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[zither introduces traditional
Japanese arrangement]
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[flute leads]
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♪
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♪
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(woman)
The tea gatherings
help to form a respite.
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It functions
almost like meditation.
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I let go
of my other thoughts,and
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I focus on the sound
of the gravel under my feet
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and the sound of the water
when I wash my hands
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and the sound
that the door makes
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opening and closing
when we go into the teahouse.
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I like everything
about the tea gathering.
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(female narrator)
Experiencing
the rich Japanese tradition
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ofchanoyu,
or the "way of tea,"
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only requires a visit
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to the Culberson Asiatic
Arboretum at Duke Gardens,
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known as the crown jewel
of Duke University in Durham.
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This artful preparation,
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serving,
and receiving of tea
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captivates visitors
like Jeanette Stokes.
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(Stokes)
I love how simple it is.
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I love
that it's very prescribed
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and choreographed,
so it's the same every time.
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I know what to expect,
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and yet in that sameness,
there's variation.
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So the teacups
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and the sweets that are served
and the scroll
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will all be different
each time
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because those things
are chosen
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to go along with the season.
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It both helps me calm myself
in the moment
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when I am experiencing
the tea gathering,
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and it helps me
appreciate the rhythm
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of the natural world
and the seasons of the year.
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(narrator)
Whether you visit
in the spring or fall,
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the tea gathering
follows its own unique rhythm.
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First, the host
greets the guests
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at the waiting shelter
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and escorts them
to a water basin,
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where each guest
washes their hands.
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Then, they enter the teahouse
using a crawl-through door.
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(woman)
No matter how high
your social status is,
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you have
to lower--
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(Stokes)
We're all the same.
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(woman)
Yes, so inside
of the tea room,
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all the guests are equal--
heh, heh...heh!
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(narrator)
Once inside,
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guests enjoy
traditional Japanese sweets
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before the host begins
the tea-making procedure,
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ortemae,
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using powdered green tea
calledmatcha.
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After receiving tea,
guests have the chance
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to study various utensils
and ask questions.
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This is a tea scoop
we used for today.
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This bamboo
is from Duke Gardens.
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I carved this tea scoop.
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This is a tea whisk,
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so just one piece of bamboo
then cut into tiny pieces.
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(Stokes)
Every implement
is very thoughtfully chosen
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so that when I arrive
at the teahouse,
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there are small delights
from the very beginning,
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and the delights
just continue so that,
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almost like a child
at a birthday party,
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I relax and assume
that I'm being taken care of,
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and then the most restful
thing for me
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is actually watching
the host make the tea.
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The host will move
very slowly and deliberately
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in this very careful
and stylized process,
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and so just watching
the hand movements of the host
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is calming,
watching her dip water
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out of the water boiler
and pour it, the whisking,
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almost as though watching
someone do an art project
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or someone dance
carefully and slowly.
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It's just totally engrossing.
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(narrator)
This attention
to the smallest details
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embraces the Japanese phrase
ichi-go, ichi-e,
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"one moment, one meeting,"
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the belief
that each moment in time
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is unique and worthy
of the fullest appreciation.
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Many forms of tea practice
exist in Japan,
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but Chizuko Sueyoshi
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and other tea program
volunteers
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follow the Urasenke school
ofchanoyu,
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one of three schools
continued by blood descendants
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of 16th-century
grand tea master Sen Rikyu.
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With a strong belief
in simplicity,
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Rikyu distilled the way of tea
down to four basic principles:
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wa, "harmony;"
kei, "respect;"
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sei, "purity;"
andjaku, "tranquility."
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This is a art
of everyday life.
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Thewa kei sei jaku
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is not just
for the way of tea.
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I think
this is just for everything.
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(narrator)
The peaceful awareness
of the environment
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found in tea gatherings
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also flourishes in the garden
the teahouse calls home.
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(man)
It's such a wonderful world
of plants out there.
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Sometimes the most interesting
plants, I feel,
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aren't the ones that are showy
and gaudy and, you know,
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have the biggest
and most interesting flowers,
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but the tiny ones.
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I very much appreciate
the God-given beauty
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of the natural world,
and that's how I look at it.
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So the man-made objects--
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truly, they're intended
to embellish
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the natural beauty
that exists here.
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♪
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I think the process we used
to place the Japanese teahouse
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would be one good example.
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So this is
a particularly nice feature
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where the carpenter
made the post
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appear to be coming
from the rock.
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The Japanese teahouse
that we currently have
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will be sort of
the frontispiece, as it were,
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of this new Japanese garden
that we're creating.
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We're going to try
and portray to the public
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that this
is a mountain hillside.
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Early on in Japan,
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tea huts were often removed
from the city
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and were perhaps
in the mountains.
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You really sort of left
the world behind.
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Once we built the teahouse,
the Triangle-area tea group
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began doing
tea demonstrations,
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and one of the women early on,
her name was Kaki.
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One morning
as she walked in, you know,
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she was just
particularly radiant,
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that is, sort of glowing,
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and I commented
to her about that.
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She said that when she walks
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to the teahouse
from the parking lot,
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as she gets closer and closer
to the teahouse
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and then walks
along the Japanese-style fence
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and comes in the gate,
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she just really feels
like she's at home in Japan,
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and that's, you know,
the ultimate compliment.
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(Stokes)
On a regular basis,
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I might come just to enjoy
this beautiful structure.
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I appreciate that it
was built as a project--
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as a joint project
between the gardens,
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the sister city program
in Durham
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and the sister cities program
in Toyama, Japan.
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And so it's fun to sit
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not just
in a beautiful building
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but a beautiful building
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that represents
cultural exchange.
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(narrator)
Duke Gardens
is building bridges
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not only
with Durham's sister city
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but with the local public.
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(woman)
I think Duke Gardens' benefit
to the community--
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you can look at that
so many different ways.
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What can we do
that helps people understand
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more about the natural world,
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understand about how
other places
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have approached
the natural world,
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hence the tea program,
and share that, those values.
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What if you're
a schoolteacher
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and you want
your children to understand
07:18.805 --> 07:21.374 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70%
in a real
and kind of engaging way
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how the natural world works?
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Programs here
can help you accomplish that.
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Children come
through the program
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and write haiku,
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and I actually have
a favorite haiku.
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It was written
a couple years ago
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by a fourth grader.
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He was standing
in the bamboo grove
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and he said,
"Bamboo--such a funny name.
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Is it bam or is it boo?"
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Hah!
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(Jones)
There is so much
great horticulture
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available to the public
in the terraces garden,
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in the Blomquist Garden
of Native Plants,
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in the Discovery Garden,
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the gardens
of the Doris Duke Center.
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There's just so much
going on here,
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and we're just
a small part of it.
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(narrator)
This commitment
to sharing moments of beauty
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across cultures
and communities
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runs deep
through the teahouse,
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right down to the name
of a tea scoop.
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So today's tea scoop's
name is Dream.
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Our tea group's dream is,
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we want to show
Japanese traditional culture,
08:16.996 --> 08:21.634 align:left position:17.5%,start line:83% size:72.5%
which we are studying,
to the people in this area.
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Then I hope all the visitors
to tea gatherings
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enjoy the moment
in this teahouse.
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♪
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[birds chirping]