> [!NOTE]+ Meta > Reference:: https://mesh.tghn.org/articles/jeevan-shakti-mela-festival-lifeforce/ > Date:: 2019 > Tags:: #warp #Nepal > WeftLinks:: [[Health value of craft]] > Claim:: [[Claim - Craft is useful in messaging]] > [!SUMMARY] Summary > Community artists made traditional Maithil paintings with advice on controling type 2 diabetes which were displayed at a local fun fair. ### Highlights The funfair was the culmination of a project that aimed to increase knowledge, understanding, and motivation to prevent and control type 2 diabetes in Nepal using participatory research and art. JWDC artists and independent artists interviewed people in order to understand how type 2 diabetes is experienced and understood. Artists interacted with people who have diabetes, who are at risk of diabetes, and with health workers from the public and private sectors. From these interactions, the artists then produced traditional Maithil paintings, props, interactive displays, and games for a drama that travelled to 17 villages and for activities at the large funfair.