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Every year, on 13th and 14th April, | 0:00:41 | 0:00:44 | |
millions of Sikhs all around the world | 0:00:44 | 0:00:46 | |
celebrate their most holy day in their calendar, Vaisakhi. | 0:00:46 | 0:00:50 | |
Yes, the celebrations serve a dual purpose - on one hand, | 0:00:50 | 0:00:53 | |
it's the chance to have a sense of celebration and occasion for Sikhs, | 0:00:53 | 0:00:57 | |
but it's also seen as the beginning of harvest, | 0:00:57 | 0:01:00 | |
which indicates a time of happiness. | 0:01:00 | 0:01:04 | |
The days are marked with street processions | 0:01:04 | 0:01:06 | |
and the Guru Granth Sahib, the Sikh holy book, | 0:01:06 | 0:01:10 | |
is carried in a place of honour. | 0:01:10 | 0:01:12 | |
As well as chanting scriptures, | 0:01:12 | 0:01:14 | |
singing and dancing is very much a part of the celebrations, | 0:01:14 | 0:01:18 | |
and we're lucky enough to be joined by the 4x4 Junior Bhangra Group | 0:01:18 | 0:01:21 | |
to give us a bit of a demo. | 0:01:21 | 0:01:23 | |
BHANGRA DRUMMING | 0:01:23 | 0:01:25 | |
Hey! | 0:01:27 | 0:01:28 | |
Hey! Hey! | 0:01:41 | 0:01:43 | |
Hey! Hey! | 0:01:43 | 0:01:45 | |
Hey! | 0:01:48 | 0:01:49 | |
Hey! Hey! | 0:01:49 | 0:01:51 | |
Hey! | 0:02:49 | 0:02:50 | |
Hey! | 0:02:53 | 0:02:55 | |
OFF-KEY TIN WHISTLE MELODY | 0:03:00 | 0:03:02 | |
Morris dancing - it's as English as fish and chips, isn't it? | 0:03:06 | 0:03:10 | |
But what's it all about? | 0:03:10 | 0:03:12 | |
Your town, village or whatever | 0:03:13 | 0:03:15 | |
would have had a traditional dance. You've got the Cotswolds, | 0:03:15 | 0:03:19 | |
there's a lot of dances from there. | 0:03:19 | 0:03:21 | |
The dances we do come from the borders of England and Wales. | 0:03:21 | 0:03:24 | |
We've also got northwest dances. | 0:03:24 | 0:03:27 | |
Obviously, that's from the cotton mills of the northwest of England. | 0:03:27 | 0:03:30 | |
East Anglia - you've got molly dancing from there. | 0:03:30 | 0:03:34 | |
From the Sheffield area, you've got sword dancing | 0:03:34 | 0:03:37 | |
because of... the pieces of steel, anyway. | 0:03:37 | 0:03:39 | |
In the coal mining areas of Yorkshire, you have rapper, | 0:03:39 | 0:03:42 | |
and the rapper is a short sword, | 0:03:42 | 0:03:44 | |
but also, it was used to clean pit ponies. | 0:03:44 | 0:03:46 | |
INDISTINCT SPEECH | 0:03:46 | 0:03:49 | |
'At the time of the Reformation, | 0:03:49 | 0:03:51 | |
'people were stopped from celebrating a lot of religious things, | 0:03:51 | 0:03:56 | |
'whether they were pagan or Christian, it didn't really matter. | 0:03:56 | 0:04:00 | |
'So, they blacked their faces so you didn't know who was doing it.' | 0:04:00 | 0:04:04 | |
RAUCOUS PLAYING AND WHISTLING | 0:04:04 | 0:04:06 | |
100 years ago, | 0:04:06 | 0:04:09 | |
dances from this area were collected by a chap called Cecil Sharp | 0:04:09 | 0:04:13 | |
and he wrote down what he saw, | 0:04:13 | 0:04:15 | |
and this information is stored in Cecil Sharp House in London. | 0:04:15 | 0:04:19 | |
When you start a morris dance side, | 0:04:19 | 0:04:24 | |
or you're interested to start a side, | 0:04:24 | 0:04:26 | |
you get information from Cecil Sharp House, | 0:04:26 | 0:04:29 | |
which is your framework and you build on that framework. | 0:04:29 | 0:04:33 | |
You see a lot of people using sticks and bells. | 0:04:33 | 0:04:36 | |
We'll always have bells on. | 0:04:36 | 0:04:40 | |
The sticks, when they beat the ground with them, or clash them, | 0:04:40 | 0:04:43 | |
it was to frighten away evil spirits and to bring fertility to crops. | 0:04:43 | 0:04:47 | |
And the bells were the same - it was a noise that you made | 0:04:47 | 0:04:50 | |
to wake up the spring and have a good harvest after. | 0:04:50 | 0:04:53 | |
ACCORDIONS PLAY, BELLS JINGLE | 0:04:53 | 0:04:55 | |
The side from York have devised their own dance, | 0:04:55 | 0:05:00 | |
adding to the tradition. So, what does it all mean? | 0:05:00 | 0:05:03 | |
Well, that particular dance was called Wiltshire Wedding | 0:05:03 | 0:05:07 | |
and it used to be danced at a wedding | 0:05:07 | 0:05:10 | |
to celebrate the couple...couple's nuptials, I suppose that's the word. | 0:05:10 | 0:05:15 | |
And the idea is that the figure of eight that we do | 0:05:15 | 0:05:18 | |
is to signify everlasting love. | 0:05:18 | 0:05:20 | |
And at the end, when we make the circle with these garlands, | 0:05:20 | 0:05:24 | |
the couple should be in the middle. | 0:05:24 | 0:05:27 | |
BELLS JINGLE | 0:05:27 | 0:05:30 | |
-What's the story of this dragon, then? -The dragon? | 0:05:30 | 0:05:33 | |
Most morris sides have got a dragon or a horse or a donkey, | 0:05:33 | 0:05:38 | |
or something similar. | 0:05:38 | 0:05:41 | |
An animal normally accompanies morris sides when they're dancing. | 0:05:41 | 0:05:44 | |
It started life as Old Nick, the Devil. | 0:05:44 | 0:05:48 | |
In morris dancing, there are circles | 0:05:48 | 0:05:53 | |
and circles are magic, the Magic Circle, | 0:05:53 | 0:05:56 | |
which Old Nick, the Devil, must never enter. | 0:05:56 | 0:05:58 | |
RAMSHACKLE BRASS MUSIC AND BELLS | 0:05:58 | 0:06:02 | |
ACCORDION MUSIC AND BELLS | 0:06:05 | 0:06:09 | |
The type of dancing that we do is called Welsh border morris. | 0:06:09 | 0:06:13 | |
And it is thought that the working class, back several hundred years, | 0:06:13 | 0:06:19 | |
would sew lively, colourful bits of ribbon on their coats. | 0:06:19 | 0:06:24 | |
It was also thought that they were derived from poachers' jackets, | 0:06:24 | 0:06:30 | |
an early form of camouflage-type jacket to hide in the undergrowth. | 0:06:30 | 0:06:35 | |
Handkerchiefs are normally done by Cotswold morris dancers. | 0:06:35 | 0:06:38 | |
They represent court dances of the 17th century. | 0:06:38 | 0:06:42 | |
They are basically a mickey-take of the hierarchy and the gentry. | 0:06:42 | 0:06:47 | |
The hat is also feathers from spoils, | 0:06:47 | 0:06:52 | |
from game, from animals that have been caught. | 0:06:52 | 0:06:57 | |
Aaaah! | 0:06:57 | 0:06:59 | |
-WHISTLING -Yeahhhhh! | 0:07:01 | 0:07:04 | |
Samba is the principal music and dance | 0:07:13 | 0:07:16 | |
of Brazilian city Rio de Janeiro. | 0:07:16 | 0:07:18 | |
It has fast-paced rhythmic movement and bright, imaginative costumes. | 0:07:18 | 0:07:22 | |
The dance is often accompanied by percussion instruments | 0:07:22 | 0:07:26 | |
and sometimes a small guitar, the cavaquinho. | 0:07:26 | 0:07:28 | |
Samba's origins date back to the 16th century | 0:07:28 | 0:07:32 | |
and combine elements of Portuguese culture | 0:07:32 | 0:07:34 | |
from the settlers who colonised Brazil | 0:07:34 | 0:07:36 | |
and traditions of the African slaves that came there. | 0:07:36 | 0:07:41 | |
Many types of samba have evolved since then. | 0:07:41 | 0:07:43 | |
Today, the most famous display of samba happens | 0:07:43 | 0:07:46 | |
at the annual carnival in Rio de Janeiro. | 0:07:46 | 0:07:48 | |
This attracts hundreds of thousands of performers and spectators | 0:07:48 | 0:07:52 | |
every year. | 0:07:52 | 0:07:53 | |
-Andy, I know you've wanted to do samba for so long... -Yes. | 0:07:53 | 0:07:56 | |
-..now you're getting your chance! -Jackson, welcome. Guys, welcome. | 0:07:56 | 0:08:00 | |
-What's the first move I'm going to learn? -The box, kick and step. | 0:08:00 | 0:08:04 | |
The box, kick and step. | 0:08:04 | 0:08:05 | |
-So, right... -OK. | 0:08:05 | 0:08:07 | |
-Left, right. -Uh-huh. | 0:08:07 | 0:08:10 | |
So, right, left, left, right... OK, I like this. | 0:08:10 | 0:08:15 | |
-Left, right, left... -Right. Even Gethin's picking it up! -I know! | 0:08:15 | 0:08:19 | |
I'm way off. | 0:08:19 | 0:08:20 | |
-OK. -Now, can we get more exciting? -OK. -A bit more interesting. | 0:08:20 | 0:08:23 | |
-We're going to ask you to do a kick. -A kick with it? All right. | 0:08:23 | 0:08:28 | |
Right, so... Left, | 0:08:28 | 0:08:30 | |
-kick! -OK, so on the first step you kick back? -Exactly. | 0:08:30 | 0:08:33 | |
It reminds me of the four corners of the box. | 0:08:33 | 0:08:35 | |
-The four corners of the box, exactly. -OK. | 0:08:35 | 0:08:38 | |
-Right, left, right, left... -Kick! | 0:08:38 | 0:08:40 | |
-THEY LAUGH -Right, left... Kick! | 0:08:40 | 0:08:42 | |
I'm excited, I really am! | 0:08:42 | 0:08:44 | |
-It's getting there! -Yeah! | 0:08:44 | 0:08:45 | |
There's a big smile on his face, that's the most important thing! | 0:08:45 | 0:08:49 | |
The next step we're going to learn is the samba sequence. | 0:08:49 | 0:08:52 | |
OK. | 0:08:52 | 0:08:54 | |
-You're going to step your right foot... | 0:08:54 | 0:08:56 | |
-Right foot back. -Looks tricky. -Left foot. | 0:08:56 | 0:08:59 | |
-Right foot again. -Right foot again. -Left and turn. | 0:08:59 | 0:09:01 | |
Oh, OK, OK, this one's interesting, OK! | 0:09:01 | 0:09:04 | |
So, right foot, left foot, left foot and turn again! | 0:09:04 | 0:09:07 | |
And your hat! | 0:09:07 | 0:09:08 | |
And your hat again. She seems to be doing it quicker, can we speed up? | 0:09:08 | 0:09:13 | |
Five, six, seven, eight - | 0:09:13 | 0:09:14 | |
One, two, three, four, | 0:09:14 | 0:09:15 | |
-five, six... -Nice! I like that! -Not bad! It's nearly there! | 0:09:15 | 0:09:20 | |
SAMBA DRUMMING | 0:09:20 | 0:09:23 | |
APPLAUSE | 0:09:35 | 0:09:37 | |
Nice! I'm feeling the groove! How was that compared to my box step? | 0:09:37 | 0:09:41 | |
Very good, you're definitely getting that Brazilian xinga. | 0:09:41 | 0:09:44 | |
I love that word, "xinga"! What's the next step? | 0:09:44 | 0:09:48 | |
Your next step, you're going to try to learn the basic samba. | 0:09:48 | 0:09:51 | |
-The basic samba, OK. -Exactly. | 0:09:51 | 0:09:54 | |
-So, basically, you move your hips first. -OK, start with my hips first. | 0:09:54 | 0:09:58 | |
The rhythm is one, two, one, two. | 0:09:58 | 0:10:02 | |
TOGETHER: One, two, one, two. | 0:10:02 | 0:10:05 | |
If you think about the rhythm, it's a double-time there. | 0:10:05 | 0:10:08 | |
-One, two, one, two... -TOGETHER: One, two, one, two... | 0:10:08 | 0:10:12 | |
-Basically... -Move your feet. | 0:10:12 | 0:10:13 | |
I'm basically swinging my hips from left to right | 0:10:13 | 0:10:16 | |
and moving my feet at the same time. Julia's doing it quickly, | 0:10:16 | 0:10:20 | |
-can we try and speed it up? -Shall we? | 0:10:20 | 0:10:22 | |
Five, six, seven, eight. | 0:10:22 | 0:10:23 | |
One, two... | 0:10:23 | 0:10:25 | |
HE LAUGHS | 0:10:25 | 0:10:26 | |
What do I need to remember? | 0:10:26 | 0:10:29 | |
Just keep my body straight, or...? | 0:10:29 | 0:10:31 | |
-Just remember the beats. -OK. -One, two, one, two, one, two, one, two. | 0:10:31 | 0:10:35 | |
OK, think of the beat. One, two, three, four, | 0:10:35 | 0:10:38 | |
one, two... D'you know what, I love this! | 0:10:38 | 0:10:40 | |
Now, it's time for the moment of truth. | 0:10:40 | 0:10:43 | |
He's looking forward to it, he's got a big smile on his face. | 0:10:43 | 0:10:46 | |
Alongside the London School Of Samba, it's Andy Akinwolere! Take it away! | 0:10:46 | 0:10:50 | |
SAMBA DRUMMING | 0:10:50 | 0:10:52 | |
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE | 0:11:34 | 0:11:36 | |
ALL: Well, saal mubarak! | 0:11:42 | 0:11:44 | |
Which means Happy Diwali! | 0:11:44 | 0:11:46 | |
Diwali is celebrated by Hindus all over the world. | 0:11:46 | 0:11:50 | |
It's like New Year celebrations, | 0:11:50 | 0:11:52 | |
when families and friends get together. | 0:11:52 | 0:11:55 | |
There are firework displays, parties, presents | 0:11:55 | 0:11:59 | |
-and fabulous feasts. -Diwali means "Festival of Light", | 0:11:59 | 0:12:02 | |
so Hindus light "diwas", or candles, around their homes | 0:12:02 | 0:12:05 | |
to celebrate the safe return of Lord Rama | 0:12:05 | 0:12:07 | |
after rescuing his wife Sita | 0:12:07 | 0:12:09 | |
from Ravana, the ten-headed demon. | 0:12:09 | 0:12:13 | |
Rangoli patterns are placed on the doorsteps of homes | 0:12:13 | 0:12:16 | |
to welcome happiness and good fortune. | 0:12:16 | 0:12:19 | |
TRADITIONAL INDIAN MUSIC | 0:12:19 | 0:12:22 | |
-APPLAUSE -So, why are you dancing with sticks? | 0:13:00 | 0:13:03 | |
The gods Radha and Krishna, they used to play with it | 0:13:03 | 0:13:06 | |
and it's a tradition that's been carried on since then. | 0:13:06 | 0:13:11 | |
It can't just be girls that do this... | 0:13:11 | 0:13:13 | |
Nope, anyone any age can do it. | 0:13:13 | 0:13:15 | |
-Can I have a pair of sticks and have a go? -Yep. -Lovely. | 0:13:15 | 0:13:18 | |
-Show us what to do. -Hold it in the middle. | 0:13:18 | 0:13:20 | |
-GIRLS: Then twirl it round your head. -OK. | 0:13:20 | 0:13:23 | |
-Yeah, like that. -Right. -GIRLS: Remember to hop. | 0:13:23 | 0:13:26 | |
So, we'll start up here. We'll have a bit of music | 0:13:26 | 0:13:29 | |
and see how we get on, cos I did have a little practice earlier. | 0:13:29 | 0:13:32 | |
INDIAN MUSIC | 0:13:32 | 0:13:34 | |
Oh, here we go, look at this... | 0:13:36 | 0:13:38 | |
Forgot a little bit there, but guys, what did you think to that? | 0:13:38 | 0:13:42 | |
Subtitles by Red Bee Media Ltd | 0:13:47 | 0:13:50 | |
E-mail [email protected] | 0:13:50 | 0:13:53 |