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♪funky percussive music♪

-[woman VO] A long time ago,

in the place where the very first person on earth was born,

is where the boogie spirit has lived for thousands of years.

The people who lived there were called Zajota,

and they loved the boogie spirit very much.

Each day, they paid homage in everything they did.

They would gather at the dance circle where they first listened

to stories about their world.

Then, the homage to the boogie spirit would begin.

♪upbeat percussive music♪

At the end of the day,

Zajota said goodbye to the boogie spirit,

and welcomed the moon to watch over them.

♪singing♪

One night, when most people were sleeping,

without warning, the world turned upside down.

The next thing anyone knew...

♪tense music♪

[gunshot]

♪♪♪

Awoken by the trembling earth,

the sun rose to the moon in the night sky.

The next morning, there was no one to pay homage

to the boogie spirit.

The boogie spirit moved along the shoreline,

past the ships, and soon was faced with large forts where

Zajota were being held.

Then she watched as Zajota was marched to the ship.

Neither the boogie spirit or Zajota knew where they

were going.

They didn't know if they would ever return home.

The boogie spirit fell to heartbreak,

for she was bound to the land of her birth and could not leave

under any circumstance.

Her body began to tremble, and she reached way down deep within

herself and danced until she brought forth the spirit

of an ancestor.

♪percussive music♪

-[Ancestor] It is you who paves the way for all other spirits to

come forth.

You are our most favored daughter.

But you are the one who must decide what is to be done

for Zajota.

-[woman VO] That night, with the help of the sun and the moon,

the boogie spirit made a vow.

When the sun left the sky, the image of the boogie spirit was

imprinted on the face of the full moon,

where it remained forever.

♪percussive music♪

For many years, there were more terrible nights.

Many kinds of ships came to the land of Zajota,

and life was never the same there again.

♪tense ominous music♪

Zajota had been scattered to foreign lands on

the other side of the world.

Here, they were given strange clothes,

told to believe in new gods, and new ancestors,

and were given a new language.

They were beaten, bought, and put to work on large

sugar cane plantations.

They were never paid, and were expected to work for

others until they dropped dead.

But most of all, they were not permitted to talk

about their Zajota home.

Soon, in between the silence and the newborn Zajota,

there was no memory of the place they once called home.

To stay alive, you just forget.

The wind brought this terrible news to the boogie spirit.

She closed her eyes and began to dance.

One night, four old women who had been

thrown to different places on the other side of the world,

looked up into the night sky.

Then, each had an overwhelming feeling of her head cracking

open, as the power of memory returned.

[speaking in foreign languages]

-They have not forget we.

Remember?

[speaking foreign language]

♪upbeat percussive music♪

-[woman VO] Suddenly, Zajota began to dance with memory.

And that night, many an unexplained thing happened.

♪♪♪

♪percussive music♪

-[woman VO] Many Zajota escaped high into the hills.

Many were captured.

Many of those captured were taken to yet another

foreign land.

♪♪♪

In the new foreign land, Zajota found many things that

were the same.

♪♪♪

What was surprising though, was they found other Zajota

already there.

But these Zajota did not speak the same language...

for long.

♪♪♪

Most people who claimed to own Zajota

would have liked things to stay the same, but things never do.

-[singing] ♪Steal away♪

♪Steal away♪

♪Steal away♪

-[woman VO] Finally, after years of wars,

sickness, meetings, marching, running,

dying, and paper signing, Zajota was declared free!

Some people didn't agree with Zajota being free, and

it caused a lot of damage.

♪gospel music♪

-[woman VO] But still, Zajota gathered themselves up and went

to a place many had heard stories about,

the promised land, also known as up north.

♪exciting swing music♪

-[woman VO] At first, it was overwhelming,

mesmerizing, and glamorous.

Something wasn't right.

In between the glamour were all kinds of things.

And downtown, Zajota were

dancing dances that would made people laugh at Zajota.

Life uptown was different.

♪blues guitar♪

-[woman VO] The boogie spirit felt the split and again,

called the spirit of the ancestor.

♪♪♪

♪percussive music♪

-[Ancestor VO] There is a way.

Some Zajota must be chosen to see all there is to see.

They will capture the fullness of memory, and show

it to the world.

Remember the children.

Remember the children.

Remember the children.

-[woman VO] The boogie spirit got down to work.

She knew that the youth needed drums to help awaken,

but she also knew they would have to be disguised.

♪hip-hop music♪

She then etched in ancient markings to guide them.

She dressed them in gold to remind them of

their past wealth.

In return, the youth were awakened and they paid homage to

the boogie spirit, and through their dance told her of their

own memory of the past and predicted the future.

When the world saw Zajota's youth,

many were confused, frightened and panicked.

But many awakened into consciousness and began

to remember.

They read the dance of the Zajota youth and knew exactly

what the next step should be.

[laughs]

If you watch carefully, you too can know the future.

The next chapter is up to you!

♪upbeat percussive music♪