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