[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 2]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 2270]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                RECOGNIZING THE ART OF LIVING FOUNDATION

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                           HON. ED WHITFIELD

                              of kentucky

                    in the house of representatives

                      Thursday, February 25, 2016

  Mr. WHITFIELD. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize the Art of 
Living Foundation, and founder Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, as the Foundation 
commemorates its 35th anniversary with the upcoming World Culture 
Festival in New Delhi on March 11-13, 2016.
  The three day major cultural event will be held at a venue that 
covers over 1,000 acres and will feature the world's largest stage 
spread over an area of seven acres.
  The festival emphasizes co-existence and celebrates diversity by 
bringing together an estimated 3.5 million people to a common platform.
  We must all remember that while lifestyles vary from one culture to 
the next, we are all human beings who should learn from one another.
  I believe celebrating cultural diversity around the globe, as the Art 
of Living Foundation is doing with this wonderful event, will open 
lines of communication and understanding between nations, and I 
certainly wish them well.

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