{"id":42,"date":"2010-02-11T14:36:17","date_gmt":"2010-02-11T14:36:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/omsweetom\/2010\/02\/video-govinda-on-ice.html"},"modified":"2010-02-11T14:36:17","modified_gmt":"2010-02-11T14:36:17","slug":"video-govinda-on-ice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/omsweetom\/2010\/02\/video-govinda-on-ice.html","title":{"rendered":"Video: Govinda on Ice"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With Winter Olympics XXI kicking off, I&#8217;m wondering if there will be a Hindu connection to speak of. Lets face it &#8212; India, the seat of Hindu culture, is not exactly renowned for its excellence in sports that involve snow and ice. <\/p>\n<p>Still, stranger things have happened. Case in point: in the 2006 Winter Olympics in Torino, Italy, Armenian figure skaters Anastasia Grebenkina &amp; Vazgen Azroyan chose a traditional Hindu chant, called <i>Brahma-samhita<\/i>, to free dance to. The song glorifies Lord Krishna, also known as Govinda. <\/p>\n<p>This particular recording was produced by the late George Harrison (who also played bass guitar on the track) and features devotees of London&#8217;s Radha-Krishna Temple singing. <\/p>\n<p>How the Armenian skaters were inspired to base their dance on a Hindu chant is a bit of a mystery that I have not been able to solve.&nbsp; But it does make for an indescribable experience watching it. Here it is:&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; <\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<object height=\"285\" width=\"340\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/RWhkpXSRckM&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;color1=0x2b405b&amp;color2=0x6b8ab6&amp;border=1\" \/><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/RWhkpXSRckM&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;color1=0x2b405b&amp;color2=0x6b8ab6&amp;border=1\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" height=\"285\" width=\"340\">A nice example of East meets West? Or an awkward culture clash? Comment below.<br \/>&nbsp;<br \/><\/object><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With Winter Olympics XXI kicking off, I&#8217;m wondering if there will be a Hindu connection to speak of. Lets face it &#8212; India, the seat of Hindu culture, is not exactly renowned for its excellence in sports that involve snow and ice. 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