#IRTSAMagnificentMeghalaya | You & I Arts Cafe - Food - Silver - video Dailymotion

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The Silver Award winner for Sustainable Experiences: Food—You & I Arts Cafe.  Offering traditional Khasi food and 130-plus teas of different kinds, You & I Arts Cafe is a unique concept cafe that strives to celebrate the diversity of Meghalaya’s cuisine. It acts as a gallery and curator for local art and artists. It also mentors and supports several local youths.  Video credit: Ink Creative Consultancy and Ka Knup Creatives  #Meghalaya #IRTSA #IndianResponsibleTourismStateAwards #MagnificentMeghalaya #SustainableTourism #ResponsibleTourismIndia #SustainableTourismindia #ResponsibleTourism #CelebratingPeople #CelebratingIndia

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00:00 The idea behind UNI Cafe is that it's a place where youngsters can reflect of the richness

00:09 of our culture and also to understand various aspects of Khasi culture, especially in food,

00:16 music and games.

00:18 And we even promote traditional games.

00:20 Those games are dying now and most of the youngsters are busy playing games on mobile.

00:27 We call local artists to display their art products and also the artisans, whatever they

00:33 have created, and we help them sell their products here.

00:37 So we don't take commission.

00:39 Whatever we sell, we give the money straight to them.

00:44 Actually the UNI Arts Cafe is about helping the youngsters who are coming from low-income

00:49 families.

00:50 They mostly are dropouts.

00:52 And two of them are graduated by working in the cafe where they support their own education

00:57 and there are another 12 of them, they are dropout students.

01:02 [Music]

01:04 (upbeat music)

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