Autumn Dances.
[speaks in foreign language]
It's time for the ritual to dance, to sing.
So that rain may come so that
the earth may be fixed one more time.
Throughout the night and night
too short for such important work.
The people's energies converge.
They call upon the night,
they call upon the stars in the darkness.
They call upon the hot breezes.
They call upon the heat coming off the earth.
They implore all animals.
The ones that fly in the sky,
the ones that crawl up on the earth.
The ones that walk,
the ones that swim in the water,
and the ones that move in
between water, sky, and earth.
They implore them to focus on the moisture,
all are dependent.
From the dark grinders of the desert,
on that one night, the call of the people is heard.
It is heard by the oceans, winds, and clouds.
All respond sympathetically.
Throughout the night you hear
the one who is assigned yelling.
[speaks foreign language]
Before it becomes light.
[speaks foreign language]
There are still songs to be sung.
[speaks foreign language]
Before the sun comes up.
[speaks foreign language]
There's still a little bit of a night left.
With the dawn we face the sunrise,
we face it with all our humility.
We are mere beings.
All we can do is extend our hands to the first light.
In our hands we capture the first light.
We take it and cleanse ourselves.
We touch her eyes with it.
We touch our face with it.
We touch our hair.
We touch our limbs.
We rub our hands together.
We want to keep this light with us.
We are complete with this light.
This is the way we begin and end things.
So that to me is what.