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Wide shot sign for Hancock Shaker Village 2. Wide shot entrance to village 3. Wide shot round stone barn, which originally stabled 52 milk cows 4. Medium shot lambs outside barn 5. Close shot...\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='full-description hide'\u003e Pittsfield, Mass., USA - May 24, 2008 \u003cbr/\u003e1. Wide shot sign for Hancock Shaker Village \u003cbr/\u003e2. Wide shot entrance to village \u003cbr/\u003e3. Wide shot round stone barn, which originally stabled 52 milk cows \u003cbr/\u003e4. Medium shot lambs outside barn \u003cbr/\u003e5. Close shot lambs outside barn \u003cbr/\u003e6. Pan right girl in Shaker costume walking \u003cbr/\u003e7. Wide shot dormitory \u003cbr/\u003e8. Medium shot medicinal herb garden\u003cbr/\u003e9. Ellen Spear, president and CEO of the Hancock Shaker Village, talking to visitors \u003cbr/\u003e10. Spear entering building \u003cbr/\u003e11. Pan left Shaker chairs \u003cbr/\u003e12. Close shot seat weaving \u003cbr/\u003e13. Close shot arm rest of chair \u003cbr/\u003e14. SOUNDBITE (English) Ellen Spear, president and CEO of the Hancock Shaker Village  \u003cbr/\u003e\"A reason that the furniture and the boxes and virtually every piece of household good that the Shakers made, from a humble dustpan to the most beautiful credenza, was so perfect, is because they believed that work was an important part of their spiritual life, an important part of prayer, if you will. And it was important to devote yourself fully to the making of those household objects, the most humble to the most high and mighty, as it was in religious ceremonies.\"  \u003cbr/\u003e15. Medium shot boxes in process \u003cbr/\u003e16. Close shot completed boxes \u003cbr/\u003e17. Medium shot Steve Griselli making boxes in his workshop \u003cbr/\u003e18. SOUNDBITE (English) Steve Griselli, Master Boxmaker of the Hancock Shaker Village \u003cbr/\u003e\"The wooden box business was very important in colonial America, before the mass production of sheet metal, before plastic of course. Household dry goods were in a wooden box of some kind. What the old Shakers did, they just made a better wooden box, for an existing marketplace.\"  \u003cbr/\u003e19. Close shot Griselli lifts wooden panel out of metal boiling box \u003cbr/\u003e20. Close shot Griselli winds wood around oval mold \u003cbr/\u003e21. SOUNDBITE (English) Steve Griselli, Master Boxmaker of the Hancock Shaker Village \u003cbr/\u003e\"I had been a cabinetmaker for many years, doing furniture. But something about the boxes, I don't know what it is - but it became a passion to learn as much as I possibly could about this craft. I wanted to be, I wanted to be a technical virtuoso at this business. I wanted to know everything I could find out about this. And I'm not finished yet, but I'm on the way.\" \u003cbr/\u003e22. Medium shot boxes inside built-in cabinet \u003cbr/\u003e23. Medium shot coat rack, another classic Shaker element \u003cbr/\u003e24. Wide shot room with bowls and glassware \u003cbr/\u003e25. Tilt down herb labels \u003cbr/\u003e26. Tilt down bowls of dried beans and spices \u003cbr/\u003e27. Pan right bowls \u003cbr/\u003e28. Medium shot family making cookies with costumed workers \u003cbr/\u003e29. Close shot cream mixer \u003cbr/\u003e30. Medium shot mother and child mixing cream to make butter \u003cbr/\u003e31. Close shot boy smiling \u003cbr/\u003e32. SOUNDBITE (English) Agathe Naton, visitor, standing with husband Olivier \u003cbr/\u003e\"It's always interesting to learn about American culture and find something that's 200 years old. And it's also very nice, very peaceful, it's very good for the children, because they can experience how people lived at the time.\" \u003cbr/\u003e33. Medium shot desk \u003cbr/\u003e34. Pan left bedroom \u003cbr/\u003e35. Wide shot women's coats \u003cbr/\u003e36. Close shot dresser \u003cbr/\u003e37. Tilt up banister\u003cbr/\u003e38. Medium shot top floor with visitors \u003cbr/\u003e39. Medium shot entrance to Shaker Workshops furniture store \u003cbr/\u003e40. Tilt down Louise MacGuire, retail manager for Shaker Workshops \u003cbr/\u003e41. Medium shot MacGuire talking on the phone \u003cbr/\u003e42. SOUNDBITE ( English) MacGuire \u003cbr/\u003e\"I guess the basic thing that you can say about Shaker design is that it is timeless. It goes with antiques, it stands on its own, it can be mixed with contemporary pieces and it always looks great\".\u003cbr/\u003e43. Pan right furniture showroom \u003cbr/\u003e44. Medium shot rolls of ribbon for chair seats \u003cbr/\u003e45. Close shot grandfather clock  \u003cbr/\u003eThe Shaker religion has its roots in the Quaker movement in mid seventeenth century England.\u003cbr/\u003eBut the culture is still flourishing in modern day America. \u003cbr/\u003eAt the Hancock Shaker Village in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, visitors can walk through a living memorial to one of the most interesting and unique cultures in the history of the United States. \u003cbr/\u003eThe Shaker religion originated in England in 1747 as the \"United Society of Believers\", and made its way to the northeastern United States in the late 18th century.   \u003cbr/\u003eThe Shaker religion is an offshoot of Quakerism, and is so named because practitioners shook and whirled while praying. \u003cbr/\u003eConstantly in search of perfection on Earth and associating work with worship, Shakers are known today for their innovations in furniture design, with other important contributions in business, agriculture, music, medicine, and government.   \u003cbr/\u003eFleeing persecution in England, in 1774 religious leader Ann Lee brought a small group of Shakers to America, where they were able to live freely by religious principles that included celibacy, communal life, gender equality and pacifism. \u003cbr/\u003eTheir population peaked in the mid-19th century with 4,000-5,000 members.   \u003cbr/\u003eToday only a handful of Shakers remain, but the culture has left an important legacy in its encouragement of simplicity and its smooth, elegant designs. \u003cbr/\u003eShakers were the first in the United States to produce commercial seed, and are also credited with the invention of the circular saw, flat brooms, and a version of the washing machine.   \u003cbr/\u003eThe Hancock Shaker Village was purchased by a group of enthusiasts in 1960 from the Shaker Central Ministry and is now run by a non-profit organisation dedicated to preserving the culture.   \u003cbr/\u003eFrom Oval box makers to cooking demonstrations, and farm life activities, visitors can be part of the Shaker world for a day. \u003cbr/\u003eThe on-site museum's exhibit this year: \"Gather Up Fragments: The Andrews Shaker Collection,\" showcased a private collection of Shaker artifacts (exhibit ran May 24 through October 31).   \u003cbr/\u003eEllen Spear, president and CEO of the Hancock Shaker Village, says the Shakers' design style has a spiritual element that resonates with visitors from many different cultures.   \u003cbr/\u003eCraftsmanship is a vital part of Shaker culture. \u003cbr/\u003eFor Steve Griselli, the village's master box maker, the simple perfection of the oval box captivated him and made him want to understand the process in all its precision. \u003cbr/\u003eGriselli works passionately boiling wood, bending it to an oval mold, nailing the panels in place and polishing them to a matte shine.   \u003cbr/\u003eAgathe and Olivier Naton, from France but living in New York, brought their two young children to visit the village to discover a bit more about American culture. \u003cbr/\u003eThey found the Shakers' simplicity to be a refreshing counterpoint to the consumerism typical of today's U.S. culture.   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