Biraland
Squash
7/31/2025 | 8m 20sVideo has Closed Captions
The BIRALAND faculty welcome Dotto Sayenteez, and meet the benevolent entity Ayotli (squash).
Biraland (pronounced BEEDA-land) is a 20-part video series from Vermont creator Bira Vanara. A musical comedy about the natural world and our connection to it, Biraland features a host of wacky characters, catchy original music and wild effects, all conceived of and performed by Vanara. The series will be released online, and was funded in part by Vermont Public's Made Here Fund.
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Biraland is a local public television program presented by Vermont Public
Biraland
Squash
7/31/2025 | 8m 20sVideo has Closed Captions
Biraland (pronounced BEEDA-land) is a 20-part video series from Vermont creator Bira Vanara. A musical comedy about the natural world and our connection to it, Biraland features a host of wacky characters, catchy original music and wild effects, all conceived of and performed by Vanara. The series will be released online, and was funded in part by Vermont Public's Made Here Fund.
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-They call beans and squash.
-The three sisters because -they help each other grow.
-Right.
-Plenum in a mound -and they hold it down -like a family.
-It's really neat, right?
-You see, the con -acts like a powder.
-What is this.
-No no no no no no no.
-Oh my gosh.
-They have already arrived.
-Everything is growing.
-It's so magical.
-Even when it's snowing -it's still magical.
-Life is alive.
-Turtles and flies.
-Puppies and pies.
-Oh, Ray, -you should drink some water -because it's magic.
-Swimming like an udder.
-Must feel magic.
-Hey!
Gene?
-You okay?
-a monster, in the -garden -what?
-It's amazing.
-I got him.
-Hello?
-Oh, yes.
Hi, professor.
-!I was just beginning to wonder, -odd note?
-Oh, wait.
There's, -What the heck is that?
-There's a monster -in the garden.
-Oh, my God, there's -a monster in the garden.
-No, no, -that is not a monster.
-What do we do?
-Gene, -we got to fight it.
Hello?
-Oh, please.
Here.
-Okay.
Hello?
-All right, let's do this.
-No, you must calm down.
-Okay.
On the count of three.
-Ready, gene?
-Gene?
Yeah.
-I'm here.
-Okay.
-What?
Oh.
-What happened?
It's -not a monster.
-It's not?
-No.
To be a big, -beautiful elephant.
-No.
It stands for Benevolent -Botanical Entity.
-Oh, no, that's even worse.
-What?
-Sorry.
Hold on.
Professor.
-No.
It's benevolent bro.
-I'm not down with anything -that's been violent.
-Been violent?
-Oh, no.
-Kai, you got to work on -your vocabulary, man.
-Benevolent means good -natured, you know, -kind hearted.
Nice.
-Oh, dude.
Sick.
I'm gonna go -say what up to it.
Oh, no no, no, wait.
-Kai, could you actually go pick up professor?
-Data scientist.
-His bike got a flat tire.
-He's down by the river.
-Oh, yeah, bro.
No sweat.
-Thank you so much.
-Yeah.
-So Kai is headed over -there now to pick you up.
-What?
-Fowl crook -of a witch's finger is this?
-No.
Demon of the dark -shall so openly flaunt -its villainy.
-While the Glen, -the sorcerer draws breath -in concert -hall pro Luma Vento.
-Oh, you seem odd, Bender.
-Glen.
I don't mean Glen.
-Dang it!
-You shall not pass.
-Wait!
Stop!
Gene, -this photo is beyond you.
-No, it's not a photo.
-Run!
You fool!
-No!
Listen, -it's called a B-B.
-My thoughts exactly.
-A bad bout rogue -extraordinaire.
-No, a benevolent -botanical entity.
-So not from the realm -of fire and shadow?
No.
-Very well.
-Then what realm -does this unseemly specter -show forth from?
-Okay.
I'm that.
-I'm not sure of the realm.
-Exactly.
-And yet you claim -it is benevolent.
Have you any proof?
-No, I don't have proof.
But just.
Can we.
-Can you just -trust me on this?
-Not throw a spell at it?
-Oh, there'll be no spell -throwing from me.
-Okay.
-Thank you.
-But casting one upon it is another matter entirely.
Nope.
-That's -what I'm talking about.
Can you just not do that?
-Well, what guarantee -can you give me that?
-It shan't attack me.
-I can't give you -a guarantee, but I just.
-Oh, my -God, it's killed Brayden, -Have you any knowledge -of this tongue?
-It almost sounds like.
-Now what?
-But that's an ancient Aztec -language -from Middle America.
-But can you decipher it?
-Not really.
-Maybe something -about cousins.
-Sisters?
-Oh, professor, -you have a good ear, Gene.
-That is the ancient.
-Now.
What language?
-She is explaining that -she is the eldest -of the three sisters.
-This is out early.
-Or as you may know, -her squash.
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