![]() Movement of stars initiates all these changes that mark renewal, regeneration and rebirth. Hibernating reptiles abandon their hideouts when temperatures begin to pick up. The cold winter, an approximation of death of life and conservation of energy for use when the environment springs back to life. Seven symbolic white balloons had been tied to the representation of the grave of an Egyptian Pharaoh. ![]() Africa has used fire to symbolise change where the old state gives way to a new one. It was this learning through association that was captured during the opening ceremony at Amagugu Inkelo Cultural Expo on 23 September 2022.Ī wooden structure in the mode of an Egyptian pyramid was constructed, later torched, and completely burnt into white ash. What stars portend may result in them getting names that reflect and express what comes in their wake. The world of humans, their lived experiences guide them in interpreting the links between celestial movements, the resulting positions in the heavens and concomitant events on earth. Association between the appearance of pleiades and ploughing is evident in several southern African languages. In IsiNdebele the stars aee known as isilimela, a name that insinuates hoeing or ploughing. The constellation known as pleiades is also referred to as the hoeing stars in English. Shortly, the rains would be expected to begin in earnest. For example, the Pleiades were accordingly referred to as isilimela and marked changes in both the weather and climate. Celestial movements and resulting positions in the firmament and in relation to various places on earth are followed by predictable and consistent events. Movements and resulting positions of stars in the firmament mark and create time, seasons and ensuing economic, ritual, cultural and social activities.Īccordingly, stars get names that capture events that follow their appearances. For example, when the Pleiades appear in southern Africa in July, they are a wakeup call for the people who practice agriculture to begin preparations for the coming rains. The video is intercut with scenes where Ayumi is singing at a fairyland/dream setting.This is another way of saying stars seem to portend coming events. Her boyfriend becomes comatose and in his dreams he tries to contact Ayumi via letters, not realizing that his letters would never reach her. The video for Ballad featured an elaborate storyline where Ayumi and her boyfriend get in a motorcycle accident. The video is also inter-cut with scenes of models posing in haute couture outfits. ![]() ![]() You Were featured Ayumi at a winter-like scene wearing a blinking, electrically-lit dress. As of early December, there have been many promotional pictures posted around Shibuya, Shinagawa and Harajuku in Tokyo. These magazines were "Sweet", "Bea's Up", "Vivi" and "S Cawaii". Hamasaki was featured on the cover of four Japanese magazines during the promotion of the single. It is also her 34th number-one single on the Oricon weekly charts.ĭuring December 2009, Hamasaki performed live on Japanese TV shows seven times. The single became Hamasaki's 22nd consecutive single to debut at number-one position since her 2002 single "Free & Easy" on the Oricon weekly charts, making her the first solo artist and the female artist to have 22 consecutive singles to debut at number-one position. The first song on the single "You were." is the theme song for the Japanese version of the Disney movie Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure, while the second song "Ballad" is tied up with The Firmament of the Pleiades, a NHK's historical and political drama based on Jiro Asada's book of the same name. The single was intended to be released on December 16, but Avex Trax pushed the release date two weeks back. " You Were./Ballad" is Japanese singer Ayumi Hamasaki's forty-seventh (forty-eighth overall) single, released on December 29, 2009. ![]()
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