00:00In life, understanding is the key to peace. We must listen more than we speak.
00:06Good morning, friends.
00:11Lobau including Adigalo subgroups in remote Mishimi Hills, Arunaj Pradesh, India.
00:18Practice Dhorni Polo animism with spectacular bird feather costumes during Solum festival.
00:23Dhorni Polo animism worship of sun and moon, polo as supreme deities with bird feather costumes.
00:30During festivals like Solung, their music and dance are oral.
00:36Using simple instruments like swords turned rattles, drums and voices.
00:42Music is local dominant, with pentatonic scales evoking hill echoes and river flows.
00:47Their dances are group oriented, circular or linear, symbolizing unity and cosmic balance.
00:54Women in indigo skirts and feather headdresses, men with swords dao perform during Solung.
01:00Or Adi Harvest Festival.
01:06Polung dance is core religious harvester rituals.
01:09Women form a tight circle linking arms or shoulders.
01:12Swaying gently with simple foot stamps.
01:15Two forward, one back.
01:16Two, three, four, four, four, four.
01:40Four, five, four.
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