Senju Kannon - The 1000-hand Goddess of Mercy!

1. Chesh
   August 21st, 2007 at 5:15 am

   These people are a deaf dance troupe from China, btw. The two women in white you can see briefly at the sides of the stage are helping with their cues.

2. Simon
   August 21st, 2007 at 7:22 am

   That’s not japanese.

   As Chesh said, these are Chinese deaf girls, performing a dance in honour of Bodhisattva (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bodhisattva), which is a Buddist entity. Search youtube for bodhisattva and you’ll find references to this video.

   This video has been on the internet for ages and it’s been used in many motivational speeches and speeches about TEAM WORK: all the girls are DEAF!, Imagine what kinda training they have undergone in order to be able to present this beautifully.

3. anon
   August 21st, 2007 at 8:50 am

   Simon, that *is* Japanese, both the text at the top of the screen and the dialogue at the end of the performance.

   This Chinese dance troupe is performing at a Japanese benefit concert–and they’ve been performing this routine pretty much nonstop at least since 2005, when they were a big hit at the televised Chinese New Year Gala on CCTV. And if you watch the end of the video, you’ll notice that they aren’t all girls either.

   http://www.danwei.org/tv/choice_moments_from_the_spring.php

4. Eni
   August 21st, 2007 at 11:03 am

   Jesus, I count 21 pairs of arms. Now that’s coordination.

5. Akiro
   August 21st, 2007 at 9:03 pm

   This has been on Neatorama before.

6. Adam Stanhope
   August 21st, 2007 at 10:53 pm

   Kuan Yin is Chinese.

7. xana
   August 21st, 2007 at 10:59 pm

   I love “jazz hands”.

8. Alex
   August 22nd, 2007 at 2:26 am

   You’re right Akiro, the dance is so neat it’s actually been on Neatorama twice before (Bodhisattva with 1,000 hands and Thousand-Hand Bodhisattva Dance)! But I haven’t seen this particular clip before.

   Again, my position is that “duplicates happen” - it’s quite difficult to keep track of all of the stories we’ve covered in the past. Plus, some stuff deserve to be showcased more than once, because new people visit the blog every day!

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