Olesya
Jedi Master
For the last two of days I was listening a lot of Russian orthodox bell ringing. Here's the description and history http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_Orthodox_bell_ringing It is something I'd like to share and ask about your experiences with it.
A need (I don't have any other word to describe it) to listen bell ringing came about very suddenly after I re-read some comment I posted on Sott page and laughed at myself because the way I wrote it. And then, I suddenly remembered a feeling that I once had while living in Kiev, when on a crisp autumn morning I heard the bells singing from St. Vladimir's Cathedral. I don't really know how to described it, maybe, something like, feeling of lightness, purity, joy and longing. I couldn't find on the internet anything close to what I heard at that time, but here are some examples of bell ringing.
_http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-a9OBFB2lcA
_ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fGd_MaYYuS8
_http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8ZApYCAfUo
There are a lot of different styles and schools of bell ringing. Maybe, someone has good examples of the old style bell ringing without all modern electronic stuff, maybe, of some small village churches bell ringing? One more interesting thing, osit, is that the largest bell is called "blagovest", i.e. that what transmits "blagaya vest'" or something that transmits true knowledge, osit. The most amazing part for me was is that in old style bell ringing this type of bell is played while being inside the bell. I wonder what might be the effects of that...
A need (I don't have any other word to describe it) to listen bell ringing came about very suddenly after I re-read some comment I posted on Sott page and laughed at myself because the way I wrote it. And then, I suddenly remembered a feeling that I once had while living in Kiev, when on a crisp autumn morning I heard the bells singing from St. Vladimir's Cathedral. I don't really know how to described it, maybe, something like, feeling of lightness, purity, joy and longing. I couldn't find on the internet anything close to what I heard at that time, but here are some examples of bell ringing.
_http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-a9OBFB2lcA
_ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fGd_MaYYuS8
_http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8ZApYCAfUo
There are a lot of different styles and schools of bell ringing. Maybe, someone has good examples of the old style bell ringing without all modern electronic stuff, maybe, of some small village churches bell ringing? One more interesting thing, osit, is that the largest bell is called "blagovest", i.e. that what transmits "blagaya vest'" or something that transmits true knowledge, osit. The most amazing part for me was is that in old style bell ringing this type of bell is played while being inside the bell. I wonder what might be the effects of that...