Young Indians of UAE make
dance video on WYD theme song
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| UAE Indians have produced their own video version of the theme song of World Youth Day in Panama. |
The Catholic Church’s World Youth Day is taking place in
Panama City, January 22-27, 2019, which Pope Francis is joining.
By Robin Gomes
Young expatriates of Indian origin in the United Arab
Emirates (UAE) have come out with their own version of a video in English on
the official theme song of the World Youth Day that takes place in Panama in a
month's time.
Young people from around the world are converging
on Panama City for the Catholic Church’s World Youth
Day (WYD) January 22-27, 2019, on the theme: “I am the servant of the
Lord. May it be done to me according to your word.” (Lk 1:38).
Pope Francis is scheduled to join the event from
January 23.
The official WYD theme song in Spanish, “Hágase en
mi Según tu Palabra' (May it be done to me according to your word” is
written and composed by Abdiel Jiménez was written and composed by Abdiel
Jiménez, a catechist and psalmist from the Cristo Resucitado parish in San
Miguelito, Panamá.
There is also an English version of the WYD, with
lyrics translated from Spanish by Maltese-born priest Father Rob Galea.
The UAE-based MasterPlan Band has brought
out its own version of the video with choreography by local youth, George
Benny, a member of the band told Vatican News. The Catholic band
that is part of the Holy See-approved Jesus Youth (JY) worldwide movement that
began in India, had made a similar video on the theme of the last WYD in
Krakow, Poland, 2016.
Benny said that most of the instrumental arrangements were
home recorded, with a few acoustic guitars, the ukulele and vocals done in the
studio. The various sequences of the video were shot in the premises of
St Mary's Catholic Church Dubai and the mountains of Fujairah.
MasterPlan sought the cooperation of the dance troupe of St.
Mary’s Dubai Young Adults Ministry to choreograph the song, engaging the local
teens of JY Teens and Youth ministries.
The final video, posted on FaceBook and Youtube by WYD
Communications, is making its round on the social media.
Benny said that what impressed him more than the success of
the video was the way the various sectors and groups came together to make it
happen.
“We have seen the song and the dance moves recreated
elsewhere across the world on Instagram videos, and we hope it inspires many to
use their talents for the mission of the Church and the glory of God,” Benny
added.
A week after the WYD in Panama, Pope Francis will fly to UAE
itself on a 3-day visit. It is most likely that MasterPlan is
already at work trying to churn out another video on the February 3-4 papal
visit whose theme is, “Make Me a Channel of Your Peace”.
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