0:00:19 > 0:00:23I'm Antarra Singh. I'm a Kathak dancer.
0:00:23 > 0:00:27Kathak is a really traditional, north Indian, classical dance.
0:00:27 > 0:00:33We depict all kind of stories. Kathak basically means storytelling.
0:00:33 > 0:00:38We just speak it with our expressions, with our hand gestures.
0:00:38 > 0:00:42The most important part in Kathak dance is ghunghru.
0:00:42 > 0:00:46A ghunghru means ankle belt, at least 100 ghunghru should be used,
0:00:46 > 0:00:50so that a good sound should be produced while you are dancing.
0:00:50 > 0:00:53OK, I'll make the sound of how this ghunghru sounds.
0:00:53 > 0:00:55RATTLES
0:00:56 > 0:00:58RATTLES
0:01:01 > 0:01:04Today, I'm here in Jaipur, the Pink City.
0:01:04 > 0:01:06Everything here is very pink.
0:01:06 > 0:01:10The stones and the monuments are basically of pink in colour.
0:01:10 > 0:01:14Today, I'm going to perform a very traditional classical song.
0:01:14 > 0:01:17Radha and Krishna are the Indian gods.
0:01:17 > 0:01:20Radha is the beloved of Krishna.
0:01:20 > 0:01:24I'm going to show you all how they play with each other.
0:01:24 > 0:01:27It's a holy festival, so everybody in a playful mood.
0:01:27 > 0:01:33Radha just came and she takes water and pull it down to the bucket.
0:01:33 > 0:01:38Fill the bucket with water, then she take out the packet of colour paint,
0:01:38 > 0:01:42open it and drop colour into the bucket.
0:01:42 > 0:01:45She mix the colour and the water properly,
0:01:45 > 0:01:49then she just bend and take the water like this.
0:01:50 > 0:01:53And then, she's in search for her Krishna.
0:01:53 > 0:01:55"Where is he? Where is he?
0:01:55 > 0:01:59"Oh, I find him. Now I'll joke a little."
0:01:59 > 0:02:03She just then throws water on him.
0:02:03 > 0:02:08And now he takes the colour and throw onto Radha!
0:02:10 > 0:02:13When I was a child, I used to play a lot with colour paints.
0:02:13 > 0:02:17I used to play with water and throw it to my friends.
0:02:17 > 0:02:21Today, I will use flowers instead of colour paint
0:02:21 > 0:02:24because I will be in a mess today if I play with colours.
0:04:27 > 0:04:30When I dance in the city palace, I feel so great.
0:04:30 > 0:04:33It's really wonderful to see that still the Indians
0:04:33 > 0:04:37have a rich tradition and rich culture.
0:04:37 > 0:04:39I'm very proud to be Indian.
0:04:59 > 0:05:04My name is Rebecca. I'm a teacher.
0:05:05 > 0:05:08I'm teaching at Tegbi primary school.
0:05:10 > 0:05:12In Ghana, dancing is very important.
0:05:14 > 0:05:17We do a lot of dancing, when we're happy,
0:05:17 > 0:05:19for birthday parties,
0:05:19 > 0:05:22for weddings, for engagements.
0:05:25 > 0:05:29"He lives in the forest, in the western region of Ghana.
0:05:30 > 0:05:34"He has lived there since he was born.
0:05:34 > 0:05:36"He loves the forest."
0:05:37 > 0:05:41When she is not teaching, Rebecca likes to dance
0:05:41 > 0:05:44and she is part of a local dance troupe.
0:05:45 > 0:05:47I like all the dances,
0:05:47 > 0:05:51but what I like most is Misago.
0:05:51 > 0:05:55The Misago is a dance that tells a story.
0:05:55 > 0:06:02In the olden days, our forefathers lived here and something happened
0:06:02 > 0:06:05and they had to escape from the wicked chief,
0:06:05 > 0:06:10so they packed their items, their belongings, everything,
0:06:10 > 0:06:13and left the town.
0:06:19 > 0:06:22The women carried most of their loots.
0:06:22 > 0:06:24They carried it on their head.
0:06:31 > 0:06:35Whilst going, they don't want the chief to know they're escaping,
0:06:35 > 0:06:39so they decided to walk backwards,
0:06:39 > 0:06:42so whilst going backwards, their footprints look
0:06:42 > 0:06:46as if they're going inside - they are going into the town.
0:06:46 > 0:06:49That is why whilst dancing, we go backwards.
0:06:54 > 0:06:58We hold our ears, showing we don't want to disturb anybody,
0:06:58 > 0:07:02we don't want anybody to know that they are moving, they are escaping.
0:07:02 > 0:07:06OK, so they've decided to hold their ear,
0:07:06 > 0:07:08when they call you, they just hold their ear,
0:07:08 > 0:07:11"Please, let's go. It's time, let's go."
0:07:37 > 0:07:39After escaping,
0:07:40 > 0:07:42they were happy,
0:07:42 > 0:07:49so they decided to play drums to display their happiness.
0:07:49 > 0:07:51So that is why we twist our body
0:07:51 > 0:07:53in this direction.
0:08:05 > 0:08:07This is our history
0:08:07 > 0:08:13and it helps our younger ones to know where their forefathers
0:08:13 > 0:08:17came from and what's happened during those days.
0:08:42 > 0:08:48Let's find white clay, boys and girls, for dancing ceremony.
0:08:48 > 0:08:52'My name is Junbia, my English name is Arnold.'
0:08:53 > 0:08:54I'm from here.
0:08:54 > 0:08:56I grow up here,
0:08:57 > 0:08:59this land.
0:09:00 > 0:09:05Tonight, big ceremony, they're going to show you how to dance
0:09:05 > 0:09:07and sing.
0:09:07 > 0:09:12Arnold is taking the kids who are going to be in the ceremony
0:09:12 > 0:09:16to find white clay which they will paint on themselves later on.
0:09:16 > 0:09:19Arnold knows exactly where to find it.
0:09:29 > 0:09:35After this, when we're digging the white clay, then put water
0:09:35 > 0:09:40to make mix, mix it up, and painting yourself,
0:09:40 > 0:09:45then you're dancing, acting like your uncle
0:09:45 > 0:09:47and grandpa and granny.
0:09:49 > 0:09:53The people from the village are heading to a sacred spot
0:09:53 > 0:09:56to perform their ceremony, which they call a bunghul.
0:09:59 > 0:10:01Hands up, eh?
0:10:02 > 0:10:04Who's going to sing today?
0:10:04 > 0:10:06SPEAKS ABORIGINAL LANGUAGE
0:10:09 > 0:10:11The bunghul is a ceremony
0:10:11 > 0:10:14and music and dance.
0:10:14 > 0:10:16They love dance,
0:10:16 > 0:10:19all the community from here.
0:10:20 > 0:10:21I like dance
0:10:21 > 0:10:25because I see my uncles dancing
0:10:25 > 0:10:27and I copied them dancing.
0:10:28 > 0:10:31When I'm dancing, I feel good.
0:10:31 > 0:10:33THEY CHANT AND SING
0:10:43 > 0:10:46These dances tell stories of the land.
0:10:46 > 0:10:50This one's about a white cockatoo searching for food.
0:13:10 > 0:13:12My name is Renata.
0:13:12 > 0:13:14I live here in Rio.
0:13:14 > 0:13:17And I teach Capoeira too.
0:13:23 > 0:13:27Capoeira, it's a group activity.
0:13:31 > 0:13:36You have people playing berimbeu, the people singing
0:13:36 > 0:13:39and also, the songs.
0:13:39 > 0:13:41HE SINGS
0:13:48 > 0:13:51You have two people playing Capoeira.
0:13:57 > 0:14:02And then when he ends, another two people come inside the circle.
0:14:23 > 0:14:28When the slaves arrived in Brazil,
0:14:28 > 0:14:31they create Capoeira here.
0:14:44 > 0:14:50They are just playing Capoeira, like a dance,
0:14:50 > 0:14:53because they are not able to do a fight,
0:14:53 > 0:14:56to train a fight, to train anything.
0:15:06 > 0:15:12So Capoeira became along the years like a dance,
0:15:12 > 0:15:16but inside this dance, you have the fight.
0:15:44 > 0:15:49They have to show a dance, but practise a fight.
0:16:02 > 0:16:05Capoeira, you can be as you are.
0:16:05 > 0:16:09Black people, white people, it doesn't matter.
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