How the jump rope got its rhythm | Small Thing Big Idea, a TED series

Translator: Krystian Aparta Reviewer: Camille Martínez

Prevoditelj: Neda Vrkic Recezent: Sanda L

If you do it right, it should sound like:

Ako to učiniš kako treba, trebalo bi zvučati kao:

TICK-tat, TICK-tat, TICK-tat, TICK-tat, TICK-tat, TICK-tat.

TIK-tat, TIK-tat, TIK-tat, TIK-tat, TIK-tat, TIK-tat.

If you do it wrong, it sounds like:

Ako to učiniš krivo, zvuči kao:

Tick-TAT, tick-TAT, tick-TAT.

Tik-TAT, tik-TAT, tik-TAT.

[Small thing. Big idea.]

[Mala stvar. Velika ideja.]

[Kyra Gaunt on the Jump Rope]

[Kyra Gaunt o užetu za preskakanje]

The jump rope is such a simple object.

Uže za preskakanje je tako jednostavan predmet.

It can be made out of rope, a clothesline, twine.

Može biti izrađen od užeta, konopa za sušenje rublja, konopca.

It has, like, a twirl on it. (Laughs)

Ima, kao, uvojak na sebi. (Smijeh)

I'm not sure how to describe that.

Nisam sigurna kako bih to opisala.

What's important is that it has a certain weight,

Važno je to da ima određenu težinu

and that they have that kind of whip sound.

i da imaju onaj zvuka biča.

It's not clear what the origin of the jump rope is.

Nije jasno koje je podrijetlo užeta za preskakanje.

There's some evidence that it began in ancient Egypt, Phoenicia,

Ima dokaza da je to započelo u drevnom Egiptu, Feniciji

and then it most likely traveled to North America with Dutch settlers.

i onda je najvjerojatnije s nizozemskim doseljenicima došlo u Sjevernu Ameriku.

The rope became a big thing when women's clothes became more fitted

Uže je postalo velika stvar kad je ženska odjeća postala uža

and the pantaloon came into being.

i kad su hlače ugledale svjetlo dana.

And so, girls were able to jump rope

I tako su djevojke mogle preskakati uže

because their skirts wouldn't catch the ropes.

jer njihove suknje ne bi zapele za uže.

Governesses used it to train their wards to jump rope.

Guvernante su ga koristile da uče svoje štićenike kako preskakati uže.

Even formerly enslaved African children in the antebellum South

Čak su i porobljena afrička djeca na prijeratnom Jugu

jumped rope, too.

također preskakala uže.

In the 1950s, in Harlem, Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens,

1950-ih, u Harlemu, Bronxu, Brooklynu, Queensu,

you could see on the sidewalk, lots of girls playing with ropes.

mogli ste na nogostupu vidjeti mnogo djevojaka koje se igraju užetom.

Sometimes they would take two ropes and turn them as a single rope together,

Ponekad bi uzele dva užeta i okretale ih zajedno kao jedno uže,

but you could separate them and turn them in like an eggbeater on each other.

ali ste ih mogli razdvojiti i okretati ih jedno nasuprot drugome.

The skipping rope was like a steady timeline --

Uže za preskakanje je kao stalna vremenska traka --

tick, tick, tick, tick --

tik, tik, tik, tik --

upon which you can add rhymes and rhythms and chants.

kojoj možete dodavati rime i ritmove i melodije.

Those ropes created a space

Ta je užad stvorila prostor

where we were able to contribute to something

gdje smo bili u mogućnosti pridonijeti nečemu

što je bilo daleko veće od susjedstva.

that was far greater than the neighborhood.

Double Dutch jump rope remains a powerful symbol of culture and identity

Dvostruko uže za preskakanje ostaje moćan simbol kulture i identiteta

for black women.

za crnkinje.

Back from the 1950s to the 1970s,

Od 1950-ih do 1970-ih,

girls weren't supposed to play sports.

djevojke se nisu mogle baviti sportom.

Boys played baseball, basketball and football,

Dječaci su igrali bejzbol, košarku i nogomet,

and girls weren't allowed.

a djevojkama nije bilo dopušteno.

A lot has changed, but in that era,

Mnogo toga se promijenilo, ali u ono doba

girls would rule the playground.

djevojke bi vladale igralištem.

They'd make sure that boys weren't a part of that.

Pobrinule bi se da dečki nisu bili dio toga.

To je njihov prostor, to je prostor ženske snage.

It's their space, it's a girl-power space.

It's where they get to shine.

To je mjesto gdje one blistaju.

But I also think it's for boys,

Ali također mislim da je za dečke

because boys overheard those,

jer su dečki to prečuli,

which is why, I think, so many hip-hop artists

zbog čega, mislim, da je toliko hip-hop umjetnika

sampled from things that they heard in black girls' game songs.

uzelo uzorke onoga što su čuli u zaigranim pjesmama mladih crnkinja.

(Chanting) ... cold, thick shake, act like you know how to flip,

(Pjevanje) ... hladan, gusti shake, ponašaj se kao da znaš salto,

Filet-O-Fish, Quarter Pounder, french fries, ice cold, thick shake,

Filet-O-Fish, Quarter Pounder, pomfrit, ledeni shake,

act like you know how to jump.

ponašaj se kao da znaš kako skočiti.

Why "Country Grammar" by Nelly became a Grammy Award-winning single

Zato je Nellyjev "Country Grammar" postao singl nagrađen Grammyjem

was because people already knew

jer su ljudi već znali

"We're going down down baby your street in a Range Rover ... "

"We're going down down baby your street in a Range Rover ... "

That's the beginning of "Down down, baby, down down the roller coaster,

To je početak od "Down down, baby, down down the roller coaster,

sweet, sweet baby, I'll never let you go."

sweet, sweet baby, I'll never let you go."

All people who grew up in any black urban community

Svi ljudi koji su odrasli u bilo kojoj crnačkoj urbanoj zajednici

would know that music.

bi znali tu glazbu.

And so, it was a ready-made hit.

I tako, to je bio gotov hit.

The Double Dutch rope playing helped maintain these songs

Dvostruko uže za preskakanje pomoglo je u održavanju tih pjesama

and helped maintain the chants and the gestures that go along with it,

i pomoglo je održavanju melodija i gesta koje idu uz to,

which is very natural to what I call "kinetic orality" --

što je vrlo prirodno onome što ja nazivam "kinetička oralnost" --

word of mouth and word of body.

usmena predaja i riječ tijela.

It's the thing that gets passed down over generations.

To je stvar koja se prenosi kroz generacije.

In some ways, the rope is the thing that helps carry it.

Na neke načine, uže je stvar koja pomaže to prenijeti.

You need some object to carry memory through.

Trebate neki predmet koji će prenositi sjećanje.

So, a jump rope, you can use it for all different kinds of things.

Dakle, uže za preskakanje možete koristiti za različite stvari.

It crosses cultures.

Premošćuje kulture.

And I think it lasted because people need to move.

I mislim da je to trajalo jer su ljudi imali potrebu za pokretom.

And I think sometimes the simplest objects can make the most creative uses.

I mislim da najjednostavniji predmeti nekad mogu imati najkreativnije uporabe.