Wednesday, November 24, 2010

Pretty wise?



I think they're pretty interesting.

For those that don't understand what they're rapping about and don't want to spend time watching the video over and over again and searching for answers, they're basically talking about this practice in South Africa among the Corza people (the black guy). What happens is when a boy comes of age, he is given a pair of underpants and a blanket and brought out to the bush. After a week, he is circumcised by the elders of his community, no painkillers and most importantly no disinfection. They rub some burnt ash to stop the bleeding and that's about it. After this, he becomes a man. The problem is a lot of these boys die from infection and apparently a good portion of those that don't, have functional issues with their penises. The whole video is basically saying fuck that, this is ridiculous, I'm not going to go through it.

I think the South African accent is interesting. It sounds nothing like the British accent when you're just leisurely browsing, but when you zone in on the words then you can identify some similarities. I also happen to think that the white mice outfit is pretty awesome.

2 comments:

  1. crap! why do you look at things like that? looking at your description is enough to make me not want to look at the video. :/

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  2. Haha. The video IS very crude. It's not inspiring, it's interesting. Think of it as a curiosity, a little peep into another culture.

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