WSF Mumbai: Performance, protest, song, dance III
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Summary: Footage from WSF Mumbai, specifically the people in yellow t-shirts playing the Nashik dhol , while the others do an elaborate dance in formation, while playing tassled cymbals. Various activist groups sloganeer and perform folk dances in support of their causes.
On t-shirts (back): Vote
...Hamara, Raj hamara, leke rahenge, leke rahenge (Only once we take it back, shall we rest)
(Front):
Mahila Rajsattha Andolan (Women's Rule Movement)
Grass root Slogan: Campaign on (not visible) in Governance
Democracy by Women in Governance
The cymbal - playing group is doing a choreographed performance, stepping two steps first to the right, then to the left twice. They then turn 90 degree turn to the left and repeat the right and left motion. Then a sweeping motion with their tasseled cymbals, and the entire cycle repeats
andolan
campaign
democracy
governance
mahila
movement
raj-satta
rule
women
band
cymbals
dhol group
drummers
music
nashik
percussion
NSE Complex, Goregaon, Mumbai
activist
band
demonstration
dhol
drummers
groups
indian
international
march
music
nashik
percussion
placard
protest
protesters slogans
world social forum
wsf
Slogans in the background: English: Defeat RSS (Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh)
French: Nous ne devons rien, Nous ne payons rien! (We have nothing to pay, we will pay nothing)
The big bass drummers are in the foreground now, and the dancers are seen in the background. Then there is a pan shot of the crowd and a cart load of plastic water canisters
national volunteer corps
rashtriya swayamsevak sangh
rss
The bass drummers are still in the foreground and a man in the centre has started swirling a yellow flag with ---- written on it.
Music playing...
dhol
group
The man in the centre is atill drawing circles with a yellow flag saying ---, while the other -- players are in a formation that radiates from this central man in outward radii like lines. They are sitting on the honches at first, then get into lying down position and back to their honches eventually, without skipping any beats
Sampradayita ke Khilaf Meri Awaz (my voice against communalism)
The cymbal players start jumping on their haunches and soon stand up once again. The man in the centre keeps swirling his flag. There are a few more variations in choreography and rhythm . There is a zoom in to a yellow balloon with blackened red lips on them and text. The camera comes back to the performers who then rush into the end of the performance with very high energy steps and beat
dhol group
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