One of the other volunteers did a dance with her students based on this guy's video. The song in the background, "Praan" is sung in Bengali (Bangla), and is based off the poem "Stream of Life" by Tagore. A rough translation of the lyrics follows.
Bhulbona ar shohojete
Shei praan e mon uthbe mete
Mrittu majhe dhaka ache
je ontohin praan
Bojre tomar baje bashi
She ki shohoj gaan
Shei shurete jagbo ami
(Repeat 3X)
Shei jhor jeno shoi anonde
Chittobinar taare
Shotto-shundu dosh digonto
Nachao je jhonkare!
Bojre tomar baje bashi
She ki shohoj gaan
Shei shurete jagbo ami
(Repeat 3X)
The same stream of life that runs through my veins night and day
runs through the world and dances in rhythmic measures.
It is the same life that shoots in joy through the dust of the earth
in numberless blades of grass
and breaks into tumultuous waves of leaves and flowers.
It is the same life that is rocked in the ocean-cradle of birth
and of death, in ebb and in flow.
I feel my limbs are made glorious by the touch of this world of life.
And my pride is from the life-throb of ages dancing in my blood this moment.
I have an idea for my own photo project...not as cool as this kid's, but I'll let you know if I actually do it.
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i was just thinking... i wish i was a teacher already and had my own classroom and our students could be pen pals, lol.... wouldn't that be cool?!?!
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