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- Trace the origins of zombies from the Afro-Haitian religion of vodou, and discover how zombification was a reflection of slavery.
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Zombies have a distinct lineage- one that traces back to Equatorial and Central Africa. For three centuries, African people were enslaved and brought to the Caribbean Islands. There, a religion known as vodou developed, along with the belief that a person’s soul can be captured and stored, becoming a body-less zombie. Christopher M. Moreman uncovers the true origins of the undead.
Lesson by Christopher M. Moreman, directed by Kaspar Jancis.
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Content Warning: This video depicts racial violence and trauma.
I suggest you change the Title to "The Sad HiStory Of Zombies".
"The Dark History Of Zombies" might trigger other peoples too
Edit : Where'd all the Comments above me went to?
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@@hruaiteasathing7277 ur not funny mate
@@gegeenblink Not trying to be a funny one man, just trying sharing my suggestion, and asking a question
I'll go cry in my safe space then.
“…Transforming the victim into the monster.” That’s a powerful word right there.
It’s not a word, it’s a sentence 😮💨
Pretty generic word if you ask me.
@@lampad4549 some people are easy to impress
@@lampad4549 🤓
Reminds me of a particular someone right now.....
American pop culture also initially erased the zombies' origins, cannibalizing its original significance and "TRANSFORMING THE VICTIM INTO THE MONSTER"
What a line..
American culture has done that with real people, too.
Yes; because myths cannot evolve to be a different type of entertaining for future generations. Hate how you can't be inspired by a culture, you can only copy it exactly or not at all.
@@totallynotsummermorrison33 taking inspiration from a culture by whitewashing and then erasing it. Classic artistic genius
its completely wrong about White Zombie though, I watched the movie and the zombies are the victims too
@@Shanockdotcom Just say what ur tryna say 🙄
Interesting to know that the belief in zombies has origins in Africa. Here in Uganda it's widely believed (and for good reasons) that in some districts, there are residents with powerful medicine, who can enchant corpses and unsuspecting sleeping people to dig acres and acres of land for them at night.
Can you elaborate please. Especially what you mean by 'nd for good reasons' I'd appreciate it
@@Potatoesandchaos same! I’d like to know too
Well now that’s some affordable labor!
@@Potatoesandchaos yes I wanna know as welll
This is the first thing I thought they'd mention when I clicked the video and was kinda disappointed. Guess they've focused more on zombies as a cultural icon.
I've read that it's possible to poison someone to make it appear he/she is dead (pufferfish toxin or something), then dig out the body and revive it into a basically drugged out "zombie".
“Form of enslavement that not even death could free you from.” that’s something.
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Can i ask u a quest.
From this video what u’ve learned to change or apply to the world?
Not all info is imp
they left out the part about slaves being sold by other africans. they made it seem like france and spain abducted people. slaves were sold by other africans. that is a crucial part of education, actual facts
@@amribrahim1486 Every info may not be important. But History repeats itself in various ways. What seems so little can turn small events to grow into bigger influences. For instance, the twisted gradual transformation of Zombies from a symbol of cruelty to fictional monsters is how unusual instruments are normalized with time even today.
@@amribrahim1486 Can I ask you a question? Why couldn't you complete the full spelling of "quest"? Also, who says that?
The Nietzsche quote (at the start of the video) is followed by the ominous:
“… when you stare into the abyss, the abyss stares back into you.”
Definitely one of the most badass quotes from a brilliant philosopher
I’ve heard that quote in something before. I think it went something like this:
“There’s one difference between us: we both stared into the abyss. But when it stared back, you blinked.”
I don’t remember exactly what it’s from, though.
@@NZ_BraveHeart_0120 i think it's from a batman comic.
TIL that Amphibia has a Nietzsche quote
@@NZ_BraveHeart_0120 th-cam.com/video/Ma_DXbJVETs/w-d-xo.html&ab_channel=mistercustodian 4:13
What does that mean
This is actually really helpful, I would love to hear anything else about the original zombie, before pop culture changed it.
Extra Credit did a really good video on that exact topic. You should check it out
th-cam.com/video/KIGmsxBMnjA/w-d-xo.html
If you want to know more about original zombies then definitely check out this video
Monstrum did a really interesting series, where they explore it all in depth
Thanks!
PBS Storied did a series on the origins of Zombies
I always found zombies in Hollywood movies incredibly disturbing. Seeing a decomposing human figure walk stiltedly across the screen gave me goosebumps every time and made me want to turn my gaze away. It's very interesting to learn that the origins of this creature are actually much more nuanced
This animation was gorgeous! Kudos to the animation team! I never knew the origins of the word zombie or the concept. Such a fascinating lesson and it really highlights how the original ideas can be corrupted and distorted beyond the original intentions.
"The Serpent and the Rainbow" (the book) is a rather old but entertaining and informative read to understand the Haitian culture around Vodou
I always remember the line from the movie: "Haiti is 80% Catholic and 100% Voudun". It explains a whole lot about how Catholicism took on the rituals of every people it colonised.
I need to read it
In the meanwhile a Haitian person reading this
@@coleenocasturme To be honest Vodoo isn’t really appreciated there really like people DON’T like it at all. There was this president I think Francois Duvalirr he hated them so much that he wanted all of them ( people that practice voodoo ) killed. Nowadays Christianity is more normalized in haiiti but there is still A LOT of voodoo
The animation left me absolutely speechless. TedEd never fails to amaze.
agreed.
I think it's also worth looking into how a simple concept like zombie/ living dead can be diversify to such an extent.
I wish more people knew about zombies' true origins, I find them fascinating
It makes a lot of sense that modern-day Zombies are a result of culture, traditions or stories passed down being Westernised.
History still has more to teach us.
This was so incredibly interesting! If I ever make a game or write a story I'll incorporate the original Haitien zombies. I like the idea of zombies being victims much better.
Same. It'd be interesting to take zombies back to their roots.
2:39 now that's a brilliant scene right there!
I used to be very afraid zombies, the idea of contagion was freaky to me
The jabs
As it should be - diseases are scary!
Modern zombie films are also just a substitute for a disaster that allows the viewer to see survivors reveal their true nature of being monsters under tight circumstances.
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"Zombies" the everliving topic that will never die. That's ironic.
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it's creepy yet I enjoyed it. thanks TedEd. Keep up the good work
The artystyle in this video is very appealing, I like how it changes depending on the timezone and region
Video: zombies and stuff
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As a Brazilian I have to remember that one of the greatest men in the fight against slavery in Colonial Brazil is the "ZUMBI dos Palmares"
Swear to god there is a brazilean in every comment section
The animation was phenomenal. Truly striking.
Well, I wouldn’t have expected it to be a pleasant history.
You Guys Art style is freaking beautiful. Tell whoever is doing it that he/she is greatly appreciated ❤️❤️❤️
I'm writing a book heavily inspired by this topic. Great job on the video!
I'll be there to buy ur book though.... Count on me.... M always interested in topics lyk dis.
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What's it going to be called?
Can I read your book after you finished writing it? It seems enteresting to me.
Oh?
1:23 - 1:28 and 2:34 - 2:40 Great symbolic animation, genius 🙌
I was enlightened about zombie. I can't believe that it was misinformed for long decades. Thanks for this.
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I don't consume a lot of zombie media, but I feel like most depictions of zombies in the last couple decades that I've seen generally address that victim vs monster dilemma. The zombies are monsters because they're trying to kill the protagonists, but they're also acknowledged as victims because they were once living innocent people. It seems like a common trope now for characters to wrestle with a loved one becoming a zombie because they have to wade through the ethical dilemma of deciding if the zombie is a monster that must be dispatched or a victim that can be saved.
The really smart man narrating the story apparently hasn’t seen Day of the dead
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I had never heard of the origin of zombies and this video was fascinating, it brought me a new light on how they were shown in media in the past and now.
Appreciate the great content.
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Very interesting and informative (as always!)! Thank you, and I really appreciate the link to used resources, as every informative and scientific video/post/... on the internet should have. :)
Love the perspective on this video!
The animation, the art style is just Wow..
I observed that a part of animation from a scene is used in the next scene, this happens throughout the video. Great work 👏 never knew 🧟♂️ didn't actually killed people but were used by "monsters" selfishly and were victims.
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In Brazil the leader of the country's greatest "quilombo" was called "zumbi"(not the person, but the leadership position, like mayor, president...), and that's the same word for zombie in portuguese
I really wish you guys would do a video explaining Vodou because it's such an interesting religion.
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Watching this from Santo Domingo, DR.
Great Video, as always, thanks.
Great content! And thanks from Haiti .
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"Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster"
The moment I read this I liked the video ❤️❤️❤️
There are plenty of mindless zombies running around these days
A lot
There’re?
The animation is as impressive as the topic itself . I never knew zombies had such deep roots in culture !
Awesome video …I always find the history of zombies fascinating
Incredible artistry and animation
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Wow, this was a video with an unexpectedly different art style, soothingly horrifying.
It’s crazy how something as simple as zombies has a sick racial backstory
Happiness on Netflix is a great show featuring zombies, that talks about how 'othering' contagious diseases are and how the zombie-like creatures on the show are victims of disease and still to be cared for and treated with respect.
Wow I never knew this! Thanks for sharing!
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It’s interesting how the victim is now seen as the monster, much like Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein both warned of and fell victim to. Frankenstein’s monster is type of zombie, in more ways than one.
Hmmm.... strange, Zombies went from a symbol of slavery to a symbol of herd mentality. And yet, in a sense, both of those things can be seen as closely related.
Coz they are the same except the latter is oblivious.
with all the respect in the world, these are not similar at all. Herd mentality is about conformation to the norm while slavery was about subjugation of an entire class of people.
@@zatannazatara552
One is willing, one is unwilling. Both are bad.
@@lizardguyNA but they’re still not the same. What are you trying to argue here 🤨
@@antoniacapellaborges6566
Uhh, the meaning changes very little and we still pity the Zombie as they're taken over by the elite. What else could I have been saying? You do know what COnsumerism is, right?
Nice summary
The idea of CEOs using zombies as their workforce is hilarious.
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Nice video.
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Do you watch Monstrum too?
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Interesting and informative. Thanks
One of the best animations I’ve seen
Good information 👍
I love the art style!
the animation was very good. what an experience
Going to share this.
3 of my favourite things: TedEd, Zombies and wicked animations!
Finally! The video needed to be watched by zombie fanatics, some people that are into zombie pop culture should be I can say educated, for its origin before criticizing old fashion zombie types. Kids these days thought zombies are fast and good looking, smh
Some idiots would probably say, "Stop putting race in my zombie stories!"
@@wabisabi7755 I can already envisioned that. 😶
I hope that has also inspire you to be interested in Haitian or African mythology as well
It’s good education but it’s still fine to enjoy something that is different from where it came from
This is the kind of videos that keep bringing me back
Thanks and thanks for the subtitle
Oh my god. So well described😊
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Here in Brazil, in our history, one of the greatest leader of the Afro-Brazilian resistance to slavery was known as Zumbi dos Palmares
I love how the tiniest of the tiny details in the animation talk about a lot of things.......
Here in South Africa (mainly amongst the Zulus and Xhosas) , we call it umkhovu. That's the witchcraft behind a corpse that is alive and what we would call that corpse. Otherwise 'corpse' is just called isidumbo.
That zombie with the Mickey Mouse costume eating the original African zombie, was genius, especially with the line expression the powerful conclusion.
Not really, seems like the generic "Disney bad" outcry forced into a theme that barely has any relationships with Disney because haha Disney, if anything was Universal who popularized the Zombie idea into the mainstream.
Halloween came early. Thanks Ted Ed
What's in a name? The flesh-eating cadavers we now call "zombies" were called "ghouls" since the 18th century; prior to that, the word "vampire" amply covered the concept. Then LeFanu, then Pomidori after Byron, and finally Stoker refined the vampire into a cursed noble rather than a mere savage cannibal corpse. So "ghoul" took over. When audiences started calling George Romero's movie creatures "zombies", they were using the wrong word, having seemingly forgotten about ghouls... but the term stuck, and here we are with zombies an indelible facet of Western culture. Weird.
It’s od to because Haiti is one interpretation of zombies but obviously not the original because it goes back to the medieval age
In some regions of Madagascar zombies are called "Lolo Vokatra" which can be translated as "ripe ghost".
This gives more meaning when you call your overworked co-worker looking like a zombie
Wow 💖 The more you know !
The craze for media with these things traumatized me back in the early to mid 2010s, my OCD fears regarding them (I'm watching this video) have gotten a lot better but I don't think I will ever not resent the topic just a little bit.
Before anyone says no one asked, I'm aware that probably no one cares. But the fact is that the idea of zombies and the media depicting had such a profoundly negative and damaging effect on my life and I feel as though I should share as a way to reflect on it.
So sad to know the reality of such a great story in such a painful way
This animation is great