternatives for our future.

In the last couple of years we have also been supporting "Million Marijuana March" as well as the annual gay and lesbian manifestation of "Ljubljana Pride" that, in Latvian Riga, entitled us "ambassadors of diversity". A slightly different yet similarly motivated project is definitely "BUmBUs" (2003 - 2005), a project trying to give an own and intensive experience of rhythm and foreign cultures to the various "deprived groups" that in turn can teach "us" valuable lessons of alternative perception and communication.