Power of Culture and Symbols

I have always been fascinated and inspired by the power of culture, rituals and symbols. Hans Rosling ends a fantastic presentation that talks about poverty in a very non-traditional way. The presentation talks about how the world is just not industrialized and developing world. The non-traditional but fascinating ending goes like this -
"Sword swallowing is from ancient India. It is an cultural expression that for thousand of years have inspired young men to think beyond the obvious. And I will now prove to you that 'seemingly impossible is possible'...."

You can check the video here.

Cheers !