Word: chants
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Mediterranean Sea a mile off the coast of Cannes. The monks at the Abbaye de Lerins on Ile St.-Honorat have, I admit, always been my kind of guys. Early to bed and early to rise, they lead simple, structured and disciplined lives. Silent and humble, they meditate and chant and are ecology-minded. While guests are encouraged to clean up after themselves and help with the chores, they can just sleep, meditate, walk, read and enjoy the contemplative ambiance...
After eating more than my share (I surreptitiously undid the top button of my jeans) I was ready for the show to start. Conversation quieted as MIT sophomore Rosie Alegado came to the stage to perform a traditional opening chant called Oli Aloha. Her rich, deep voice gave shape to the complex and poetic chant, capturing everyone's attention and setting the tone for the hula dances to follow. It was clear, that this would not be one of those oft encountered theme party caricatures of Hawaiian culture where ti leaf skirts are traded for cellophane ones, where canned pineapple...
...traditional "Go Cats Go!" chant was silenced for an entire period as the loyal Catamount fans watched in horror as Crimson freshman Chris Bala skated his way into the ECAC history book...
Over in Martyrs Square, it is Funeral Day. A woman in blue marshals the ranks of girl students bused in to chant, "They killed our babies," and in English, "One, two, three, four. We don't want war" as the foreign cameras come by. There is a tense quiet, though, as 57 orange-and-white taxis drive by, each bearing the small coffin of a dead child labeled with his or her name: Haider Hatami, 25 days; Mohammed, one month. The little bodies have been stored in hospital morgues, some for weeks, against Muslim law, stockpiled for these set-piece...
...infuriating Iran's conservatives. When the Stars and Stripes drew enthusiastic cheers at the opening ceremony of an international wrestling tourney, a conservative cleric urged parliament to reject the presence of the flag "which we used to trample underfoot only last year," and led legislators in the ritual chant of "Death to America...