Stories of peace, from China and Ukraine
I think it is funny how people often laugh at Youtube and other video sharing sites — sure, you can spend many minutes watching lightsaber-wielding nerds or college students barfing, but you can also find incredible clips that you would have never seen otherwise. These two days, I came across two amazing performances that I wanted to share, which both center around peace and onflict. The first is a Chinese animation about the futility and brutality of warfare. For some reason it is called Beat a big melon.
The second is an incredible performance by the winner of the Ukrainian version of “Got Talent”, a sand painting about the German invasion of Ukraine. I have seen sand paintings before (and always been amazed and enjoyed them very much), but I have never seen one tell such a poignant story as here.
I have not embedded these two videos, because I really want you to see them in full-screen mode (there is a button on both players that enable this). I also don’t want to go on about these movies — just go watch them.
Stian
October 20th, 2009 @ 5:50 am
I saw the sand video, how amazing are some people, I nearly cried. Such a talent. Thanks for sharing, will peek at Beat a big melon whilst DVD rendering. hugs
May 15th, 2010 @ 1:07 am
[...] There were many more songs we could have looked at, if we had the time. The two beautiful old Russian animations, Vinnie Pukh and Three from Prostokvashino, another crazy Indian “subtitled” dance video, the students of Mississippi U doing a great rendition of Jai Ho in their canteen… Or maybe how a Chinese artist reinterpreted the story of the Little Match Girl, Matt dancing around the world, or the guy who walked through China, taking a picture of himself every day. Or the amazing Chinese animation about war and peace. [...]