The life of Central African Republic Pygmies | SLICE
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- The Baaka Pygmies are people that live at the edge of the Bayanga National Park in the Central African Republic. They are known for their songs and dances, but also have their own distribution of roles in the tribe: Women dance the Pongo for the spirits, and men risk their life by climbing up the trees to gather honey from wild bees.
Extract from the documentary: “Living cultures - The Baaka Opera”
Direction: Jean Queyrat
Production: ZED & TF1
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What always gets me, it is how fit they are. When there is no junk food, people are fit!
What a wonderful Community. Leave them as it is in the Ancient times.
But my friend I am afraid that some religious cult will go out there to preach their belief systems. And you do know the consequences?
Monkey Old love #MPK38
It's in 2021 just like us... Not ancient times
As usual foreign will leave them uncivilised but takes their resources.
That music, songs, chants they make is so very enchanting and hypnotizing. There is so human and real! I feel like even with all the advanced me with western society we now live more atomized lives. I imagine these people live more satisfying lives than us.
The narrator is a big part of the success of this documentary. I enjoy his style of narration, his voice and everything. It is just a master piece
Trust me guys iam not bored siting at home during pandemic lockdown cos i spent my time watching SLICE documentary.
Me too...say no to boring time
Still lockdown where you're at?
@@jiga1655 still here n still rocking slice,aljazeera and wion by the way.
@Ynneb Benny are u sure bro.
As a Native African it brings me joy to see other tribes out there still leaving life like my ancestors back in the days. Praying to the African gods singing and reciting spiritual songs....a happy lifestyle that vanished
Due to??
@@predator7418 due to civilization!
@@roycayman no due to genocide and colonization this is civilization.
What I don't understand is why those of us who like tribal ways of living don't go back to living that way. Nthg stopping us
@@beckjaq3608 true giggamind take
If everyone leave them alone they will live longer
Lol yeah... agree
yes, to 30 or 40 years occasionally even 50
@@slimeronio l'm sure you don't know what you are talking about....
@Timeka Davis...lots native people have died from diseases from theses filmmaking people...
@@pattywangu2650 He’s right. Pygmies are known for their short lifespan. The women often reach menopause before age 30. They mature faster than any other ethnic group. They have primarily been wiped out by Bantu people as have most other sub Saharan ethnic groups.
Life sometimes can be hard but they are happy and comfortable from Kenya 🇰🇪🇰🇪🇰🇪 love them
Hunter-gather societies the world over seem extremely happy with their lot.
Makes you wonder If those of us living in industrialised city building areas are the unlucky ones
Also big love to Kenya, I’d love to visit
The good thing is, they dont owe anybody. They dont owe any bank or having shop accounts. They are free and happy
Corrections: Presenter, they did not refer to themselves as the pygmies of the great forest. They are likely to say we are the people of the great forest. It is you who see them as pygmies, they are proud of themselves as people
Agree, media always looking for the hook, disregarding actual culture
I always envy indiginous tribes for their way of living in harmony with the world around them. I always get reminded of what a human really needs and whats just consumerism and vanity.
🥰🥰🥰💯Hallelujah
They have their own problems
If we had an opportunity to born and grow up in such society we wouldn't have known modern problems. And in comparison i prefer that lifestyle and problems over our modern ones.
Hearing this makes me happy. The singing and music reminds me of the traditional songs of Papua. The land of my heart.
Sounds like the songs in my mom's village in northern Nigeria
PNG no way i lived their in Mt Hagen for a few yrs
@@scotishjohn I'm talking about West Papua, not PNG, my friend, Yahukimo specifically. When there is cause for celebration.
@@scotishjohn Were you a missionary? I'd love to hear more about your story...
@@nicolarollinson4381 no way a fuckin missionary i was an electrical engineer
I am west african and proud 🥰❤❤❤ I love love this tribe and its beautiful language. My tribe is mendé and krumen of liberia west africa
AND YOU SHOULD BE AFRICA IS WONDERFUL WORLD OF ITS OWN AND IT IS SCLANDOUS THE WAY ITS PEOPLE WERE TREATED AND ITS NATURAL RESORCES INCLUDING WILDLIFE
But you have a picture of a colonizer?
God bless African people, thank you for sharing their stories❤️
This is so amazing to see these tribal people way of life.
Would love to see more on the Baaka people!! thank you for all your videos, they are some of the best!
Here no pandemic no jealousy no hatre no selfish only love.
Love, hatred , jealousy are human feelings..... so definitely they have those feelings too......
Its because they dont have so called religion.
@Art Man that what i am tellling and also Hinduism..
@Art Man what similar to Hinduism? Are you serious. Can you please explain me.
@Art Man well I dont want to hurt your feeling but the truth is Hinduism is full of crap. Brahma so called creator married his own daughter saraswati. If I point out the nonsense about sanatan dharama then the list goes on and on. Anyway stay safe and keep your loved ones safe.
Another great and brilliant documentary👏👏👏
I was raised in this kind of family background. It reminds me of my childhood memories.
The ancient Egyptians of the old Kingdom spoke of them. “Bring a dwarf from the land of the spirits, for the dance of the god” -Tomb of Harkhuf.
Greeks spoke of etheypoia as fhe place where fhe gods went on vacation
In India Ambar malik an Ethiopian was bought a slave but later became king
@@no.1spectator39 White: Opress because he different
Indian: Worship because he different
Ah, I like that
I have a little flat under my landlord's house. My bedroom, living room and kitchen and dining room are one room, while the bathroom and laundry have their own rooms. I feel so fortunate that I have this, it includes swimming pool and broadband use. I get a pension, and even though it's not much I get to choose what I want from the supermarket, put petrol in my car and do what I like. I don't have to risk my life to get food or keep my children alive in the jungle. These people have each other, and that is the greatest gift of all.
Being grateful 🙏❤
Yes I’m grateful ❤️🙏
and I bet you're still nowhere near as happy as these beautiful people. I agree with everything you said. We live on a hamster wheel
I'm you're landlord. You're rent is late. WhERe My M0NieS?
This people never complaints so they're even better than you because they control their destiny.
Even the doggie gets a honeycomb. This program and the people is beautiful
Looking at those trees 300 to 400 feet tall easily……….That is close to heaven, these men are fearless & tough.
THEY'RE RICH N HAPPY!!!! I FEEL THESE BEAUTIFUL CHILDREN ARE VERY HEALTHY N RICH TOO BE ABLE TO LIVE EAT OFF THE LAND THEY LIVE ON, THAT'S A BLESSING ALSO THEY ARE VERY SMART IN DEVISING WAYS TO RETRIEVE THE HONEY!!!! I FOUND THIS VIDEO VERY EDUCATIONAL, ENJOYABLE AND UPLIFTING. THANKYOU FOR SHARING🙏🙌🙌🙌
TKNR.GREAT TRIBES.
Their dance and music are so mesmerizing!
Imagine living off the land in the most sustainable way and having enough for everyone. No crime no poverty no pollution no injustice that must be heaven
Very limited technology and culture, though. I personally also long for reconnecting with the rainforest, but I would definitely not like having to give up something like the Internet, or the Western music tradition that produced the magical harmonies of Bach. I mean, no offense to their singing, but it's not exactly "masterful", they're for the most part singing quite repetitively with very little harmonic or melodic variation; planning a piece full of well-placed harmonies and melodies, which has a direction throughout, is something that requires considerable skill and craftsmanship, and performing such pieces typically requires practice.
I'm torn between the simplicity of their lives and the good parts of the complexity of civilization (particularly since I strongly dislike the bad parts of the latter).
I guess there is a price for everything, you can not have your cake and eat it. Thats why we have wars, pollution, inequalities etc
@@nzappazapp8360:
Yeah, that's what I'm getting at, but ideally I would love the best of both worlds, i.e. some type of bio-organic advanced technology while still living in the rainforest; something like the world of Avatar, but with even better technology. Like the ancient tales of Lemuria. That's just fantasy, though, but one can dream.
I was saying the same thing. Dito
@@hoon_sol why do you have to compare their life to us?
Another brilliant document of an African area. Nice sharing.
One of the best documentaries..Who else feels the documentary was too short…?🤚
👇
It was so short i watch it twice
perspective is everything and here it was captured clearly -thank you
Such beautiful dancing and singing early on in the video! I love it. :)
Nothing to live for, nothing to die for, sheer bliss, poetry in motion. Harmony with nature.
This is wonderful, I feel like these people identify with the forest and really are one with it
Lovely beautiful people. Such a pure and simple culture. May nature and their forest home always be with them.
shut up, and be real
kluargaku tak kngkon nang uma w,hre gnok aq tuwas ngnteni mlah ilang
rmah tnggaku,di karuan gla
I love watching African or Indian native life stories rather than Chinese,,❤️🇵🇭
my favorite channel SLICE
Shaagaan women in South Africa dance with the same skirt in the same motion. The skirt is called Shebhelani (forgive my spelling it incorrect).
This show that we black people are connected and indeed Africa is one continent.
Thank you for the info and video. Fascinating
Everyone of them look genuinely happy.
Am an African! I love this,we had peace of mind,life was so amazing before west intervention.
Wow nice coverages hunter I like your contents.
If their music were to disappear, the worldwide community of man would be poorer for it.
This line hits different.
Even though they look happy God love them
Beautiful slice 👌💖❤️💕
My deepest thanks to this youtube for bringing such wonder to my sight ❤️
How nice to hear anew the great sounds of this beautiful people of God! I spent 8 of my missionary life among them in their special pilot village of Belemboke ( Axis Nola to Bayanga). Most night this sound accompanied me to bed and I woke up to a greeting of Gbongbomako! I miss and love ❤️ them all.
You are deceived. These are sweet sounds to the devil. God does not make pacts for favors for dancing. Such is sorcery. As a missionary, you should have converted them to the Christian faith.
@@johnmoore4 unfortunately, you are very normal
@@johnmoore4 You are totally screwed up dude with your attempt at shame, guilt and fear. Your version of Christian morality has been screwing up indigenous people all over the world for too long.
And why were you there in the first place? Seems like they were doing quite fine before you arrived.
@@johnmoore4 You are a sad sad person and I pray you grow out believing such absurdities, and demand for others to join you in believing in a religion of bloodshed and exploitation
Nice video thanks for sharing
That dance!!! I'd give you all the meat you want! Thank you for sharing this amazing documentary. Love from Nairobi, Kenya
Hi
People don’t realize the insanity that is being that high up in a tree with no harnesses or ropes. If you let fear and panic take over it’s all over for you.
That kind of bravery is very admirable
I love this channel. It don't take us around the world to what we know and learn about in schools, it takes us to other worlds we didint know existed.
This amazing🤩😍 💃
They have no mansions,no Lamborghini's,Not tonnes of gold but they are so happy..
God bless them with happiness and the beautiful smiles on their angel faces may be with them forever. 🙏
Jay Shiv Shankar 🙏
They are overjoy in the embrace of the sublime nature ❤️❤️❤️ Greeting from Indonesia
Hi
Horas
Send them more overjoy of pure nature from me
They are enjoying their life beautiful forest
Yes bro.... the way of nature
Awsome! 40 seconds of ads before a video…CZcams has become a real pleasure lately
You can really see the modern dances and mostly the popular dances originated from africa.
I'm happy to see the pygmies are alive and well. History wasn't kind to them..
I love their Pygmy music😻
Living with nature...wow ..how peaceful it is ..
hello Slice Really beautiful video thanks good evening and happy weekend 🍱🥗🍹🍕🇹🇷🇹🇷
Beautiful!
This is what makes the world a beautiful and unique place. Please never turn your back on your culture and stay true to it always.Dont be influenced by the modern world.It sucks big time.
YOU ARE RIGHT I SHOUT AND THEY DON'T ALSO HEAR TOURISM DESTROYED
Wow that's such amazing footage.
Hi
What a nice culture!I cherish it
Thank you so much
Love it
it's so mesmerizing to see how people live their life, so various way to enjoy life and i learn a lot from these amazing human beings
I have watched a number of these documentaries of different tribes around the world. I love their respect of nature and taking only what they need. No wasting food. There is so much waste in western world on an epic scale.
wow amazing
Hi
Love this one. I have done some recent reading. The Baaka have been in these forests for thousands and thousands of years. It's unknown how long they date back. The earliest written accounts of them were from the Egyptians who sent explorers south to find the source of the Nile. Homer and Aristotle also wrote of them. Still up until the mid 1900's there were fables of who and what they were/are
Great 👍
These people are free from COVID-19 and they're very special.
Just pure joy...
GANYAN Sana .. laging fiesta... 🤗🤗😇
I always wonder with videos like this, who invites you/allows you to film and give interviews and who does the translation?
This is not the most extreme example but some of the cannibal tribes or hunter tribes it seems so surreal that you were able to go in, get this crazy high quality footage and get their story; I really wanna know what's the process of approaching them to get consent like.
Beautiful 😻
God bless african people thank you
Thanks for bluring some parts 🙏🏻
Nice videos. Tks.
Wish this Documentary was longer.
Oh lord giv them long life and strength.
So fortunate people,
Their songs are so infectious
My father solve in Central Africa as a peacekeeping force he brought this on a back to home and we all have to study it and it is simply awesome now I know and now I know the true source of the honey
The narrator is on point 👌
I love their music beautiful
There do happy I love it
Amazing world belief and practices
Wow very mystical.
Very strong looking people even though ofshorter statute. Great music they look so happy.
May God protect everyone in this video & everyone reading this and give them prosperity, beautiful health, wealth & abundance in all things & keep them safe from harm. Amen 🙏🏾 ❤️
Hope to visit this beautiful country one day. 😍
That is one of the main problems why those communities are disappearing: the whole world wanting to visit other countries and regions. So, if you love this, you should leave it alone.
These people are one of the great first people on earth like the great Coisans of Southern Afrika . There
Very powerful spiritualists Very spiritual people. There also great musicians who can sing polyphonic ally with such ease.
Beautiful people.
Great 👍 video
Wonderful
Mia familia ! God bless Africa forever ❤️❤️❤️
where they get these clothing??
The acoustics in that forest is pretty decent...
What a beautiful video , I love their culture and music❤️
A wildlife refuge is taking a large chunk of the Baaka hunting gathering territory and threatening their way of life. So called wild life guards (simply men from other tribes who consider them self higher status than the Baaka) threaten them on non refuge land as well. Something has to be done to save them. They are some of the last ppl living the way humanity was intended to live. Such a beautiful ppl.
Everything else’s is so soothing and mesmerising to watch except the two men climbing the tree ...
Ayyyy yooo Stoo being such a SUSSY BAaka
the naratter sounds descent and cool,respect and greetings from Uganda