The Intricate Dance of the Alaskan Bell Ringers

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  • Опубликовано: 27 дек 2024

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  • @superEN30
    @superEN30 7 лет назад +261

    I'm a church bellringer in the UK, and it's really interesting to see a different take on ringing bells. I ring with our traditional "full circle" style, where the bells are hung on wheels and the rope is tied to the bell "headstock" and passed through the rim of the wheel down through to the floor below.
    When we pull the rope, we're actually moving the wheel and the bell, not the clapper inside, so the bell hits against the clapper not the reverse as shown in the video :)
    This is a very crude description, but the physics of ringing full circle are a little more complicated.

    • @noodlepipkin
      @noodlepipkin 7 лет назад +1

      superEN30 hmmm. Don't you also eat Mars bars unlike this lady?! 😂#jumpjump

    • @superEN30
      @superEN30 7 лет назад

      :P

    • @AllonsyRapunzel
      @AllonsyRapunzel 7 лет назад +1

      Only nerds ring it that way

    • @superEN30
      @superEN30 7 лет назад +1

      yeah you are a nerd rosie :P

    • @samuelwardell1233
      @samuelwardell1233 7 лет назад

      superEN30 the bells swing 360 degrees, so they bells is inverted from mouth down to mouth up every time you pull the rope

  • @MarenAnne66
    @MarenAnne66 7 лет назад +270

    Call me a romantic, but I love the idea of a generations tasked with such a lovely tradition.

    • @AllonsyRapunzel
      @AllonsyRapunzel 7 лет назад +9

      I'm a bellringer from the UK (where we ring the bells completely differently) and my Grandfather is a bellringer, as is my Grandma, my Dad, my Mum, my Godmother and my Sister. To be fair it just causes more arguments!

    • @HistoricaHungarica
      @HistoricaHungarica 7 лет назад +6

      4 generations of miners in my family (i would be the 5th, but i won't be), most of the time when they talk(ed) about work they start(ed) to nitpick each others' technique, how the other has/had it easy, etc.
      And my grandpa was once kicked out of my great-grandfather's house because gramps wouldn't want to work in the same tunnel as my great-grandfather. He was 16. Needless to say the following month was awkward at the entrance of the shaft for both of them.

    • @elmatador9086
      @elmatador9086 7 лет назад +2

      HistoricaHungarica Never thought I'd hear about a family argument surrounding mining.

    • @miguelthedoofus55
      @miguelthedoofus55 4 года назад

      Tradition is peer pressure from dead people

  • @SG-bp4lg
    @SG-bp4lg 7 лет назад +169

    Man Alaska's pretty

    • @Knoar
      @Knoar 7 лет назад +8

      It only looks like this a couple months out of the year. The winters can look like Iceland.

  • @Crushenator500
    @Crushenator500 7 лет назад +42

    I have no idea how you find such ultra niche stories, but I love it. Especially this late in the summer.

  • @jcortese3300
    @jcortese3300 7 лет назад +10

    "It's not as easy as it looks," she says, while doing something that doesn't look easy AT ALL ...
    Very cool.

  • @cindy4628
    @cindy4628 7 лет назад +17

    so much vibrant green, it's beautiful there

  • @nugett506
    @nugett506 5 лет назад +8

    Unalaska is in Alaska
    Creative

  • @sonahuk
    @sonahuk 2 месяца назад

    I'm from Bristol Bay and hearing these bells calms my heart and soul, thank you.

  • @leyah18
    @leyah18 7 лет назад +33

    Wow it's a lovely and peaceful place, I want to live there.

    • @rkeriadavis790
      @rkeriadavis790 7 лет назад +2

      same I've always liked the idea of living in a place where I can disconnect from the world and there aren't that many people, but I fear that in the future everywhere will have overpopulation

    • @dogguy8603
      @dogguy8603 7 лет назад +7

      Ley Kim learn how to, stalk, kill, gut, clean, and process your own food first, also carry a gun with you constantly, because of bears

    • @karinajaylene1292
      @karinajaylene1292 3 года назад +1

      @@dogguy8603 we don’t have bears here...

    • @karinajaylene1292
      @karinajaylene1292 3 года назад +1

      you should, the community here is lovely and very interactive and diverse.

    • @joelandrew9688
      @joelandrew9688 3 года назад

      Very expensive to live there

  • @mreyeball3085
    @mreyeball3085 7 лет назад +10

    Unalaska is full of surprises

  • @miroslavm2553
    @miroslavm2553 7 лет назад +3

    Beautiful, touching story. If I ever come to Alaska, definitely will visit this charming place.

  • @goldenboy2674
    @goldenboy2674 7 лет назад +55

    These stories are a welcome change from all the bloated self centered celebrity stories you are bombarded with on a daily basis on youtube.

  • @szeklergeneral4266
    @szeklergeneral4266 4 года назад +11

    well its an orthodox church so of course multiple bells are ringed at once

  • @Προκείμενον
    @Προκείμενον 4 года назад +4

    Church bells - so fascinating!

  • @rustyjamesjacildo2449
    @rustyjamesjacildo2449 5 лет назад +10

    Forget about masters degree or phd, i want to have a title as the bell ringer.

  • @skitmaster4130
    @skitmaster4130 4 года назад +4

    I love living at the island

  • @monikamonia6250
    @monikamonia6250 7 лет назад +28

    That's a great story 😊

  • @johnnyschuler1997
    @johnnyschuler1997 7 лет назад +5

    Love video, editing and content is great. Do you guys compose your own music or is it from somewhere?

  • @brandelynmarie
    @brandelynmarie 7 лет назад +2

    It's beautiful💚

  • @littlebrookreader949
    @littlebrookreader949 7 месяцев назад

    I am astonished.. ❤️❤️❤️

  • @v4nes54
    @v4nes54 7 лет назад +33

    Amazing

    • @raphaelkgh218
      @raphaelkgh218 7 лет назад +1

      vanessa yeah!😍😍😍😍😉

  • @EXPHunterForce
    @EXPHunterForce 7 лет назад +3

    How do you find your topics to create videos on?

  • @user-ir8gj3ru7i
    @user-ir8gj3ru7i 14 дней назад

    Just think of the exercise 💪!😊

  • @johnwidmann1674
    @johnwidmann1674 Год назад

    This instrument is a Zvon, a traditional Russian set of bells. Cool. The English swinging bells referred to by another comment are a peal or ring. In continental Europe, particularly in Belgium, the Netherlands and Northern France, they have carillons. More bells, recognizable music, more precise tuning.

  • @chillinbro5423
    @chillinbro5423 6 лет назад +3

    Is this the same place where lots of eagles live

  • @s.mcqueen8149
    @s.mcqueen8149 7 лет назад +1

    I live in Alaska! (Wrangell)

  • @jorgeriverajr1745
    @jorgeriverajr1745 7 лет назад +1

    I have to go there one day :')

  • @elijahalvarez1557
    @elijahalvarez1557 7 лет назад +1

    Finally one million subscribers

  • @james_m2533
    @james_m2533 7 лет назад +25

    I would've kind of liked to have actually heard her ringing them

  • @GreenPenguinSliding
    @GreenPenguinSliding 7 лет назад

    That's really cool

  • @Aqsaitaaq
    @Aqsaitaaq 5 лет назад +4

    That church is a russian style

  • @ninogizeta
    @ninogizeta 5 лет назад

    Fantastico !

  • @suemahigian5088
    @suemahigian5088 Год назад

    Wow!

  • @BHuang92
    @BHuang92 7 лет назад +2

    Do they still do that in Russian orthodox churches?

    • @evang7252
      @evang7252 5 лет назад +2

      BHuang92 yes

    • @Mrs.Karen_Walker
      @Mrs.Karen_Walker 2 года назад

      ofcourse they do. ... what did you think? Its the Orthodox Church. Tradition is tradition and cant be changed.

  • @Liam-ub1uk
    @Liam-ub1uk 7 лет назад +2

    Lovely video, but it only tells us about a singular Alaskan Bell Ringer, not "the Alaskan Bell Ringers"...

    • @9786oof
      @9786oof 7 лет назад

      Liam her dad and her progeny?

    • @aleutb0i478
      @aleutb0i478 4 года назад

      well not all churches have bells like this most churches have 1 or 2 or many not all church bells are like this one in unalaska

  • @BenDover-oc6qt
    @BenDover-oc6qt 7 лет назад +5

    It's an ALASKAN BELL RINGER

  • @alharthy50
    @alharthy50 7 лет назад +2

    "From whom the bell tolls." (Metallica)

  • @gammakeraulophon
    @gammakeraulophon 3 года назад +1

    Could really have extended this to include an uninterrupted sequence of the bells playing itself. As it stands, it's just a half documentary without that. For some the sound that the bells make is as important as the human story of who makes the bells ring.

  • @CLOUD7CODM
    @CLOUD7CODM 2 месяца назад

    It is the first bell notes in the orthodoxian christianity they are common

  • @danielcuevas5899
    @danielcuevas5899 7 лет назад

    So is it Alaska or not?

    • @aleutb0i478
      @aleutb0i478 4 года назад +2

      yes unalaska is located in alaska

    • @aleutb0i478
      @aleutb0i478 4 года назад

      another name is dutch harbor

  • @thomaspark3475
    @thomaspark3475 4 года назад

    Would your ancestor have rang bell during Russian rule of the former church this looking like of outside part?

    • @aleutb0i478
      @aleutb0i478 4 года назад +4

      now thing is is that when russia discovered alaska their were 2 types and what do you think
      1. the fur traders
      2. the russian orthodox faith
      now the orthodox faith wasnt like the fur traders and the faith taught the natives of alaska their faith
      now the fur traders on the other hand killed native mammals for the fur

    • @thomaspark3475
      @thomaspark3475 3 года назад

      @@aleutb0i478 The church was different looking supposedly before tower added at front.

  • @hppflinbubble4996
    @hppflinbubble4996 7 лет назад +6

    Notification squad were you at🌹🙌🙌🎉🎉

  • @dotdankory
    @dotdankory 7 лет назад

    Had 1 Video On The Top ^

  • @saintlove83
    @saintlove83 Год назад

    Me too

  • @datnguyenthe8300
    @datnguyenthe8300 6 лет назад +3

    Is that church russian?

    • @aleutb0i478
      @aleutb0i478 4 года назад +2

      yes its a russian orthodox church

    • @yumyumwhatzohai
      @yumyumwhatzohai 4 года назад

      No it's Alaskan.

    • @aleutb0i478
      @aleutb0i478 4 года назад +2

      @@yumyumwhatzohai it's a russian orthodox church in alaska

  • @antoniogutierrez-jm4oh
    @antoniogutierrez-jm4oh 7 лет назад +2

    russian church in america

  • @Odseparator
    @Odseparator 7 лет назад +1

    I would use in this case a mechanism with a lot of pulleys so she don't have to hold few strings at one time. With two cranks and set of pulleys she could play a music in this bells. Then it will be a music instrument.

  • @JohnnyD3986
    @JohnnyD3986 Год назад

    heh im 10 and i know how to this! i have some bells and ring them like this at my little treehouse

  • @Dylan-le9zi
    @Dylan-le9zi 3 года назад +1

    It’s truly a curse, if you string them together right with a few guide lines and distance properly you just need to pull one string to ring a endless amount of bells at once or staggered out to right one after another or even get fancy with different elasticity and make it into a repetitive chime playing of each string.

    • @Mrs.Karen_Walker
      @Mrs.Karen_Walker 2 года назад +1

      that is not how Orthodox bell ringing works. There is much more to it.

  • @jackrose3522
    @jackrose3522 6 лет назад

    Oh the arora 🔔 ringers hood stolen.

  • @PrincessGold1
    @PrincessGold1 4 года назад +4

    This is done in Russia. Perhaps the Russian presence in that area brought this technique to Unalaska.

  • @seanbenedictespanacruz
    @seanbenedictespanacruz 2 года назад

    0:08

  • @annatham4591
    @annatham4591 5 лет назад +1

    You can find this in Russia

    • @reinpinebook825
      @reinpinebook825 3 года назад

      but Alaska was once part of Russia.

    • @Mrs.Karen_Walker
      @Mrs.Karen_Walker 2 года назад

      it has nothing to do with russia ..... it has to do with orthodoxy. This is an Orthodox Church.

  • @marvelstudious4938
    @marvelstudious4938 5 лет назад +1

    Her name sounds like when of those name that you randomly type in after all your cool names have been already taken

  • @Basso-dmitrofundo
    @Basso-dmitrofundo 5 лет назад

    Alyaska nasha

  • @Meowgang123
    @Meowgang123 7 лет назад +7

    Lmao.. unalaska

  • @KamTV__
    @KamTV__ 7 лет назад

    Is this a skill, I don't get it.

    • @aleutb0i478
      @aleutb0i478 4 года назад +4

      yes it is. its not easy you need good hand leg coordination that and think of it as multi tasking

  • @Basso-dmitrofundo
    @Basso-dmitrofundo 4 года назад

    Alyascka nasha

  • @Knoar
    @Knoar 7 лет назад +1

    Ummm.. I've been to Dutch Harbor/Unalaska about 20 times and never seen or heard this church.

    • @aleutb0i478
      @aleutb0i478 4 года назад +1

      maybe try being there on sat. evenings or around 10 or 9 in the morning

  • @imkindahungry04364
    @imkindahungry04364 7 лет назад

    NO! NO! NO! It goes TING TING TONG not TONG TING TING!

  • @eth6706
    @eth6706 7 лет назад +28

    Could be easily automated and controlled remotely

    • @namewithay
      @namewithay 7 лет назад +117

      Yes but that's not the point.

    • @silverchoweez
      @silverchoweez 7 лет назад +78

      You know, i'm not religious, i'm 100% atheist, but even i understand the symbolic of a tradition in the name of god. There's a "sacrifice" in that task, something that is kind of forgotten in our society, and i don't think it's a bad thing to contribute in their faith like that.

    • @samiiic.7289
      @samiiic.7289 7 лет назад +4

      ChubbyChub yes but it's not free and if they can't afford it they would have to build it on their own and that takes really long plus it's a tradition

    • @9786oof
      @9786oof 7 лет назад +7

      But why would you want to

    • @HistoricaHungarica
      @HistoricaHungarica 7 лет назад +2

      By the looks of it i doubt this... Old building. Plus it might be under UNESCO protection.

  • @angelinadiaz9269
    @angelinadiaz9269 7 лет назад +1

    Third comment

  • @playboyagent7586
    @playboyagent7586 7 лет назад +5

    They could just change it to speakers 🔊

  • @vennbecartyfan5684
    @vennbecartyfan5684 7 лет назад +1

    First comment

  • @usmanvines1809
    @usmanvines1809 7 лет назад +1

    frist i am

  • @cabbage4254
    @cabbage4254 7 лет назад +2

    This channel is circling the drain.

  • @JohnJohnson-ok4gf
    @JohnJohnson-ok4gf 6 лет назад

    There are no gods. And the bells are annoying as hell.

  • @seanbenedictespanacruz
    @seanbenedictespanacruz 2 года назад

    0:09