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

Translator: Krystian Aparta Reviewer: Camille Martínez

Prevodilac: Biljana Mokan Lektor: Tijana Mihajlović

If you do it right, it should sound like:

Ako radiš pravilno, treba da zvuči ovako:

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 radiš pogrešno, zvučaće kao: tik-TAT, tik-TAT, tik-TAT.

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

[Small thing. Big idea.]

[Mala stvar. Velika ideja.]

[Kyra Gaunt on the Jump Rope]

[Kira Gant o preskakalici]

The jump rope is such a simple object.

Vijača je tako jednostavan predmet.

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

Može da se napravi od užeta, štrika, kanapa.

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

Ona je nekako uvijena. (Smeh)

I'm not sure how to describe that.

Ne znam kako to da objasnim.

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

Ono što je bitno je da ima određenu težinu

and that they have that kind of whip sound.

i da ima taj neki zvuk biča.

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

Nije poznato odakle vijača potiče.

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

Postoje neki dokazi da je nastala u antičkom Egiptu, Fenikiji,

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

a da su je zatim u Severnu Ameriku preneli holandski naseljenici.

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

Vijača je postala hit kada je ženska odeća počela da bude uža

and the pantaloon came into being.

i kada su nastale pantalone.

And so, girls were able to jump rope

Tako su devojčice mogle da preskaču vijaču

because their skirts wouldn't catch the ropes.

jer im se suknje nisu kačile za užad.

Governesses used it to train their wards to jump rope.

Dadilje su učile decu da preskaču vijaču.

Even formerly enslaved African children in the antebellum South

Čak su i prethodno porobljena afrička deca na predratnom Jugu

jumped rope, too.

preskala vijaču.

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

Pedesetih godina dvadesetog veka u Harlemu, Bronksu, Bruklinu, Kvinsu

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

mogli ste da vidite na trotoarima mnogo devojčica kako preskaču užad.

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,

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

ali su mogle i da ih odvoje i okreću jedno ka drugom kao mutilicu.

The skipping rope was like a steady timeline --

Vijača je bila tačna kao metronom -

tick, tick, tick, tick --

tik, tik, tik, tik -

upon which you can add rhymes and rhythms and chants.

i na taj ritam mogle su se dodavati rime, ritmovi i pesmice.

Those ropes created a space

Ta užad su stvarala prostor

where we were able to contribute to something

u kojem smo mogli da doprinesemo nečemu,

that was far greater than the neighborhood.

a taj prostor je bio mnogo veći od komšiluka.

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

Dupla holandska vijača ostaje moćan simbol kulture i identiteta

for black women.

za tamnopute žene.

Back from the 1950s to the 1970s,

Od 1950-ih do 1970-ih

girls weren't supposed to play sports.

devojčice nisu mogle da se bave sportom.

Boys played baseball, basketball and football,

Dečaci su igrali bejzbol, košarku i fudbal,

and girls weren't allowed.

a devojčice to nisu smele.

A lot has changed, but in that era,

Mnogo toga se promenilo, ali u to doba,

girls would rule the playground.

devojčice su vladale igralištima.

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

One su se potrudile da dečaci nemaju sa tim veze.

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

To je bio njihov prostor, prostor ženske moći.

It's where they get to shine.

Tu su one mogle da briljiraju.

But I also think it's for boys,

Ali mislim da je i za dečake,

because boys overheard those,

jer su oni načuli te pesmice

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

i zbog toga su, mislim, mnogi hip-hop umetnici

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

koristili rečenice koje su čuli u pesmicama tamnoputih devojčica.

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

(Pevanje) Hladan, gusti šejk, pravi se da znaš da okrećeš,

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

riblji file, četvrt funte, pomfrit, leden, gusti šejk,

act like you know how to jump.

pravi se da znaš da skačeš.

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

Singl „Gramatika kantrija" od Nelija je dobio nagradu Gremi

was because people already knew

jer su ljudi već znali:

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

„Vozimo se, dušo, dole, dole, niz tvoju ulicu u Rejndž Roveru...“

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

To je početak pesme „Dole, dole, dušo, dole, dole, na rolerkosteru,

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

draga, draga dušo, nikad te neću pustiti.“

All people who grew up in any black urban community

Svako ko je odrastao u bilo kom crnačkom urbanom društvu

would know that music.

prepoznao bi tu muziku.

And so, it was a ready-made hit.

I tako je ta pesma unapred bila hit.

The Double Dutch rope playing helped maintain these songs

Dupla holandska vijača je održala ove pesme

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

i održala je recitacije i pokrete koji idu uz njih,

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

što je prirodno za ono što ja zovem „kinetička oralnost“ -

word of mouth and word of body.

govor usta i govor tela.

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

To je nešto sto se prenosi sa kolena na koleno.

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

Na neki način vijača pomaže u ovom prenošenju.

You need some object to carry memory through.

Potreban je neki predmet da bi se prenosilo sećanje.

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

Dakle, vijaču možete koristiti za razne stvari.

It crosses cultures.

Ona postoji u raznim kulturama.

And I think it lasted because people need to move.

I ja smatram da je istrajala jer ljudi imaju potrebu da se pokreću.

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

I smatram da ponekad najjednostavniji predmeti imaju najkreativniju upotrebu.