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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 --> 00:00:14,700 MORE WORSHIPPERS THAN EVER ARE FLOCKING TO THESE SACRED PLACES. 5 00:00:14,800 --> 00:00:18,700 TO THESE SACRED PLACES, 6 00:00:18,800 --> 00:00:22,400 BUT WHY DO THEY CONTINUE TO PROVOKE SUCH PASSION? 7 00:00:22,500 --> 00:00:26,933 [PEOPLE CHEER] 8 00:00:27,033 --> 00:00:30,333 NARRATOR: HUNDREDS OF YEARS AFTER THEY WERE FIRST BUILT, 9 00:00:30,433 --> 00:00:34,633 MANY OF THEM REMAIN PLACES OF DEEP SPIRITUAL SIGNIFICANCE 10 00:00:34,733 --> 00:00:37,766 AND CONTROVERSY. 11 00:00:37,866 --> 00:00:40,033 FOR SOME PEOPLE, THEY ARE SANCTUARIES 12 00:00:40,133 --> 00:00:42,400 FOR QUIET CONTEMPLATION. 13 00:00:42,500 --> 00:00:48,833 FOR OTHERS, THEY ARE SITES OF ASTONISHING ACTS OF WORSHIP, 14 00:00:48,933 --> 00:00:54,366 DANGEROUS CHALLENGES, AND EXTRAORDINARY DEEDS OF DEVOTION 15 00:00:54,466 --> 00:00:59,466 RARELY SEEN BY OUTSIDERS. 16 00:00:59,566 --> 00:01:04,233 THIS TIME, AT THE HOLY SEPULCHRE IN JERUSALEM, 17 00:01:04,333 --> 00:01:09,066 AN ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN MUST DELIVER A HOLY FLAME 18 00:01:09,166 --> 00:01:12,400 INTO THE HANDS OF HIS BISHOP. 19 00:01:12,500 --> 00:01:14,033 [BELL RINGS] 20 00:01:14,133 --> 00:01:17,466 AT BUDHANATH IN NEPAL, 21 00:01:17,566 --> 00:01:19,966 A BUDDHIST PAINTER BATTLES THE ELEMENTS 22 00:01:20,066 --> 00:01:23,833 IN ORDER TO HONOR BUDDHA'S BIRTHDAY, 23 00:01:23,933 --> 00:01:28,066 AND AT LALISH IN IRAQ, A YOUNG YAZIDI WOMAN 24 00:01:28,166 --> 00:01:30,366 GOES IN SEARCH OF SALVATION 25 00:01:30,466 --> 00:01:33,900 AFTER BEING TRAUMATIZED BY RECENT CONFLICT. 26 00:01:34,000 --> 00:01:37,233 [WEEPING] 27 00:01:37,333 --> 00:01:40,600 NARRATOR: IN THIS SERIES, WE REVEAL THE AMAZING THINGS 28 00:01:40,700 --> 00:01:42,866 THAT PEOPLE DO FOR THEIR FAITH 29 00:01:42,966 --> 00:01:46,466 IN SOME OF THE MOST SPECTACULAR SACRED PLACES 30 00:01:46,566 --> 00:01:49,100 ON THE PLANET. 31 00:01:59,400 --> 00:02:03,100 ♪ 32 00:02:03,200 --> 00:02:06,166 NARRATOR: AT ONE SACRED WONDER IN JERUSALEM, 33 00:02:06,266 --> 00:02:10,400 SOMETHING EXTRAORDINARY IS THOUGHT TO HAPPEN EVERY YEAR 34 00:02:10,500 --> 00:02:14,666 IN THE SAME PLACE AT THE SAME TIME-- 35 00:02:14,766 --> 00:02:16,766 A MIRACLE. 36 00:02:26,000 --> 00:02:29,300 THE CHURCH OF THE HOLY SEPULCHRE-- 37 00:02:29,400 --> 00:02:34,066 ONE OF THE MOST SACRED SITES IN CHRISTIANITY. 38 00:02:34,166 --> 00:02:36,266 IT'S BUILT WHERE CHRIST IS BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN 39 00:02:36,366 --> 00:02:39,566 CRUCIFIED, BURIED, AND RESURRECTED. 40 00:02:39,666 --> 00:02:43,600 ♪ 41 00:02:43,700 --> 00:02:47,666 HIS TOMB IS ENCLOSED WITHIN A SHRINE, 42 00:02:47,766 --> 00:02:52,700 AND SURROUNDING IT ARE A NUMBER OF CHAPELS, 43 00:02:52,800 --> 00:02:55,833 EACH ONE GOVERNED BY A DIFFERENT BRANCH 44 00:02:55,933 --> 00:02:57,466 OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH. 45 00:02:57,566 --> 00:03:01,266 ♪ 46 00:03:01,366 --> 00:03:05,100 FOR SYRIAC ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN HANNA KOSHO, WEBVTT X-TIMESTAMP-MAP=MPEGTS:187507, LOCAL:00:00:00.000 47 00:03:01,366 --> 00:03:05,100 FOR SYRIAC ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN HANNA KOSHO, 48 00:03:05,200 --> 00:03:08,700 IT IS A DEEPLY SPIRITUAL PLACE. 49 00:03:19,466 --> 00:03:22,500 NARRATOR: LIKE MANY ORTHODOX CHRISTIANS, HANNA BELIEVES 50 00:03:22,600 --> 00:03:26,866 THAT ON EASTER SATURDAY FOR OVER 1,200 YEARS 51 00:03:26,966 --> 00:03:31,733 A MIRACLE HAS TAKEN PLACE HERE. 52 00:03:31,833 --> 00:03:34,966 ON THIS DAY INSIDE THE SHRINE, 53 00:03:35,066 --> 00:03:40,666 IT IS SAID THE HOLY SPIRIT CREATES A SACRED FLAME. 54 00:03:40,766 --> 00:03:45,966 THAT FLAME IS THEN CARRIED TO THE CHAPELS A FEW METERS AWAY 55 00:03:46,066 --> 00:03:50,833 BEFORE BEING TAKEN TO ORTHODOX CHURCHES ALL OVER THE CITY. 56 00:03:50,933 --> 00:03:52,933 ♪ 57 00:04:02,333 --> 00:04:05,500 NARRATOR: TOMORROW HANNA WILL BE ONE OF THE FLAME BEARERS. 58 00:04:05,600 --> 00:04:09,100 ♪ 59 00:04:09,200 --> 00:04:11,133 HE TRAVELS FROM SWEDEN EVERY YEAR 60 00:04:11,233 --> 00:04:13,933 TO PERFORM THIS ROLE FOR HIS CHURCH. 61 00:04:28,866 --> 00:04:30,933 NARRATOR: IT IS A HUGELY PRESTIGIOUS ROLE 62 00:04:31,033 --> 00:04:33,633 THAT IS PASSED DOWN THE GENERATIONS. 63 00:04:33,733 --> 00:04:35,033 ♪ 64 00:04:36,966 --> 00:04:39,133 NARRATOR: NOW HE'S STARTED TEACHING HIS NEPHEW YOUSEF, 65 00:04:39,233 --> 00:04:42,500 HERE FROM MICHIGAN, HOW IT'S DONE. 66 00:04:42,600 --> 00:04:44,966 YOUSEF, VOICE-OVER: KNOWING THAT IT HAS BEEN IN OUR FAMILY 67 00:04:45,066 --> 00:04:49,333 FOR SO LONG AND HAVING PEOPLE LIKE MY FATHER, MY UNCLE, 68 00:04:49,433 --> 00:04:52,766 OUR GRANDPARENTS HAVING THE CHANCE TO CARRY IT AND NOW THAT 69 00:04:52,866 --> 00:04:54,966 ME AND MY COUSINS ARE HAVING THE CHANCE TO CARRY IT, 70 00:04:55,066 --> 00:04:57,133 IT'S JUST SUCH A GREAT HONOR. 71 00:04:57,233 --> 00:05:04,166 ♪ 72 00:05:04,266 --> 00:05:08,700 NARRATOR: IT'S 9 A.M. ON EASTER SATURDAY. 73 00:05:08,800 --> 00:05:13,733 CROWDS ARE STARTING TO GATHER AT THE HOLY SEPULCHRE. 74 00:05:13,833 --> 00:05:17,533 PILGRIMS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD HAVE COME, 75 00:05:17,633 --> 00:05:20,766 HOPING TO WITNESS THE MIRACLE. 76 00:05:20,866 --> 00:05:24,733 [BAGPIPES AND DRUMS PLAYING] 77 00:05:24,833 --> 00:05:28,933 HANNA HAS BEEN DOING THIS FOR 24 YEARS, 78 00:05:29,033 --> 00:05:32,200 BUT THIS YEAR, YOUSEF IS GOING TO HELP HIM 79 00:05:32,300 --> 00:05:36,366 CARRY THE SACRED FLAME. 80 00:05:36,466 --> 00:05:39,033 YOUSEF, VOICE-OVER: IT'S KIND OF OVERWHELMING AT FIRST, 81 00:05:39,133 --> 00:05:41,666 BUT THEN WHEN YOU REALIZE WHAT YOU'RE DOING THERE, 82 00:05:41,766 --> 00:05:44,300 IT KIND OF MAKES EVERYTHING SEEM PRETTY SMALL, 83 00:05:44,400 --> 00:05:46,366 THAT YOU'RE THERE FOR A BIGGER REASON. 84 00:05:46,466 --> 00:05:48,666 [PEOPLE CHANTING] 85 00:05:55,066 --> 00:05:56,933 NARRATOR: INSIDE THE HOLY SEPULCHRE, 86 00:05:57,033 --> 00:05:59,633 ANTICIPATION IS BUILDING. 87 00:05:59,733 --> 00:06:04,000 ♪ WEBVTT X-TIMESTAMP-MAP=MPEGTS:187507, LOCAL:00:00:00.000 88 00:05:59,733 --> 00:06:04,000 ♪ 89 00:06:04,100 --> 00:06:06,100 WHEN THE HOLY FLAME APPEARS, 90 00:06:06,200 --> 00:06:08,866 EVERYONE WILL BE DESPERATE TO TOUCH IT. 91 00:06:08,966 --> 00:06:11,033 ♪ 92 00:06:17,666 --> 00:06:21,066 NARRATOR: HANNA AND YOUSEF WILL ONLY HAVE A MATTER OF SECONDS 93 00:06:21,166 --> 00:06:25,200 TO GET IT FROM THE SHRINE TO THEIR CHAPEL 94 00:06:25,300 --> 00:06:28,766 BEFORE THE OVEREXCITED CROWD CLOSES IN. 95 00:06:28,866 --> 00:06:30,300 ♪ 96 00:06:51,066 --> 00:06:55,700 NARRATOR: EVERYONE IS JOSTLING FOR THE BEST SPOT. 97 00:06:55,800 --> 00:06:59,666 THE PRESSURE IS GETTING TO HANNA AND YOUSEF, TOO. 98 00:06:59,766 --> 00:07:01,866 HANNA: YOUSEF... 99 00:07:11,333 --> 00:07:14,266 ♪ 100 00:07:14,366 --> 00:07:16,600 NARRATOR: THE ONLY PERSON WHO WILL ACTUALLY 101 00:07:16,700 --> 00:07:19,166 WITNESS THE HOLY FLAME IS THE PATRIARCH 102 00:07:19,266 --> 00:07:23,733 OF THE GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH. 103 00:07:23,833 --> 00:07:26,933 HE'S SEARCHED TO MAKE SURE HE ISN'T CARRYING ANYTHING 104 00:07:27,033 --> 00:07:31,000 THAT HE COULD USE TO CREATE A FLAME. 105 00:07:31,100 --> 00:07:35,500 THEN HE'S SHUT INSIDE THE SHRINE. 106 00:07:35,600 --> 00:07:38,766 WHEN THE HOLY FLAME APPEARS, 107 00:07:38,866 --> 00:07:41,133 HE WILL PASS IT OUT THROUGH A PORTHOLE 108 00:07:41,233 --> 00:07:43,833 TO THE WAITING FLAME CARRIERS. 109 00:07:43,933 --> 00:07:47,433 ♪ 110 00:07:47,533 --> 00:07:50,366 HANNA IS POISED BY THE SHRINE, 111 00:07:50,466 --> 00:07:54,266 YOUSEF 60 FEET BEHIND HIM, 112 00:07:54,366 --> 00:07:57,300 AND IN ONE OF THE SURROUNDING CHAPELS, 113 00:07:57,400 --> 00:08:03,133 THE BISHOP FROM THEIR CHURCH IS ALSO WAITING. 114 00:08:03,233 --> 00:08:08,200 EVERYONE IS PRAYING FOR A MIRACLE. 115 00:08:08,300 --> 00:08:16,433 ♪ 116 00:08:16,533 --> 00:08:18,733 YOUSEF, VOICE-OVER: YOUR HEART STARTS BEATING FASTER AND FASTER. 117 00:08:18,833 --> 00:08:21,966 YOU CAN'T HELP BUT TO GET A LITTLE BIT ANXIOUS. 118 00:08:28,766 --> 00:08:33,166 ♪ 119 00:08:33,266 --> 00:08:35,700 NARRATOR: THE HOLY FLAME HAS APPEARED, 120 00:08:35,800 --> 00:08:37,766 AND THE FIRST CANDLES LIT WITH IT 121 00:08:37,866 --> 00:08:40,500 ARE PASSED OUT OF THE SHRINE. 122 00:08:40,600 --> 00:08:44,033 THE FASTER HANNA AND YOUSEF CAN GET IT TO THEIR BISHOP, 123 00:08:44,133 --> 00:08:46,333 THE GREATER THE HONOR. 124 00:08:46,433 --> 00:08:53,600 ♪ 125 00:08:56,500 --> 00:09:05,500 ♪ WEBVTT X-TIMESTAMP-MAP=MPEGTS:187507, LOCAL:00:00:00.000 126 00:08:56,500 --> 00:09:05,500 ♪ 127 00:09:05,600 --> 00:09:10,100 NARRATOR: IN LESS THAN 30 SECONDS, IT'S ALL OVER. 128 00:09:10,200 --> 00:09:13,766 THE BISHOP HAS THE FLAME. 129 00:09:13,866 --> 00:09:15,800 YOUSEF, VOICE-OVER: ONCE I WAS ABLE TO GIVE THE HOLY FIRE 130 00:09:15,900 --> 00:09:17,800 TO THE BISHOP, THAT WAS THE MOST AMAZING FEELING, 131 00:09:17,900 --> 00:09:20,300 KNOWING THAT IN MY HEART, I FEEL CLOSER TO GOD 132 00:09:20,400 --> 00:09:27,000 AND TO JESUS. 133 00:09:27,100 --> 00:09:30,066 NARRATOR: ALL AROUND THE SHRINE, THE FLAME IS PASSED 134 00:09:30,166 --> 00:09:32,533 FROM PERSON TO PERSON. 135 00:09:32,633 --> 00:09:39,166 ♪ 136 00:09:39,266 --> 00:09:43,766 OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS, THIS HOLY FIRE WILL BE TAKEN 137 00:09:43,866 --> 00:09:47,700 TO ORTHODOX CHURCHES NOT JUST ACROSS JERUSALEM, 138 00:09:47,800 --> 00:09:52,866 BUT AS FAR AFIELD AS RUSSIA AND NORTH AMERICA. 139 00:09:59,533 --> 00:10:02,266 ♪ 140 00:10:02,366 --> 00:10:04,500 YOUSEF, VOICE-OVER: ALL I COULD FEEL IS PEACE, 141 00:10:04,600 --> 00:10:06,533 LOVE, AND HAPPINESS. 142 00:10:06,633 --> 00:10:09,700 I WAS ABLE TO HAVE THE HONOR TO CARRY THE HOLY FIRE 143 00:10:09,800 --> 00:10:13,066 AND TO CONTINUE ON THE LEGACY OF THE KOSHO FAMILY. 144 00:10:13,166 --> 00:10:18,200 ♪ 145 00:10:18,300 --> 00:10:19,933 NARRATOR: THERE HAS BEEN A CHURCH ON THE SITE 146 00:10:20,033 --> 00:10:23,666 OF THE HOLY SEPULCHRE FOR HUNDREDS OF YEARS, 147 00:10:23,766 --> 00:10:28,700 AND IT NEEDS CONSTANT CARE AND ATTENTION, 148 00:10:28,800 --> 00:10:32,933 AS DO MANY SACRED WONDERS. 149 00:10:33,033 --> 00:10:37,666 THE CENTURIES-OLD CHURCHES OF LALIBELA IN ETHIOPIA, 150 00:10:37,766 --> 00:10:42,300 CARVED OUT OF THE BEDROCK, ARE NOW IN NEED 151 00:10:42,400 --> 00:10:48,100 OF A MULTIMILLION-DOLLAR RESTORATION, 152 00:10:48,200 --> 00:10:51,266 AND AT THE BLUE MOSQUE IN ISTANBUL, 153 00:10:51,366 --> 00:10:54,333 HUNDREDS OF THE DOME'S ICONIC CERAMIC TILES 154 00:10:54,433 --> 00:10:57,466 HAVE BEEN BROKEN OR STOLEN OVER THE YEARS 155 00:10:57,566 --> 00:11:04,200 AND ARE CURRENTLY BEING REPLACED, 156 00:11:04,300 --> 00:11:07,466 BUT THERE'S AN ANCIENT WONDER IN NEPAL 157 00:11:07,566 --> 00:11:11,233 THAT ALWAYS LOOKS PRISTINE-- 158 00:11:11,333 --> 00:11:19,566 ♪ 159 00:11:19,666 --> 00:11:23,066 BOUDHANATH. 160 00:11:23,166 --> 00:11:27,600 THIS GRAND BUDDHIST STUPA IN NEPAL'S CAPITAL CITY KATHMANDU 161 00:11:27,700 --> 00:11:32,733 IS ONE OF THE LARGEST IN THE WORLD. 162 00:11:32,833 --> 00:11:36,233 DATING BACK TO THE 14th CENTURY, 163 00:11:36,333 --> 00:11:40,166 IT HOUSES HOLY RELICS SAID TO INCLUDE 164 00:11:40,266 --> 00:11:45,200 THE BONES OF BUDDHA, 165 00:11:45,300 --> 00:11:50,666 BUT DESPITE ITS AGE, IT'S IN ALMOST-PERFECT CONDITION 166 00:11:50,766 --> 00:11:56,500 BECAUSE IT'S CONSTANTLY BEING REPAINTED. 167 00:11:56,600 --> 00:11:59,633 38-YEAR-OLD BUDDHIST MILAN SHRESTHA 168 00:11:59,733 --> 00:12:03,333 IS ONE OF A TEAM RESPONSIBLE. WEBVTT X-TIMESTAMP-MAP=MPEGTS:187507, LOCAL:00:00:00.000 169 00:12:27,533 --> 00:12:29,900 ♪ 170 00:12:30,000 --> 00:12:35,900 NARRATOR: WORKING AT BOUDHANATH IS CONSIDERED AUSPICIOUS. 171 00:12:36,000 --> 00:12:39,566 MILAN BELIEVES HE AND HIS FAMILY WILL HAVE GOOD FORTUNE, 172 00:12:39,666 --> 00:12:43,366 OR KARMA, AS A RESULT OF HIS JOB, 173 00:12:43,466 --> 00:12:48,933 AND SO DO THE PEOPLE WHO PROVIDE THE PAINT THEY USE. 174 00:12:49,033 --> 00:12:51,966 THERE'S A STEADY STREAM OF DONATIONS FROM DEVOTEES 175 00:12:52,066 --> 00:12:55,033 HOPING FOR BETTER KARMA IN THE FUTURE. 176 00:12:55,133 --> 00:12:58,300 ♪ 177 00:12:58,400 --> 00:13:02,166 THE DONATIONS ARE MADE ALL YEAR ROUND, 178 00:13:02,266 --> 00:13:06,533 AND AS A RESULT, THE STUPA IS CONSTANTLY REPAINTED, 179 00:13:06,633 --> 00:13:10,933 SOMETIMES SEVERAL TIMES A MONTH, 180 00:13:11,033 --> 00:13:16,333 BUT THE MOST IMPORTANT PAINT JOB OF THE YEAR IS TOMORROW 181 00:13:16,433 --> 00:13:21,000 BECAUSE IT'S BUDDHA'S BIRTHDAY AND THE ENTIRE STRUCTURE 182 00:13:21,100 --> 00:13:26,100 WILL BE REDONE FROM TOP TO BOTTOM IN A SINGLE DAY. 183 00:13:42,100 --> 00:13:44,433 ♪ 184 00:13:44,533 --> 00:13:48,133 NARRATOR: WITH 24 HOURS TO GO, 185 00:13:48,233 --> 00:13:51,266 THE DECORATING TEAM HAS GATHERED. 186 00:13:51,366 --> 00:13:53,233 THEY ARE WAITING TO FIND OUT WHO GETS 187 00:13:53,333 --> 00:13:56,333 THE MOST IMPORTANT ROLE-- 188 00:13:56,433 --> 00:14:01,333 PAINTING THE DECORATIVE ORANGE ARCS ACROSS THE STRUCTURE. 189 00:14:01,433 --> 00:14:04,066 THEY REPRESENT LOTUS PETALS, 190 00:14:04,166 --> 00:14:08,000 A BUDDHIST SYMBOL OF PURITY AND ENLIGHTENMENT. 191 00:14:15,600 --> 00:14:18,366 NARRATOR: MILAN HAS BEEN CHOSEN TO PAINT 16 192 00:14:18,466 --> 00:14:21,633 AROUND THE BOTTOM OF THE STUPA. 193 00:14:21,733 --> 00:14:25,700 IT'S HIS FIRST TIME DOING IT ON BUDDHA'S BIRTHDAY, 194 00:14:25,800 --> 00:14:29,300 AND IT'S A HUGE RESPONSIBILITY. 195 00:14:29,400 --> 00:14:32,833 MAKING THEM TAKES GREAT SKILL AND PRECISION. 196 00:14:35,400 --> 00:14:38,066 ♪ 197 00:14:38,166 --> 00:14:45,266 ALL ACROSS THE CITY, EVERYONE PREPARES FOR THE BIG DAY. 198 00:14:45,366 --> 00:14:50,300 THE STUPA'S DOME IS SO SACRED, TO MINIMIZE CONTACT WITH IT, 199 00:14:50,400 --> 00:14:55,400 RATHER THAN USE BRUSHES, THE PAINT MUST BE THROWN. 200 00:14:55,500 --> 00:14:59,900 MILAN'S FRIEND PURNA HAS TAUGHT HIM A TECHNIQUE. WEBVTT X-TIMESTAMP-MAP=MPEGTS:187507, LOCAL:00:00:00.000 201 00:15:05,266 --> 00:15:11,966 ♪ 202 00:15:12,066 --> 00:15:16,200 NARRATOR: EVERY PETAL MUST BE THE SAME SIZE AND SHAPE. 203 00:15:16,300 --> 00:15:21,900 THE KNACK LIES IN FLICKING THE PAINT AT JUST THE RIGHT ANGLE, 204 00:15:22,000 --> 00:15:26,200 BUT THERE'S AN ADDED COMPLICATION. 205 00:15:26,300 --> 00:15:30,700 THE HIMALAYAN WIND OFTEN STRENGTHENS IN THE AFTERNOON. 206 00:15:30,800 --> 00:15:32,000 ♪ 207 00:15:43,900 --> 00:15:48,233 ♪ 208 00:16:00,666 --> 00:16:03,900 ♪ 209 00:16:04,000 --> 00:16:08,033 NARRATOR: IT'S THE DAY OF BUDDHA'S BIRTHDAY. 210 00:16:08,133 --> 00:16:12,966 THOUSANDS HAVE ARRIVED, AND MORE PAINT DONATIONS 211 00:16:13,066 --> 00:16:18,533 ARE MADE TODAY THAN AT ANY OTHER TIME OF YEAR. 212 00:16:18,633 --> 00:16:21,766 THEY USE TWO TYPES OF PAINT-- 213 00:16:21,866 --> 00:16:25,933 THE LOTUS PETAL COLOR MADE WITH SAFFRON 214 00:16:26,033 --> 00:16:28,900 AND THE WHITEWASH MADE FROM LIME, 215 00:16:29,000 --> 00:16:32,333 A CORROSIVE MIX THAT MUST BE HANDLED WITH CARE. 216 00:16:32,433 --> 00:16:41,166 ♪ 217 00:16:41,266 --> 00:16:45,933 FIRST, THE WHOLE DOME IS GIVEN A NEW COAT OF WHITEWASH. 218 00:16:46,033 --> 00:16:59,200 ♪ 219 00:17:04,100 --> 00:17:09,700 ♪ 220 00:17:09,800 --> 00:17:16,200 NARRATOR: SO FAR, SO GOOD, BUT THEY NEED TO WORK FAST. 221 00:17:16,300 --> 00:17:21,266 THE WIND HAS STARTED TO PICK UP. 222 00:17:21,366 --> 00:17:25,433 SUDDENLY, MILAN IS TRIPPED UP. 223 00:17:28,000 --> 00:17:29,933 NARRATOR: A VIOLENT GUST SPRAYS WHITEWASH 224 00:17:30,033 --> 00:17:34,233 STRAIGHT INTO HIS FACE. 225 00:17:39,933 --> 00:17:41,866 ♪ 226 00:17:41,966 --> 00:17:43,966 NARRATOR: THE LIME IN THE PAINT 227 00:17:44,066 --> 00:17:46,366 COULD PERMANENTLY DAMAGE HIS EYESIGHT... 228 00:17:46,466 --> 00:17:48,266 ♪ 229 00:17:51,533 --> 00:17:54,100 NARRATOR: BUT THE WIND'S GETTING WORSE. 230 00:17:54,200 --> 00:17:58,033 AFTER WASHING HIS EYE, THEY QUICKLY PUSH ON. 231 00:17:58,133 --> 00:18:02,833 ♪ WEBVTT X-TIMESTAMP-MAP=MPEGTS:187507, LOCAL:00:00:00.000 232 00:18:05,866 --> 00:18:14,100 ♪ 233 00:18:14,200 --> 00:18:19,300 NARRATOR: THE WHITEWASHING IS COMPLETE. 234 00:18:19,400 --> 00:18:22,966 NOW IT'S TIME TO PAINT THE LOTUS PETALS. 235 00:18:27,233 --> 00:18:29,166 NARRATOR: AS HIS TEAMMATES GET TO WORK 236 00:18:29,266 --> 00:18:31,533 ON THE UPPER PART OF THE STUPA, 237 00:18:31,633 --> 00:18:36,333 MILAN STARTS ON THE FIRST OF 16 PETALS AROUND THE BASE. 238 00:18:36,433 --> 00:18:40,233 ♪ 239 00:18:40,333 --> 00:18:42,200 UH! 240 00:18:42,300 --> 00:18:44,133 NARRATOR: HE MUST THROW HIS PAINT AT EXACTLY 241 00:18:44,233 --> 00:18:48,733 THE RIGHT ANGLE IN ORDER TO CREATE THE PERFECT ARC. 242 00:18:48,833 --> 00:18:52,800 ♪ 243 00:18:52,900 --> 00:18:54,866 UH! 244 00:18:54,966 --> 00:18:56,533 ♪ 245 00:19:11,700 --> 00:19:14,333 UH! 246 00:19:14,433 --> 00:19:16,633 ♪ 247 00:19:16,733 --> 00:19:19,500 NARRATOR: DESPITE THE WIND, 248 00:19:19,600 --> 00:19:26,800 ONE BY ONE, THE PETALS START TO TAKE SHAPE. 249 00:19:26,900 --> 00:19:30,233 UH! 250 00:19:30,333 --> 00:19:34,133 ♪ 251 00:19:41,566 --> 00:19:49,733 ♪ 252 00:19:49,833 --> 00:19:51,333 UH! 253 00:19:51,433 --> 00:19:56,200 ♪ 254 00:19:56,300 --> 00:19:59,466 UH! 255 00:19:59,566 --> 00:20:02,600 ♪ 256 00:20:02,700 --> 00:20:06,200 NARRATOR: AT LAST, HE'S FINISHED, 257 00:20:06,300 --> 00:20:08,600 BUT IS IT UP TO PAR? 258 00:20:08,700 --> 00:20:12,033 ONE, TWO... 259 00:20:12,133 --> 00:20:19,500 ♪ 260 00:20:19,600 --> 00:20:23,533 NARRATOR: THERE'S ALWAYS ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT, 261 00:20:23,633 --> 00:20:27,133 BUT ALL 16 ARE PRESENT AND CORRECT. 262 00:20:27,233 --> 00:20:31,066 ♪ 263 00:20:37,500 --> 00:20:42,066 ♪ 264 00:20:53,433 --> 00:20:57,566 ♪ 265 00:20:57,666 --> 00:21:02,733 NARRATOR: LIKE BOUDHANATH, MANY WONDERS TAKE YEARS TO BUILD. 266 00:21:02,833 --> 00:21:05,433 ♪ WEBVTT X-TIMESTAMP-MAP=MPEGTS:187507, LOCAL:00:00:00.000 267 00:21:02,833 --> 00:21:05,433 ♪ 268 00:21:05,533 --> 00:21:10,700 THE CHURCH OF SAINT SAVA IN SERBIA WAS BEGUN IN 1935, 269 00:21:10,800 --> 00:21:14,733 BUT CONSTRUCTION WAS HALTED TWICE BY WAR, 270 00:21:14,833 --> 00:21:18,733 AND IT WASN'T FINALLY COMPLETED UNTIL 2004... 271 00:21:18,833 --> 00:21:22,300 ♪ 272 00:21:22,400 --> 00:21:26,000 AND IN BARCELONA, THE CHURCH OF THE SAGRADA FAMILIA-- 273 00:21:26,100 --> 00:21:30,500 DESIGNED BY SPANISH ARCHITECT GAUDI, STARTED IN 1882-- 274 00:21:30,600 --> 00:21:36,366 IS STILL UNFINISHED TO THIS DAY, 275 00:21:36,466 --> 00:21:40,433 BUT IN NEW MEXICO, THERE ARE SACRED WONDERS THAT ARE BUILT 276 00:21:40,533 --> 00:21:45,066 IN A MATTER OF HOURS AND LAST FOR JUST A MATTER OF DAYS. 277 00:21:45,166 --> 00:21:56,433 ♪ 278 00:21:56,533 --> 00:22:00,466 THIS GROUP OF MESCALERO APACHES 279 00:22:00,566 --> 00:22:04,766 ARE GATHERING WOOD FOR A NEW SACRED STRUCTURE. 280 00:22:04,866 --> 00:22:07,800 ONE MORE! 281 00:22:07,900 --> 00:22:12,200 NARRATOR: THEY BELIEVE THAT AT THE CENTER OF ALL CREATION 282 00:22:12,300 --> 00:22:19,600 IS A POWERFUL, FEMALE FIGURE CALLED WHITE PAINTED WOMAN, 283 00:22:19,700 --> 00:22:23,900 AND THESE TREES WILL BE USED TO BUILD A SACRED TEPEE 284 00:22:24,000 --> 00:22:26,366 THAT WILL CHANNEL HER ENERGY 285 00:22:26,466 --> 00:22:32,100 TO TRANSFORM TWO GIRLS INTO WOMEN. 286 00:22:32,200 --> 00:22:34,166 NO MORE! 287 00:22:38,000 --> 00:22:40,333 ♪ 288 00:22:40,433 --> 00:22:44,800 NARRATOR: IN JUST 24 HOURS, 14-YEAR-OLD JORDYN CHEE 289 00:22:44,900 --> 00:22:47,833 AND HER 13-YEAR-OLD SISTER JAELYNNE 290 00:22:47,933 --> 00:22:51,900 WILL BEGIN THIS GRUELING RITE OF PASSAGE. 291 00:22:52,000 --> 00:22:54,700 JORDYN: THERE'S 4 STAGES OF CHILDHOOD. 292 00:22:54,800 --> 00:23:00,700 THERE'S A BABY, A CHILD, A TEENAGER, AND A WOMAN. 293 00:23:00,800 --> 00:23:05,400 BECOMING A WOMAN, YOU NEED TO BE A PERSON THAT IS STRONG, 294 00:23:05,500 --> 00:23:09,833 A PERSON THAT'S CARING FOR EVERYONE. 295 00:23:09,933 --> 00:23:12,033 NARRATOR: FOR THE MESCALERO APACHE, 296 00:23:12,133 --> 00:23:15,666 THIS COMING-OF-AGE CEREMONY IS HUGELY IMPORTANT, 297 00:23:15,766 --> 00:23:18,033 AND THE GIRLS HAVE BEEN PREPARING FOR IT 298 00:23:18,133 --> 00:23:20,566 FOR OVER A YEAR. 299 00:23:20,666 --> 00:23:22,300 WOMAN: ALWAYS TRY TO MAKE AS MANY 300 00:23:22,400 --> 00:23:24,700 MENTAL PICTURES AS YOU CAN. 301 00:23:24,800 --> 00:23:26,400 REALLY JUST LOOK AROUND AND BE THANKFUL 302 00:23:26,500 --> 00:23:28,800 TO ALL THE PEOPLE WHO ARE HERE. 303 00:23:28,900 --> 00:23:30,466 THEIR DRESSES WILL HAVE... 304 00:23:30,566 --> 00:23:32,233 NARRATOR: THEY ARE BEING MENTORED BY THEIR GODMOTHER 305 00:23:32,333 --> 00:23:36,500 ARDENA, WHO WENT THROUGH THE CEREMONY HERSELF. 306 00:23:36,600 --> 00:23:40,800 ARDENA: THE NEXT FEW DAYS IS SHOWING YOU CHALLENGES 307 00:23:40,900 --> 00:23:42,933 AND THAT YOU CAN GET THROUGH ANY CHALLENGE 308 00:23:43,033 --> 00:23:46,800 THAT COMES INTO YOUR LIFE. 309 00:23:46,900 --> 00:23:51,000 NARRATOR: FOR THE NEXT 4 DAYS AND NIGHTS, THE GIRLS 310 00:23:51,100 --> 00:23:55,000 MUST PERFORM A SERIES OF TRADITIONAL MESCALERO DANCES. 311 00:23:55,100 --> 00:23:57,466 ♪ 312 00:23:57,566 --> 00:24:00,066 JORDYN, VOICE-OVER: IT'S A LOT OF WORK. 313 00:24:00,166 --> 00:24:05,733 HOW I'VE BEEN PREPARING MYSELF IS JUST TRYING TO GET MYSELF WEBVTT X-TIMESTAMP-MAP=MPEGTS:187507, LOCAL:00:00:00.000 314 00:24:00,166 --> 00:24:05,733 HOW I'VE BEEN PREPARING MYSELF IS JUST TRYING TO GET MYSELF 315 00:24:05,833 --> 00:24:11,566 FIT FOR THIS BECAUSE IT'S GONNA BE HARD, I KNOW. 316 00:24:11,666 --> 00:24:14,566 NARRATOR: THE WOOD THAT THE MEN HAVE COLLECTED WILL BE USED 317 00:24:14,666 --> 00:24:19,266 TO BUILD A SACRED STRUCTURE APACHES CALL THE BIG TEPEE. 318 00:24:19,366 --> 00:24:25,233 ONCE COMPLETED, IT WILL BE A PORTAL INTO THE SPIRIT WORLD. 319 00:24:25,333 --> 00:24:28,300 WHEN THE GIRLS ARE DANCING INSIDE IT, 320 00:24:28,400 --> 00:24:31,000 IT IS BELIEVED THAT THEY WILL CHANNEL THE POWER 321 00:24:31,100 --> 00:24:37,766 OF WHITE PAINTED WOMAN AND BECOME WOMEN THEMSELVES, 322 00:24:37,866 --> 00:24:42,666 BUT IT WILL BE AN EXHAUSTING TEST OF MIND AND BODY. 323 00:24:42,766 --> 00:24:46,366 JAELYNNE, VOICE-OVER: IT'S POWERFUL IN MANY WAYS. 324 00:24:46,466 --> 00:24:48,800 WHEN WE'RE DANCING, I THINK WE'RE GONNA 325 00:24:48,900 --> 00:24:53,533 FEEL THE ENERGY AS WE'RE IN THE TEPEE. 326 00:24:53,633 --> 00:24:56,500 I DON'T KNOW THE JOURNEY OF BEING A WOMAN YET, 327 00:24:56,600 --> 00:25:02,100 BUT I THINK ME AND MY SISTER CAN TAKE IT. 328 00:25:02,200 --> 00:25:06,333 NARRATOR: THE 4-DAY TRIAL IS ABOUT TO BEGIN. 329 00:25:06,433 --> 00:25:09,166 OH, HEY, COME ON. GET BACK HERE. 330 00:25:09,266 --> 00:25:13,500 NARRATOR: THE BIG TEPEE IS RAISED. 331 00:25:13,600 --> 00:25:17,200 APACHES ARE ANIMISTS. 332 00:25:17,300 --> 00:25:20,000 THEY BELIEVE THAT EVERYTHING IN THE NATURAL WORLD 333 00:25:20,100 --> 00:25:23,600 HAS A SPIRITUAL ESSENCE. 334 00:25:23,700 --> 00:25:27,433 THE BIG TEPEE IS A SYMBOL OF THEIR BELIEFS. 335 00:25:27,533 --> 00:25:29,333 IT'S SAID TO REPRESENT 336 00:25:29,433 --> 00:25:32,633 THE MESCALERO APACHE VIEW OF THE UNIVERSE. 337 00:25:32,733 --> 00:25:36,033 THE FRAME IS SUPPORTED BY 4 FOUNDATION POLES 338 00:25:36,133 --> 00:25:39,866 KNOWN AS THE GRANDFATHERS. 339 00:25:39,966 --> 00:25:44,266 THEY ARE BELIEVED TO HOLD UP THE SKY, WHICH IS MALE. 340 00:25:44,366 --> 00:25:49,666 ♪ 341 00:25:49,766 --> 00:25:53,066 THEY, IN TURN, ENCIRCLE THAT PART OF THE FEMALE EARTH, 342 00:25:53,166 --> 00:25:55,800 WHICH IS THE APACHE'S HOMELAND. 343 00:25:57,333 --> 00:26:00,900 ♪ 344 00:26:01,000 --> 00:26:04,066 AS THE TEPEE NEARS COMPLETION, 345 00:26:04,166 --> 00:26:09,333 THE GIRLS ARE DRESSED IN CEREMONIAL CLOTHES. 346 00:26:09,433 --> 00:26:15,566 EACH TASSEL REPRESENTS A MESCALERO ANCESTOR 347 00:26:15,666 --> 00:26:17,933 WHILE THE FEATHERS IN THEIR HAIR 348 00:26:18,033 --> 00:26:20,300 LINK THEM TO THE NATURAL WORLD. 349 00:26:20,400 --> 00:26:24,000 [MEN SINGING] 350 00:26:24,100 --> 00:26:27,333 NARRATOR: ONCE DRESSED, THE GIRLS ARE BLESSED WITH POLLEN, 351 00:26:27,433 --> 00:26:31,766 A SYMBOL OF WHITE PAINTED WOMAN. 352 00:26:31,866 --> 00:26:36,400 FROM THIS POINT ONWARDS, THEY MUST SHOW NO EMOTION 353 00:26:36,500 --> 00:26:43,166 UNTIL THE CEREMONY IS COMPLETE. 354 00:26:43,266 --> 00:26:45,400 THEY ARE READY. 355 00:26:45,500 --> 00:26:49,700 [MEN SINGING] 356 00:26:49,800 --> 00:26:53,266 NARRATOR: NOW SPIRITUAL GUIDES CALLED CROWN DANCERS 357 00:26:53,366 --> 00:26:57,400 MUST UNLOCK THE DOOR TO THE SPIRIT WORLD 358 00:26:57,500 --> 00:27:00,666 BY DANCING AND CHANTING. 359 00:27:00,766 --> 00:27:04,066 [SINGING CONTINUES] WEBVTT X-TIMESTAMP-MAP=MPEGTS:187507, LOCAL:00:00:00.000 360 00:27:00,766 --> 00:27:04,066 [SINGING CONTINUES] 361 00:27:10,366 --> 00:27:13,066 NARRATOR: ONCE THE POWER OF WHITE PAINTED WOMAN IS BELIEVED 362 00:27:13,166 --> 00:27:17,233 TO BE FLOWING, THE GIRLS GO INSIDE THE BIG TEPEE 363 00:27:17,333 --> 00:27:21,933 AND BEGIN TO DANCE. 364 00:27:22,033 --> 00:27:24,966 OVER THE NEXT 3 DAYS AND NIGHTS, 365 00:27:25,066 --> 00:27:29,733 THEY WILL INCREASE THE LENGTH OF TIME THEY DANCE FOR 366 00:27:29,833 --> 00:27:35,800 AS THEY RE-ENACT THE APACHE STORY OF CREATION. 367 00:27:35,900 --> 00:27:39,200 IT'S SAID WHITE PAINTED WOMAN WAS IMPREGNATED 368 00:27:39,300 --> 00:27:44,433 BY THE SUN AND THE RAIN, GIVING BIRTH TO TWO CHILDREN. 369 00:27:44,533 --> 00:27:48,966 THEY HELPED SAVE THE WORLD FROM DESTRUCTION, 370 00:27:49,066 --> 00:27:53,200 MAKING IT A SAFE PLACE FOR THE APACHE PEOPLE TO LIVE. 371 00:27:53,300 --> 00:27:59,166 [SINGING CONTINUES] 372 00:27:59,266 --> 00:28:03,566 NARRATOR: LIKE MANY NATIVE AMERICAN CEREMONIES, 373 00:28:03,666 --> 00:28:08,133 IT WAS OUTLAWED BY THE U.S. GOVERNMENT IN THE 1890s 374 00:28:08,233 --> 00:28:12,600 AND COULD ONLY BE PRACTICED IN SECRET. 375 00:28:12,700 --> 00:28:17,533 THE BAN WAS ONLY LIFTED IN 1978, 376 00:28:17,633 --> 00:28:22,400 BUT EVEN TODAY THE CEREMONY REMAINS A CLOSELY GUARDED EVENT 377 00:28:22,500 --> 00:28:25,333 ONLY WITNESSED BY IMMEDIATE FAMILY. 378 00:28:25,433 --> 00:28:29,233 JORDYN, VOICE-OVER: THERE ARE STORIES THAT ARE TOLD IN THERE. 379 00:28:29,333 --> 00:28:33,933 JUST THE POWER OF EVERYONE PRAYING FOR THE GIRL 380 00:28:34,033 --> 00:28:40,533 TO BE STRONG IS GIVING HER HELP DURING THE WHOLE PROCESS. 381 00:28:46,100 --> 00:28:50,066 ♪ 382 00:28:50,166 --> 00:28:54,100 NARRATOR: ON THE THIRD NIGHT, THE GIRLS DANCE FOR 7 HOURS 383 00:28:54,200 --> 00:28:56,366 IN A SINGLE SESSION... 384 00:28:56,466 --> 00:29:02,666 [SINGING CONTINUES] 385 00:29:02,766 --> 00:29:06,366 NARRATOR: BUT NOW, ON THE FOURTH AND FINAL NIGHT, 386 00:29:06,466 --> 00:29:10,933 THEY FACE THEIR BIGGEST TEST. 387 00:29:11,033 --> 00:29:15,600 JORDYN AND JAELYNNE LEAVE THE BIG TEPEE. 388 00:29:15,700 --> 00:29:18,666 THEY ARE NOW READY TO JOIN THE CROWN DANCERS 389 00:29:18,766 --> 00:29:23,600 FOR THE LAST STEP IN TAKING ON WHITE PAINTED WOMAN'S POWER, 390 00:29:23,700 --> 00:29:28,866 AND TONIGHT THEY MUST DANCE NONSTOP FROM DUSK TILL DAWN. 391 00:29:28,966 --> 00:29:33,166 [BELLS AND DRUMS PLAYING] 392 00:29:33,266 --> 00:29:37,200 JORDYN, VOICE-OVER: EVERYONE GATHERS AROUND, 393 00:29:37,300 --> 00:29:41,333 AND JUST THE POWER OF MY LATE ANCESTORS, 394 00:29:41,433 --> 00:29:47,966 THAT POWER LIFTS ME TO BE STRONGER. 395 00:29:48,066 --> 00:29:50,433 JAELYNNE, VOICE-OVER: WE'RE JUST GONNA GET STRONGER 396 00:29:50,533 --> 00:29:52,433 AND STRONGER. 397 00:29:52,533 --> 00:30:03,033 ♪ 398 00:30:03,133 --> 00:30:06,666 NARRATOR: AS DAWN BREAKS ON THE FINAL DAY, WEBVTT X-TIMESTAMP-MAP=MPEGTS:187507, LOCAL:00:00:00.000 399 00:30:03,133 --> 00:30:06,666 NARRATOR: AS DAWN BREAKS ON THE FINAL DAY, 400 00:30:06,766 --> 00:30:09,900 THE GIRLS HAVE ONE LAST FINAL TASK 401 00:30:10,000 --> 00:30:15,866 BEFORE THEIR TRANSFORMATION IS COMPLETE. 402 00:30:15,966 --> 00:30:19,700 TO SHOW THEY HAVE TAKEN ON THE POWER OF WHITE PAINTED WOMAN, 403 00:30:19,800 --> 00:30:22,566 THEY ARE MARKED WITH WHITE CLAY. 404 00:30:22,666 --> 00:30:29,133 ♪ 405 00:30:29,233 --> 00:30:32,000 THE BIG TEPEE HAS NOW DONE ITS JOB, 406 00:30:32,100 --> 00:30:34,766 AND THE MEN BEGIN TO DISMANTLE IT. 407 00:30:34,866 --> 00:30:36,933 [MAN SHOUTS] 408 00:30:37,033 --> 00:30:39,566 NARRATOR: JORDYN AND JAELYNNE MUST NOW DEMONSTRATE 409 00:30:39,666 --> 00:30:42,100 THEIR NEWFOUND STRENGTH. 410 00:30:42,200 --> 00:30:44,200 [PEOPLE CHEERING] 411 00:30:44,300 --> 00:30:46,733 NARRATOR: AFTER DANCING ALL NIGHT WITH NO SLEEP, 412 00:30:46,833 --> 00:30:49,333 THEY'RE UTTERLY EXHAUSTED, 413 00:30:49,433 --> 00:30:53,066 BUT NOW THEY MUST RUN AS FAR FROM THE TEPEE 414 00:30:53,166 --> 00:30:57,600 AS THEY FEEL THEY ARE ABLE TO BEFORE TURNING AROUND 415 00:30:57,700 --> 00:31:04,233 AND COVERING THE SAME DISTANCE BACK. 416 00:31:04,333 --> 00:31:07,700 JAELYNNE, VOICE-OVER: IT'S TESTING OUR STRENGTH. 417 00:31:07,800 --> 00:31:10,200 WE JUST GOT TO KEEP ON TRYING. 418 00:31:10,300 --> 00:31:13,733 ♪ 419 00:31:13,833 --> 00:31:16,700 NARRATOR: THE GIRLS HAVE COVERED NEARLY A MILE 420 00:31:16,800 --> 00:31:19,900 AND ARE NOW ON THE RETURN LEG. 421 00:31:20,000 --> 00:31:21,866 THEY'RE CLOSE TO COLLAPSE... 422 00:31:21,966 --> 00:31:24,200 [CHEERING CONTINUES] 423 00:31:24,300 --> 00:31:33,100 ♪ 424 00:31:33,200 --> 00:31:38,233 NARRATOR: BUT THEIR JOURNEY IS COMPLETE. 425 00:31:38,333 --> 00:31:44,866 IN THE EYES OF THEIR PEOPLE, THEY ARE NOW CONSIDERED WOMEN, 426 00:31:44,966 --> 00:31:51,700 AND THE SACRED WONDER CRUCIAL TO THAT TRANSFORMATION IS GONE. 427 00:31:51,800 --> 00:31:55,466 ♪ 428 00:31:55,566 --> 00:31:58,166 JORDYN, VOICE-OVER: IT WAS JUST BEAUTIFUL. 429 00:31:58,266 --> 00:32:01,000 IT'S SOMETHING THAT I WANT TO CHERISH 430 00:32:01,100 --> 00:32:03,933 WITH ME FOR A LONG TIME. 431 00:32:04,033 --> 00:32:07,266 ♪ 432 00:32:07,366 --> 00:32:10,400 NARRATOR: LIKE THE APACHE'S SACRED TEPEE, 433 00:32:10,500 --> 00:32:14,366 MANY WONDERS ARE PLACES WHERE SPIRITUAL ENERGY 434 00:32:14,466 --> 00:32:19,000 IS THOUGHT TO BE FOCUSED. 435 00:32:19,100 --> 00:32:22,533 AT ALMOST 22,000 FEET HIGH, 436 00:32:22,633 --> 00:32:25,266 MOUNT KAILASH IN TIBET IS CONSIDERED A HUB 437 00:32:25,366 --> 00:32:29,733 OF SACRED POWER IN 4 DIFFERENT FAITHS. 438 00:32:29,833 --> 00:32:32,100 TO THE SHAMANIC BON RELIGION, 439 00:32:32,200 --> 00:32:36,600 IT IS THE CENTRAL PILLAR OF THE WORLD 440 00:32:36,700 --> 00:32:40,166 WHILE IN JERUSALEM, JEWISH TRADITION HAS IT 441 00:32:40,266 --> 00:32:45,066 THAT A DIVINE PRESENCE CENTERS ON THE WESTERN WALL. 442 00:32:45,166 --> 00:32:49,200 MANY BELIEVE THAT PRAYERS PLACED IN ITS CRACKS 443 00:32:49,300 --> 00:32:54,400 WILL BE HEARD BY GOD, 444 00:32:54,500 --> 00:32:58,700 AND ON THE INDONESIAN ISLAND OF BALI, 445 00:32:58,800 --> 00:33:02,166 THE FOCUS OF SPIRITUAL ENERGY IS A TEMPLE 446 00:33:02,266 --> 00:33:06,133 BUILT ON THE SLOPES OF A SACRED VOLCANO. WEBVTT X-TIMESTAMP-MAP=MPEGTS:187507, LOCAL:00:00:00.000 447 00:33:02,266 --> 00:33:06,133 BUILT ON THE SLOPES OF A SACRED VOLCANO. 448 00:33:06,233 --> 00:33:15,333 ♪ 449 00:33:15,433 --> 00:33:19,300 BESAKIH TEMPLE. 450 00:33:19,400 --> 00:33:23,233 DATING BACK TO THE 14th CENTURY, 451 00:33:23,333 --> 00:33:29,266 THIS HINDU SITE IS A COMPLEX OF PAGODAS AND SHRINES 452 00:33:29,366 --> 00:33:31,833 ON THE SLOPES OF BALI'S HIGHEST 453 00:33:31,933 --> 00:33:35,766 AND MOST ACTIVE VOLCANO-- MOUNT AGUNG. 454 00:33:35,866 --> 00:33:39,900 ♪ 455 00:33:40,000 --> 00:33:44,133 THE BALINESE PRACTICE A UNIQUE FORM OF HINDUISM. 456 00:33:44,233 --> 00:33:47,033 MANY BELIEVE THAT THEIR ANCESTRAL SPIRITS 457 00:33:47,133 --> 00:33:53,833 AS WELL AS THE HINDU GODS LIVE ON THIS SACRED VOLCANO, 458 00:33:53,933 --> 00:33:58,366 AND AS THE CLOSEST PLACE OF WORSHIP TO THIS GATEWAY, 459 00:33:58,466 --> 00:34:01,900 BESAKIH IS THE MOST HOLY SITE IN BALI. 460 00:34:02,000 --> 00:34:07,900 ♪ 461 00:34:08,000 --> 00:34:12,300 24-YEAR-OLD HINDU DEWA ADI OFTEN PRAYS HERE. 462 00:34:12,400 --> 00:34:15,600 ♪ 463 00:34:18,866 --> 00:34:21,533 [BELL RINGS] 464 00:34:30,000 --> 00:34:33,266 ♪ 465 00:34:33,366 --> 00:34:36,533 NARRATOR: TODAY DEWA HAS COME TO COLLECT HOLY WATER 466 00:34:36,633 --> 00:34:41,266 FROM THE SACRED SPRINGS HERE. 467 00:34:41,366 --> 00:34:44,466 IT'S AN ESSENTIAL INGREDIENT IN WHAT HE BELIEVES 468 00:34:44,566 --> 00:34:48,800 IS AN ANNUAL, TWO-DAY BATTLE AGAINST EVIL. 469 00:34:48,900 --> 00:34:52,200 ♪ 470 00:34:52,300 --> 00:34:55,033 WHILE BALINESE HINDUS BELIEVE MOUNT AGUNG 471 00:34:55,133 --> 00:34:58,800 IS HOME TO THE GODS, THEY ALSO BELIEVE 472 00:34:58,900 --> 00:35:03,133 THE ENTIRE ISLAND IS STALKED BY DEMONIC SPIRITS 473 00:35:03,233 --> 00:35:05,900 SEARCHING FOR HUMAN SOULS TO TORMENT. 474 00:35:06,000 --> 00:35:08,200 ♪ 475 00:35:15,266 --> 00:35:18,333 NARRATOR: TOMORROW DEWA WILL USE THE WATER FROM BESAKIH 476 00:35:18,433 --> 00:35:21,900 TO HELP HIM DRIVE THESE SPIRITS AWAY. 477 00:35:22,000 --> 00:35:23,300 ♪ 478 00:35:34,133 --> 00:35:35,833 ♪ 479 00:35:35,933 --> 00:35:38,866 NARRATOR: THE FIRST STEP IS TO CATCH THESE SPIRITS, 480 00:35:38,966 --> 00:35:43,200 AND FOR THAT, DEWA NEEDS A TRAP. 481 00:35:43,300 --> 00:35:47,033 ♪ 482 00:35:47,133 --> 00:35:49,700 LIKE OTHER GROUPS IN HIS VILLAGE, HE AND HIS FRIENDS 483 00:35:49,800 --> 00:35:54,800 ARE MAKING A GIANT SPIRIT CATCHER CALLED AN OGOH OGOH. 484 00:35:59,000 --> 00:36:00,766 ♪ 485 00:36:00,866 --> 00:36:03,033 NARRATOR: IN JUST 12 HOURS, IT WILL BE USED 486 00:36:03,133 --> 00:36:05,400 TO ROUND UP THE DEMONIC SPIRITS. WEBVTT X-TIMESTAMP-MAP=MPEGTS:187507, LOCAL:00:00:00.000 487 00:36:03,133 --> 00:36:05,400 TO ROUND UP THE DEMONIC SPIRITS. 488 00:36:09,366 --> 00:36:11,866 ♪ 489 00:36:11,966 --> 00:36:15,133 NARRATOR: THE BIGGER AND FIERCER THE OGOH OGOH LOOKS, 490 00:36:15,233 --> 00:36:20,533 THE MORE SPIRITS WILL BE DRAWN INTO IT. 491 00:36:20,633 --> 00:36:23,266 THIS YEAR'S CEREMONY IS EVEN MORE IMPORTANT 492 00:36:23,366 --> 00:36:25,500 THAN USUAL FOR DEWA. 493 00:36:28,466 --> 00:36:30,633 NARRATOR: AS WELL AS BEING RESPONSIBLE 494 00:36:30,733 --> 00:36:32,866 FOR HIS OWN OGOH OGOH, HE'S IN CHARGE 495 00:36:32,966 --> 00:36:36,300 OF THE ENTIRE SPIRIT HUNT IN HIS VILLAGE. 496 00:36:52,200 --> 00:36:55,133 ♪ 497 00:36:55,233 --> 00:36:58,500 [MAN CHANTING] 498 00:36:58,600 --> 00:37:01,366 NARRATOR: IT'S THE DAY OF THE CEREMONY. 499 00:37:01,466 --> 00:37:05,033 LIKE EVERY DAY, THE PRIESTS AT BESAKIH PRAY 500 00:37:05,133 --> 00:37:09,100 AND MAKE OFFERINGS TO APPEASE THE GODS ON MOUNT AGUNG... 501 00:37:09,200 --> 00:37:15,866 ♪ 502 00:37:15,966 --> 00:37:19,533 BUT AS NIGHT FALLS, 503 00:37:19,633 --> 00:37:23,233 DEWA AND THE REST OF HIS VILLAGE ARE AT THE FRONT LINE 504 00:37:23,333 --> 00:37:25,766 IN THE STRUGGLE AGAINST EVIL. 505 00:37:25,866 --> 00:37:28,166 [BELL RINGING] 506 00:37:28,266 --> 00:37:31,700 BEFORE THEY START, PRIESTS SPRAY 507 00:37:31,800 --> 00:37:34,600 ALL THE SPIRIT CATCHERS WITH THE HOLY WATER 508 00:37:34,700 --> 00:37:37,333 THAT DEWA BROUGHT FROM BESAKIH. 509 00:37:37,433 --> 00:37:40,066 ♪ 510 00:37:54,233 --> 00:37:58,933 NARRATOR: TIME TO GO SPIRIT HUNTING. 511 00:37:59,033 --> 00:38:06,133 EVERYONE MAKES AS MUCH NOISE AS THEY CAN TO FLUSH THEM OUT. 512 00:38:06,233 --> 00:38:09,600 [PEOPLE SHOUTING] 513 00:38:09,700 --> 00:38:12,000 NARRATOR: NOW THEY MUST CATCH THEM. 514 00:38:12,100 --> 00:38:15,700 [PERCUSSION CONTINUES] 515 00:38:15,800 --> 00:38:19,133 DEWA AND THE TEAM SPIN THE OGOH OGOH ROUND... 516 00:38:19,233 --> 00:38:22,666 ♪ 517 00:38:22,766 --> 00:38:25,766 TO SCOOP UP AS MANY SPIRITS AS THEY CAN. 518 00:38:25,866 --> 00:38:28,433 ♪ 519 00:38:32,366 --> 00:38:33,866 [SHOUTING CONTINUES] 520 00:38:33,966 --> 00:38:37,733 ♪ 521 00:38:41,433 --> 00:38:49,200 ♪ 522 00:38:49,300 --> 00:38:52,900 NARRATOR: THEY MUST COVER EVERY SINGLE STREET IN THE VILLAGE. 523 00:38:53,000 --> 00:38:54,733 ♪ 524 00:38:57,833 --> 00:39:00,300 ♪ 525 00:39:00,400 --> 00:39:02,900 NARRATOR: BALINESE HINDUS BELIEVE THAT DEMONIC SPIRITS 526 00:39:03,000 --> 00:39:06,233 CANNOT TURN CORNERS WEBVTT X-TIMESTAMP-MAP=MPEGTS:187507, LOCAL:00:00:00.000 527 00:39:03,000 --> 00:39:06,233 CANNOT TURN CORNERS 528 00:39:06,333 --> 00:39:10,166 AND TEND TO GATHER AT CROSSROADS AND JUNCTIONS, 529 00:39:10,266 --> 00:39:12,800 SO DEWA AND THE TEAM MUST PAY SPECIAL ATTENTION 530 00:39:12,900 --> 00:39:15,366 TO THESE PARTS OF THE VILLAGE... 531 00:39:15,466 --> 00:39:17,466 [SHOUTING CONTINUES] 532 00:39:17,566 --> 00:39:20,466 ♪ 533 00:39:23,933 --> 00:39:28,666 ♪ 534 00:39:28,766 --> 00:39:32,500 NARRATOR: BUT THEY MUST BE CAREFUL. 535 00:39:32,600 --> 00:39:35,300 IF THE OGOH OGOH GETS BROKEN, THEY BELIEVE, 536 00:39:35,400 --> 00:39:38,466 ALL THE DEMONIC SPIRITS WILL ESCAPE. 537 00:39:38,566 --> 00:39:43,900 ♪ 538 00:39:44,000 --> 00:39:48,533 [PEOPLE CHEERING] 539 00:39:48,633 --> 00:39:54,200 NARRATOR: AFTER 5 HOURS, THEIR TRAPS ARE FULL. 540 00:39:54,300 --> 00:39:58,366 THE NEXT STEP IS TO DESTROY THE SPIRITS 541 00:39:58,466 --> 00:40:02,266 THEY'VE CAUGHT WITH FIRE. 542 00:40:02,366 --> 00:40:04,500 [PEOPLE HOOTING] 543 00:40:04,600 --> 00:40:09,933 ♪ 544 00:40:10,033 --> 00:40:14,066 NARRATOR: THEIR SPIRITUAL CLEANSE IS ALMOST COMPLETE, 545 00:40:14,166 --> 00:40:18,066 BUT THERE IS ONE FINAL STEP IN THE BATTLE AGAINST EVIL-- 546 00:40:28,833 --> 00:40:33,833 THE DAY OF SILENCE. 547 00:40:33,933 --> 00:40:39,833 FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS, DEWA AND EVERYONE ON BALI, 548 00:40:39,933 --> 00:40:43,100 FROM RESIDENTS TO TOURISTS, 549 00:40:43,200 --> 00:40:48,033 IS REQUIRED BY LAW TO HIDE INDOORS AND KEEP QUIET. 550 00:40:51,566 --> 00:40:55,066 THE AIM IS TO FOOL ANY REMAINING SPIRITS 551 00:40:55,166 --> 00:40:57,333 THEY MIGHT HAVE MISSED IN THE HUNT 552 00:40:57,433 --> 00:41:00,600 INTO THINKING THE ISLAND HAS BEEN ABANDONED. 553 00:41:00,700 --> 00:41:04,466 WITH NO HUMANS LEFT TO TORMENT, 554 00:41:04,566 --> 00:41:08,766 THE SPIRITS WILL MOVE ON. 555 00:41:11,233 --> 00:41:16,033 THE DAY OF SILENCE IS TAKEN EXTREMELY SERIOUSLY. 556 00:41:16,133 --> 00:41:22,633 RELIGIOUS WARDENS ARE ON PATROL TO ENFORCE THE RULES. 557 00:41:22,733 --> 00:41:25,166 [MAN SPEAKING INDONESIAN] 558 00:41:31,900 --> 00:41:34,100 [MAN ON RADIO SPEAKING INDONESIAN] 559 00:41:34,200 --> 00:41:36,766 ♪ 560 00:41:36,866 --> 00:41:40,966 NARRATOR: WORKING OR TRAVELLING IS FORBIDDEN. 561 00:41:41,066 --> 00:41:45,366 THE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT IS SHUT DOWN. 562 00:41:45,466 --> 00:41:52,000 THE INTERNET IS SWITCHED OFF... 563 00:41:52,100 --> 00:41:54,933 AND ELECTRICITY SUPPLIES ARE CUT. 564 00:41:58,266 --> 00:42:04,266 [BELL RINGING] WEBVTT X-TIMESTAMP-MAP=MPEGTS:187507, LOCAL:00:00:00.000 565 00:41:58,266 --> 00:42:04,266 [BELL RINGING] 566 00:42:04,366 --> 00:42:11,566 BY 6 A.M. THE FOLLOWING DAY, IT'S ALL OVER. 567 00:42:11,666 --> 00:42:15,366 HELPED BY THE POWER OF BESAKIH, 568 00:42:15,466 --> 00:42:20,100 BALI'S SPIRITUAL ORDER HAS BEEN RESTORED FOR ANOTHER YEAR. 569 00:42:20,200 --> 00:42:22,200 [BELL RINGING] 570 00:42:22,300 --> 00:42:24,933 [MAN CHANTING] 571 00:42:34,166 --> 00:42:38,333 ♪ 572 00:42:38,433 --> 00:42:42,366 NARRATOR: FOR THE BALINESE, THE HOLY WATERS OF BESAKIH 573 00:42:42,466 --> 00:42:48,466 ARE A VITAL WEAPON IN THE ANNUAL BATTLE AGAINST EVIL, 574 00:42:48,566 --> 00:42:50,900 AND IN MANY SACRED WONDERS, 575 00:42:51,000 --> 00:42:53,866 WATER LIES AT THE HEART OF ACTS OF FAITH. 576 00:42:53,966 --> 00:42:57,233 ♪ 577 00:42:57,333 --> 00:43:04,033 IN INDIA, THE RIVER GANGES IS CONSIDERED SACRED BY HINDUS. 578 00:43:04,133 --> 00:43:08,166 IT IS PERSONIFIED BY THE GODDESS GANGA, 579 00:43:08,266 --> 00:43:11,066 AND BATHING IN ITS WATERS IS BELIEVED 580 00:43:11,166 --> 00:43:15,600 TO ABSOLVE PEOPLE OF THEIR SINS 581 00:43:15,700 --> 00:43:20,833 WHILE AT LOURDES IN FRANCE, THE WATERS OF ITS HOLY SPRING 582 00:43:20,933 --> 00:43:23,600 ARE BELIEVED BY MANY OF THE MILLIONS OF PILGRIMS 583 00:43:23,700 --> 00:43:29,933 WHO VISIT EVERY YEAR TO HAVE MIRACULOUS HEALING POWERS, 584 00:43:30,033 --> 00:43:33,900 AND IN A WAR-TORN CORNER OF IRAQ, 585 00:43:34,000 --> 00:43:37,066 THERE IS ANOTHER WONDER WHERE THE WATERS 586 00:43:37,166 --> 00:43:40,933 OF A SACRED SPRING ARE HELPING TO HEAL WOMEN 587 00:43:41,033 --> 00:43:45,200 TRAUMATIZED BY A RECENT CONFLICT. 588 00:43:45,300 --> 00:43:54,833 ♪ 589 00:43:54,933 --> 00:43:59,900 THE VALLEY OF LALISH. 590 00:44:00,000 --> 00:44:03,366 THERE HAS BEEN A COMPLEX OF SHRINES HERE 591 00:44:03,466 --> 00:44:07,933 SINCE THE 12th CENTURY. 592 00:44:08,033 --> 00:44:12,733 IT IS THE HEART OF THE YAZIDI RELIGION, 593 00:44:12,833 --> 00:44:16,966 AN ANCIENT FAITH FOLLOWED BY UNDER A MILLION PEOPLE. 594 00:44:17,066 --> 00:44:20,000 ♪ 595 00:44:20,100 --> 00:44:23,033 YAZIDIS BELIEVE IN ONE GOD, 596 00:44:23,133 --> 00:44:26,266 REPRESENTED BY THE PEACOCK ANGEL. 597 00:44:26,366 --> 00:44:30,600 ♪ 598 00:44:30,700 --> 00:44:33,033 THEIR HOLIEST FIGURE ON EARTH, 599 00:44:33,133 --> 00:44:35,866 BURIED BENEATH THESE CONICAL SHRINES, 600 00:44:35,966 --> 00:44:40,033 IS SHEIKH ADI IBN MUSAFIR. 601 00:44:40,133 --> 00:44:44,900 FOR YAZIDIS, LALISH IS THE MOST SACRED PLACE ON EARTH, 602 00:44:45,000 --> 00:44:48,866 AND FOR 21-YEAR-OLD YAZIDI IVANA WALEED, 603 00:44:48,966 --> 00:44:51,666 IT HAS BECOME A PLACE OF HEALING. WEBVTT X-TIMESTAMP-MAP=MPEGTS:187507, LOCAL:00:00:00.000 604 00:45:07,266 --> 00:45:11,366 ♪ 605 00:45:11,466 --> 00:45:15,133 NARRATOR: IVANA DOESN'T LIVE IN IRAQ ANYMORE. 606 00:45:15,233 --> 00:45:19,800 SINCE 2015, SHE'S BEEN LIVING IN GERMANY WITH HER FAMILY... 607 00:45:26,666 --> 00:45:29,733 NARRATOR: BUT LALISH IS NEVER FAR FROM HER THOUGHTS 608 00:45:29,833 --> 00:45:33,733 ALONG WITH THE REASONS WHY SHE FLED. 609 00:45:35,900 --> 00:45:41,500 IN 2014, SO-CALLED ISLAMIC STATE INVADED IVANA'S HOMELAND 610 00:45:41,600 --> 00:45:45,500 IN THE SINJAR REGION OF IRAQ, 611 00:45:45,600 --> 00:45:49,366 AND IN AN EVENT THAT HAS NOW BEEN RECOGNIZED AS A GENOCIDE 612 00:45:49,466 --> 00:45:53,600 BY THE U.N., THEIR VILLAGES WERE RAZED TO THE GROUND. 613 00:45:53,700 --> 00:45:56,666 THOUSANDS OF MEN AND BOYS WERE KILLED, 614 00:45:56,766 --> 00:46:01,100 AND OVER 6,000 THOUSAND WOMEN AND GIRLS WERE TAKEN, 615 00:46:01,200 --> 00:46:06,066 MANY OF THEM AS SEX SLAVES, INCLUDING IVANA. 616 00:46:06,166 --> 00:46:09,166 ♪ 617 00:46:23,800 --> 00:46:27,133 ♪ 618 00:46:27,233 --> 00:46:29,800 NARRATOR: SINCE HER ORDEAL, LALISH HAS BECOME 619 00:46:29,900 --> 00:46:32,966 MORE SIGNIFICANT THAN EVER FOR IVANA. 620 00:46:33,066 --> 00:46:36,300 ♪ 621 00:46:53,233 --> 00:46:55,066 ♪ 622 00:46:55,166 --> 00:46:57,566 NARRATOR: WHILE SHE WAS HELD, IVANA WAS FORCED 623 00:46:57,666 --> 00:47:02,033 TO CONVERT TO ISLAM AND WAS FREQUENTLY RAPED AND BEATEN 624 00:47:02,133 --> 00:47:06,500 DURING HER 11-MONTH CAPTIVITY. 625 00:47:06,600 --> 00:47:10,733 SHE WAS JUST 17 AT THE TIME. 626 00:47:19,166 --> 00:47:21,166 ♪ 627 00:47:28,600 --> 00:47:30,933 ♪ 628 00:47:31,033 --> 00:47:34,700 NARRATOR: IVANA EVENTUALLY MANAGED TO ESCAPE. 629 00:47:34,800 --> 00:47:38,433 SHE MADE IT TO A REFUGEE CAMP BEFORE FINALLY BEING GRANTED 630 00:47:38,533 --> 00:47:43,466 A SAFE HAVEN IN GERMANY, 631 00:47:43,566 --> 00:47:50,200 BUT OVER A THOUSAND WOMEN AND GIRLS ARE STILL MISSING. 632 00:47:50,300 --> 00:47:53,866 [IVANA SPEAKS ARABIC] 633 00:47:53,966 --> 00:47:57,166 NARRATOR: NOW IVANA IS RETURNING TO LALISH 634 00:47:57,266 --> 00:48:01,633 TO ATTEND ONE OF THE HOLIEST EVENTS IN THE YAZIDI CALENDAR-- 635 00:48:01,733 --> 00:48:05,433 THE AUTUMN GATHERING. WEBVTT X-TIMESTAMP-MAP=MPEGTS:187507, LOCAL:00:00:00.000 636 00:48:01,733 --> 00:48:05,433 THE AUTUMN GATHERING. 637 00:48:05,533 --> 00:48:08,400 [MAN SPEAKING ARABIC] 638 00:48:08,500 --> 00:48:10,500 NARRATOR: IT WILL BE THE FIRST TIME IVANA 639 00:48:10,600 --> 00:48:13,800 HAS BEEN BACK FOR THIS FESTIVAL SINCE SHE MOVED TO GERMANY. 640 00:48:30,200 --> 00:48:33,000 ♪ 641 00:48:33,100 --> 00:48:37,066 NARRATOR: IRAQ, 4 DAYS LATER. 642 00:48:37,166 --> 00:48:40,033 THIS AUTUMN GATHERING IS THE FIRST OFFICIAL ONE 643 00:48:40,133 --> 00:48:44,466 SINCE THE YAZIDIS' HOMELAND WAS INVADED, 644 00:48:44,566 --> 00:48:49,566 BUT IVANA'S RETURN ISN'T JUST TO MARK THIS FESTIVAL. 645 00:48:49,666 --> 00:48:54,966 SHE'S ALSO HERE IN SEARCH OF SALVATION. 646 00:48:55,066 --> 00:48:58,200 TRADITIONALLY, SEXUAL RELATIONS WITH ANYONE 647 00:48:58,300 --> 00:49:01,600 WHO ISN'T YAZIDI, EVEN IF IT'S NONCONSENSUAL, 648 00:49:01,700 --> 00:49:06,700 MEANS EXPULSION FROM THE FAITH AND THE COMMUNITY, 649 00:49:06,800 --> 00:49:09,100 BUT ONE MONTH AFTER THE INVASION, 650 00:49:09,200 --> 00:49:12,266 THE YAZIDI RELIGIOUS LEADER ANNOUNCED A CHANGE IN THE RULES 651 00:49:12,366 --> 00:49:15,833 FOR VICTIMS LIKE IVANA. 652 00:49:15,933 --> 00:49:18,666 WOMEN WHO HAD BEEN HELD AS SEX SLAVES 653 00:49:18,766 --> 00:49:21,466 COULD RE-ENTER THE FAITH IF THEY RETURNED 654 00:49:21,566 --> 00:49:23,700 TO LALISH FOR A BLESSING. 655 00:49:23,800 --> 00:49:29,933 ♪ 656 00:49:30,033 --> 00:49:33,433 FOR IVANA, CROSSING THE THRESHOLD 657 00:49:33,533 --> 00:49:39,300 IS A HUGELY POIGNANT MOMENT. 658 00:49:39,400 --> 00:49:42,366 LALISH IS CONSIDERED SO SACRED 659 00:49:42,466 --> 00:49:47,600 THAT NO SHOES ARE WORN ANYWHERE INSIDE. 660 00:49:47,700 --> 00:49:51,033 ♪ 661 00:50:08,300 --> 00:50:10,000 ♪ 662 00:50:10,100 --> 00:50:12,833 NARRATOR: IVANA LOOKS OUT FOR OLD FRIENDS... 663 00:50:12,933 --> 00:50:14,766 ♪ 664 00:50:19,300 --> 00:50:22,466 NARRATOR: AND MEETS YAZIDI SPIRITUAL LEADERS... 665 00:50:28,433 --> 00:50:30,966 ♪ 666 00:50:31,066 --> 00:50:33,166 NARRATOR: BUT AMONG THE CROWD, SHE IS SEARCHING 667 00:50:33,266 --> 00:50:36,666 FOR TWO FACES IN PARTICULAR-- 668 00:50:36,766 --> 00:50:39,966 [IVANA WEEPING] 669 00:50:40,066 --> 00:50:43,233 NARRATOR: HER GRANDPARENTS. 670 00:50:43,333 --> 00:50:44,800 ♪ 671 00:50:48,633 --> 00:50:51,266 NARRATOR: THEY NOW LIVE IN A REFUGEE CAMP, 672 00:50:51,366 --> 00:50:55,100 AND IVANA HASN'T SEEN THEM SINCE SHE FLED 4 YEARS AGO. 673 00:50:55,200 --> 00:50:56,466 ♪ WEBVTT X-TIMESTAMP-MAP=MPEGTS:187507, LOCAL:00:00:00.000 674 00:51:11,633 --> 00:51:15,233 [CONVERSATION CONTINUES IN ARABIC] 675 00:51:17,433 --> 00:51:20,933 ♪ 676 00:51:21,033 --> 00:51:23,566 NARRATOR: EVERY VISIT TO LALISH MUST INCLUDE A PILGRIMAGE 677 00:51:23,666 --> 00:51:26,400 TO THE BURIAL TOMB OF SHEIKH ADI... 678 00:51:26,500 --> 00:51:30,933 ♪ 679 00:51:31,033 --> 00:51:34,500 AND PRAYERS WITH A YAZIDI PRIEST. 680 00:51:34,600 --> 00:51:49,033 ♪ 681 00:51:49,133 --> 00:51:51,333 NARRATOR: NOW IT'S TIME FOR IVANA'S BLESSING 682 00:51:51,433 --> 00:51:55,100 AT THE SACRED SPRING. 683 00:51:55,200 --> 00:51:57,966 FOR MANY YAZIDI WOMEN WHO SUFFERED AT THE HANDS 684 00:51:58,066 --> 00:52:00,733 OF ISLAMIC STATE, THIS CEREMONY BRINGS 685 00:52:00,833 --> 00:52:05,766 SO MUCH COMFORT, THEY RETURN TO REPEAT IT AGAIN AND AGAIN. 686 00:52:05,866 --> 00:52:09,766 ♪ 687 00:52:09,866 --> 00:52:13,766 THIS WILL BE IVANA'S SECOND BLESSING SINCE HER ORDEAL. 688 00:52:13,866 --> 00:52:17,933 ♪ 689 00:52:52,666 --> 00:53:00,700 ♪ 690 00:53:00,800 --> 00:53:06,600 [PEOPLE ULULATING] 691 00:53:06,700 --> 00:53:09,200 [IVANA SOBBING] 692 00:53:22,933 --> 00:53:25,733 NARRATOR: IVANA'S BLESSING TODAY CAN'T UNDO WHAT HAPPENED 693 00:53:25,833 --> 00:53:29,433 TO HER AND THOUSANDS OF OTHER YAZIDI WOMEN, 694 00:53:29,533 --> 00:53:32,433 BUT IT'S A STEP ON THE ROAD TO HEALING. 695 00:53:32,533 --> 00:53:36,366 [NEY AND TAMBOURINE PLAYING] 696 00:53:56,833 --> 00:54:02,633 NARRATOR: FOR YAZIDIS, LALISH IS THE CENTER OF THEIR IDENTITY 697 00:54:02,733 --> 00:54:05,466 AND A PLACE THAT CELEBRATES WEBVTT X-TIMESTAMP-MAP=MPEGTS:187507, LOCAL:00:00:00.000 698 00:54:02,733 --> 00:54:05,466 AND A PLACE THAT CELEBRATES 699 00:54:05,566 --> 00:54:08,633 THE UNIFYING POWER OF SACRED WONDERS. 700 00:54:11,400 --> 00:54:17,366 ♪ 701 00:54:17,466 --> 00:54:20,133 ANNOUNCER: TO ORDER "EARTH'S SACRED WONDERS" ON DVD, 702 00:54:20,233 --> 00:54:23,900 VISIT SHOPPBS OR CALL 1-800-PLAY-PBS. 703 00:54:24,000 --> 00:54:27,000 THIS PROGRAM IS ALSO AVAILABLE ON AMAZON PRIME VIDEO. 704 00:54:27,100 --> 00:54:31,100 ♪ 49930

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