Mao as a muse

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Mao as a muse

Philippe Ramirez

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MAO AS A MUSE PHILIPPE RAMlREZ

Kralltima himd

[On the palh lo revolution]

Boys: The multitude of gods has left the rodighar l , listen!

Night has gone, morning has come

Look, irs beginning lo get light, the red sun is up, lislen

carefuIJy

Sitting silently, wc lose lime Lel's lake Ihe path of revolution

logelher

Girls: The black cloud is disappearing

Pullhejhyaure drum2 away

]RefrainJ Look. it's beginning to gel light ...

Boys: In the lowns and in the country, the people have risen up

I'inally the proletariat has united

]Refrainl Look. it' beginning to get

lighl.. ...

Girls: Now, it's the people's [urn

An earthquake will carry away the big landowners

]RefrainJ Look. il'S beginning to gel

!ighl.. ...

Boys: The revolulion accomplished. freedom will reign victorious

Everyone will enjoy the rights that they will win

]Refrainl Look, il'S beginning to get lighl.. ...

Girls: Two days lO laugh

EBHR 15-16, 1998-1999

And lo throw out the big landowners

[Refrain] Look, il'S beginning to gellighl.. ...

From Nar Bahadur B.C., Ragatko amSl~, 2050 V. S., Myagdi, B. C. Parivar.

An anonymous fresco io Chya.<al (patan, Nepal) dating from the 1991 elections. The slogan rcads "Let's stamp out the sun sign" (i.e. [he electoral symbol of the United Marxist-Leninist Party).

Notes: I Youth hall.

2 Drum used in youth band which plays and begs during the rihar festival.