The Ecstasy of Eskista, an Ancient Ethiopian Dance | Melaku Belay | TED

翻译人员: Kate Tang 校对人员: Yanyan Hong

(Percussion music)

（打击乐）

(Applause)

（掌声）

Melaku Belay: (Speaking in Amharic)

讲者:（阿姆拉哈语）

Mehret Mandefro: The dance you just saw is my version of Eskista,

译者：你们刚刚看到的舞蹈，

是我自己原创的伊斯基斯塔（Eskista）舞。

a traditional dance from Ethiopia.

这是一种来自埃塞俄比亚的舞蹈。

MB: (Speaking in Amharic)

讲者：（阿姆拉哈语）

MM: Eskista is deeply embedded in our way of life.

译者：伊斯基斯塔已经深深融入

我们的生活方式。

Even though it's an ancient dance form,

虽然它是一种古老的舞蹈，

it can still tell contemporary stories of today.

但它依然可以传递今天的现代故事。

MB: (Speaking in Amharic)

讲者:（阿姆拉哈语）

MM: The soundscape of my short dance transported me to Mercato,

译者：这段舞蹈的意境 将我带回梅尔卡托，

an open-air market in Addis Ababa,

那是亚的斯亚贝巴的一个露天市场。

where you can find everything from horse saddles to spices

那里可以满足你的所有购买需求， 从马鞍到香料，

to used cell phones.

再到二手手机。

MB: (Speaking in Amharic)

讲者:（阿姆拉哈语）

MM: The sound is of workers pounding recycled metal into useful objects.

译者：这是工人们将回收的金属 铸成有用物品产生的声响。

MB: (Speaking in Amharic)

讲者:（阿姆拉哈语）

MM: Today, many shun the workers in Mercato.

译者：如今，很多人故意躲开 梅尔卡托的这些工人，

But I don't.

但我不会。

I love to dance with them.

我喜欢和他们一起跳舞。

MB: (Speaking in Amharic)

讲者:（阿姆拉哈语）

MM: In the 1930s,

译者：在 1930 年代，

Mercato was a place where Ethiopians traded with each other

梅尔卡托曾是埃塞俄比亚人 互相交易的地方，

away from the prying eyes of Italian occupiers.

那里可以躲过意大利殖民者的监视。

MB: (Speaking in Amharic)

讲者:（阿姆拉哈语）

MM: It was and still is, a place of Indigenous trading,

译者：时至今日，那里依然是 原住民的贸易地，

not only of goods but of knowledge and creativity.

不仅仅是交易商品，更是知识和创造力。

MB: (Speaking in Amharic)

讲者:（阿姆拉哈语）

MM: But our government wants to destroy Mercato and many other heritage places

译者：但是我们的政府却想要以搭建 现代化基础建设的名义

in the name of modern infrastructure.

去摧毁梅尔卡托在内的很多文化遗址。

MB: (Speaking in Amharic)

讲者:（阿姆拉哈语）

MM: Traditional community spaces hold Indigenous knowledge and memories

译者：传统的社区空间承载着原住民的 智慧和回忆，

that are crucial for ushering in cultural dignity,

这些对于传递文化的自豪感

facilitating local economy

对推动当地经济

and safeguarding society's well-being.

和保障社会幸福都至关重要。

When we lose community spaces,

当我们失去这些社区空间，

we lose hope, connection with each other,

我们同样也失去了希望，与他人的联系，

and opportunities to exchange energy and build peace together.

和交换能量，从而共创和平的机会。

MB: (Speaking in Amharic)

讲者:（阿姆拉哈语）

MM: Dance is my protest,

译者：舞蹈是我抗议的方式，

and Eskista is its contemporary expression for me.

而伊斯基斯塔舞对我来说是它 现代的表现方式。

MB: (Speaking in Amharic)

讲者:（阿姆拉哈语）

MM: I love my traditional dance because it is alive in the moment,

译者：我爱我的传统舞蹈，因为它 在当下是充满活力的，

and it leads us to the future.

而它也会引领我们走向未来。

MB: (Speaking in Amharic)

讲者:（阿姆拉哈语）

MM: I honor the many generations that came before us

译者：我尊敬老一辈的人，

who have given us our dances

他们给予我们这些

that are always in the process of becoming anew.

一直焕发新生的舞蹈。

I dance to tell stories,

我通过舞蹈来传递故事，

like the endangerment of Mercato and other Indigenous spaces,

比如以建设埃塞俄比亚的名义

in the name of development in Ethiopia.

让梅尔卡托和其他文化古迹 危在旦夕的故事。

MB: (Speaking in Amharic)

讲者:（阿姆拉哈语）

MM: Eskista itself originated in a moment of improvisation.

译者：伊斯基斯塔舞来自片刻的即兴创作。

It got its name from a folklore

它的名字源于一个民间传说，

where a young woman hypnotized a snake

讲述的是一个年轻女人通过 模仿蛇的动作和声音

by mimicking its own movements and sounds.

将其催眠的故事。

It is beauty born out of the desire to survive.

它的魅力源于生存的欲望。

MB: (Speaking in Amharic)

讲者:（阿姆拉哈语）

MM: Eskista saved my life too.

译者：艾斯基斯塔也拯救了我的生命。

In 1998, I was homeless,

1998 年，我无家可归，

living on the streets of Addis Ababa.

住在亚的斯亚贝巴的街头。

My street life changed when I found work as a dancer at Fendika Azmari,

我的街头生活因为在凡迪卡阿兹马里 找到一份舞者的工作而改变，

a traditional nightclub in Addis Ababa.

那是亚的斯亚贝巴一个传统的夜总会。

I danced every single night for 12 years with no salary.

接下来的 12 年里，我每天都无偿跳舞。

For the first seven years after the customers left,

前七年里，我会在顾客走后，

I turned off the light and slept under the bar.

关上灯，睡在吧台下面。

MB: (Speaking in Amharic)

讲者:（阿姆拉哈语）

MM: That's where I dreamt of telling the world

译者：那时，我便开始梦想，

about my Ethiopia of today through traditional dance.

通过传统舞蹈告诉世界 我今天的埃塞俄比亚。

And my dreams came true.

如今，我的梦想成真了。

Along with Fendika’s traditional musicians, dancers and bands,

我与凡迪卡的传统乐手，舞者， 和乐队一起

I have performed all around the world.

在世界各地巡演。

MB: (Speaking in Amharic)

讲者:（阿姆拉哈语）

MM: With our rich music and dance,

译者：我们通过有趣的音乐和舞蹈，

we tell contemporary stories

讲述当今那些

that challenge the single narrative of Ethiopia,

向埃塞俄比亚总是只有饥荒和战争

of hunger and war,

发起挑战的故事，

stories that express our spirit of freedom and pride

那些抒发我们自由和骄傲的，

that Ethiopia was never colonized.

否认埃塞俄比亚被殖民灵魂的故事。

MB: (Speaking in Amharic)

讲者:（阿姆拉哈语）

MM: Now I'll dance, improvising to jazz music.

译者：现在我会伴随爵士乐即兴跳舞。

MB: (Speaking in Amharic)

讲者:（阿姆拉哈语）

MM: Why jazz, you might ask.

译者：你可能会问，为什么是爵士乐。

Jazz, because it's an African music diasporic tradition

选择爵士，是因为它是非洲音乐 流散文学的传统。

and its feeling of freedom resonates in Ethiopia like Eskista does.

而它自由的情绪像伊斯基斯塔舞一样 在埃塞俄比亚回荡。

In a way, dancing to jazz feels like going home.

某种程度上，伴随爵士乐舞蹈 有一种回家的感觉。

A deep connection with my people and the Ethiopian spirit of freedom.

这是一种将我的民族和埃塞俄比亚 自由灵魂至深的连接。

Jazz is about returning to yourself.

爵士乐代表着回到你自己。

MB: (Speaking in Amharic)

讲者:（阿姆拉哈语）

MM: I invite you to join me

译者：我邀请你们与我一起

and witness how ancient Eskista lives in the present moment.

见证古老的伊斯基斯塔舞 是如何活在当下的。

MB: (Speaking in Amharic)

讲者:（阿姆拉哈语）

MM: Thank you.

译者：谢谢。

(Applause and cheers)

（掌声和欢呼）

(Jazz music)

（爵士乐）

(Music ends)

（音乐停）

(Applause and cheers)

（掌声和喝彩）