Jailhouse Rock
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As the popularity of our festivals spread in the Rio De Janerio area, authorities from the Base S. J. Meriti prison contacted us and asked if we would do a show for the prisoners. The prison holds 400 convicted murderers, rapists and thieves, with 40 men to a room – all of whom sleep on the bare floor and share one common toilet. Two hundred prisoners were taken to a guarded courtyard where we performed a short version of our show – as no women were allowed inside the prison grounds. It was tense in the beginning, but after a short time the prisoners started smiling and enjoying themselves. In the final kirtan many of them chanted and danced with us in great happiness. All glories to Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu – savior of the fallen souls!