by Gopher 15 Replies latest social entertainment
I hope you'll enjoy this video. Thousands of people in 42 countries dance with Matt over a period of 14 months.
And the haunting voice singing "Praan" (Bengali for "Life") belongs to Internet sensation Palbasha Siddique, age 17 -- originally from Bangladesh, who lives in the USA (and attends Minneapolis Southwest High School).
That's truly great, Gopher. Thanks. What a diverse world we humans have created.
Here are Palbasha's comments on the video:
"To be honest, I didn't really see anything amazing about" the video at first, Siddique said. "It seemed kind of silly. But when it came together with the music, it does convey a message that we are all the same. That struck me, and that's what's touching so many people."
http://www.startribune.com/entertainment/music/23274364.html?location_refer=$urlTrackSectionName
I don't think anyone could watch the complete video without at least smiling-thanks!!!
Dancing together beats war, doesn't it?
wow, hats off to that guy. I've been to quite a few countries in my short 30 years, but he blew past me in the first 30 seconds of that video hehe
C'mon everyone. Whatcha doin' on your back? You should be dancing!
http://musicandlyrics.wraithstrider.com/2008/07/07/praan-palbasha-siddique-where-the-hell-is-matt/
lyrics
Bhulbona ar shohojete
Shei praan e mon uthbe mete
Mrittu majhe dhaka ache
je ontohin praan
Bojre tomar baje bashi
She ki shohoj gaan
Shei shurete jagbo ami
(Repeat 2X)
Bojre tomar baje bashi
She ki shohoj gaan
dao more shei gaan
Shei jhor jeno shoi anonde
Chittobinar taare
Shotto-shundu dosh digonto
Nachao je jhonkare!
Bojre tomar baje bashi
She ki shohoj gaan
Shei shurete jagbo ami
(Repeat 3X)
Bojre tomar baje bashi
She ki shohoj gaan
Shei shurete jagbo ami
Bojre tomar baje bashi
She ki shohoj gaan
dao more shei gaan
Footnote:
The lyrics are based off a poem.
From Gitanjali by Rabindranath Tagore (sung by Palbasha Siddique).
“Stream of Life”
The same stream of life that runs through my veins night and day
runs through the world and dances in rhythmic measures.
It is the same life that shoots in joy through the dust of the earth
in numberless blades of grass
and breaks into tumultuous waves of leaves and flowers.
It is the same life that is rocked in the ocean-cradle of birth
and of death, in ebb and in flow.
I feel my limbs are made glorious by the touch of this world of life.
And my pride is from the life-throb of ages dancing in my blood this moment
Thanks Chickpea for posting the lyrics. Very nice!
I've seen this a number of times and it always makes me smile. I wonder where the money comes from to go to all those places.
The video was financed by Stride Gum.
Matt is from the Seattle area, and he got wealthy creating video games. So he was able to spend the 14 months travelling to get the footage for this video.
