The Greatest Show on Earth — for Kids Who Need It Most | Sahba Aminikia | TED

翻译人员: Sabrina Wang 校对人员: Bruce Wang

Back in 2018,

早在2018年，

I was visiting the city of Nusaybin,

我就访问了努赛宾市，

which is close to the border of Syria, almost on the border.

它紧挨着叙利亚边境， 几乎就在边境上。

And this city has been the center of a lot of conflicts

这座城市一直是土耳其政府 与叙利亚北部库尔德民兵

between the Turkish government and the Kurdish militia in north Syria.

之间发生许多冲突的地方。

So we were visiting that area and suddenly, like 50 children,

我们到访了那个地区，突然 一下，大约50多个孩子，

they gathered, and they saw me and they want to talk English.

他们聚集在一起，看到我， 他们就想说英语。

So I asked them one by one to sing a song, and I started recording it.

于是我请他们一个接一个地 唱一首歌，然后我开始录音。

And at first they were very shy and just hesitating.

起初他们很害羞，犹豫不决。

And then there was a fight over who's going to sing.

没多久，他们争先恐后地来唱。

And this got to a moment

就在这个时候，

that there were like, literally tanks roaming around in the city.

在市中心，坦克就这么开了进来。

So I had to get in the car

所以我必须得回到车里，

because I'm an American citizen and that could create a lot of issues.

因为我美国公民的身份， 会造成很多麻烦。

And while we were driving away,

当我们开车离开的时候，

I remember like 100 children were running after the car,

我记得大概有100多个孩子， 追着车跑，

and they were just saying,

他们一个劲的在说，

the one next to the window was shouting,

有个孩子在窗户旁边喊着：

"One more song, one more song."

“再唱一首吧，再唱一首吧。”

So I realized that I'm blessed in the West

所以我意识到，在西方国家，

with all these beautiful friends and connections

有这么美好的朋友和人脉，

and the work that I'm doing.

以及我所做的工作，真是太幸运了。

But it seems like this place needs me more, you know.

但你知道，看来这里更需要我。

My name is Sahba Aminikia,

我叫萨巴·阿米尼基亚，

and I am an Iranian-American composer.

我是伊朗裔美国人，一名作曲家。

I was born in the '80s in Iran,

我于80年代出生在伊朗，

and this was the time that Islamic revolution just happened,

那是伊斯兰革命刚刚发生的时候，

and Iran was also engaged in an eight-year war with Iraq.

伊朗也与伊拉克进行了 长达八年的战争。

It was a dark period of Iranian history

那是伊朗历史上的一个黑暗时期，

because my family are followers of the Baha'i Faith.

我的家人是巴哈伊信仰的追随者。

Relatives and family and friends were constantly being harassed,

亲属、家人和朋友经常 受到伊朗政府的骚扰、

arrested and imprisoned by the Iranian government

逮捕和监禁，

and were subjected to show trials and even executions.

并遭到出庭审判，甚至被处决。

I remember these weekly gatherings at a friend’s house in north Tehran

我记得每周一次在德黑兰北部朋友家 举行的聚会，

that we would all gather, people from all ages

我们所有人都会聚集一堂， 不同年龄段的人

and Baha'is coming from all backgrounds,

和来自不同背景的巴哈教徒，

and this was a time that these people were going through really difficult times.

那是这些人 正在经历非常困难的时期。

But they were very artistically active, playing music, singing, dancing,

但是他们在艺术方面非常活跃， 演奏音乐、唱歌、跳舞，

creating theatrical experiences.

创造戏剧体验。

It was all about creating a vital refuge for Baha'i community in Iran,

这一切都是为了为伊朗的巴哈伊社区 创造一个重要的避难所，

because otherwise we wouldn't survive

否则我们将无法在那些所发生的

with all the dark experiences that was happening.

所有黑暗经历中幸存下来。

I know the significant effect of exposing children

我知道让正在受苦受难的儿童

and communities who are suffering to extreme beauty,

和社区接触到最美好的，最真实的、

to something that is truly, truly beautiful and magical.

真正的美丽和神奇的东西， 会产生重大影响。

Our Flying Carpet Festival is the first mobile festival

我们的飞毯节是第一个

for children living in difficult places and conflict zones.

为在冲突地区处在困境中的儿童， 举办的移动音乐节。

We mostly operate around the city of Mardin.

我们主要在马尔丁市 附近举办节目活动。

We organize workshops,

我们组织互动研讨会，

sometimes up to 20 a day:

有时每天举办的数量多达20场次：

dance, circus arts, live music, visual projection.

舞蹈、马戏艺术、 现场音乐会、视觉投影。

We have face painting, for example,

例如，我们有脸部彩绘，

a two-hour storytelling experience, and also a puppet performance.

两个小时的讲故事体验， 还有木偶表演。

We go through the city with children and with the puppet,

我们带着孩子和木偶穿越这座城市，

and people start to follow us.

人们开始关注我们。

And we go back to the performing place,

然后我们回到表演场地，

and now we have 2,000 people as audience.

现在我们的观众有2,000多人。

And we have established a system over six years

我们在六年时间里建立了一个系统，

that we can basically travel anywhere.

我们基本上可以在任何地方巡演。

We can go to small villages, we can go to gigantic cities.

我们可以去小村庄， 我们可以去大城市。

I love us to show up at places that there is less possibility, actually.

实际上，我最喜欢带大家去 偏僻的小地方。

So this includes a small community in the middle of some village

包括美索不达米亚沙漠中某个村庄，

in the middle of desert in Mesopotamia that has only 70 residents, you know,

那里的小社区里只有70多户居民，

and so sometimes our own staff are more than the people living in that place.

有时候我们工作人员数量， 比住在当地的居民还多。

But also we have performances in cities

我们也会去到一些城市表演，

that 2,000, 2,500 people is normal for attendance.

那里的正常观众人数在 2,000人到2,500人。

I want to go to the most risky places, in fact,

我反而想去最危险的地方，

because those are the children who are stuck with the decisions

因为在那里的孩子们在被迫承受着

that adults made in that community.

成年人在他们社区所做的决定。

Today, we are living in this world that obviously, politically is so divided.

如今，我们生活在的这个世界， 在政治上显然是如此的分裂。

We were hoping that we can create something

我们希望能够创造一种空间，

that people of different backgrounds,

让来自不同背景的人们，

without being looked at as a certain --

不被视为某种--

a representative of a certain ethnicity or a certain race

族裔，某种种族，

or a certain culture can come together,

或某种文化的代表可以聚集在一起，

be looked at as one, regardless of the color of their skin,

不论肤色、宗教或出身，

their religion, their background

都能被看作一个整体，

and would serve as one full soul.

成为一个完整的灵魂，

The ultimate power is in unity,

终极力量在于团结，

and unity is what connects us all,

而团结能将我们联系在一起

and that's separate from what we think,

它超越了我们的思想，

what we think politics should be.

也超越了我们对政治的看法。

I see human connection beyond that and above that.

在人与人的连接中，我看到了 比政治更深远、更高尚的东西。

I strongly believe that arts and artists today

我深信，当今的艺术和艺术家，

can be the closest thing we have to spirituality, in fact.

实际上是我们最接近灵性的东西。

Because every other way has failed significantly.

因为其他方式都已遭遇重大失败。

So I think art can still be relevant,

我认为艺术仍然具有现实意义，

and it can be extremely useful

它可以在社会进步，

for social progress, for political progress.

和政治进步中发挥极大的作用。

Because they envision and they show you a better version of ourselves.

因为艺术能勾勒、 展现出更好的自我，

And either we accept it or not, it's up to us.

而我们是否接受它， 都取决于我们自己。

So I like the kind of art that doesn't tell you what to do actually.

所以我喜欢那种不会告诉你 该怎么做的艺术。

I love the kind of art that just presents the issue in front of you

我喜欢这样的艺术， 它只是把问题呈现在你面前，

and let you decide as a human which side you want to hear,

让你作为一个人， 可以去选择你想听的立场，

and there is no good or bad side.

没有好的一面，也没有坏的一面。

In fact, people just have different opinions.

实际上，人们只是有不同的看法。

And I don’t think there is any evil in this world.

我不认为这个世界上存在邪恶，

There is no evil in this world.

这个世界上没有真正的邪恶。

It's just people being misinformed or not informed about certain things.

只有被误导或缺乏信息的人。

And I think there is a huge responsibility for people who know things

我认为，那些了解真相 并有能力改善世界的人，

and they can improve things to be educational.

肩负着巨大的责任去教育他人。

And education can only come through love and no other way.

而真正的教育只能通过爱来实现， 别无他法。

So by shouting and cursing at people, people wouldn't learn anything.

大喊大叫或辱骂他人 并不能让他们学到任何东西，

You just have to be lovely to them.

你只需要温柔地对待他们。

(Laughs)

（笑）