Poetry-Slam: „Papa, warum weinst du nicht?“ | Anuraj Sri Rajarajendran | TEDxLandau
Als Featured Artist bei TEDxLandau 2025 brachte Anuraj Sri Rajarajendran mit seinem eindringlichen Poetry-Slam die Bühne zum Innehalten. In „Papa, warum weinst du nicht?“ setzt er sich mit dem Schweigen seines Vaters auseinander und mit den tradierten Männlichkeitsbildern, die Gefühle als Schwäche abwerten. Der Text ist eine persönliche, gesellschaftlich relevante Reflexion über emotionale Zurückhaltung, familiäre Prägung und die Frage, was es heute heißt, „ein Mann“ zu sein. Anuraj plädiert für eine neue, offenere Definition von Stärke – eine, in der Weinen erlaubt ist. Sein Auftritt war leise, aber wirksam. Und traf viele im Publikum genau da, wo Worte am meisten bewegen: im Innersten. Anuraj Sri Rajarajendran ist ein aus Landau stammender Poetry-Slammer, Rapper und Student. Als Sohn sri-lankischer Kriegsflüchtlinge wuchs er in Deutschland auf und wurde durch verschiedene Kulturen geprägt. Bereits als Kind entdeckte er durch seinen älteren Bruder die Liebe zum Hip-Hop und begann, eigene Raptexte mit gesellschaftskritischen und ironischen Themen zu schreiben.
In der Poetry-Slam-Szene gilt Anuraj als Senkrechtstarter: Nur zwei Jahre nach seinem ersten Auftritt gewann er 2024 den Titel des deutschsprachigen Meisters in Bielefeld, nachdem er bereits die Rheinland-Pfalz-Meisterschaften gewonnen hatte. Seine Texte verbinden Humor mit emotionalem Tiefgang und greifen persönliche Erlebnisse sowie gesellschaftliche Fragen auf, wie in „Ich bin eine 10 von 10“ und „Papa, warum weinst du nicht?“.
Parallel studiert er Lehramt an der RPTU Landau und arbeitet an weiteren kulturellen Projekten und Buchveröffentlichungen. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx
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