Zygo World

The banks of the Saluda River near Columbia, South Carolina provide the setting for this edition of Nature Scene. Our journey starts on the high bluff and ends at the river's end. And now, an encore of a story from Zygo changing the way you view your world.

Hello, I'm Kevin McAlvin and we're here at the mid-summer festival in Lydon's Board Kansas and I'm here with Charlotte Anderson. Hey, son, Charlotte. Hey, Kevin. That was a traditional Swedish greeting. Oh, yeah, is that right? And you told me what do you call this activity in Swedish? In Swedish we are celebrating mid-summer dog. What does it mean in English? Mid-summer day. Celebrating the summer solstice was not just

Swedish or even Scandinavian. I think they did that all over northern Europe. Celebrating the day where the sun hardly set at all. Here in Lindsburg we celebrate the festival the third Saturday of June. In Sweden it's very important to celebrate when summer comes because winters are quite harsh, very dark. Here in Lindsburg we celebrate mid-summer because our people came from Sweden. For Swedes during the 1860s and the later part especially there were many years of bad crops, famine and that was a reason for many to pack up and decide to leave them. This is a way for us to remember where we came from. Are you part Swedish? Myself no. Your husband is? My husband is. You're from where now? I'm from Stockholm, Sweden. It's kind of fun to think back in Sweden. They're doing the same things that we're doing here today.

Are you going to do this or do you want to have one for us? Oh well you know if I'll take a look and get ready for this too. I'm doing one for my wife. That is, I'm not sure. I've been looking at this side of the road. This is roadside roadside. Is it poisonous? Yeah, I think it's my luck. My luck really? Come on. What are you selling here? What's good to eat? Oh yeah, Swedish panties. Swedish panties. What exactly is a Swedish panties panties? It's kind of like a pancake on a Swedish panties panties. It looks a lot like a crepe. Okay, I would want probably a different one than this one. I'm thinking. Can I get two of these? And we got lingonberries. Which I'm not familiar with at all. Lingonberries. They're good for you? Yeah. What's your name? Brad? Brad, that's probably yours. Yeah, that's it.

Do you know where this comes from? Well, look at here. It's written down for you. Well, I'm thinking that the bloom crowns of the crown of flowers has become a symbol of festival times in Linsborg. And I thought that maybe in olden times that in Sweden only young girls who are not married wore these lovely headpaces. That's what I was thinking. But then, however, many Linsborg women I've noticed where these married are not at your festivals. I've tended to notice that. That Swedish frog says, quackackack quackack quackack. So that's what I'm going to see. If you want to sound like American frogs, that's fine. And frogs jump like this way down there. We don't sit and watch people dance. We go out and do it. And I say, you know, that's what we need to do in Linsborg too. We have to have not just the children, but the families come out and dance and participate in the traditions. Oh, I know, it sure was fun. I mean, I'm very participating in it.

It is. They have a high school folk dancer group. So tell me about the Swedish folk dance group at the high school. We're a group of about 40. High school students were talking about high school here in Linsborg. And we dance for community, for travel, for tours and stuff, and for festivals like this. And see, you're, you've got this rhythm going here. Got this whole rhythm going. You could go towards your focal point. Right. Okay. Well, let's see what we come up with now after I've had a lesson. So I'm sticking and weaving. There are special arts and crafts for the kids to make. You'll see them walking around with crowns of flowers in their hair and maybe Swedish dollar horses. That's a typical souvenir from

Sweden, from Central Sweden. Many of the people here in Linsborg today are dressing in various kinds of Swedish folk costumes. This is dressed that has its roots way back and maybe the 1700s or so. Very long skirts. No ankle is shown. No skin on the arms is shown. It's just this was the way it was in Sweden. In older times, 200 years ago, it was, it was a woman's way to show her status, was in her headpiece. She did not probably cover up her hair till she was confirmed. And then her headpiece, her hat changed when she got married. And after you're married, no one will see your hair but your husband. This is just like a harvest outfit that I'm wearing today. I'm married so obviously I've covered my hair at least some of it. I think she said that a woman shows her hair only for

her husband, which is very similar to a Muslim faith. In Islam, you show your hair to your husband, your kids and your immediate relative. But this is, I thought that was a unique perspective. And now, an encore of a story from Zygo changing the way you view your world. When I practice myself in Takondo, for them relax my physical and mentally and do best I can.

I don't think much of other things. They make your religious stress and the religious muscle and the physical and the mentally. I was teaching in Korea that time is a 20-something. The monodomai senior instructor come to the United States. I think he grandmaster Han, he think I am a good boy. That's why he pointed me bring me here. So I come to the United States, which Takanzas is my hometown now. I'm happy to teach him. Did you bow to school teacher? You do? No. No more than why you say first yes.

Why you have to bow to school teacher? You mean you don't respect? Yes, they teach you knowledge. The spirit in his drive, in the seventies he was discriminated against and he's built this business, you know, through his heart. The people around him love him, care for him, respect him. Very good, my son and personality, funnily. And one day I said to master Cam, you know, I was thinking of starting this sometime. Well, he disappeared back into this office, came out to uniform, handed to me, said, go put this on, you're starting tonight. And that was it. I started and I never quit. The first time they come in class, they want to take a lesson, are teaching first lesson to read like this in the attention and the bow. But this you can use forever for the you serve and the next you generation to you children. So you bow to someone, you head down to

the respect and to you from the heart. And you respect in somebody, they win, you should be in respect. Oh my gosh, he's got a big muscle. Let's take this in part. When you're starting his martial art in the taekwondo, always you start to write that down. The first kick is, I'm doing it for the roundhouse kick, plant your foot backwards. Everybody ready? One, bring your left leg up, heel next to your knee, look over your left shoulder. As you extend backwards into back kick and you pin it around, ready? You can be ready position, you hear that a lot? Feet pointed forward, fifths just right down

the front. And you only have your fifths. You have it. You don't have it like this. You haven't facing this way. Is this your very first class? Okay, this is their favorite class you want to do for me. So that combined kick, Tadiki, one month pregnant coming class with his mom, daddy, brother, their old block belt, the most important rule of tack one dope. A boy or your baby?

Say it loud. Good. Turn around, face everybody. Can you? Good. Hello. Put this on your target. Nice power. Ready. Hit! Yeah! To break a board, you've got to hit it right. You have to hit it in the middle, basically. You've got to hit your target properly. So it shows that you can hit a target right where you want to hit it. But you have to execute a kick properly with the right snap and force. All right. Good job. If you don't yell, you won't flunk. You have to do that. You've got to do that. You've got to do it. Yeah. You have to run faster. Yes. I'm trying to take away. You've got to run faster.

You've got to run faster. I'm trying to take away all the times. I'm trying to take away all the time. One of your twins. Yes you can. Oh my gosh. You ready? What's your thought? How much ready is how much you have thought? This way. Okay. Good job. Thanks. Take him home, take him home. My skin is an h3 black dough. There are a handful of h3 black doughs in the world. Not very many. I mean I will never live alone enough to be an h3 black dough. He brings his culture to us and he takes our culture to him. And now, an encore of a story from Zygo changing the way you view your world. That's the sound of the Schofar.

Schofar is a horn made out of any kosher animal, usually a ram, or something like that. I am told by people who know better than I that the Schofar is the oldest instrument in continual use known to humanity, the ram's horn or an animal horn. So you mean in just not even unreligious purposes? Correct, correct. Now I would think the drums would be older, but that's what they say. And it's mentioned in the Bible. It was used to convoke the people and to call the army together, the military together, like a bugle. And these days it is used to announce the holidays, especially the High Holy Days, Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur.

How long is the duration of the celebration exactly? Well, Yom Kippur is celebrated beginning the night before the day of Yom Kippur. But for about 10 days before that, we're celebrating the days of awe, which begin with the Jewish New Year, which is Rosh Hashanah. Okay, Rosh Hashanah, as most people say around here. And how was the correct pronunciation again? Could you say that one more time? Rosh Hashanah. Rosh Hashanah means head of the New Year or head of the year. Not the New Year of the calendar, because on the Jewish calendar, the first month is in the spring time. It is traditionally the anniversary of the creation of the world, so that the world was created on that day. And Rosh Hashanah was 10 days ago. And it begins a 10-day period of reflection, of introspection, to think about our deeds for the past year, to seek out people we may have offended, ask their forgiveness, and also ask forgiveness from God.

There's a misunderstanding that some people have that we ask forgiveness for God, from God, for all the offenses we've done, and then everything's okay. It doesn't work that way. If I offend you, God does not forgive me until I've gone to you and asked your forgiveness, and you've given it to me, and then God will forgive. So offenses between people, you go to people. They have to handle those between themselves. Right, okay. And so for these 10 days, it's a time of this serious reflection, and it ends with Yom Kippur, and the day of repentance. Okay, there's a fasting during Yom, excuse me during Yom Kippur, we fast from sundown, looks at the E before, until sundown the next evening, so we fast for 24 hours. Okay, that's why I'm having trouble speaking. Okay, I'm going to get some food and you'll be okay. Not till tonight. Well, during the service, I felt it would be inappropriate to tape for a number of reasons.

Number one, while we have communal worship, it is still a very personal matter, and I wouldn't want the people to feel uncomfortable thinking that they're being watched, while they're doing something very personal, and also traditionally it would be not permitted to turn it on off lights, and things like that. This is not a theatrical event, it's a personal event between a congregation and God. Eternal God, what can we say in your presence? How account for our sins? We speak of repentance, and yet are slow to change, but now we turn to you with the prayer that your love may abide with us always, turning our hearts to your ways. With regard to the rehearsing, when the youth group was rehearsing the Havda La ceremony at the end of the service, the difference is that they were rehearsing, and they were kidding around themselves, and they weren't actually worshiping, they were practicing songs and practicing their lines, and more of a real rehearsal like for a play. So, joy, thankfulness, and love.

I'll intermingle to form the 8-0 tradition of Dala. The Havda La Service. That is a service that is done either at the end of Shabbat, and for tonight it's done at the end of Yom Kippur, and it symbolizes the end of the service. The service goes on all day, but there are certain breaks, and we realize that during those breaks in the service people can either go home and sit around at home, or they can stay, and that's the ideal. And if they're going to stay, let's give them a variety of things to do while they're there. We thought, and I don't know what my wife and I did, I really... We thought it would be a good idea to have a discussion on an important subject, and that's what that was about. Regarding the kids, we always try to include the kids as best as possible, as age appropriately as possible, in everything we do. Many of the prayers and rituals of the holiday of Passover, of Hanukkah, all these, are geared specifically to keeping the kids involved.

Yom Kippur, there aren't a lot of things we can do in the service to make the kids involved. We're not going to have them fast, it's a very solemn, serious time, and yet we want to include them, so we have a special service, just for them. Your mommy, your daddy, things, don't tell me, don't tell me, but think, did you do anything like that this past year? I know I did. As I always tell people, the first sound might be a squeak, because I'm not very good. Second sound is going to be very loud, and so I ask people not to get too close. And now, an encore of a story from Zygo, changing the way you view your world.

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That one. How do seven maris? Are you ready, ma'am? What is the catfish? Oh, we got the catfish right here, and we got fried catfish, all these kinds of rice and salad. That one is good. Yes, I like that. Do you want to order this? Yes, please. I'm going to get that special. I'll get it, I'll get that. Thanks. Great. That's it, this one is hot, but they are by you because it's not hot, but it has itself. Oh, okay, okay, I'm not moving this one, okay? That's all right, thank you. Oh, here. I need a glass of water. You do? Yes, I did so. I need a glass of water, it's too hot for me. This is something that's brown for you to try. What's that? Oh, that's rice water. Rice water?

Here? The name is for Chad. You make it out of rice? Yeah. Real rice? Real rice. It has rice, vanilla, sugar, and cinnamon. Oh, there. She's my mother. Oh, your mother. Oh, my God. How are you? I'm so much done. You can't check what you're doing here. Oh, who's first? I'm the first. Come on, start, start. Oh, who are you being? Oh, start. The name is Campechana. It has cream, octopus, crab leg. No, that's your cousin. Yes, this is mine, right here. Oh, my God. No, this is garlic, right? Fried garlic? Yes, that's for the shrimp coming. That one is really, really good. No, what is this here? Scalps. Oh, I love this. Oh, that's for your seafood. That's mine, so that's your one. That's my plate, and this is your fish's yours. This is mine, right? This is mine. Okay. This is yours. I can see you at home. I can see you at home. You are here at home. Oh, no, you don't appreciate it.

Are these foods related to any part of Mexico? Well, actually, we're from Sacatecas, Mexico. There's no beach over there, but yeah, this is authentic Mexican seafood. Very solemn, serious time. And yet, we want to include them. So we have a special service just for them. Did you do anything this past year that I don't want to know about it? Anything is past here that you know you were not supposed to do. Maybe fight with your brother or sister or take something that doesn't belong to you or talk back to your mommy or daddy. Think, don't tell me, don't tell me, but think. Did you do anything like that this past year? I know I did. As I always tell people, the first sound might be a squeak because I'm not very good.

Second sound is going to be very loud. And so I ask people not to get too close. Oh, my goodness. Have you had Mexican seafood before? Oh, just once a week I do eat Mexican food. I've never ate Mexican seafood before. Okay. What do you think of that segment I told you about Mr. Kim? Mr. Kim, where is he from originally? He is from Korea and he is a grand master, eight degree black belt. The respect that you see in the school. Parents respect school respect teachers respect, master's respect, parents respect, the bow. Mr. Kim please get close.

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