Animo San Beda Wall

Dedicated to the Animo Scarf Team and the Bedan Red Army.

BEHOLD!

THE ANIMO SAN BEDA WALL!

Sources:

Pictures by tatzkee, jc and laineyjavier of Bedista.com.

Youtube by AnimoRedLions.

Animo Scarf Team (alexeryap, jabedan and bokbok of Bedista.com)

San Beda Lion’s Roar (aka Indian Chant) and the Hippie Rain Chant!

Hand drums and log poles were often used to provide a beat. The tribe was constantly traveling to follow the seasonal migration, making large drums hard to care for and transport. Most songs were passed down from generation to generation; some having special words that belonged to a certain tribe or nation, some containing no words. – http://www.crystalinks.com/powwow.html

Honoring the Counter-culture Generation

Two decades of defiant Indian Yelling and War Chanting, coupled by the personal experience with student unrest centered on Mendiola, Bedans of the late 60s and early 70s identified themselves with the global counter-culture generation whose apex was reached during the August 15-17 Woodstock festival of 1969. Woodstock ’69 was considered the highlight of counter-culture Hippie generation with roots in both Eastern mysticism and the American Indian way of life.

The event was conceived as a profit oriented commercial venture. Tickets were sold, food stand concessions were agreed and a movie-documentary and soundtrack/music rights to cover the event were signed. Events overpowered the commercial motivation in favor of a spontaneous gathering of Hippies and wannabes. The rest was history.

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The Woodstock Festival was filmed and the music from the soundtrack was released afterwards. Woodstock (subtitled “3 Days of Peace & Music)* was the documentary about the festival released March 26, 1970. The film was directed by Micahel Wadleigh and edited by (amongst others) Martin Scorsese and Thelma Schoonaked; Schoonmaker was nominated for an Academy Award for Film Editing. It received the Academy Award for Documentary Feature, as well as a nomination for Best Sound. The Official Director’s Cut spans 225 minutes. According to the book “Woodstock: An Inside Look at the Movie That Shook Up the World and Defined a Generation” , the movie soundtrack was finished 18 weeks or approximately 4 months after the festival.

“The making of the sound track for the documentary concert film Woodstock posed numerous technical and logistical challenges…It’s completion marked the turning point in the development of sound-for-picture.” – Dan Wallin

Music from the Original Soundtrack and More, or more commonly Woodstock, was the live music performance originally released one year later (August 15, 1970). It came out as a set of 3 LPs five months after the the premiere of the movie. The music for the LP was taken from the movie soundtrack with some modifications.

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The Bedan infatuation with Native American war whooping was fundamental in the immediate adaptation of the American Indian inspired Hippie Rain Chant. Bedans were already chanting a shorter version of the “Wohoooo” for two decades and the emergence of the hippie wohoooo after Woodstock ’69 was an opportunity to enhance the Indian war whooping. The integration of the Hippie Rain Chant with Bedan Indian cheering tradition particularly the Indian Yell was openly embraced.

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San Beda’s Lion’s Roar (a.k.a. Indian chant) was initially used to signify the entry of the Little Indians and as a prelude to the Indian Yell. Eventually it served as a stand-alone chant distinct from the Indian Yell itself. Considered as a derivative chant of all the previous “Wohoooos”, and other American Indian inspired war whooping , the Roar is still an integral part of the Bedan arsenal in the battle for supremacy in Philippine collegiate sports.

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The history and Native American inspiration of the Hippies ,along with their Rain Chant, was almost forgotten. The Establishment hijacked the Hippie Movement together with the underlying culture of defiance. The movement and their symbols were repackaged as “cool” commodities for commercial consumption. From counter-culture to commerce-culture, history drifted towards delusion and collective amnesia.

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Being true and respectful of the counter-culture generation, we bring to you this video clip taken from the original movie “Woodstock: 3 Days of Peace and Music” to acknowledge the indebtedness of the Bedan collegiate cheering to the Hippies and Native Americans.Witness the mud, filth and fury (well not exactly) of the original clip only down-to-earth street smart Bedans from the counter-culture generation would readily embrace!

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The Bedan infatuation with American Indian is self-evident. The relationship of Hippies with Native Americans will not be denied! Wooohooooooo! Go San Beda! Fight!

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Now listen to a modern rendition of an Indian Rain Chant dubbed “Acid Rain Dance”:

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Note:

*An important clarification. Note that in the Music LP, the Rain Chant was used as a segue to the music of Carlos Santana (August 16, Saturday). In the documentary film, the Rain Chant was recorded after the several hour long rainstorm and prior to the performance of Country Joe and the Fish (August 17, Sunday). Which is which? It was done after the rainstorm. The term used by the movie producer “Rain Chant” was actually a misnomer since the Indian Rain Chant was a prayer for rain. The Hippie Rain Chant was a celebration amidst the mud, rain and the filth. A “No Rain Chant” really!

Sources:

Woodstock: An Inside Look at the Movie That Shook Up the World and Defined a Generation edited by Dale Bell http://www.amazon.com/Woodstock-Inside-Movie-Defined-Generation/dp/094118871X

Woodstock Festival. Wikipedia entry (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodstock_Festival)

Woodstock: Music from the Original Soundtrack. Wikipedia entry (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodstock:_Music_from_the_Original_Soundtrack_and_More)

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