Music has the power to connect us across boundaries of culture, race, age, and geographical distance.
The famous “Hallelujah Chorus” from Messiah, by George Frideric Handel, has been performed thousands of times. The English-language oratorio was composed in 1741 and first performed in Dublin in 1742, with a premiere in London the following year.
I had to share this delightful video (sent to me by my friend, Jo Stickley) from the small Yupiq Eskimo Village of Quinhagak, Alaska. It is said to have been a school computer project intended for the other Yupiq villages in the area. Much to the villagers’ shock, there have been over three-quarters of a million viewers. The inspiring waves of glorious praise, the depth of the spiritual message, and the innocence and whimsical behavior of the Yupiq children will make you smile and fill your heart.
No wonder music is known as the universal language. Enjoy!
Upper Photo credit: Sondra P via iStockPhoto.com
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I know what you mean…but I’m looking out my widow at a hard frost right now, so who knows what the winter will bring. Alaska, however, is a whole new level of cold…it just LASTS so long! I’ve read somewhere that some of the Eskimo languages have many different words for snow, depending on what kind of snow it is.
The counselors at St. George’s Camp have done this many times, but a far cry from this video! That was wonderful. Sure made me glad I don’t live in Alaska, though! It looked so cold!