A dance to honor Mother Earth
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0:03 - 0:06Mother Earth: Our end was imminent
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0:06 - 0:08yet finality relented.
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0:09 - 0:13Wind, water and fire gently revived;
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0:13 - 0:16you and I reconciled,
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0:16 - 0:18rhythms realigned,
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0:18 - 0:20the blues gone green.
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0:20 - 0:25Your care in conserving
in exchange for my fruit -
0:25 - 0:31and replenishing this picturous
restoring of painted skies, -
0:31 - 0:33mountains rolling,
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0:33 - 0:34forest covering --
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0:34 - 0:36no more warming.
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0:36 - 0:41The purity and simplicity
of how we used to be. -
0:41 - 0:42You remember me?
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0:42 - 0:45All I give to humanity?
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0:45 - 0:49Housing, land, seas, birds,
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0:49 - 0:52beast and all of mankind,
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0:52 - 0:57exclusively the interface
where you and the elements meet -
0:57 - 1:00and vibrate harmoniously.
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1:00 - 1:03(Piano plays)
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1:05 - 1:09(Violin plays)
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1:34 - 1:36(Music)
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2:05 - 2:07(Music tempo quickens)
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2:19 - 2:21(Violin plays)
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3:12 - 3:14(Music)
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3:38 - 3:41(Violin plays)
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4:10 - 4:12(Music)
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4:22 - 4:23(Music ends)
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4:25 - 4:27(Applause)
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4:27 - 4:28My beauty altered,
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4:28 - 4:30muddied waters, fields stripped bare,
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4:30 - 4:33interior scarred beyond repair,
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4:33 - 4:36our memories eroding.
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4:36 - 4:39You once obsessed over my frame
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4:39 - 4:40and how I came to be;
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4:40 - 4:42my nature, its polarity --
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4:42 - 4:48how my sweet winds whisper softly,
yet assault seas. -
4:48 - 4:50You remember me?
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4:50 - 4:52All I give to humanity?
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4:52 - 4:56Housing, land, seas, birds,
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4:56 - 4:59beast and all of mankind --
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4:59 - 5:05exclusively the interface
where you and the elements meet -
5:05 - 5:07and vibrate harmoniously.
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5:07 - 5:11The unseen traveler forever passing,
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5:11 - 5:12carrying life,
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5:12 - 5:13moving,
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5:13 - 5:17awning of Earth felt and heard,
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5:17 - 5:19strong and stirring,
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5:19 - 5:21blowing.
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5:21 - 5:24Breathe you in, cleansing wind,
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5:24 - 5:26gentle and still,
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5:26 - 5:27quieter.
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5:28 - 5:30The source eternally here,
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5:30 - 5:33ascent and descending:
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5:33 - 5:35air.
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5:35 - 5:38Rhythmic flow,
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5:38 - 5:40fluid and graceful,
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5:40 - 5:42waves of serenity,
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5:42 - 5:44smooth strings of purity,
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5:44 - 5:47rains replenishing rapidly,
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5:48 - 5:49rivers of dreams,
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5:49 - 5:52raging springs
covering Earth in abundance, -
5:52 - 5:54universal solvent dissolving,
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5:54 - 5:59drink, liquid, life and power:
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6:01 - 6:02water.
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6:02 - 6:04Born when the universe was formed,
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6:04 - 6:05warmed mankind,
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6:05 - 6:07gave him light,
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6:07 - 6:10colored rays illuminate ember flickers
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6:10 - 6:12incandescent, powerful and brilliant.
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6:12 - 6:14Sacred son of air, father of fury,
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6:14 - 6:16heat dancing vigorously
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6:16 - 6:17between perfection and beauty.
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6:17 - 6:19Unconfined agility,
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6:19 - 6:21fast and fancy,
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6:21 - 6:24sparks of ingenuity rise:
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6:24 - 6:25fire.
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6:26 - 6:28(Canku One Star dances)
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6:29 - 6:31(Choir chants)
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6:34 - 6:36(Drums)
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6:37 - 6:39(Drumming and chanting)
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7:14 - 7:16(Drumming and chanting)
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7:39 - 7:42(Drumming and chanting)
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7:51 - 7:53(Music ends)
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7:55 - 7:57(Applause)
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7:58 - 8:00(Violin plays)
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8:12 - 8:14(Music)
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8:56 - 8:58(Music ends)
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8:59 - 9:04(Applause)
- Title:
- A dance to honor Mother Earth
- Speaker:
- Jon Boogz and Lil Buck
- Description:
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- Video Language:
- English
- Team:
- closed TED
- Project:
- TEDTalks
- Duration:
- 09:35
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