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These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated: 1 00:00:03,833 --> 00:00:07,166 NARRATOR: MANY OF THE WORLD'S BEST-KNOWN LANDMARKS 2 00:00:07,266 --> 00:00:10,200 HAVE BEEN INSPIRED BY FAITH. 3 00:00:10,300 --> 00:00:12,600 AND TODAY, 4 00:00:12,700 --> 00:00:19,000 MORE WORSHIPPERS THAN EVER ARE FLOCKING TO THESE SACRED PLACES. 5 00:00:19,100 --> 00:00:22,333 BUT WHY DO THEY CONTINUE TO PROVOKE SUCH PASSION? 6 00:00:22,433 --> 00:00:26,966 [PEOPLE CHANT] 7 00:00:27,066 --> 00:00:30,833 NARRATOR: HUNDREDS OF YEARS AFTER THEY WERE FIRST BUILT, 8 00:00:30,933 --> 00:00:35,066 MANY OF THEM REMAIN PLACES OF DEEP SPIRITUAL SIGNIFICANCE 9 00:00:35,166 --> 00:00:38,366 AND CONTROVERSY. 10 00:00:38,466 --> 00:00:40,666 FOR SOME PEOPLE, THEY ARE SANCTUARIES 11 00:00:40,766 --> 00:00:43,600 FOR QUIET CONTEMPLATION. 12 00:00:43,700 --> 00:00:48,500 FOR OTHERS, THEY ARE SITES OF ASTONISHING ACTS OF WORSHIP, 13 00:00:48,600 --> 00:00:53,833 DANGEROUS CHALLENGES, AND EXTRAORDINARY DEEDS OF DEVOTION 14 00:00:53,933 --> 00:00:58,166 RARELY SEEN BY OUTSIDERS. 15 00:00:58,266 --> 00:01:04,533 THIS TIME, AT THE GREAT MOSQUE OF DJENNE IN MALI, 16 00:01:04,633 --> 00:01:08,100 A YOUNG MUSLIM RACES TO PROTECT IT FROM THE ELEMENTS 17 00:01:08,200 --> 00:01:12,633 IN THE HOPE OF A PLACE IN PARADISE. 18 00:01:12,733 --> 00:01:16,600 AT SACRED NACHI WATERFALL IN JAPAN, 19 00:01:16,700 --> 00:01:19,900 A SHINTO DEVOTEE UNDERTAKES A GRUELING CHALLENGE 20 00:01:20,000 --> 00:01:24,766 TO ENSURE THE WELL-BEING OF HIS COUNTRY, 21 00:01:24,866 --> 00:01:27,766 AND AT THE CATHEDRAL OF ST. JOHN THE DIVINE 22 00:01:27,866 --> 00:01:31,066 IN NEW YORK, AN EPISCOPAL PRIEST PERFORMS 23 00:01:31,166 --> 00:01:37,300 AN ASTONISHING CEREMONY TO BRING PEOPLE CLOSER TO GOD. 24 00:01:37,400 --> 00:01:41,000 IN THIS SERIES, WE REVEAL THE AMAZING THINGS 25 00:01:41,100 --> 00:01:44,200 THAT PEOPLE DO FOR THEIR FAITH 26 00:01:44,300 --> 00:01:48,600 IN SOME OF THE MOST SPECTACULAR SACRED PLACES ON THE PLANET. 27 00:01:48,700 --> 00:01:56,366 ♪ 28 00:01:59,500 --> 00:02:01,466 ♪ 29 00:02:01,566 --> 00:02:06,100 NARRATOR: MANY SACRED WONDERS HAVE STOOD FOR CENTURIES, 30 00:02:06,200 --> 00:02:10,466 BUT IN WESTERN AFRICA, ONE UNIQUE RELIGIOUS MONUMENT 31 00:02:10,566 --> 00:02:13,533 IS IN CONSTANT DANGER OF COLLAPSE-- 32 00:02:13,633 --> 00:02:17,633 ♪ 33 00:02:17,733 --> 00:02:22,333 THE GREAT MOSQUE IN MALI 34 00:02:22,433 --> 00:02:27,166 AT THE HEART OF THE CITY OF DJENNE, 35 00:02:27,266 --> 00:02:30,633 A VAST, TIMBER-FRAME BUILDING 36 00:02:30,733 --> 00:02:36,900 WITH WALLS UP TO TWO FEET THICK MADE OF MUD. 37 00:02:37,000 --> 00:02:40,333 BUILT AT THE CROSSROADS OF ONE OF THE ANCIENT TRADE ROUTES 38 00:02:40,433 --> 00:02:43,900 IN WEST AFRICA, THE MOSQUE HAS STOOD ON THIS SITE 39 00:02:44,000 --> 00:02:47,233 SINCE THE 13th CENTURY. 40 00:02:47,333 --> 00:02:54,733 IT IS THE LARGEST MUD BUILDING ON EARTH, 41 00:02:54,833 --> 00:03:00,800 AND FOR THE 20,000 PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THIS MUD-BUILT CITY, 42 00:03:00,900 --> 00:03:05,333 IT IS THE FOCAL POINT OF BOTH THEIR LIVES AND THEIR FAITH... WEBVTT X-TIMESTAMP-MAP=MPEGTS:187507, LOCAL:00:00:00.000 43 00:03:00,900 --> 00:03:05,333 IT IS THE FOCAL POINT OF BOTH THEIR LIVES AND THEIR FAITH... 44 00:03:05,433 --> 00:03:09,600 ♪ 45 00:03:09,700 --> 00:03:12,333 BUT UNLESS THE MOSQUE IS GIVEN A NEW COVERING 46 00:03:12,433 --> 00:03:17,366 OF MUD EVERY YEAR, IT WILL SIMPLY CRUMBLE TO DUST. 47 00:03:17,466 --> 00:03:21,500 ♪ 48 00:03:21,600 --> 00:03:24,000 SUNNI MUSLIM BABER DJENNEPO 49 00:03:24,100 --> 00:03:27,333 IS ONE OF THE MASONS RESPONSIBLE FOR PROTECTING IT. 50 00:03:41,800 --> 00:03:44,233 ♪ 51 00:03:44,333 --> 00:03:47,333 NARRATOR: THEIR MOSQUE ISN'T JUST A PLACE TO PRAY. 52 00:03:47,433 --> 00:03:49,733 IT'S THE HEART OF THE COMMUNITY-- 53 00:03:49,833 --> 00:03:57,066 SOMEWHERE TO MEET, STUDY, AND CELEBRATE RELIGIOUS FESTIVALS. 54 00:03:57,166 --> 00:04:02,200 FOR BABER AND THE OTHER MASONS, LOOKING AFTER THE GREAT MOSQUE 55 00:04:02,300 --> 00:04:05,600 IS A MAJOR UNDERTAKING REQUIRING SKILLS 56 00:04:05,700 --> 00:04:07,600 THAT BABER LEARNED FROM HIS FATHER. 57 00:04:14,166 --> 00:04:16,666 ♪ 58 00:04:16,766 --> 00:04:19,733 NARRATOR: THE MASONS' PROBLEM IS THAT OVER THE YEAR 59 00:04:19,833 --> 00:04:25,333 IN THE INTENSE HEAT OF THE SUN, THE MOSQUE'S WALLS CRACK, 60 00:04:25,433 --> 00:04:29,700 AND WHEN THE RAINS COME, THEY BEGIN TO WASH AWAY. 61 00:04:29,800 --> 00:04:33,033 ♪ 62 00:04:33,133 --> 00:04:36,433 WITH THE WET SEASON ONLY A FEW WEEKS FROM NOW, 63 00:04:36,533 --> 00:04:41,366 IT'S TIME TO GIVE IT A NEW LAYER OF MUD. 64 00:04:41,466 --> 00:04:45,400 TOMORROW THE ENTIRE MOSQUE WILL BE REPLASTERED 65 00:04:45,500 --> 00:04:49,200 FROM TOP TO BOTTOM, 66 00:04:49,300 --> 00:04:51,800 BUT TO COMPLETE THIS HUGE TASK, 67 00:04:51,900 --> 00:04:55,466 THE WHOLE TOWN NEEDS TO TAKE PART. 68 00:04:55,566 --> 00:05:02,433 [PEOPLE CHANTING] 69 00:05:02,533 --> 00:05:05,066 NARRATOR: ACCORDING TO THE ISLAMIC TRADITION, 70 00:05:05,166 --> 00:05:07,933 ANYBODY WHO HELPS BUILD OR REPAIR A MOSQUE 71 00:05:08,033 --> 00:05:12,366 WILL HAVE AN EASIER PATH TO PARADISE, 72 00:05:12,466 --> 00:05:16,033 AND THE ANNUAL REPLASTERING IS CONSIDERED A VITAL WAY 73 00:05:16,133 --> 00:05:19,633 TO BRING THE COMMUNITY TOGETHER, 74 00:05:19,733 --> 00:05:25,133 SO TODAY THEY'VE GATHERED TO PRAY BEFORE THEY GET TO WORK. 75 00:05:25,233 --> 00:05:29,033 THE FIRST STEP IS TO COLLECT ALL THE MUD. 76 00:05:29,133 --> 00:05:31,300 [PEOPLE SHOUTING] 77 00:05:31,400 --> 00:05:33,900 ♪ 78 00:05:34,000 --> 00:05:36,600 NARRATOR: 3 WEEKS AGO, THE TOWNSPEOPLE DUG PITS 79 00:05:36,700 --> 00:05:39,966 IN THE RIVER BED AND MIXED THE MUD WITH RICE HUSKS. 80 00:05:40,066 --> 00:05:43,633 ♪ 81 00:05:43,733 --> 00:05:47,233 THE HUSKS FERMENT, MAKING THE MUD MORE VISCOUS 82 00:05:47,333 --> 00:05:50,000 AND BETTER FOR WATERPROOFING THE MOSQUE'S WALLS. 83 00:05:50,100 --> 00:05:53,200 ♪ 84 00:05:53,300 --> 00:05:58,300 NOW ALL THE MUD NEEDS TO BE TAKEN UP TO THE MOSQUE, 85 00:05:58,400 --> 00:06:02,266 READY FOR TOMORROW. WEBVTT X-TIMESTAMP-MAP=MPEGTS:187507, LOCAL:00:00:00.000 86 00:06:08,833 --> 00:06:11,333 NARRATOR: BABER SPENDS HIS EVENING LIKE EVERY OTHER-- 87 00:06:11,433 --> 00:06:14,600 TEACHING THE QURAN TO HIS 5 CHILDREN. 88 00:06:14,700 --> 00:06:17,033 [SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE] 89 00:06:17,133 --> 00:06:19,000 NARRATOR: MUSLIM CHILDREN ARE ENCOURAGED TO LEARN 90 00:06:19,100 --> 00:06:21,533 AS MUCH OF IT AS THEY CAN BY HEART... 91 00:06:25,600 --> 00:06:27,333 NARRATOR: BUT WITH THE BIG DAY AHEAD OF HIM, 92 00:06:27,433 --> 00:06:30,800 BABER'S GOT ONE THING ON HIS MIND, AS WELL. 93 00:06:41,400 --> 00:06:43,900 NARRATOR: THE CENTRAL MINARET IS THE HIGHEST PART 94 00:06:44,000 --> 00:06:47,966 OF THE MOSQUE, AND THE MORNING CALL TO PRAYER 95 00:06:48,066 --> 00:06:51,566 IS MADE FROM HERE. 96 00:06:51,666 --> 00:06:55,166 IN DJENNE, THE MASON WHO REPLASTERS THE VERY TOP 97 00:06:55,266 --> 00:06:58,233 GAINS MUCH FAME AND PRESTIGE... 98 00:06:58,333 --> 00:07:00,266 ♪ 99 00:07:00,366 --> 00:07:02,966 BUT THAT HONOR MUST BE EARNED, 100 00:07:03,066 --> 00:07:07,233 AND IT GOES TO THE ONE WHO CLIMBS THE MINARET FIRST. 101 00:07:20,700 --> 00:07:28,833 ♪ 102 00:07:28,933 --> 00:07:33,000 NARRATOR: 5 A.M. 103 00:07:33,100 --> 00:07:35,500 THE CROWDS ARE WAITING FOR THE SENIOR MASONS 104 00:07:35,600 --> 00:07:39,233 TO ANNOUNCE THE START OF THE REPLASTERING... 105 00:07:39,333 --> 00:07:42,100 [MEN CLAMORING] 106 00:07:42,200 --> 00:07:44,533 NARRATOR: BUT THE RIVALRY TO COVER THE CENTRAL MINARET 107 00:07:44,633 --> 00:07:47,333 IS SO FIERCE, 108 00:07:47,433 --> 00:07:51,766 SOME OF THE YOUNGER MASONS DECIDE NOT TO WAIT. 109 00:07:51,866 --> 00:07:55,966 BABER IS CAUGHT BY SURPRISE. 110 00:07:56,066 --> 00:07:58,533 HE NEEDS TO MOVE FAST. 111 00:07:58,633 --> 00:08:01,733 ♪ 112 00:08:01,833 --> 00:08:04,233 EVERYONE GATHERS TO WATCH THE RACE. 113 00:08:04,333 --> 00:08:11,933 ♪ 114 00:08:12,033 --> 00:08:17,700 AGAINST ALL THE ODDS, BABER OVERTAKES THE OTHERS 115 00:08:17,800 --> 00:08:22,200 AND IS FIRST TO REACH THE TOP. 116 00:08:22,300 --> 00:08:25,066 DRIVEN BY HIS COMMITMENT TO HIS MOSQUE, 117 00:08:25,166 --> 00:08:27,900 HE'S SUCCEEDED ONCE AGAIN. 118 00:08:30,366 --> 00:08:33,500 NARRATOR: TEAMS OF MUD CARRIERS NOW RUSH INTO ACTION 119 00:08:33,600 --> 00:08:35,766 TO KEEP THE MASONS SUPPLIED WITH FRESH MUD 120 00:08:35,866 --> 00:08:39,800 FOR THE REST OF THE DAY, 121 00:08:39,900 --> 00:08:45,633 AND AS DAY BREAKS, BABER GETS TO WORK. 122 00:08:45,733 --> 00:08:49,966 HIS REPUTATION IS SAFE FOR ANOTHER YEAR... WEBVTT X-TIMESTAMP-MAP=MPEGTS:187507, LOCAL:00:00:00.000 123 00:09:06,133 --> 00:09:09,633 NARRATOR: BUT THE MINARET'S JUST THE START. 124 00:09:09,733 --> 00:09:12,966 NOW THEY HAVE TO TACKLE THE REST OF THE MOSQUE. 125 00:09:19,833 --> 00:09:21,600 NARRATOR: THE MORE EACH PERSON COVERS, 126 00:09:21,700 --> 00:09:24,433 THE MORE SPIRITUAL CREDITS THEY BELIEVE THEY'LL RECEIVE... 127 00:09:34,733 --> 00:09:39,033 ♪ 128 00:09:39,133 --> 00:09:42,766 NARRATOR: BUT THEIR TASK IS NOT STRAIGHTFORWARD. 129 00:09:42,866 --> 00:09:47,666 IT'S ONLY 8 A.M., AND IT'S ALREADY 86 DEGREES, 130 00:09:47,766 --> 00:09:50,366 AND AT THESE TEMPERATURES, THE MUD WILL QUICKLY BECOME 131 00:09:50,466 --> 00:09:53,966 TOO DRY TO SPREAD, 132 00:09:54,066 --> 00:09:56,933 SO WHILE THE WOMEN CARRY WATER UP FROM THE RIVER 133 00:09:57,033 --> 00:09:59,766 TO KEEP THE MUD WET, 134 00:09:59,866 --> 00:10:03,233 THE MEN TAKE ON DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE MOSQUE. 135 00:10:06,933 --> 00:10:08,533 NARRATOR: BABER'S FATHER HAS COME TO SEE 136 00:10:08,633 --> 00:10:10,566 HOW HIS SON'S DOING. 137 00:10:28,133 --> 00:10:33,533 ♪ 138 00:10:33,633 --> 00:10:37,666 NARRATOR: THEY'RE MAKING GOOD PROGRESS. 139 00:10:37,766 --> 00:10:40,566 THE ROOF IS THE LAST SECTION TO BE TACKLED. 140 00:10:40,666 --> 00:10:44,200 ♪ 141 00:10:44,300 --> 00:10:47,966 SO MANY MUD CARRIERS ARE COMING DOWN THE NARROW STAIRWELL, 142 00:10:48,066 --> 00:10:49,633 THE WATER CARRIERS ARE STRUGGLING 143 00:10:49,733 --> 00:10:52,833 TO GET UP TO THE ROOF... 144 00:10:52,933 --> 00:10:59,833 ♪ 145 00:10:59,933 --> 00:11:03,966 BUT BEFORE THE MUD CAN DRY OUT, THEY BREAK THROUGH... 146 00:11:04,066 --> 00:11:09,300 ♪ 147 00:11:09,400 --> 00:11:15,933 AND IN ONE LAST PUSH, THE ROOF IS COMPLETED. 148 00:11:16,033 --> 00:11:21,366 [MEN CHANT] 149 00:11:21,466 --> 00:11:23,866 [MEN CHEERING] 150 00:11:23,966 --> 00:11:28,633 ♪ 151 00:11:28,733 --> 00:11:33,833 NARRATOR: BABER IS THE LAST MASON TO LEAVE, 152 00:11:33,933 --> 00:11:36,633 AND WITH A FINAL HANDFUL OF MUD, 153 00:11:36,733 --> 00:11:39,500 THE MOSQUE IS PROTECTED FOR ANOTHER YEAR. 154 00:11:39,600 --> 00:11:43,133 ♪ 155 00:11:49,566 --> 00:11:52,000 NARRATOR: THE IMAM FROM THE MOSQUE BLESSES EVERYONE 156 00:11:52,100 --> 00:11:53,566 WHO TOOK PART. 157 00:11:53,666 --> 00:11:59,100 ♪ WEBVTT X-TIMESTAMP-MAP=MPEGTS:187507, LOCAL:00:00:00.000 158 00:12:09,233 --> 00:12:12,333 ♪ 159 00:12:12,433 --> 00:12:15,400 NARRATOR: JUST LIKE THE GREAT MOSQUE OF DJENNE, 160 00:12:15,500 --> 00:12:18,500 MOST SACRED WONDERS ARE MANMADE. 161 00:12:18,600 --> 00:12:21,033 ♪ 162 00:12:21,133 --> 00:12:24,033 AT THE DUOMO, THE CATHEDRAL IN FLORENCE, 163 00:12:24,133 --> 00:12:26,733 MASONS HAD TO LAY 4 MILLION BRICKS 164 00:12:26,833 --> 00:12:28,800 JUST TO COMPLETE THE DOME... 165 00:12:28,900 --> 00:12:32,166 ♪ 166 00:12:32,266 --> 00:12:35,200 AND THE SHWEDAGON PAGODA IN MYANMAR 167 00:12:35,300 --> 00:12:38,533 IS COVERED IN OVER 20,000 SOLID GOLD TILES 168 00:12:38,633 --> 00:12:41,000 DONATED BY MONARCHS AND DEVOTEES 169 00:12:41,100 --> 00:12:43,266 OVER THE LAST 500 YEARS... 170 00:12:43,366 --> 00:12:46,966 ♪ 171 00:12:47,066 --> 00:12:52,200 BUT NOT ALL WONDERS ARE CRAFTED BY HAND. 172 00:12:52,300 --> 00:12:55,400 FOR ONE, IN SOUTHWESTERN JAPAN, 173 00:12:55,500 --> 00:12:58,766 IT'S THE LANDSCAPE ITSELF THAT IS SACRED. 174 00:12:58,866 --> 00:13:04,266 ♪ 175 00:13:04,366 --> 00:13:06,800 NACHI FALLS. 176 00:13:06,900 --> 00:13:12,933 AT 436 FEET, IT'S JAPAN'S TALLEST UNBROKEN WATERFALL. 177 00:13:13,033 --> 00:13:18,966 ♪ 178 00:13:19,066 --> 00:13:22,366 SHINTO IS ONE OF THE MAIN FAITHS IN JAPAN 179 00:13:22,466 --> 00:13:27,300 AND IS THOUGHT TO DATE BACK TO PREHISTORIC TIMES. 180 00:13:27,400 --> 00:13:30,433 ITS DEVOTEES BELIEVE THAT SPIRIT DEITIES 181 00:13:30,533 --> 00:13:34,866 KNOWN AS KAMI INHABIT EVERY PART OF NATURE, 182 00:13:34,966 --> 00:13:39,800 FROM ROCKS TO RIVERS TO TREES. 183 00:13:39,900 --> 00:13:44,633 THERE ARE THOUGHT TO BE COUNTLESS KAMI IN JAPAN, 184 00:13:44,733 --> 00:13:51,900 AND NACHI WATERFALL IS BELIEVED TO BE ONE OF THE MOST POWERFUL. 185 00:13:52,000 --> 00:13:54,933 EVERY YEAR, THIS WATERFALL IS THE SITE 186 00:13:55,033 --> 00:13:58,766 OF AN EXTRAORDINARY CEREMONY WHICH FOLLOWERS OF SHINTO 187 00:13:58,866 --> 00:14:05,900 BELIEVE IS VITAL TO ENSURING THE WELL-BEING OF ALL JAPAN. 188 00:14:06,000 --> 00:14:09,866 SHINTO DEVOTEE CHIKARA MURAI WILL BE TAKING PART. 189 00:14:09,966 --> 00:14:12,233 HE'S WORSHIPPED HERE SINCE HE WAS A BOY. 190 00:14:19,233 --> 00:14:21,633 [BELL RINGS] 191 00:14:21,733 --> 00:14:24,366 NARRATOR: THE WATERFALL IS SACRED TO BOTH BUDDHISTS 192 00:14:24,466 --> 00:14:28,333 AND FOLLOWERS OF SHINTO, 193 00:14:28,433 --> 00:14:31,433 AND OVER THE CENTURIES, A COMPLEX OF TEMPLES 194 00:14:31,533 --> 00:14:36,600 AND SHRINES HAS GROWN UP BY THE FALLS. 195 00:14:36,700 --> 00:14:39,233 [BELL RATTLES] 196 00:14:39,333 --> 00:14:43,200 CHIKARA WORKS IN A NEARBY TOWN AS A GOVERNMENT CLERK. 197 00:14:43,300 --> 00:14:45,433 [CLAP CLAP] 198 00:14:45,533 --> 00:14:47,966 WHEN HE ARRIVES TO PRAY, HE CLAPS 199 00:14:48,066 --> 00:14:50,533 TO ATTRACT THE ATTENTION OF THE KAMI. WEBVTT X-TIMESTAMP-MAP=MPEGTS:187507, LOCAL:00:00:00.000 200 00:15:07,833 --> 00:15:10,966 NARRATOR: APART FROM THE KAMI OF THE WATERFALL, 201 00:15:11,066 --> 00:15:13,766 DEVOTEES BELIEVE THERE ARE 12 OTHERS 202 00:15:13,866 --> 00:15:16,366 THAT LIVE HERE IN THE SHRINE. 203 00:15:16,466 --> 00:15:19,400 IF THESE KAMI ARE ENERGIZED, 204 00:15:19,500 --> 00:15:24,700 IT'S BELIEVED JAPAN WILL HAVE A PROSPEROUS YEAR, 205 00:15:24,800 --> 00:15:28,700 AND TO ENSURE THIS, TOMORROW CHIKARA IS GOING TO UNDERTAKE 206 00:15:28,800 --> 00:15:31,533 A GRUELING CHALLENGE. 207 00:15:31,633 --> 00:15:36,700 ♪ 208 00:15:36,800 --> 00:15:39,966 HE IS GOING TO HELP THE KAMI OF THE SHRINE 209 00:15:40,066 --> 00:15:44,766 MAKE A CRUCIAL, ANNUAL VISIT TO THE WATERFALL, 210 00:15:44,866 --> 00:15:47,766 BUT THE PATH TO THE FALLS IS A STEEP, 211 00:15:47,866 --> 00:15:52,566 2,000-FOOT-LONG STAIRCASE DOWN THE MOUNTAINSIDE, 212 00:15:52,666 --> 00:15:55,300 AND BEFORE THE KAMI CAN PASS ALONG IT, 213 00:15:55,400 --> 00:16:00,266 IT MUST BE PURIFIED 214 00:16:00,366 --> 00:16:03,733 WITH FIRE. 215 00:16:03,833 --> 00:16:07,700 THAT'S DONE WITH GIGANTIC, FLAMING TORCHES. 216 00:16:11,033 --> 00:16:12,966 NARRATOR: UNTIL NOW, CHIKARA HAS BEEN 217 00:16:13,066 --> 00:16:16,000 AN ASSISTANT TORCH BEARER FOR HIS BROTHER, 218 00:16:16,100 --> 00:16:18,800 BUT THIS YEAR, FOR THE FIRST TIME, 219 00:16:18,900 --> 00:16:20,866 CHIKARA HAS BEEN GIVEN THE PRIVILEGE 220 00:16:20,966 --> 00:16:23,800 OF BEING A TORCH BEARER HIMSELF. 221 00:16:37,300 --> 00:16:39,966 ♪ 222 00:16:40,066 --> 00:16:43,100 IT'S THE DAY BEFORE THE FESTIVAL 223 00:16:43,200 --> 00:16:44,966 AND THE FIRST CHANCE CHIKARA'S HAD 224 00:16:45,066 --> 00:16:48,333 TO TRY CARRYING ONE OF THE UNLIT TORCHES. 225 00:16:48,433 --> 00:16:50,666 ♪ 226 00:16:50,766 --> 00:16:54,833 IT WEIGHS 110 POUNDS. 227 00:16:54,933 --> 00:16:58,766 CHIKARA HIMSELF WEIGHS JUST 20 POUNDS MORE. 228 00:17:26,466 --> 00:17:29,266 NARRATOR: DURING THE CEREMONY, CHIKARA WILL HAVE TO CARRY 229 00:17:29,366 --> 00:17:32,600 THE TORCH UNTIL THE CHIEF TORCH BEARER DECIDES 230 00:17:32,700 --> 00:17:36,233 THE ROUTE HAS BEEN SUFFICIENTLY PURIFIED. 231 00:17:36,333 --> 00:17:42,266 ♪ 232 00:17:42,366 --> 00:17:45,466 TO GET IN SHAPE, CHIKARA'S BEEN TRAINING FOR MONTHS, 233 00:17:45,566 --> 00:17:47,166 RUNNING UP AND DOWN A STAIRCASE 234 00:17:47,266 --> 00:17:49,966 LIKE THE ONE HE WILL BE PURIFYING. 235 00:18:03,400 --> 00:18:10,466 ♪ WEBVTT X-TIMESTAMP-MAP=MPEGTS:187507, LOCAL:00:00:00.000 236 00:18:03,400 --> 00:18:10,466 ♪ 237 00:18:10,566 --> 00:18:14,000 NARRATOR: IT WILL BE A TEST OF BOTH CHIKARA'S STRENGTH 238 00:18:14,100 --> 00:18:16,000 AND FAITH. 239 00:18:16,100 --> 00:18:21,633 ♪ 240 00:18:21,733 --> 00:18:25,366 IT'S THE MORNING OF THE FIRE FESTIVAL. 241 00:18:25,466 --> 00:18:28,200 LIKE EVERY DAY, THE PRIEST CONDUCTS A CEREMONY 242 00:18:28,300 --> 00:18:33,600 TO HONOR THE SACRED FALLS. 243 00:18:33,700 --> 00:18:35,833 PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER JAPAN HAVE COME TO WATCH 244 00:18:35,933 --> 00:18:38,700 THE KAMI OF THE SHRINE MAKE THEIR JOURNEY. 245 00:18:38,800 --> 00:18:43,500 ♪ 246 00:18:43,600 --> 00:18:45,533 IT'S TIME FOR CHIKARA TO PUT ON 247 00:18:45,633 --> 00:18:48,433 THE TORCH BEARER'S SACRED ROBES. 248 00:18:56,033 --> 00:19:04,233 ♪ 249 00:19:04,333 --> 00:19:06,400 NARRATOR: THE KAMI WILL BE TAKEN TO THE FALLS 250 00:19:06,500 --> 00:19:08,700 IN SPECIALLY BUILT CARRIERS. 251 00:19:08,800 --> 00:19:10,966 [PEOPLE CHEERING] 252 00:19:11,066 --> 00:19:15,900 NARRATOR: ONCE THE KAMI IS ON BOARD, THE CARRIER IS RAISED, 253 00:19:16,000 --> 00:19:19,600 AND THEIR JOURNEY TO THE SACRED FALLS CAN BEGIN. 254 00:19:19,700 --> 00:19:22,700 [MEN SHOUTING] 255 00:19:22,800 --> 00:19:25,000 NARRATOR: MEANWHILE, AT THE BOTTOM OF THE STEPS, 256 00:19:25,100 --> 00:19:27,966 THE FIRE CEREMONY GETS UNDER WAY. 257 00:19:28,066 --> 00:19:39,600 ♪ 258 00:19:39,700 --> 00:19:42,200 CHIKARA AND THE TEAM OF TORCH BEARERS HAVE TO GO 259 00:19:42,300 --> 00:19:45,333 UP AND DOWN THE STAIRS, 260 00:19:45,433 --> 00:19:47,933 BUT THEY DON'T KNOW IN ADVANCE HOW MANY TIMES 261 00:19:48,033 --> 00:19:50,933 THEY WILL NEED TO REPEAT THE LOOP. 262 00:19:51,033 --> 00:19:53,700 ♪ 263 00:19:53,800 --> 00:19:58,000 THEY WORK IN PAIRS-- ONE TO CARRY THE TORCH 264 00:19:58,100 --> 00:20:02,266 AND ONE TO TRY AND CONTROL THE FIRE BY SPRAYING WATER ON IT. 265 00:20:02,366 --> 00:20:07,100 ♪ 266 00:20:07,200 --> 00:20:10,966 THE LOOSE PIECES OF BURNING WOOD HAVE TO BE KNOCKED OFF... 267 00:20:11,066 --> 00:20:14,633 ♪ 268 00:20:14,733 --> 00:20:16,833 WHICH MEANS CHIKARA MUST KEEP LIFTING 269 00:20:16,933 --> 00:20:19,033 THE HEAVY TORCH BACK UP. 270 00:20:19,133 --> 00:20:23,400 ♪ 271 00:20:23,500 --> 00:20:27,100 THE CARRIERS HAVE NOW ARRIVED AT THE TOP OF THE PATH. 272 00:20:27,200 --> 00:20:30,633 ♪ 273 00:20:30,733 --> 00:20:34,100 THE TORCH BEARERS HAVE ALREADY BEEN UP AND DOWN THE STAIRS 274 00:20:34,200 --> 00:20:42,266 5 TIMES, AND SOME OF THEM ARE BEGINNING TO STRUGGLE, 275 00:20:42,366 --> 00:20:45,133 INCLUDING CHIKARA. 276 00:20:57,200 --> 00:21:00,900 ♪ 277 00:21:01,000 --> 00:21:03,066 NARRATOR: CHIKARA SWAPS WITH HIS ASSISTANT 278 00:21:03,166 --> 00:21:04,966 FOR A FEW MOMENTS. WEBVTT X-TIMESTAMP-MAP=MPEGTS:187507, LOCAL:00:00:00.000 279 00:21:03,166 --> 00:21:04,966 FOR A FEW MOMENTS. 280 00:21:05,066 --> 00:21:10,800 ♪ 281 00:21:10,900 --> 00:21:13,766 THEN HE'S BACK AT IT. 282 00:21:13,866 --> 00:21:17,166 ♪ 283 00:21:17,266 --> 00:21:20,400 AT LAST, THE CHIEF TORCH BEARER DECLARES 284 00:21:20,500 --> 00:21:24,033 THAT THE ROUTE HAS BEEN CLEANSED, 285 00:21:24,133 --> 00:21:30,000 AND FINALLY, THE KAMI CAN BE TAKEN TO THE SACRED FALLS. 286 00:21:30,100 --> 00:21:33,100 [APPLAUSE] 287 00:21:33,200 --> 00:21:38,233 FOR CHIKARA, IT'S THE END OF AN EXHAUSTING BUT HAPPY DAY. 288 00:21:52,333 --> 00:21:54,633 ♪ 289 00:21:54,733 --> 00:21:56,800 NARRATOR: THE KAMI OF THE SHRINE, 290 00:21:56,900 --> 00:22:01,266 RE-ENERGIZED BY THEIR VISIT, ARE TAKEN BACK TO THEIR HOME, 291 00:22:01,366 --> 00:22:04,300 WHERE, IT'S BELIEVED, THEY'LL KEEP JAPAN PROSPEROUS 292 00:22:04,400 --> 00:22:06,800 FOR ANOTHER YEAR. 293 00:22:19,266 --> 00:22:26,633 ♪ 294 00:22:26,733 --> 00:22:30,766 NARRATOR: IN MANY PARTS OF THE WORLD, SACRED WONDERS ARE IN 295 00:22:30,866 --> 00:22:39,233 REMOTE AND INACCESSIBLE PLACES, IDEAL FOR QUIET CONTEMPLATION. 296 00:22:39,333 --> 00:22:42,666 THE TIGER'S NEST IN BHUTAN WAS BUILT ON THE LEDGE 297 00:22:42,766 --> 00:22:48,466 WHERE A GURU IS SAID TO HAVE MEDITATED FOR OVER 3 YEARS, 298 00:22:48,566 --> 00:22:51,400 AND WHEN THE MONASTERIES OF METEORA 299 00:22:51,500 --> 00:22:54,266 WERE FIRST BUILT IN GREECE, PEOPLE COULD ONLY REACH THEM 300 00:22:54,366 --> 00:22:58,500 BY BEING WINCHED UP IN NETS, 301 00:22:58,600 --> 00:23:02,300 BUT DURING TIMES OF RELIGIOUS PERSECUTION, 302 00:23:02,400 --> 00:23:06,066 THEIR LOCATION IS ALSO ABOUT DEFENSE. 303 00:23:06,166 --> 00:23:08,533 ♪ 304 00:23:08,633 --> 00:23:11,900 ONE SUCH WONDER IS OVER 2,000 YEARS OLD 305 00:23:12,000 --> 00:23:16,166 AND NOW LIES IN RUINS, AND YET IT REMAINS 306 00:23:16,266 --> 00:23:19,600 A PLACE OF EXTRAORDINARY SIGNIFICANCE TO JEWS 307 00:23:19,700 --> 00:23:23,833 BECAUSE OF AN EVENT THAT TOOK PLACE DURING ROMAN TIMES. 308 00:23:23,933 --> 00:23:30,866 ♪ 309 00:23:30,966 --> 00:23:35,200 MASADA--A MOUNTAIN FORTRESS 310 00:23:35,300 --> 00:23:39,900 RISING SHEER FROM THE JUDEAN DESERT IN ISRAEL 311 00:23:40,000 --> 00:23:44,033 AND HOME TO THE REMAINS OF ONE OF THE OLDEST KNOWN SYNAGOGUES 312 00:23:44,133 --> 00:23:47,633 ON THE PLANET. 313 00:23:47,733 --> 00:23:50,366 MASADA WAS WHERE THE PALACE OF KING HEROD STOOD 314 00:23:50,466 --> 00:23:53,900 IN THE TIME OF JESUS. 315 00:23:54,000 --> 00:23:57,333 MANY BELIEVE THAT THIS FORT IS WHERE THE JEWS 316 00:23:57,433 --> 00:24:00,266 MADE THEIR LAST STAND AGAINST ROMAN INVADERS 317 00:24:00,366 --> 00:24:03,666 IN THE FIRST CENTURY. 318 00:24:03,766 --> 00:24:07,800 AFTER MONTHS OF SIEGE, THESE REBELS CHOSE DEATH WEBVTT X-TIMESTAMP-MAP=MPEGTS:187507, LOCAL:00:00:00.000 319 00:24:03,766 --> 00:24:07,800 AFTER MONTHS OF SIEGE, THESE REBELS CHOSE DEATH 320 00:24:07,900 --> 00:24:10,433 RATHER THAN GIVE UP THEIR FAITH. 321 00:24:10,533 --> 00:24:14,133 ♪ 322 00:24:14,233 --> 00:24:17,533 TODAY MASADA IS ONE OF THE MOST VISITED RELIGIOUS SITES 323 00:24:17,633 --> 00:24:21,266 IN ISRAEL, AND IT'S SO SYMBOLIC THAT JEWISH PEOPLE 324 00:24:21,366 --> 00:24:25,866 TRAVEL HERE FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD. 325 00:24:25,966 --> 00:24:35,100 ♪ 326 00:24:35,200 --> 00:24:38,733 13-YEAR-OLD MIA AND 12-YEAR-OLD JACOB ZARETSKY 327 00:24:38,833 --> 00:24:43,033 LIVE ALMOST 6,000 MILES FROM MASADA 328 00:24:43,133 --> 00:24:46,100 IN A QUIET NEW JERSEY SUBURB. 329 00:24:46,200 --> 00:24:47,800 ♪ 330 00:24:47,900 --> 00:24:50,533 ONE WEEK FROM NOW, THEY'LL BE TRAVELING TO ISRAEL 331 00:24:50,633 --> 00:24:53,100 FOR THE FIRST TIME. 332 00:24:53,200 --> 00:24:55,466 THEY'RE GOING TO MASADA FOR THE MOST IMPORTANT 333 00:24:55,566 --> 00:24:59,366 RELIGIOUS RITE OF PASSAGE FOR ANY YOUNG JEW-- 334 00:24:59,466 --> 00:25:02,433 THE BAR MITZVAH. 335 00:25:02,533 --> 00:25:04,333 GOOD SHOT. 336 00:25:04,433 --> 00:25:08,266 JACOB, VOICE-OVER: ISRAEL IS THE MOST JEWISH PLACE FOR JEWS. 337 00:25:08,366 --> 00:25:09,933 IN THE WORLD YOU CAN FIND. 338 00:25:10,033 --> 00:25:12,066 IT'S WHERE EVERYTHING STARTED. 339 00:25:12,166 --> 00:25:14,400 [PEOPLE TALKING] 340 00:25:14,500 --> 00:25:16,633 NARRATOR: THEIR PARENTS CRAIG AND LISA HAVE INVITED 341 00:25:16,733 --> 00:25:21,200 THE EXTENDED FAMILY OVER TO CELEBRATE THE UPCOMING TRIP. 342 00:25:21,300 --> 00:25:23,700 L'CHAIM. HA HA HA! 343 00:25:23,800 --> 00:25:27,566 NARRATOR: THE BAT MITZVAH FOR A GIRL AND BAR MITZVAH FOR A BOY 344 00:25:27,666 --> 00:25:30,700 IS THE POINT AT WHICH JEWISH CHILDREN BECOME ADULTS 345 00:25:30,800 --> 00:25:32,533 IN THE EYES OF THEIR FAITH. 346 00:25:32,633 --> 00:25:34,900 [LAUGHTER] 347 00:25:35,000 --> 00:25:39,166 JACOB AND MIA KNOW HOW MUCH IT MEANS TO THEIR PARENTS... 348 00:25:39,266 --> 00:25:41,233 MIA, VOICE-OVER: THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO THEM 349 00:25:41,333 --> 00:25:43,100 THAT, LIKE, WE GET BAR AND BAT MITZVAH'D 350 00:25:43,200 --> 00:25:45,400 IN AN EXTREMELY HOLY PLACE. 351 00:25:45,500 --> 00:25:46,600 THEY'RE GONNA BE HAPPY 352 00:25:46,700 --> 00:25:48,033 BECAUSE THEY'RE GONNA BE PROUD. 353 00:25:48,133 --> 00:25:50,266 THAT'S WHAT'S GONNA MAKE THEM 354 00:25:50,366 --> 00:25:53,366 PROBABLY GET EMOTIONAL. 355 00:25:53,466 --> 00:25:56,733 NARRATOR: BUT THE TRIP BRINGS WITH IT A HUGE CHALLENGE. 356 00:25:56,833 --> 00:26:00,933 [SINGING IN HEBREW] 357 00:26:01,033 --> 00:26:03,200 NARRATOR: AT THE CEREMONY, EACH OF THEM MUST READ 358 00:26:03,300 --> 00:26:05,966 A LONG PASSAGE OF HEBREW SCRIPTURE... 359 00:26:06,066 --> 00:26:09,533 WOMAN: ALL RIGHT. THAT WAS A VERY GOOD PACE. 360 00:26:09,633 --> 00:26:14,400 NARRATOR: BUT NEITHER OF THEM SPEAKS NOR UNDERSTANDS HEBREW. 361 00:26:14,500 --> 00:26:17,633 THEY HAVE BEEN STUDYING HARD FOR ALMOST A YEAR. 362 00:26:17,733 --> 00:26:19,833 [JACOB AND MIA SINGING IN HEBREW] 363 00:26:19,933 --> 00:26:21,500 NARRATOR: TODAY IS THE LAST LESSON 364 00:26:21,600 --> 00:26:23,833 WITH THEIR TUTOR BEFORE THEY GO. 365 00:26:23,933 --> 00:26:27,300 WOMAN: YEAH. YOU SOUNDED GREAT TOGETHER, VERY NICE. 366 00:26:27,400 --> 00:26:31,266 NARRATOR: HEBREW SCRIPT IS READ FROM RIGHT TO LEFT, 367 00:26:31,366 --> 00:26:35,566 AND THEY'VE HAD TO MEMORIZE HOW TO PRONOUNCE EVERY WORD. 368 00:26:35,666 --> 00:26:39,700 [SPEAKING HEBREW] 369 00:26:39,800 --> 00:26:42,566 NARRATOR: IT'S LIKE TRYING TO SING A SONG WITH NO TUNE 370 00:26:42,666 --> 00:26:45,966 IN A LANGUAGE THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND... 371 00:26:46,066 --> 00:26:49,300 [SINGS IN HEBREW] 372 00:26:49,400 --> 00:26:51,366 TRY IT. 373 00:26:51,466 --> 00:26:56,166 [SINGS IN HEBREW] 374 00:26:56,266 --> 00:26:58,600 NARRATOR: AND THEY'LL BE SINGING IT IN FRONT OF A RABBI 375 00:26:58,700 --> 00:27:01,933 AND 3 GENERATIONS OF THEIR EXTENDED FAMILY. 376 00:27:02,033 --> 00:27:04,133 JACOB, VOICE-OVER: I REMEMBER ALL OF IT. WEBVTT X-TIMESTAMP-MAP=MPEGTS:187507, LOCAL:00:00:00.000 377 00:27:02,033 --> 00:27:04,133 JACOB, VOICE-OVER: I REMEMBER ALL OF IT. 378 00:27:04,233 --> 00:27:06,800 I JUST FEEL LIKE I'M GONNA GET ANXIOUS. 379 00:27:06,900 --> 00:27:09,133 WOMAN: BOTH OF YOU SINGING THIS AT MASADA, 380 00:27:09,233 --> 00:27:10,700 MM-HMM. WOW, 381 00:27:10,800 --> 00:27:13,300 VERY DIFFERENT THAN AT THE KITCHEN TABLE. 382 00:27:13,400 --> 00:27:15,333 WOW. 383 00:27:15,433 --> 00:27:17,400 NARRATOR: THEY'RE BOTH WORRIED ABOUT HOW IT WILL GO 384 00:27:17,500 --> 00:27:20,066 ON THE DAY. 385 00:27:20,166 --> 00:27:22,833 IF HE FALLS DOWN, I'M JUST GONNA KEEP ON SINGING. 386 00:27:22,933 --> 00:27:24,833 WE'LL SEE ABOUT THAT. 387 00:27:24,933 --> 00:27:26,833 WELL, I GOT TO KEEP THE SERVICE GOING. 388 00:27:26,933 --> 00:27:29,200 I THINK SHE'LL STOP. I CAN'T JUST LET IT-- 389 00:27:29,300 --> 00:27:30,533 I DON'T THINK SHE WOULD STOP FOR ME, 390 00:27:30,633 --> 00:27:32,633 BUT I THINK SHE WOULD, LIKE, SLOW DOWN. 391 00:27:32,733 --> 00:27:35,266 I WOULD DO THE SAME FOR YOU. 392 00:27:35,366 --> 00:27:36,766 I LOVE YOU. THANKS. 393 00:27:36,866 --> 00:27:39,066 I LOVE YOU, TOO. 394 00:27:39,166 --> 00:27:49,533 ♪ 395 00:27:49,633 --> 00:27:53,033 NARRATOR: ISRAEL, ONE WEEK LATER. 396 00:27:53,133 --> 00:27:55,333 ♪ 397 00:27:55,433 --> 00:27:58,233 YOU GOT THIS? YES. 398 00:27:58,333 --> 00:28:01,933 NARRATOR: THE CEREMONY IS IN 45 MINUTES, 399 00:28:02,033 --> 00:28:05,933 BUT THERE'S STILL TIME FOR SOME LAST-MINUTE INSTRUCTIONS. 400 00:28:06,033 --> 00:28:09,066 LISA: YOU HAVE TO TALK SLOW. DON'T RUSH. SAY YOUR PRAYERS. 401 00:28:09,166 --> 00:28:11,266 THERE'S NO FIGHTING, WHATEVER HAPPENS. 402 00:28:11,366 --> 00:28:13,866 I'M NOT KIDDING. I'M BEING DEAD SERIOUS, OK? 403 00:28:13,966 --> 00:28:15,933 JACOB: "ZARETSKYS" ON 3! 1, 2, 3! 404 00:28:16,033 --> 00:28:19,033 LISA: ZARETSKYS. WE GOT TO GO. I LOVE YOU. 405 00:28:19,133 --> 00:28:22,133 ♪ 406 00:28:22,233 --> 00:28:24,366 NARRATOR: MASADA IS ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR 407 00:28:24,466 --> 00:28:28,533 BAR MITZVAH SITES IN THE WORLD. 408 00:28:28,633 --> 00:28:32,600 OVER 400 TAKE PLACE HERE EVERY YEAR. 409 00:28:32,700 --> 00:28:35,966 ♪ 410 00:28:36,066 --> 00:28:38,133 CRAIG: COME ON THIS SIDE. 411 00:28:38,233 --> 00:28:41,500 JACOB: MOM, HERE'S THE PLASTIC. 412 00:28:41,600 --> 00:28:45,733 NARRATOR: LAST-MINUTE NERVES ARE STARTING TO GET TO MIA. 413 00:28:45,833 --> 00:28:48,066 MIA, VOICE-OVER: JUST, LIKE, FOR ONE SECOND, I JUST, LIKE, 414 00:28:48,166 --> 00:28:50,533 STOPPED PRACTICING, AND I COULD NOT REMEMBER THE FIRST WORD. 415 00:28:50,633 --> 00:28:53,300 I WAS LIKE, "I'M GONNA MESS UP. I'M GOING TO MESS UP. I'M GOING TO MESS UP." 416 00:28:53,400 --> 00:28:55,366 ♪ 417 00:28:55,466 --> 00:28:57,200 NARRATOR: THE ANCIENT SYNAGOGUE, 418 00:28:57,300 --> 00:28:59,600 WHICH NOW LIES IN RUINS, IS THOUGHT TO HAVE BEEN 419 00:28:59,700 --> 00:29:03,466 A STABLE IN KING HEROD'S PALACE, 420 00:29:03,566 --> 00:29:06,133 BUT WHEN MASADA WAS UNDER SIEGE, 421 00:29:06,233 --> 00:29:07,866 THE JEWISH REBELS HERE CONVERTED IT 422 00:29:07,966 --> 00:29:11,466 INTO A PLACE OF WORSHIP, 423 00:29:11,566 --> 00:29:15,033 AND ALMOST 2,000 YEARS LATER, 424 00:29:15,133 --> 00:29:20,400 THE ZARETSKYS TAKE THEIR SEATS FOR THE CEREMONY. 425 00:29:20,500 --> 00:29:22,533 FIRST, DIFFERENT MEMBERS OF THE FAMILY 426 00:29:22,633 --> 00:29:25,533 TAKE THEIR TURN TO READ FROM JEWISH TEXTS... 427 00:29:25,633 --> 00:29:28,233 REMEMBER WORDS OF SCRIPTURE. 428 00:29:28,333 --> 00:29:30,033 IT IS A LAND WHERE THE BIBLE... 429 00:29:30,133 --> 00:29:31,433 PRAY WITH SINCERITY. 430 00:29:31,533 --> 00:29:34,666 NARRATOR: INCLUDING GRANDPA ZARETSKY. 431 00:29:34,766 --> 00:29:39,666 LISA: OUR GOD, I SEEK YOUR GOOD. 432 00:29:39,766 --> 00:29:44,933 NARRATOR: NOW IT'S MIA AND JACOB'S BIG MOMENT. 433 00:29:45,033 --> 00:29:50,300 THIS IS WHAT THEY'VE BEEN PREPARING FOR ALL YEAR-- 434 00:29:50,400 --> 00:29:54,033 RECITING THE PASSAGES FROM THE SACRED TORAH, 435 00:29:54,133 --> 00:29:58,100 JUDAISM'S HOLY SCROLL. 436 00:29:58,200 --> 00:30:00,933 JACOB GOES FIRST. 437 00:30:01,033 --> 00:30:03,733 [SINGING IN HEBREW] WEBVTT X-TIMESTAMP-MAP=MPEGTS:187507, LOCAL:00:00:00.000 438 00:30:03,833 --> 00:30:05,900 [REPEATING IN HEBREW] 439 00:30:06,000 --> 00:30:09,133 NARRATOR: EXPECTATIONS ARE RUNNING HIGH. 440 00:30:09,233 --> 00:30:15,866 REMEMBERING THE PRONUNCIATION IS TRICKY ENOUGH... 441 00:30:15,966 --> 00:30:18,400 [PAUSES] [SPEAKS HEBREW] 442 00:30:18,500 --> 00:30:21,366 [CONTINUES SINGING] 443 00:30:21,466 --> 00:30:24,000 NARRATOR: BUT EACH PHRASE MUST ALSO BE CHANTED 444 00:30:24,100 --> 00:30:27,200 WITH THE CORRECT UPS AND DOWNS. 445 00:30:27,300 --> 00:30:29,633 [SINGS IN HEBREW] 446 00:30:29,733 --> 00:30:31,366 [PAUSES] [SPEAKS HEBREW] 447 00:30:31,466 --> 00:30:33,233 [CONTINUES SINGING] 448 00:30:33,333 --> 00:30:34,933 NARRATOR: GET THE INTONATION WRONG, 449 00:30:35,033 --> 00:30:37,700 AND THE MEANING CHANGES COMPLETELY. 450 00:30:37,800 --> 00:30:39,766 [SINGS] 451 00:30:39,866 --> 00:30:41,366 NO. [SPEAKS HEBREW] 452 00:30:41,466 --> 00:30:46,166 [CONTINUES SINGING] 453 00:30:46,266 --> 00:30:47,700 ALL: ♪ AMEN 454 00:30:47,800 --> 00:30:51,400 MAZEL TOV TO JAKE. YOU CAN BE SEATED. 455 00:30:51,500 --> 00:30:53,133 NARRATOR: DESPITE A FEW STUMBLES, 456 00:30:53,233 --> 00:30:55,033 JACOB MAKES IT THROUGH. 457 00:30:55,133 --> 00:30:57,433 MIA, PLEASE COME UP. 458 00:30:57,533 --> 00:30:59,633 NARRATOR: AS THE ELDEST, MIA HAS HAD TO LEARN 459 00:30:59,733 --> 00:31:01,966 TWICE AS MUCH AS HER BROTHER. 460 00:31:02,066 --> 00:31:05,466 [SINGING RAPIDLY IN HEBREW] 461 00:31:09,566 --> 00:31:11,500 ALL: ♪ AMEN 462 00:31:11,600 --> 00:31:15,633 MAZEL TOV TO MIA. YOU CAN BE SEATED. 463 00:31:15,733 --> 00:31:19,666 NARRATOR: IN SPITE OF HER NERVES, MIA HAS SAILED THROUGH. 464 00:31:19,766 --> 00:31:23,433 MAN: MOM AND DAD WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS YOU NOW. 465 00:31:23,533 --> 00:31:25,700 NARRATOR: NOW LISA AND CRAIG CAN WELCOME THEIR CHILDREN 466 00:31:25,800 --> 00:31:29,933 INTO ADULTHOOD. 467 00:31:30,033 --> 00:31:32,133 IT'S THE MOMENT TO SHARE SOMETHING 468 00:31:32,233 --> 00:31:35,500 THEY DON'T OFTEN TALK ABOUT 469 00:31:35,600 --> 00:31:40,333 BECAUSE FOR MIA, THIS HAS BEEN A DIFFICULT JOURNEY. 470 00:31:40,433 --> 00:31:43,900 LISA: MIA, I STRUGGLE TO FIND THE WORDS THAT COME EVEN CLOSE 471 00:31:44,000 --> 00:31:48,133 TO EXPRESSING THE LOVE AND ADMIRATION I HAVE FOR YOU. 472 00:31:48,233 --> 00:31:50,833 YOU KEPT TELLING ME YOU HAD THIS LUMP IN YOUR NECK 473 00:31:50,933 --> 00:31:52,733 AND SOMETHING WASN'T RIGHT. 474 00:31:52,833 --> 00:31:55,766 MONTH AFTER MONTH, I TOLD YOU, "YOU'RE FINE. YOU'RE FINE." 475 00:31:55,866 --> 00:31:59,166 CRAIG: THE LUMP WE FOUND WAS A TUMOR THAT NEEDED 476 00:31:59,266 --> 00:32:02,033 TO BE REMOVED, AND, JUST LIKE THAT, OUR LIVES CHANGED. 477 00:32:02,133 --> 00:32:04,466 NEVER ONCE DID YOU CRY. 478 00:32:04,566 --> 00:32:08,166 ♪ 479 00:32:08,266 --> 00:32:11,166 NEVER ONCE DID YOU COMPLAIN. 480 00:32:11,266 --> 00:32:14,666 AS WE STAND HERE TODAY AS YOU BECOME A JEWISH WOMAN, 481 00:32:14,766 --> 00:32:16,700 WE WANT TO THANK YOU FOR TEACHING US 482 00:32:16,800 --> 00:32:19,966 WHAT IT IS TO BE STRONG. 483 00:32:20,066 --> 00:32:21,700 LISA: JACOB... 484 00:32:21,800 --> 00:32:23,633 [LAUGHTER] 485 00:32:23,733 --> 00:32:27,400 YOU HAVE BEEN CALLING THE SHOTS BEFORE YOU ENTERED THIS WORLD. 486 00:32:27,500 --> 00:32:31,066 CRAIG: "FIERY," "DRIVEN," "INTENSE," AND "COMPASSIONATE" 487 00:32:31,166 --> 00:32:33,966 ARE WORDS USED TO DESCRIBE YOU. 488 00:32:34,066 --> 00:32:36,066 EVERYONE THAT MEETS YOU LOVES YOU. 489 00:32:36,166 --> 00:32:37,600 KEEP BEING YOU. 490 00:32:37,700 --> 00:32:39,800 BIG THINGS LIE AHEAD, AND WE LOVE YOU. 491 00:32:39,900 --> 00:32:41,833 MAZEL TOV. 492 00:32:41,933 --> 00:32:51,100 ♪ 493 00:32:51,200 --> 00:32:55,100 ♪ MAZEL TOV MAZEL TOV! AH! 494 00:32:55,200 --> 00:32:59,233 NARRATOR: THE CEREMONY ENDS WITH THE THROWING OF CANDY, 495 00:32:59,333 --> 00:33:02,600 AN EXPRESSION OF THE SWEETNESS OF THE ADULT LIFE 496 00:33:02,700 --> 00:33:05,833 THAT MIA AND JACOB ARE NOW ENTERING. WEBVTT X-TIMESTAMP-MAP=MPEGTS:187507, LOCAL:00:00:00.000 497 00:33:02,700 --> 00:33:05,833 THAT MIA AND JACOB ARE NOW ENTERING. 498 00:33:05,933 --> 00:33:08,833 ♪ 499 00:33:08,933 --> 00:33:11,166 MIA: I WAS VERY HAPPY THAT IT WAS OVER WITH 500 00:33:11,266 --> 00:33:14,266 BUT SAD THAT OUR TIME HERE AT MASADA WAS GONE. 501 00:33:14,366 --> 00:33:16,233 JACOB: I FEEL THE SAME. 502 00:33:16,333 --> 00:33:19,733 I JUST FEEL THAT I HAVE THAT OOMPH IN MY HEAD. 503 00:33:19,833 --> 00:33:22,466 I FEEL MORE CONFIDENT. 504 00:33:22,566 --> 00:33:25,400 THAT'S JUST WHAT HE NEEDS! 505 00:33:25,500 --> 00:33:29,633 ♪ 506 00:33:29,733 --> 00:33:32,066 NARRATOR: MASADA MAY HAVE ORIGINALLY PROVIDED 507 00:33:32,166 --> 00:33:36,866 AN UNASSAILABLE SANCTUARY, BUT MANY SACRED WONDERS 508 00:33:36,966 --> 00:33:42,700 WERE PURPOSE-BUILT TO WELCOME VAST NUMBERS OF VISITORS. 509 00:33:42,800 --> 00:33:46,200 ST. PETER'S SQUARE AT THE VATICAN WAS DESIGNED 510 00:33:46,300 --> 00:33:49,866 TO EMBRACE THE LARGE CROWDS FROM ALL CORNERS OF THE WORLD 511 00:33:49,966 --> 00:33:53,266 THAT COME TO HEAR THE POPE SPEAK, 512 00:33:53,366 --> 00:33:56,300 AND THE LARGEST ANNUAL GATHERING ON EARTH 513 00:33:56,400 --> 00:34:01,233 IS AT THE SHRINE OF IMAM HUSAYN IN IRAQ DURING ARBA'EEN. 514 00:34:01,333 --> 00:34:07,833 IT'S MORE THAN TWICE AS BUSY AS MECCA DURING THE HAJJ, 515 00:34:07,933 --> 00:34:11,433 BUT IN NORTHWEST INDIA, THERE IS ONE WONDER 516 00:34:11,533 --> 00:34:13,933 THAT GREETS ITS HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF WORSHIPPERS 517 00:34:14,033 --> 00:34:16,200 IN A UNIQUE WAY-- 518 00:34:16,300 --> 00:34:21,566 ♪ 519 00:34:21,666 --> 00:34:26,300 THE GOLDEN TEMPLE. 520 00:34:26,400 --> 00:34:29,200 IN THE BUSTLING CITY OF AMRITSAR... 521 00:34:29,300 --> 00:34:31,733 ♪ 522 00:34:31,833 --> 00:34:35,933 A TEMPLE HAS STOOD ON THIS SITE FOR OVER 400 YEARS, 523 00:34:36,033 --> 00:34:41,566 AND IT WAS REBUILT WITH MARBLE AND GOLD IN THE 19th CENTURY. 524 00:34:41,666 --> 00:34:47,600 IT'S SURROUNDED BY A HOLY LAKE KNOWN AS THE POOL OF NECTAR, 525 00:34:47,700 --> 00:34:50,333 AND IT IS THE MOST SACRED PLACE 526 00:34:50,433 --> 00:34:56,433 FOR INDIA'S FOURTH BIGGEST RELIGION--SIKHISM. 527 00:34:56,533 --> 00:34:59,633 FOUNDED IN THE 16th CENTURY AS A FOCAL POINT OF WORSHIP 528 00:34:59,733 --> 00:35:05,800 FOR SIKHS, THE TEMPLE IS OPEN ON ALL 4 SIDES 529 00:35:05,900 --> 00:35:09,966 TO SHOW THAT IT WELCOMES PEOPLE FROM EVERY CORNER OF THE WORLD. 530 00:35:10,066 --> 00:35:12,966 ♪ 531 00:35:13,066 --> 00:35:17,800 TOMORROW IS THE START OF THE VAISAKHI FESTIVAL. 532 00:35:17,900 --> 00:35:20,233 NEARLY A QUARTER OF A MILLION VISITORS A DAY 533 00:35:20,333 --> 00:35:22,933 WILL BE COMING THROUGH THE GATES, 534 00:35:23,033 --> 00:35:25,500 AND EVERY SINGLE ONE WILL BE GREETED 535 00:35:25,600 --> 00:35:28,066 WITH A FREE MEAL. 536 00:35:28,166 --> 00:35:30,000 ♪ 537 00:35:30,100 --> 00:35:33,200 THIS YEAR, TAJINDER SINGH HAS VOLUNTEERED 538 00:35:33,300 --> 00:35:36,633 TO HELP WITH THIS COLOSSAL CATERING JOB. 539 00:35:43,966 --> 00:35:47,366 ♪ 540 00:35:47,466 --> 00:35:50,900 NARRATOR: VAISAKHI MARKS THE TIME, OVER 300 YEARS AGO, 541 00:35:51,000 --> 00:35:55,000 THAT THE SIKH FAITH INITIATED A BROTHERHOOD OF WARRIOR SAINTS 542 00:35:55,100 --> 00:35:57,233 WHOSE TASK WAS TO PROTECT THE INNOCENT 543 00:35:57,333 --> 00:36:00,466 FROM RELIGIOUS PERSECUTION. 544 00:36:00,566 --> 00:36:03,766 THE TRADITIONS AND WAY OF LIFE THEY BEGAN WEBVTT X-TIMESTAMP-MAP=MPEGTS:187507, LOCAL:00:00:00.000 545 00:36:03,866 --> 00:36:06,733 ARE CELEBRATED AT VAISAKHI. 546 00:36:11,933 --> 00:36:13,200 NARRATOR: TAJINDER IS VOLUNTEERING 547 00:36:13,300 --> 00:36:16,166 TO SHOW HIS COMMITMENT AS A SIKH. 548 00:36:16,266 --> 00:36:18,400 ♪ 549 00:36:18,500 --> 00:36:21,633 HE'LL BE WORKING IN AN UNASSUMING, RED-BRICK BUILDING 550 00:36:21,733 --> 00:36:24,200 JUST BEHIND THE GOLDEN TEMPLE. 551 00:36:24,300 --> 00:36:28,000 ♪ 552 00:36:28,100 --> 00:36:31,666 THIS IS THE LANGAR, THE TEMPLE'S COMMUNAL KITCHEN. 553 00:36:41,566 --> 00:36:44,033 NARRATOR: THE LANGAR EMBODIES ONE OF THE KEY PRINCIPLES 554 00:36:44,133 --> 00:36:49,833 OF SIKHISM-- THAT EVERYONE IS EQUAL, 555 00:36:49,933 --> 00:36:53,600 SO, NO MATTER WHO YOU ARE OR WHAT YOUR RELIGION, 556 00:36:53,700 --> 00:36:57,166 EVERYBODY WHO SETS FOOT IN THE GOLDEN TEMPLE IS INVITED 557 00:36:57,266 --> 00:37:02,833 TO SIT AND EAT ALONGSIDE OTHERS. 558 00:37:02,933 --> 00:37:07,266 TAJINDER HIMSELF EATS HERE EVERY TIME HE COMES TO PRAY. 559 00:37:28,533 --> 00:37:31,000 NARRATOR: ALL THE FOOD SERVED IS DONATED, 560 00:37:31,100 --> 00:37:34,133 AND MOST OF IT'S COOKED BY VOLUNTEERS... 561 00:37:34,233 --> 00:37:37,666 ♪ 562 00:37:37,766 --> 00:37:40,066 BUT TO CATER FOR ALL THE EXTRA WORSHIPPERS 563 00:37:40,166 --> 00:37:42,666 OVER THE VAISAKHI FESTIVAL, THE LANGAR NEEDS 564 00:37:42,766 --> 00:37:46,933 THOUSANDS MORE HELPERS, 565 00:37:47,033 --> 00:37:51,633 AND THIS YEAR, TAJINDER WILL BE AMONG THEM. 566 00:37:51,733 --> 00:37:56,466 THERE'S ONE PROBLEM-- HE'S NO COOK. 567 00:38:01,333 --> 00:38:06,466 NARRATOR: HE'S A PHARMACIST AND A BUSINESSMAN. 568 00:38:06,566 --> 00:38:08,666 AT HOME, IT'S HIS WIFE AND DAUGHTERS 569 00:38:08,766 --> 00:38:10,900 WHO DO ALL THE COOKING. 570 00:38:17,033 --> 00:38:20,900 NARRATOR: TAJINDER RARELY SO MUCH AS FRIES AN ONION, 571 00:38:21,000 --> 00:38:24,533 AND YET OVER THE NEXT TWO DAYS, HE INTENDS TO HELP 572 00:38:24,633 --> 00:38:27,900 WITH EVERY SINGLE CATERING JOB AT THE TEMPLE. 573 00:38:47,466 --> 00:38:54,600 ♪ 574 00:38:54,700 --> 00:38:58,300 NARRATOR: 4:30 A.M. 575 00:38:58,400 --> 00:39:01,000 THE CROWDS ARE ALREADY GATHERING TO PAY HOMAGE 576 00:39:01,100 --> 00:39:05,100 TO THE SIKHS' HOLY BOOK-- THE SRI GURU GRANTH SAHIB. WEBVTT X-TIMESTAMP-MAP=MPEGTS:187507, LOCAL:00:00:00.000 577 00:39:01,100 --> 00:39:05,100 TO THE SIKHS' HOLY BOOK-- THE SRI GURU GRANTH SAHIB. 578 00:39:05,200 --> 00:39:07,800 ♪ 579 00:39:07,900 --> 00:39:10,900 EVERY MORNING, IT IS TAKEN BENEATH A JEWEL-ENCRUSTED CLOTH 580 00:39:11,000 --> 00:39:13,633 FROM ITS OVERNIGHT RESTING PLACE 581 00:39:13,733 --> 00:39:16,700 TO BE DISPLAYED IN THE TEMPLE'S INNER SANCTUM. 582 00:39:16,800 --> 00:39:22,466 ♪ 583 00:39:22,566 --> 00:39:29,000 IN THE LANGAR, TAJINDER'S TWO-DAY MARATHON BEGINS. 584 00:39:29,100 --> 00:39:33,766 HIS FIRST JOB IS MAKING ROTI, THE TRADITIONAL FLATBREAD. 585 00:39:40,100 --> 00:39:44,266 NARRATOR: THEY MUST MAKE AROUND 250 FLATBREADS EVERY MINUTE 586 00:39:44,366 --> 00:39:48,066 IF THEY'RE NOT TO RUN OUT. 587 00:39:48,166 --> 00:39:50,633 AFTER TAJINDER'S SHIFT ON THE ROTIS, 588 00:39:50,733 --> 00:39:53,966 THE TASKS COME THICK AND FAST. 589 00:39:56,333 --> 00:40:02,966 ♪ 590 00:40:03,066 --> 00:40:05,900 NARRATOR: THERE ARE NOW OVER 5,000 PEOPLE PASSING 591 00:40:06,000 --> 00:40:08,733 THROUGH THE LANGAR EVERY 20 MINUTES... 592 00:40:08,833 --> 00:40:11,133 ♪ 593 00:40:15,700 --> 00:40:19,000 AND THE DEVOTEES JUST KEEP COMING. 594 00:40:19,100 --> 00:40:22,666 ♪ 595 00:40:22,766 --> 00:40:24,900 IN THE KITCHENS, TAJINDER IS ON TO ONE 596 00:40:25,000 --> 00:40:28,633 OF THE MOST CRUCIAL JOBS OF ALL-- 597 00:40:28,733 --> 00:40:32,266 [TAJINDER SINGING] 598 00:40:32,366 --> 00:40:36,266 NARRATOR: COOKING LENTIL DAAL. 599 00:40:36,366 --> 00:40:39,200 IT'S THE MAIN INGREDIENT OF EVERY MEAL 600 00:40:39,300 --> 00:40:41,500 SERVED IN THE LANGAR. 601 00:40:45,666 --> 00:40:49,133 NARRATOR: THERE ARE 8 VATS ON THE GO, 602 00:40:49,233 --> 00:40:52,333 AND THERE IS PLENTY OF DAAL READY WHEN THE DOORS OPEN 603 00:40:52,433 --> 00:40:54,233 FOR THE FIRST BREAKFAST SITTING... 604 00:40:54,333 --> 00:40:56,633 ♪ 605 00:41:02,366 --> 00:41:05,400 NARRATOR: BUT THEY QUICKLY HIT A PROBLEM. 606 00:41:12,200 --> 00:41:14,433 NARRATOR: TENS OF THOUSANDS MORE WORSHIPPERS 607 00:41:14,533 --> 00:41:17,666 HAVE TURNED UP THIS YEAR THAN EXPECTED, 608 00:41:17,766 --> 00:41:20,866 AND THE KITCHENS ARE RUNNING OUT OF DAAL. 609 00:41:33,700 --> 00:41:37,000 [TAJINDER SINGING] 610 00:41:43,133 --> 00:41:47,566 [TAJINDER SINGING] 611 00:41:51,066 --> 00:41:59,033 ♪ 612 00:41:59,133 --> 00:42:01,600 NARRATOR: DESPITE THE SURGE, THE LENTIL TEAM 613 00:42:01,700 --> 00:42:04,533 MANAGES TO CATCH UP... WEBVTT X-TIMESTAMP-MAP=MPEGTS:187507, LOCAL:00:00:00.000 614 00:42:01,700 --> 00:42:04,533 MANAGES TO CATCH UP... 615 00:42:04,633 --> 00:42:07,733 ♪ 616 00:42:07,833 --> 00:42:10,466 BUT TAJINDER STILL HAS ONE MORE TASK 617 00:42:10,566 --> 00:42:14,400 TO COMPLETE--THE WASHING UP. 618 00:42:14,500 --> 00:42:17,833 ♪ 619 00:42:23,833 --> 00:42:26,933 NARRATOR: THE DISHWASHING TEAM HAS TO SEND THE PLATES BACK OUT 620 00:42:27,033 --> 00:42:30,466 AT A RATE OF 270 PER MINUTE, 621 00:42:30,566 --> 00:42:33,666 OR THE DINING ROOM WILL GRIND TO A STANDSTILL. 622 00:42:41,966 --> 00:42:43,766 NARRATOR: WITH HIS SHIFT NOW FINISHED, 623 00:42:43,866 --> 00:42:46,433 ANOTHER VOLUNTEER TAKES HIS PLACE... 624 00:42:46,533 --> 00:42:49,766 ♪ 625 00:42:49,866 --> 00:42:53,733 AND TAJINDER HAS TIME TO PRAY IN THE POOL OF NECTAR 626 00:42:53,833 --> 00:42:57,700 AS THE DAY OF VAISAKHI DRAWS TO AN END. 627 00:43:09,533 --> 00:43:12,066 ♪ 628 00:43:12,166 --> 00:43:15,566 NARRATOR: TAJINDER'S PARENTS HAVE COME TO JOIN HIM. 629 00:43:23,800 --> 00:43:25,533 ♪ 630 00:43:25,633 --> 00:43:29,566 NARRATOR: IT'S TIME TO CELEBRATE VAISAKHI. 631 00:43:29,666 --> 00:43:36,366 [TAJINDER SHOUTS] 632 00:43:36,466 --> 00:43:40,366 [ALL SHOUT] 633 00:43:40,466 --> 00:43:46,833 ♪ 634 00:43:46,933 --> 00:43:50,333 NARRATOR: AS TRAVEL HAS BECOME EASIER, SOME SACRED WONDERS 635 00:43:50,433 --> 00:43:55,033 HAVE HAD TO ACCOMMODATE MORE PEOPLE THAN EVER. 636 00:43:55,133 --> 00:43:58,133 THE GRAND MOSQUE IN MECCA HAS BEEN EXTENDED 637 00:43:58,233 --> 00:44:00,133 IN THE LAST 7 YEARS TO COPE 638 00:44:00,233 --> 00:44:03,600 WITH THE OVER 2 MILLION VISITORS THAT COME TO WORSHIP 639 00:44:03,700 --> 00:44:09,466 DURING THE HAJJ, BUT FOR OTHERS, 640 00:44:09,566 --> 00:44:13,500 IT'S HARD TO PULL A CROWD IN THE 21st CENTURY. 641 00:44:13,600 --> 00:44:20,233 ♪ 642 00:44:20,333 --> 00:44:24,866 THE CATHEDRAL OF ST. JOHN THE DIVINE, 643 00:44:24,966 --> 00:44:27,333 A SLEEPING GIANT AMONG THE STREETS 644 00:44:27,433 --> 00:44:29,866 AND SKYSCRAPERS OF MANHATTAN. 645 00:44:29,966 --> 00:44:32,700 ♪ 646 00:44:32,800 --> 00:44:35,566 ST. JOHN'S IS THE LARGEST ANGLICAN CATHEDRAL 647 00:44:35,666 --> 00:44:40,466 IN THE WORLD, ALMOST AS LONG AND HIGH 648 00:44:40,566 --> 00:44:45,700 AS ST. PETER'S BASILICA AT THE VATICAN IN ROME. 649 00:44:45,800 --> 00:44:50,300 ITS CAVERNOUS INTERIOR COULD FIT TWO FOOTBALL FIELDS 650 00:44:50,400 --> 00:44:55,700 END TO END AND IS OVERLOOKED BY ONE OF THE LARGEST 651 00:44:55,800 --> 00:45:00,700 STAINED-GLASS ROSE WINDOWS IN THE WORLD. 652 00:45:00,800 --> 00:45:03,933 IN THE 19th CENTURY, IT WAS BUILT TO ACCOMMODATE WEBVTT X-TIMESTAMP-MAP=MPEGTS:187507, LOCAL:00:00:00.000 653 00:45:00,800 --> 00:45:03,933 IN THE 19th CENTURY, IT WAS BUILT TO ACCOMMODATE 654 00:45:04,033 --> 00:45:12,366 A CONGREGATION OF 3,000 PEOPLE, BUT TIMES HAVE CHANGED, 655 00:45:12,466 --> 00:45:15,966 AND FOR THIS CATHEDRAL, THAT FLOOD OF WORSHIPPERS 656 00:45:16,066 --> 00:45:20,066 HAS TURNED INTO LITTLE MORE THAN A TRICKLE. 657 00:45:20,166 --> 00:45:23,900 "SIRE, THEY WOULD HAVE REPENTED LONG AGO." 658 00:45:24,000 --> 00:45:27,733 NARRATOR: PATTI WELCH IS A PRIEST AT ST. JOHN'S. 659 00:45:27,833 --> 00:45:30,300 WELCH, VOICE-OVER: I'VE BEEN HERE FOR 16 YEARS, 660 00:45:30,400 --> 00:45:32,500 AND WE'VE NEVER HAD A LOT OF NUMBERS 661 00:45:32,600 --> 00:45:36,700 AT OUR LUNCHTIME SERVICES, BUT THEY HAVE DWINDLED, 662 00:45:36,800 --> 00:45:40,500 AND I'VE SEEN THEM DWINDLE ALSO AT OUR SUNDAY SERVICES. 663 00:45:40,600 --> 00:45:43,566 THE GIFTS OF GOD FOR THE PEOPLE OF GOD. 664 00:45:43,666 --> 00:45:47,233 ♪ 665 00:45:47,333 --> 00:45:49,266 NARRATOR: PATTI IS RESPONSIBLE FOR AN EVENT THAT, 666 00:45:49,366 --> 00:45:51,466 ON AT LEAST ONE DAY OF THE YEAR, 667 00:45:51,566 --> 00:45:56,400 SEES THE CATHEDRAL PACKED TO THE RAFTERS. 668 00:45:56,500 --> 00:45:59,866 SHEEPS, GOATS. WE HAVE-- THE SKUNK IS COMING. 669 00:45:59,966 --> 00:46:01,733 OH, I'M SO GLAD. 670 00:46:01,833 --> 00:46:03,400 I THINK WE HAVE TO BE VERY CAREFUL 671 00:46:03,500 --> 00:46:05,600 WHERE WE PUT HIM. 672 00:46:05,700 --> 00:46:07,766 NARRATOR: TOGETHER WITH CATHEDRAL MANAGER 673 00:46:07,866 --> 00:46:11,533 LISA SCHUBERT, PATTI IS ORGANIZING A REMARKABLE EVENT 674 00:46:11,633 --> 00:46:15,333 THAT WILL BE TAKING PLACE IN JUST 24 HOURS. 675 00:46:15,433 --> 00:46:17,666 SO WE'LL PUT OSCAR IN FRONT. 676 00:46:17,766 --> 00:46:18,866 HE'S ALWAYS VERY SWEET AS LONG 677 00:46:18,966 --> 00:46:20,600 AS THEY GIVE HIM LOTS OF LETTUCE, 678 00:46:20,700 --> 00:46:23,033 AND HE LOOKS GOOD IN HIS GARLAND. 679 00:46:23,133 --> 00:46:26,233 NARRATOR: TOMORROW A MENAGERIE OF OVER A THOUSAND ANIMALS, 680 00:46:26,333 --> 00:46:29,200 ALONG WITH THEIR OWNERS AND HANDLERS, WILL BE ARRIVING 681 00:46:29,300 --> 00:46:33,033 AT THE CATHEDRAL TO CELEBRATE THE FEAST OF ST. FRANCIS, 682 00:46:33,133 --> 00:46:37,966 THE PATRON SAINT OF ANIMALS. 683 00:46:38,066 --> 00:46:40,100 PEOPLE ALWAYS LOVE TEDDY, 684 00:46:40,200 --> 00:46:42,700 ALTHOUGH HE'S GOT TERRIBLE BREATH. 685 00:46:42,800 --> 00:46:46,100 SHEEP IS DONKEY'S FRIEND. 686 00:46:46,200 --> 00:46:47,733 OH, SO THEY LIKE TO WALK TOGETHER. 687 00:46:47,833 --> 00:46:50,633 YES, AND SHEEP CALMS DONKEY DOWN. 688 00:46:50,733 --> 00:46:52,633 OK. GREAT. 689 00:46:52,733 --> 00:46:56,666 NARRATOR: PATTI'S BEEN MANAGING THE CEREMONY FOR OVER A DECADE. 690 00:46:56,766 --> 00:46:59,300 NOW, HERE'S THE THING ABOUT THE GOAT. 691 00:46:59,400 --> 00:47:01,266 THE GOAT BUTTS. OH, RIGHT. 692 00:47:01,366 --> 00:47:03,366 HE BUTTS THE LITTLE CHILDREN. 693 00:47:03,466 --> 00:47:06,366 ♪ 694 00:47:06,466 --> 00:47:09,766 NARRATOR: THE HIGHLIGHT OF THE EVENT IS THE GRAND PROCESSION 695 00:47:09,866 --> 00:47:12,833 OF EXOTIC ANIMALS DOWN THE AISLE TO BE BLESSED 696 00:47:12,933 --> 00:47:16,200 AT THE ALTAR BY THE BISHOP OF NEW YORK. 697 00:47:16,300 --> 00:47:18,133 WELCH, VOICE-OVER: THOSE THOUSANDS INCLUDE PEOPLE 698 00:47:18,233 --> 00:47:21,266 THAT MAY NEVER HAVE WALKED THROUGH THE DOORS 699 00:47:21,366 --> 00:47:26,433 OF THE CATHEDRAL, WOULDN'T FEEL DRAWN HERE EXCEPT THAT 700 00:47:26,533 --> 00:47:32,300 THEY'RE INVITED TO BRING THEIR BELOVED PET WITH THEM. 701 00:47:32,400 --> 00:47:34,866 NARRATOR: IT'S NOW ONE OF THE BIGGEST EVENTS OF THE YEAR 702 00:47:34,966 --> 00:47:39,633 FOR PATTI, RIVALLING EVEN CHRISTMAS AND EASTER, 703 00:47:39,733 --> 00:47:43,100 BUT APART FROM BRINGING PEOPLE INTO THE CATHEDRAL, 704 00:47:43,200 --> 00:47:48,366 PATTI BELIEVES IT ALSO SERVES AN IMPORTANT SPIRITUAL PURPOSE. 705 00:47:48,466 --> 00:47:51,633 WELCH, VOICE-OVER: IT'S ABOUT CONNECTING WITH 706 00:47:51,733 --> 00:47:58,733 THESE AMAZING CREATURES THAT WE INHABIT THIS SPACE WITH, 707 00:47:58,833 --> 00:48:02,433 THAT WE SHARE THIS EARTHLY PLANE, THIS EARTH WITH, 708 00:48:02,533 --> 00:48:07,566 AND THAT WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR THEM AND WHAT THEY GIVE TO US. WEBVTT X-TIMESTAMP-MAP=MPEGTS:187507, LOCAL:00:00:00.000 709 00:48:02,533 --> 00:48:07,566 AND THAT WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR THEM AND WHAT THEY GIVE TO US. 710 00:48:07,666 --> 00:48:09,733 ♪ 711 00:48:09,833 --> 00:48:12,066 NARRATOR: BUT WITH OVER A THOUSAND ANIMALS 712 00:48:12,166 --> 00:48:14,266 IN THE CATHEDRAL TOMORROW, THERE'S NO GUARANTEE 713 00:48:14,366 --> 00:48:18,033 THE CEREMONY WILL GO ACCORDING TO PLAN. 714 00:48:18,133 --> 00:48:23,033 ♪ 715 00:48:23,133 --> 00:48:26,133 9 A.M. ON THE FEAST OF SAINT FRANCIS. 716 00:48:26,233 --> 00:48:29,233 ♪ 717 00:48:29,333 --> 00:48:31,366 THE SERVICE IS DUE TO START IN TWO HOURS, 718 00:48:31,466 --> 00:48:34,100 AND ALREADY LARGE CROWDS ARE BUILDING. 719 00:48:34,200 --> 00:48:38,100 ♪ 720 00:48:38,200 --> 00:48:41,466 WELCH: OH, LADY GAGA, SO BEAUTIFUL. 721 00:48:41,566 --> 00:48:42,833 THANK YOU, THANK YOU. 722 00:48:42,933 --> 00:48:44,266 HOW OLD IS MAX? 9 MONTHS. 723 00:48:44,366 --> 00:48:46,266 OH, A PUPPY. HI. YEAH. 724 00:48:46,366 --> 00:48:48,500 OH, HE'S GORGEOUS. 725 00:48:48,600 --> 00:48:51,000 WHO IN THE WORLD IS THIS? 726 00:48:51,100 --> 00:48:54,300 MAYBELLE. HI, MAYBELLE. 727 00:48:54,400 --> 00:48:57,933 NARRATOR: IT'S LOOKING TO BE A COLOSSAL ATTENDANCE. 728 00:48:58,033 --> 00:49:01,566 OVER 2,000 THOUSAND PEOPLE HAVE ARRIVED SO FAR, 729 00:49:01,666 --> 00:49:05,066 INCLUDING SEVERAL MEMBERS OF PATTI'S CONGREGATION 730 00:49:05,166 --> 00:49:07,033 PLUS THEIR PETS. 731 00:49:07,133 --> 00:49:09,800 HI, ARCHIE. HA HA HA! 732 00:49:09,900 --> 00:49:12,966 GOOD TO SEE YOU. GOOD TO SEE YOU, TOO. 733 00:49:13,066 --> 00:49:15,833 NARRATOR: AFTER THE SERVICE, EVERYONE HERE WILL HAVE 734 00:49:15,933 --> 00:49:18,166 A CHANCE TO HAVE THEIR OWN ANIMALS BLESSED OUTSIDE 735 00:49:18,266 --> 00:49:22,866 BY PATTI, BUT THE MORE OVEREXCITED PETS 736 00:49:22,966 --> 00:49:27,900 PACKED IN THE PEWS, THE GREATER THE POTENTIAL FOR PANDEMONIUM. 737 00:49:28,000 --> 00:49:31,333 ♪ 738 00:49:31,433 --> 00:49:32,866 [SHEEP BAAS] 739 00:49:32,966 --> 00:49:35,000 MEANWHILE, THE PROCESSION ANIMALS 740 00:49:35,100 --> 00:49:37,233 AND THEIR HANDLERS ARE ARRIVING. 741 00:49:37,333 --> 00:49:39,800 ♪ 742 00:49:39,900 --> 00:49:43,200 EVERY YEAR, A LOCAL ANIMAL SANCTUARY LOANS THEM TO PATTI 743 00:49:43,300 --> 00:49:47,333 FOR THE DAY TO HELP THE CATHEDRAL WITH FUNDRAISING. 744 00:49:47,433 --> 00:49:51,733 ANYONE WHO WANTS TO LEAD ONE OF THESE EXOTIC ANIMALS 745 00:49:51,833 --> 00:49:55,466 UP THE AISLE OR BRING A PET CAN MAKE A DONATION. 746 00:49:55,566 --> 00:49:58,466 THE MONEY RAISED FUNDS WORK IN THE COMMUNITY 747 00:49:58,566 --> 00:50:01,766 AND HELPS WITH THE UPKEEP OF THE CATHEDRAL, 748 00:50:01,866 --> 00:50:05,933 BUT MANY OF THE ANIMALS REQUIRE CAREFUL HANDLING. 749 00:50:06,033 --> 00:50:08,733 OH, BOA, BOA, BOA. YEAH. 750 00:50:08,833 --> 00:50:12,066 ALL RIGHT, BEHIND SHEEP, AND THEN, BOA, STAY THERE. 751 00:50:12,166 --> 00:50:15,266 DIETSCHE: IT'S WONDERFUL TO SEE THE CATHEDRAL FULL 752 00:50:15,366 --> 00:50:17,500 FOR OUR ST. FRANCIS DAY CELEBRATION, 753 00:50:17,600 --> 00:50:22,200 AND IT IS A MIXTURE OF DOMESTIC ANIMALS. 754 00:50:22,300 --> 00:50:27,066 NARRATOR: 11 A.M. THE BISHOP OF NEW YORK BEGINS THE SERVICE. 755 00:50:27,166 --> 00:50:29,800 ♪ 756 00:50:29,900 --> 00:50:32,433 PATTI HAS JUST 45 MINUTES LEFT 757 00:50:32,533 --> 00:50:36,333 TO GET ALL THE ANIMALS LINED UP AND READY TO MOVE OUT ON CUE. 758 00:50:36,433 --> 00:50:39,400 THE MAMA DUCK WITH THE BABY DUCKS? YES. 759 00:50:39,500 --> 00:50:42,266 NARRATOR: PATTI'S ARK IS TAKING SHAPE... 760 00:50:42,366 --> 00:50:45,300 OSCAR'S GONNA GO FIRST UP THE RAMP 761 00:50:45,400 --> 00:50:48,433 AND DOWN THE AISLE FOLLOWED BY CAMEL. 762 00:50:48,533 --> 00:50:50,666 NARRATOR: BUT ALL THE ANIMALS NEED TO BE LINED UP 763 00:50:50,766 --> 00:50:53,733 IN A VERY PARTICULAR ORDER FOR THE PROCESSION. 764 00:50:53,833 --> 00:50:56,033 WELCH: WE DON'T WANT BIRDS OF PREY BEHIND THE BABY DUCKLINGS. 765 00:50:56,133 --> 00:50:58,466 NO. 766 00:50:58,566 --> 00:51:00,700 NARRATOR: IF PREDATOR SPECIES ARE PLACED 767 00:51:00,800 --> 00:51:04,066 NEXT TO POTENTIAL PREY, THEY COULD ATTACK, WEBVTT X-TIMESTAMP-MAP=MPEGTS:187507, LOCAL:00:00:00.000 768 00:51:00,800 --> 00:51:04,066 NEXT TO POTENTIAL PREY, THEY COULD ATTACK, 769 00:51:04,166 --> 00:51:09,166 AND LARGE ANIMALS MIGHT KICK SMALLER ANIMALS BEHIND THEM. 770 00:51:09,266 --> 00:51:14,800 ALL RIGHT, DIANE. LET'S HEAD DOWN. 771 00:51:14,900 --> 00:51:19,233 NARRATOR: THE SERVICE IS NOW WELL UNDER WAY. 772 00:51:19,333 --> 00:51:21,833 ♪ 773 00:51:21,933 --> 00:51:24,666 WITH ONLY 30 MINUTES LEFT TO GO, 774 00:51:24,766 --> 00:51:29,066 ONE OF PATTI'S ANIMAL HANDLERS HAS FAINTED... 775 00:51:29,166 --> 00:51:34,400 WELCH: SO WE'RE CALLING 911. WE'RE LETTING SECURITY KNOW. 776 00:51:34,500 --> 00:51:36,266 NARRATOR: BUT THE SHOW MUST GO ON. 777 00:51:36,366 --> 00:51:38,300 WELCH: ALL RIGHT. EVERYBODY LINE UP. 778 00:51:38,400 --> 00:51:42,866 IF YOU'VE GOT ANIMALS, COME WITH ME. 779 00:51:42,966 --> 00:51:48,766 MAN: WE'LL ASK THE CONGREGATION TO BE SEATED. 780 00:51:48,866 --> 00:51:52,833 NARRATOR: FINALLY, IT'S TIME TO GO. 781 00:51:52,933 --> 00:51:55,700 OPEN THE DOORS. OPEN THE DOORS. 782 00:51:55,800 --> 00:51:59,566 MAN: THE PROCESSION OF ANIMALS IS BEGINNING NOW. 783 00:51:59,666 --> 00:52:09,333 ♪ 784 00:52:09,433 --> 00:52:13,333 WELCH, VOICE-OVER: I LOSE SLEEP OVER WHETHER OR NOT THE ANIMALS 785 00:52:13,433 --> 00:52:16,900 WILL ACTUALLY MAKE IT ALL THE WAY DOWN 786 00:52:17,000 --> 00:52:20,300 THE MAIN AISLE OF THE CATHEDRAL. 787 00:52:20,400 --> 00:52:23,866 ♪ 788 00:52:23,966 --> 00:52:26,633 NARRATOR: WHEN THE ANIMALS ENTER THE NARROW AISLE, 789 00:52:26,733 --> 00:52:30,066 THEY COULD FEEL TRAPPED. 790 00:52:30,166 --> 00:52:33,466 THIS IS THE MOMENT THEY'RE MOST LIKELY TO PANIC... 791 00:52:33,566 --> 00:52:43,333 ♪ 792 00:52:43,433 --> 00:52:48,233 BUT THE ANIMALS REMAIN CALM. 793 00:52:48,333 --> 00:52:53,666 ♪ 794 00:52:53,766 --> 00:52:57,900 WELCH, VOICE-OVER: THERE'S THIS QUIET 795 00:52:58,000 --> 00:53:01,866 THAT ENGULFS THIS AMAZING CATHEDRAL, 796 00:53:01,966 --> 00:53:04,066 THIS HUGE SPACE, AND THAT'S WHAT I LOVE, 797 00:53:04,166 --> 00:53:06,933 THAT MOMENT WHERE I KNOW EVERYTHING'S IN PLACE 798 00:53:07,033 --> 00:53:09,400 AND IT'S ALL GONNA BE OK. 799 00:53:09,500 --> 00:53:13,466 ♪ 800 00:53:13,566 --> 00:53:16,966 NARRATOR: THE BISHOP BLESSES THE LAST OF THE ANIMALS. 801 00:53:17,066 --> 00:53:21,733 THE PROCESSION'S POOP SCOOPER DEALS WITH ONE FINAL ACCIDENT, 802 00:53:21,833 --> 00:53:26,333 AND PATTI CAN BREATHE ONCE AGAIN. 803 00:53:26,433 --> 00:53:29,500 THE EVENT HAS BEEN A TRIUMPH. 804 00:53:29,600 --> 00:53:34,633 WELCH, VOICE-OVER: IT'S ALL WORKED OUT AGAIN, WHICH IS MIRACULOUS. 805 00:53:34,733 --> 00:53:39,200 TO SEE THIS MAGNIFICENT CATHEDRAL FILLED 806 00:53:39,300 --> 00:53:42,633 AS IT OUGHT TO BE FILLED EVERY SUNDAY, 807 00:53:42,733 --> 00:53:45,933 THIS IS WHAT IT'S ABOUT, THAT WE COME TOGETHER 808 00:53:46,033 --> 00:53:49,600 IN THESE MOMENTS AND THEY'RE SACRED. 809 00:53:49,700 --> 00:53:58,700 ♪ 810 00:54:01,600 --> 00:54:03,000 NARRATOR: NEXT TIME, AT THE CHURCH 811 00:54:03,100 --> 00:54:05,733 OF THE HOLY SEPULCHRE IN JERUSALEM, WEBVTT X-TIMESTAMP-MAP=MPEGTS:187507, LOCAL:00:00:00.000 812 00:54:03,100 --> 00:54:05,733 OF THE HOLY SEPULCHRE IN JERUSALEM, 813 00:54:05,833 --> 00:54:08,133 AN ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN MUST DELIVER A MIRACULOUS 814 00:54:08,233 --> 00:54:12,366 HOLY FLAME INTO THE HANDS OF HIS BISHOP. 815 00:54:12,466 --> 00:54:15,166 AT A SACRED TEPEE IN NEW MEXICO, 816 00:54:15,266 --> 00:54:18,266 A GIRL MUST CHANNEL THE POWER OF HER CREATOR 817 00:54:18,366 --> 00:54:20,733 TO BE TRANSFORMED INTO A WOMAN... 818 00:54:20,833 --> 00:54:23,500 [BELL RINGS] 819 00:54:23,600 --> 00:54:27,766 AND AT THE BOUDHANATH STUPA IN NEPAL, A BUDDHIST PAINTER 820 00:54:27,866 --> 00:54:30,966 BATTLES THE ELEMENTS TO HONOR BUDDHA'S BIRTHDAY. 821 00:54:32,833 --> 00:54:38,400 ♪ 822 00:54:38,500 --> 00:54:41,300 ANNOUNCER: TO ORDER "EARTH'S SACRED WONDERS" ON DVD, 823 00:54:41,400 --> 00:54:45,033 VISIT SHOPPBS OR CALL 1-800-PLAY-PBS. 824 00:54:45,133 --> 00:54:49,000 THIS PROGRAM IS ALSO AVAILABLE ON AMAZON PRIME VIDEO. 825 00:54:49,100 --> 00:55:01,000 ♪ 59629

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