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As Himalayan glaciers vanish, a cellist and a folk singer unite across cultures to honor an ancient story and the mountains it was meant to protect.
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00:03In much of the world, our connection to nature has faded.
00:15It's moved to the edge of our lives.
00:23In Bhutan, that relationship remains alive.
00:29I wanted to know how.
00:31Hi, Yoyo. It's great to see you.
00:38But if you could describe what the words mean to you.
00:42It's about a yak and its herder.
00:45In our Highland, the yak gives us milk, meat, even its life.
00:50So it's a sacrifice.
00:52Here, the natural world is not seen as separate from us, but as something we belong to.
00:59The Bhutanese people offer their melodies a prayer to the snow lion that the ice will hold.
01:10And that the spirit will remain with us.
01:20This folk tale is really about our interdependence from us and the planet.
01:26So we are going to be ready toges for the next episode.
01:31To get back into the next episode, shall weiss?
01:32We will just hold on to the next episode.
01:32And we are now coming together.
01:34Closed Comic, done for a week together.
01:34How I will do this.
01:35As for you.
01:36You

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