Life in a matriarchal society - On this island, women are in charge!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 11 เม.ย. 2023
- You can watch the Spanish version of this documentary here: • La vida en una socieda...
In southwestern Guinea Bissau there are some islands where a very special people live, the Bissago. What is it that makes them so special? It is not the fact of living in balance and harmony with the spectacular nature that surrounds them, taking from the land or the sea only what they need to survive. Neither is their deep animistic spirituality, which marks their life with rites to acquire the knowledge of their ancestors. What makes them so special is that, in the Bissago society, the woman is the protagonist.
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They are the ones who decide how to manage the crops or punish the crimes, they are the priestesses of the temple, those who can communicate with the gods, the forces of nature and the spirits of the deceased. For the Bissago, the woman is feared and respected, since they consider her capable of deciding about life and death.
This documentary focuses on the lives of some of the women of Eticoga, the main village on the island of Orango. Through their lives and ways of looking we will know the most outstanding and peculiar aspects of this matriarchal society so different, not only from the Western way of life, but from the rest of Africa and almost all other cultures on the planet.
Original title - Queens of Orango
A film by Raúl Bueno Herrera
© 2020, Licensed by 3boxmedia
#documentary #women #womenempowerment #matriarchy
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You can watch the Spanish verison of this documentary here: th-cam.com/video/-5mTYXGTlfk/w-d-xo.html
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Awesome! My ancestors are all from this area and Portugal.
Iberian, Sierra Leone.
I love to embrace this beauty as
I am a lifelong feminist
I rule as well😂❤🎉
As my ancestors have and do❤
Spectacular documentary.
why are you speaking ....let them Africans speak with an interpretator...
Unlike what former colonizers wrote, it's no cake walk living this life. They're not lazy and uncivilized people. It's hard work, responsibility, consciousnesses, cooperation and an organized system of duties and chores that enables them to survive and thrive in harmony with nature.
yup he hunter gatherer life is hard that's why the "colonizers" progressed to farming, you simpleton
@@MikeOxlongMDwe do not care.
The truth is the colonial Master lied and still lies. Their idea of civilization is different.
Black people were doing a lot long before they came for enslavement and slavery
@@phizzy123what on earth is wrong with you?!!
@@oeu3669 what are you on about? this was 5 months ago, and the person i was responding to deleted their comment 🧍🏾♀️
Can we talk about how beautiful these people are...Omg their skin!
They all look like models
I agree! ❤
Absolutely they fine
Glowing beautiful dark skin
I'm ready to go home. 😊
Has anyone noticed their pace of life. Measured and calm. Whereas our pace of life is killing us both mentally and physically.❤❤
Yes! No rushing, stressing, pressure. Just living their best lives and getting important things done. It’s really relaxing to watch.
That's because they're in balance with the planet and each other. I love that there's virtually no crime.
yes. Yet they want to "educate" them, because the western way of life is so succesful, not
That's the female way of life. The male way is ego driven and restless.
@@cleansoapmind I believe this is the ancient way of life. I remember my grand father he was an amazing human. We are slaves. Our lifes are distorted and hacked. It's not a question of man or woman that corporate media infuse with hatred against each other. It's about balance and natural resources at disposition for everyone and human suverainity
These people had it right all along. I’m born and raised in NYC. 47 years of fighting traffic for an hour and half everyday since I was 19 to go do menial work for 10 hours at a job I hate 6 days a week just so I can afford to pay for an apartment that I’m never in and to pack it with a bunch’a sh** I bought that I never have time to use. We weren’t meant to live like this way!
Facts 👌
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This comment needs to be in school syllabus and highlighted asthe definition of the present modern world.
I can relate, and I been in this kind of situation for a long time. I pay for an apartment that I barely sleep in. It hurts!
Right?! They must be so content and satisfied with their lives. Our “civilized” way of life is miserable.
I pray that they don't loose their culture. This brought me so much memories of what I took for granted when I had it. Please do not leave your culture for western lifestyle that has no attachment to earth, nature, community. The western life is an empty shell of lifestyle. Hold your culture high.
I'm an African woman born and raised in western culture. It is a very full lifestyle, with joy, laughter, abundance, love and community. The westerners you may be referring to don't have as much power to destroy our spirits and hearts as you may ponder. We have a hidden power that we express called "Black Magic," and it is passed from spiritually and intellectually gifted and creative mothers to their children both boys and girls.
@@tonyaadams5402That's how it should be, but unfortunately, not everyone is born with the circumstances that would allow for many women to relate to you. Perspective is also what largely allows some of us to conclude hustle and bustle individualism and consumerism brings zero fulfillment.
I do too.
wonderfully said!
Yes!!!
I am struck by the confidence and pride the women have in all they do. They walk tall and proud, and I don't see them abusing their power.
Especially in comparison with patriarchy where males do a b u s e their power
Truly, women are capable of ruling, but we must not forget that not all women have the capability to rule, same for men.
@@jpraise677199:999999%…am sure since that queen died in the 1800., there were many women rulers. Just face facts, it shows that in a matriarchy society, there’s more peace than calamity.
@@jpraise6771 This is why they go through many initiations & go by clans.
Its very hard to abuse power when your power is given to you by those beside you ..we elect people very far removed from us. And often they have got their power not just by democracy but by being in an elite pool already. Like eton or wealthy... I have honestly never met a very wealthy person in my life. I once was a waitress in a vip section of a Club and I was in a room with them...powerful wealthy Famous people. It was weird. Realising id never really seen one up closed these people are right beside the person who has given them power and knows it could be taken away ...I know even in small organisation like tidy towns ive been in theres always a guy...and sometimes its a woman not a man who takes over without being asked to but everyones afraid of them because they own the local shop or they own the patról station and can make life bad for them so powerful people seem to be in a position then to get more power. Because they already have it and can weildd control or punishment over others so they force their way into everything in my village. Even though often incompetent. I feel like if the person was incompetent here whether male or female the fact of the people around them and their interdependance means they could not so easily abuse it.
It’s interesting how the women practice Servant leadership and do the bulk of the hard work while managing not to abuse their power. Also, crime is low and things are mostly peaceful. A stark contrast to patriarchies.
This is An African thing, not a woman thing lol just do your research our ppl were friendly and peaceful by nature. Pre colonialism African civilizations commonly had virtually no crime even white explorers stated this
@@loochiefresh465 what a bizarre, unfounded, factually, untrue, and completely baseless claim to make, especially given the number of abusive and corrupt patriarchies IN AFRICA. Instead of making assumptions about what I know or don’t know, maybe you should do your own reading and research before trying to refute someone.
@@LeauxNBehold How about do your Research and learn Africa’s History from someone other than Europeans before making a statement like that as if there’s no proof or validity to my claim
This is indeed a "women" thing. The world would be a much better place if it was ruled by women.
Linking peace to matriarchy on the basis of only 1 society seems absurd and biased. Many patriarchal societies are also peaceful. Peace is much more dependent on the mutual dependance, cooperation and justice. Moreover, materialism in a society shakes the pillars of peace as the greed for possessions make people follow unjust ways. In my opinion, a society where social status is linked to material possession, peace is hard to maintain.
Look how beautifully things run when the feminine energy is in charge, they even take loving care of the dead, such a beautiful way of life 💞
So real, we must leave women lead us all over the worldd
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Don't take this documentary as an argument to push your feminist agenda. They are not feminist, they are traditionalist and respect the patriarchy figure that's why you see most men fishing and hunting while they do most of the house chores. It is not a system of castration but cooperation and singularity.
@@mosesmwima4769 Women can't even get along with themselves so how do you expect them to lead the world?
Disagree whole heartedly. Nobody should be "in charge" unless it's found it's needed. Should all work together but that's never gonna happen. People are selfish nowadays, it's sickening if Im being honest.
As a mother I would love to live in a community where all the women are operating in their strengths and helping with kids, chores, clothes. It’s all a group effort. All the kids are playing and learning together. Take me there. 😭
‘It takes a village’ 🥹
Absolutely take me too❤
Why don't you go? And keep in touch so we may join you there!
Nós no Brasil temos tudo e não damos valor
I would also love for women to learn how to do theses things.
Lovely to know matriachal societies still exist in different parts of the world. I am also from a Matrilineal society from Meghalaya, Northeast of India.
Oh wow that's awesome you should do a documentary like this about it. As western news paints Indian as dangerous for women.
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In western societies it is often the women who organise the home and finances etc, and they let the men think that they are in control.
No one cares
@@ASMR-XI-ZUI is it just the Western News painting that picture tho? So are you saying India isn't dangerous for women?
I stayed on Orango for 10 nights. The people invited me to their “nightclub”. What a night, it was bouncing! Great memories and great people.
The fishing was awesome. Some of the fish caught went to the village.
Wow. That's nice. It must have been a remarkable experience.
As an African living in America I miss the genuine interactions and the real community sharing that I am seeing in this video. I miss climbing the trees eating mangoes and enjoy social gatherings during ceremonies. But my goal is not to stay here in this austere society, but to go back. Africa Mon amour, I will get back to you soon😢!!!
I’m sure America didn’t beg to come to why did you?
@@meganray9429 probably an opportunity or school.
@@meganray9429 school got me here! 😉
@@meganray9429they never said America begged him! Don’t be a jerk!
It looks so beautiful and serene ❤
Respect for nature, independence and physical beauty. This was a joy to watch. I hope their cultural heritage survives.
Only religion will cause that.
it was bittersweet for me. The joy of just watching the beauty of the land and people against the knowledge that if it is on Y.T, and the people's cultural clothing has been diluted by western style clothing, and plastics exist alongside natural containers, then this culture is on its death-bed😭😭😭
@@magdalenemuchoki9326 Well put. I'm naively hoping that their culture survives intact. History and logic tell me otherwise.
It's easy to insist other people remain primitive while you sit on the internet with running water in your bathroom and refrigerated food in your kitchen
Oh please Industrial Age did not respect Nature, yet here we are. That place is a mess long before the white came in to colonize.
Above all I really admire the respect for nature. Don't take more than what you need and give 6 to 12 years for nature to recover after cultivating the soil. Wonderful way of living in my humble opinion. Hope they can continue with their traditions.
a man can be sensitive-wise
women are incharge almost everywhere. cos wickedness, female preference and simpage. its disconcerting to say least how almost everyone dont see it. women prolly be more obviously in charge if they had the mental and phys stregth and courage etc to get what they feel they want directly... so i guess/feel its nightmarish
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Women are hardly the wicked ones. Most evils come from men. War, abuse, violence, murder, SA, greed, etc.
I am Brazilian and I’m pretty sure my ancestors also came from there, i feel as though I belong to them.
Most of my childhood I lived exactly like that🥰
Please share your people in Brazil , I would like to visit there and help the women❤ @PretoPombaDasalmas-ld6pp
@@sacredempress4917 have you been to Brazil?
@@Godbody_Dedicated
Boys have never been leaders, can’t even lead yourselves, or other boys 😂
Sit down joke, you have 0 place here, this is for EVE’S DAUGHTERS, not Adams’s good for nothing sons
I hope they don't give up on their elders though. And its truly beautiful that the women are not trying to over power the men , but that they both love and respect each others position in the home and their society ❤❤❤❤❤❤
This is one of the most civilised, peaceful race I have ever come across. Best documentary, hardly any war or crime in a society orchestrated by women. Beautifully made.🎉❤
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It's interesting how they sew their garments. also rice cooking. Is an art.
Men are about power and wealth.satan knew what he was doing.
ethnicity not race
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A very powerful documentary....African culture is not primitive...but elaborate and full of significance to those who practice it.
Western influence, culture, and institutions are primitive mentally consciously, and anything pertaining to humanity and human evolution. Historically, the most oppressed people by institutions in the world are Westerners and the women. Those institutions' end goal is to kill the full potential of Higher consciousness. Sadly, they don't even realize that Western institutions have them mentally programmed and enslaved them into low-conscious peasants. Hurt people- hurt people.
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Please say African ‘cultures’, we don’t have one culture in Africa and our cultures differ significantly
Its the most primitive place on the planet, what are you talking about?
@@DrummerJacobyet there's no gun violence and mass shootings 😏
"Women are the Force which drives Life & Spirituality" 🌺🍃
There's so much noise and distractions in Western society this is refreshing and somewhat imaginable. Just watching and listening to this is calming. PLEASE guard you peace and do not allow outsiders in🙏🏽. Real Kings and Queens 🤎🤎🤎
Absolutely keep the DEMONS off their land.
Whoever thought to make this documentary THANK YOU! They are so beautiful and I LOVE learning about their customs and how they create a life. It’s very satisfying. I almost feel like I’m there with them.
women are incharge almost everywhere. cos wickedness, female preference and simpage. its disconcerting to say least how almost everyone dont see it. women prolly be more obviously in charge if they had the mental and phys stregth and courage etc to get what they feel they want directly... so i guess/feel its nightmarish
Stop letting missionaries, enslavers or colonizers tell your stories.
Here modern women are complaining about pushing a laundry, dryer button, bruh
This shows perfectly how it is hard work not having a supermarket but it also shows that team work and a decent life respecting each other and nature brings health and true happiness.
It’s honestly a bittersweet blessing and a curse when looking at technological advancement and the way it alters our nature.
they dont miss supermarkets lol
I am telling you supermarket and technology advancement are the least of their worries. What is most important for them is that they keep their traditions intact without the influence of the external words!...
Supermarket?
“ it hard not having a supermarket “ who say they didn’t have a supermarket ???
I have lived this life before. We fetched water from the streams for our household needs including drinking. There was one day in a week set aside as a sacred day for the spirits of the land and nobody enters the forests. Our parents get up in the morning and will go around the village to visit almost all the other familes before starting their itinery
of the day. We breathed cleaned air . We brushed our teeth with plants so rich with what will prevent gum infections. What a peaceful life!!!
The cheekbones on these people 😍❤️, everyone is so gorgeous
These ladies just glow from the inside out😍
See what balance and peace does to a society 😌
This isn't a balanced society, it's a society where women are in control. The peace, safety, and good health of the people are all thanks to it being a matriarchy. When men have more power, death and destruction are soon to follow.
I rather live where I am now. This doesn't look like a life I would enjoy
It is probably the society that has made them that way, rather than they who have made the society that way.
@@Stewartaj2010get off the keyboard Stewart
@@Stewartaj2010you just can't handle not having control
Proud to be a woman from Guiné Bissau ❤🇬🇼🇬🇼🇬🇼🇬🇼🇬🇼🇬🇼🇬🇼
Hey where in guinea you came from
I love the respect, the positivity and love that reflects in this documentary. Very non judgemental
It's a fluff piece, of course it makes it seem nice.
The life expectancy is 50 lol.
What a wonderful documentary. A way to live naturally, holistic lives, organic food, natural herbs and oils, peace, no wars, a natural healthy life, free from corruption, illness, and toxic environments.
Stop letting missionaries, enslavers or colonizers tell your stories.
So, true
This is how life was meant to be: in a relation with nature ❤
Life’s meant to be bringing people to Jesus Christ we’re fighting a battle for souls the kingdom of heaven vs the evil one.
liar
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Sure it is 😂 the bible was the demise of peaceful coexistence with nature. Better keep it out of societies whose beliefs recognise the preservation of nature for the survival of mankind
@@Bhunnidbdon't spread that cancer plz
@@Bhunnidb
Christianity has destroyed and devoured the world. Life is not meant to be bring people to the feet of a dead dude. You are brainwashed with obsessing over and worshiping the world’s first global celebrity.
Christian missionaries and proselytizing should be punishable by permanent extinguishment, just like how all the “Christians” have done to everybody else since the inception of Christianity. Says right in your own Bible, “Eye for an eye.”
Worship your false idol in silence and leave other people alone.
The real name of the archipelago is "Bijagós" Islands. (Portuguese pronunciation & spelling). In Kriol, our National Language we call that territory (islands), "Tchon Di Bidjugu". The Terra or Land of the Bidjugu People. I am from Guinea Bissau. Thanks for reading.
My mother's ancestors are from G. Bissau as well
Their bone structure and complexion😳. Also the island nature is well preserved. So beautiful
This is amazing. I did a class presentation on matriarchal societies last November. If you Google matriarchal society even the Brittanica tries to paint this as fictitious societal structure. Wish I knew about this society last year!
I would like to see your work. Can I please?❤
Yes! This would be an awesome tribe to do a paper on Matriarchal Societies.
Life expectancy is 50 lol.
They don't have to worry about homeless. Or paying bills. Or house note or cars. They live of the land.. they take care of each other..
Haha 😂😂😂
Sounds like a great plan 😊
The definition of freedom.
Less mental illness in women.
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Pregnancy is Highly Honored, a very powerful state for the women there . . . the massaging of body/belly/breasts/ankles - such a wonderful way to enhance the progress toward childbirth! ❤. Beautiful ritual for this stage of womanhood.
I've heard massage helps prevent perineal tearing during birth. Stupid United States doesn't do this. Yet we are supposedly so knowledgable in the ways of medicine.
Needed that massage 7 kids ago.....
That is gross man. Not all women want kids
@@Melnokina.-. how is that gross ? Why shame women ?
@@Melnokina.-. As a woman who doesn’t want kids I still respect women that do want them. Shaming mothers is low.
Wonderful how they work together. No one goes hungry. The food is prepared by the women for the village.The village is the family.
It is so intriguing- the facial expressions, dancing, language, simplicity of living, cooperation, beautiful jungle environment, and even the dangerous work. As I am watching TH-cam ads keep popping up and I am reminded how superficial our current world/way of life is.
I wouldn't mind if people like this take over the world. People who only takes what they need and love the earth.
God gave us brains to progress
@@Zero-hl2zy Well as you can see a lot of people don't progress. You may think you are growing, but you/we are destroying the planet. That's not progress. That's greed and selfishness.
@@Zero-hl2zyyou can progress without damaging and throwing toxic into the water
@@msunje9862 I agree I wish I can send them cell phones so I can communicate with them
"People like this" have no need/desire or dysfunction to take over the world. Actually much of Afrika was like this until WP/E/A showed up...
I watch this with a sense of longing, of realizing how backward we have it in the "civilized" western world. Decades spent locked away in factories and office towers like hamsters in a cage, looking out with longing. It wasn't so very long ago that western culture thought these people needed to be civilized and were backward but as I scroll through the comments I am struck by the longing to live the simple happy lives these people live. I can only hope that we have finally learned to leave these people be.......they've got it right and maybe we could have the honour of being retaught by them .🙏
Cut the crap noone in this comment section would want to stay there for more than 3 days at most. There is no luxury like real toilets beths or showers. There is no electricity and noone speaks your language. The food is different very different from what they use to know. And many more things. That place only makes sense if you grew up with it.
@@Superlisop lol pretty much. they live in dust and dirt. this romanticizing from a distance is a classic western disease.
You can leave the west lmao ,
Thank you.
It's only like that because it's run by women. There's a great quote by Christopher Hitchens that goes something like, "Women create life, men destroy it." Pretty much sums up humanity.
These are the original people of the earth. Their beautiful black color cannot be matched. Hope they know how beautiful they are.
Until matriarchy is restored the World will continue to experience Fear,chaos,hatred,wars,lies,deceit and oppression. Sankofa is a MUST!
🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾 keep this tribe safe and no harm approaches it. May the legacy live on long !!!
What a beautiful documentary. I have said so many times to friends and family that the world would be a much better place if more women were in charge. As a man I've seen the overwhelming imbalance that we have in society where there is more masculine energy in place than feminine. The beautiful people in this documentary coexist with balance and joy. Just imagine if this was worldwide!
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it would be absolutely catastrophic if either gender singularly ran the modern world .We've seen what happens when only one gender rules. The entire planet consists of masculine and feminine energies -in nature/science -not just human beings . We've seen what happens when only one gender rules. Women have to come into balance within themselves as much as men . Then and only then will we have harmony.
Is the world today better than yesterday and beyond? The evidence says otherwise. The evidence shows that the more women perform works originally meant for men, the more things get worse. Running the world requires some sort of pragmatic, logical, unemotional, and decisive approach. You don't want things swinging whatever side women's emotions swing to, and I can tell you, their emotions do swing a lot. That doesn't mean they are bad. It simply means that whoever created men and women and gave us different talents and abilities and tasks has a reason for doing so.
@@joem551 Thanks for the response. I agree with the emotions in regards to women etc, however it should also be noted that us as men must also work on letting our emotions out instead of constantly holding them in, which causes men to have anxiety, constant stress and a variety of health issues. My original comment was geared more towards having more balanced energy in the world in regards to masculine and feminine energy. This includes in the workplace and more so the governmental powers and leadership roles. This group of people have mastered this. It is truly beautiful to see
Okay.
I feel like places where women rule tend to be happier
If we were like them, this world would be at peace. Beautiful people.
If we were more like them you wouldn't be sitting on your comfy chair with your highly advanced technology in hand typing silly shit like that.
You'd probably be dead from an easily curable diseases that we just didn't have the means to deal with.
Matriarchy breeds stagnation because without that male drive to progress as leaders and protectors no real advancement is made.
I'm lucky to have been born African. I'm a proud Kenyan.
I've lived through a cocktail of my culture and modernity.
I can remember when we used to do laundry at the river with a team of villagers back at home.
Those memories are priceless.
Stop letting missionaries, enslavers or colonizers tell your stories.
@maobe762 Same here, as an Haitian
What's crazy is in America, men call women masculine for being independent. Thanks for showing how different cultures operate in other parts of the world.
This is just not true, not for simply being independent. Dumb comment, fake news
Yeah in the old day's, are you still in 1950???😂😂
@@ao783still happens today
I enjoyed this so much. What an amazing culture. I hope they continue their traditions and keep the skills.
This was a very powerful documentary.... respect of both sexes seemed to just flow
Because the males respect the women as higher than themselves and work hard
The Rite of passage ceremonies where the young have to make payments or offer services to the elderly is like a form of social security for the old. Not much different from our tax and pension system. Its so clever. I beg these people to not disregard their culture ❤
The MAJORITY of huemankind don't abandon their original culture. It's the invasion of ' foreigners ' whose ignorance of life, destroy people and cultures THEY don't understand. Look around!
Oh wow! Thank you for this insightful take, although people contribute to their own SS, but I could see how they contributed by taking care of the young who inturn pay it back.
It is very different
That was beautiful, a life without the stresses of the modern world. The only part which was sad, was knowing as the children become educated to our ways they'll lose what has kept them in harmony with nature and each other for so many generations.
I'm hoping the documentary makers will think to give these people a decent percentage of the money made off TH-cam, since as of today, it's had 1.4 million views, and that kind of money would do wonders for their community, especially their school.
They have managed and coped beautifully
thus far.❤
Stay please away
the scourge of the rectangle
I see u ppl are all in your emotions one on that island it have roles of man and women just like in this world only difference I see is women making all the decisions so if that's what u ladies want say that because time and time again you ladies prove you can't survive without a man and to me you should thank God men love sex the way they do because if not where would u ladies be in the world
I bet they didn't have fake lockdown
Wow, Most of them look like natural models of the nature.
Beautifully made and intriguing, this documentary kept me on the verge of tears. I really like how simply these people live..I know we Americans can't go back, but I hope that our future generations will take inspiration from this and build more sustainable facilities, vehicles , and religions. I also feel the pain of the elders who see these diminishing of their traditions , but, maybe something more wholistic is meant to be built in its place. Let me also mention that these were probably the most beautiful children I have ever seen.
Very beautiful kids… shiny glossy skin
Am I the only one seeing that these black women, without any skin bleach and make up are so so beautiful with glowing skins?
They are very beautiful and their land is clean ❤
This lifestyle feels so fresh and clean!!!!! So beautiful! Every moment is art living like that.
I love this for them. I truly hope that the preservation of their culture extend for many generations to come.
Yess
Stop letting missionaries, enslavers or colonizers tell your stories.
Such simple, humble and uncomplicated life. No car, no social media, no high rise, no cravings for the pride of life. Just peace with all and sundry.
This is a beautifully made documentary. Excellent cinematography, beautiful scenes and story. Truthfully, they have made the documentary in a way that emphasizes the beauty of the people. Splendid!
The people of that island understand balance and respect nature. Beautiful..simply beautiful
It's a beautiful documentary .. hope this tribe won't change their culture in many years to come
I hope hey never change as this is how we all should be men only want war and domination over all others when it is their mothers and daughters who pass on their genes Mother Nature rules we must live by her laws not the laws of men who are mostly ruled not by brains but their wants sex and dominance. Women rule with hearts and souls we are the nurtures of Mother Nature and should have the control of men and their weak wills and we would be a happy world No churches dominating with their fear of hell and damnation while they are causing it here on earth.
Beautifully done! What an empowering watch for me. It has raised my spirit. I have been exposed to something that I never knew existed, but have dreamed of. Such peace and tranquility! Such tune and harmony with nature. My soul is fed and lifted.
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I agree soul is in delight seeing this beauty, love, culture, and inspiration.
Exactly 💯
These women are protected and governed by the men who run Gunnie Bissau otherwise boko Haram and them would've been ravaged them.. keep dreaming this is simply a liberal fairytale meant to keep black women on roids 😂
Yes.
Stop letting missionaries, enslavers or colonizers tell your stories.
Queens of Orango is a beautiful societal, cultural and environmental documentary.
The unfolding of this world within the documentary is unreal in spiritual quality~~ even exponentially more so when given in contrast to the rest of the state of this planet.
In truth, Queens of Orango represent the source.
Text © Doc Alexander
Excellent documentary!
Thank you to the Bissago people for letting us see their beautiful culture, traditions, and language.
I have grown up in rural African villages watching this kind of things/ practices which have disappeared when church labelled them dark backward practices.
Unpopular Opinion:Organized religions disenfranchise women!
@@nwatson2773you are so correct! Getting a little more popular, hopefully. I'm not sure if die-hard Christians are willing to accept the fact that whatever lessons Jesus wanted to pass on to us are lost and perverted. I doubt that he wanted women to be burned at the stake for having knowledge of the land. Like any true healer, they were attuned to Nature.
The church likes to project its own demonic deviance onto others.
It’s amazing how religion comes to save their souls, in exchange to lose their peaceful lives.
Ma'at
No stress on their faces. You can feel peace, happiness and harmony
Stop letting missionaries, enslavers or colonizers tell your stories.
They have to work. They have stress.
No books
@marilynyoh7951
That would drive me crazy. I love to read. I need the mental stimulation. I'm all for connecting with nature, but I'd want more than that.
What a Beautiful paradise they’ve created for themselves. I’m so proud of them! Everyone looks Healthy, Happy, Safe and free! I can almost feel the warmth and fresh air. Now This is living a good life. 💗
Such beauty, togetherness and love for each other, helping each other ... It truly takes a village to make a home ... I love everything about these people and how they live ... ❤️
Notice all the men look amazing and new, even the older men look well cared for. Something with matriarchy that produces the best quality of people. I hope they don't lose their way of life. They all look so happy and at peace.
Lol that pandering "the best people"
No women seeking for princess treatment aswell
@@lillexus5589 because they're in charge?
I'm African American, and while I love my people and culture, I also love positive, observational documentaries of indigenous African (not heavily influenced by colonization) cultures like this. It helps me get a sense of what my ancestors lives were like. It seems so peaceful and pure.
And the way that lady yeeted that dog into the water at 33:08 cracked me tf up lmao
You can be African or you can be American but you can't be both. If you were born in Africa that would make you African. So what the hell is wrong with that? If you were born in America that makes you American. Respecting your heritage is not a bad thing for anyone no matter their race so why try to hide between two distinctions? What are you so ashamed of that you are willing to muddle or mislabel your own heritage? Piss on politicians; stop listening to them and their social engineering bull shit if you don't want to be heavily influenced by colonization. Stop falling for their con act and playing their bull shit colonization games if you despise it so much. You were born an individual but you refuse to live an individual life? How screwed up is that? Damn.
go back then, i love my american indian culture
@@WoollyVikingno need to go back to appreciate it.
@@WoollyVikingcoocoo
@@WoollyViking shut up🙄
Very beautiful, especially how they live in harmonic balance with their land and the sea. May the young women see the value of their heritage and chose to continue it!
This piece was so beautiful and respectful thank you for sharing it with the world.
I would definitely be extremely happy to live here. It's a dream I can never imagine in the Western world.
Sadly we can't. It is based on bloodline.
@@AN-Reasonstolove so nobody can go and live there?
@@amwuclarityThey may be willing to accept black women if we offer something like teaching the children English.
@Ms.NoNo2 it's very possible, but I quite get the location but it seems to be on the bottom of West Africa somewhere, since the boat can in from Bissau (Guinea Bissau) and they were Portugues Colony. Probably around Seychelles. I can definitely do volunteering position there for a month at least.
Have fun ther you wouldnt last 3 days. No electricity no luxury items youd beg for coming back in such a short time you wouldnt have unpacked your stuff. Youd most likely have to do farm work that you would never consider in a modern society. Stop bullshitting yourself and admit that youre not happy if you are there.
If you really meant what you said you would seek out to make it become reality to live in such a society.
You can talk about it as much as you like but its like with most people who say" i will go to the gym strating today" and never go there after 3 times.
Beautiful documentary. I hope that they will exist for ever. Even if some move to Bissau they have to hold strong to their culture. It their traditions that made them strong and beautiful. So many wise things to learn from people like them. 🙏🏻❤️
All primitive cultures are basically the same and there's things to learn from them but allowing women to be in control isn't one of them....how did that work out for them when the Portuguese arrived
@@davidwong6515cry about it lil boy
@@davidwong6515 so are you saying the Portuguese did not colonize places where men lead
@@davidwong6515 It was and is still the women who lead in many cultures all over the world. Nothing wrong with that. Anyway both women and men work hard. We who are not from those places can not manage it even if being a man. Believe me.
Their traditions of wearing White Mans clothes? You are seriously stupid.
The newlyweds are so beautiful 😭 and the bride has a beautiful smile 😍
Such a wonderful film about these people. Done beautifully and love the narrators voice.
What a beautiful place with a beautiful people who live harmoniously with nature. It’s intriguing how they work peaceful together in boosting food security & contributing to the local economy. The women are stunning, naturally beautiful & healthy. The good thing I observed is that they is no church in that area , Christianity has destroyed most cultures I therefore hope that island remains like that for many generations to come . The best documentary ever. Thank you 🙏
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Iqiniso lelo mfwethu
Christians think woman was born from Adam's rib. It's too patriarchal. Of course there would not be a church there.
Christianity etc destroyers. Somehow the Portuguese did not.mamage to impose that thraldom. Interesting, they only ruled for 40 years.
what a lie, you don't even know what christianity is, if you hate it. some abusive people wrecked it for others, but to know Christ is to to be extremely blessed and receive miracles, healing and super blessings FROM HIM, no priest necessary. you speak in total ignorance of it.
What a beautiful way of life. They all look healthy and happy!
When women are happy healthy and free, then all of society is happy healthy and free.
I really enjoyed the program…. Human in balance with nature is BEST 👑🖤💫
I enjoyed watching this episode and wish all happiness and continued peace and tranquility for the Bissago, a very beautiful people❤
These people don't have degrees or masters in laws or business studies , but they can easily be given a doctorate in self sufficiency.these people will survive pretty well at any world economic disaster for sure.
These titles you listed they are a prerequisite to being what ....a better human being?
Gtfoh those concepts are alien and a disease to the real humanity.😢
Not just self-sufficiency, but the ability to live in their Home for centuries without destroying it. That's something we westerners can't teach, because we still haven't learned how to do it yet.
You're crazy if you think these people aren't protected and governed by men from groups like boko Haram.
@@easybandzofficial6456that’s the job of a man: to protect. Something western men don’t know jack isht about.
@@DestinyAlready spare me.. the prisons and cemeteries are filled with men who tried to protect a no good modern 304 blk woman.. just 2 weeks ago a blk woman made her son delete someone she had started an altercation with that she should’ve just shut her mouth instead. About a month ago it happened again at a McDonald’s a blk woman called her son to delete a McDonald’s employee she had gotten into a verbal altercation with. Not to mention all the 304s that get their ex’s/ boyfriends robbed/deleted etc.. also let’s not forget the blk women who destroy relationships with men who are trying to provide and protect them and their children.
Everything they do is in harmony with nature... and to protect peace. I'm ready for the matriarchy.
Lmao. Go move there. Itll never happen with strong men around.
We women did rule for more than fifty thousand years, before the patriarchy decimated the ancient Goddess cultures. We lived like this. The men destroying everything have been in power for a relatively short time. We will rule again one day and have peace.
@@kelseycoyote6576 stop lying and women will never be in power. Never have. You can trace things back thousands of years and your theory is still just a theory.
@@kelseycoyote6576spread them women kings lies all y'all wana. Keep dreaming&wishing
Patriarchy and matriarchy are both essential for a balance in society. Most of you if not all of you in the West are used to foolishness you confused with patriarchy while on the same light you confuse feminism with matriarchy. I am an African well informed on different cultures in Africa and I can tell you, Patriachy and Matriarchy are essential in most cultures and extremely different to the feminist ideologies in the West. Feminism is destructive, evil and centered in around the war and confrontation between the man and woman. Keep your feminist out of Africa and our woman will not accept it because they know that if they do, they will loose every power, every position and everything they currently have such as in this society.
Thank you so much for sharing a bit of my beautiful people,culture and country(Guinea-Bissau).
What an absolutely great documentary. Very impressive. Its so interesting. I've wondered what the results of matriarchal society would be. As she said, crime almost non existing and then avoiding war by cleverly buying over the enemy. i see a well functioning society, with high standard of living for a third world country and clear good values. They are such absolutely beautiful people. I wish i could spend a long time with my easel, canvas and paint!!❤❤❤❤❤❤
This is so very uplifting. It brings me pride of belonging. These are the people of my Father's Ancestors. It explains much in my Spirit. "Urithi wangu ni Balanta na Zulu." I was born in Chicago Illinois, thanks to the transatlantic slave trade, but thankfully Alkebulan, ( Afrika) was born in me. I am forever grateful and thankful.
Ubuntu Ma'at Ase'🙏🏿
Come visit Africa, you will love it.
hoe do you know this?
@@mariejane1567 Multiple DNA research and extensive research of U.S and Scottish documentation.
Is this Swahili? In Swahili that means my inheritance is in Balanta and Zulu
@@daisyarusey That is correct.
Such a charming way of living,we Westerners could learn a lot from their way of treating Mother Nature,it was a pleasure to watch this film,and the voice of the commentary I found ever so calming.Beautifully told.
women are incharge almost everywhere. cos wickedness, female preference and simpage. its disconcerting to say least how almost everyone dont see it. women prolly be more obviously in charge if they had the mental and phys stregth and courage etc to get what they feel they want directly... so i guess/feel its nightmarish
The absolute peacefulness in the peoples faces and eyes is a thing to behold. The village layout is compact and neat and functional I'm sure. I hope they preserve it. Thanks for this doc.
In my next life, I hope to be a Bassago of centuries before the Industrial Age. Beautiful people, village, customs. Nowhere is perfect but this seems pretty close.
I love this. I had so much emotion and feeling from watching this beautiful documentary. ❤️❤️❤️
this is what happens when women and men take their natural places in the society - peace, balance, happiness. I pray I make it to the day when the patriachy way of life fades away, it has proven to be a dead end.
Facts
❤❤🎉🎉🎉 Matriarchy
Natural places ? Patriarchy is literally the most natural way . The superior rules lmao .
@@thereality3398 People who think this is how it should be are delusional.
Even in the wild, the strongest and toughest animals rule and that's the world we live in today.
This is why there are no powerful matriarchy to speak of, only those in remote faraway islands like this one who still live in mud huts where the rest of the world don't even know about.
you betray your personal inferiority@@thereality3398
This was a beautiful documentary about a beautiful people. Strength, courage, prosperity y of health, joy and love be unto you all!
Chez nous également dans le Kwilu au Congo, la société matriarcale est toujours d'actualité chez les AMBUNN , je retrouve ici l'environnement et les traditions de mon enfance anté- coloniale. Nos traditions n'ont pas disparues et vont perduré à jamais. Merci pour cette belle vidéo.
Please share more. I am wanting to connect there with the women
I cried cause I felt like I missed something for not being a part of my tradition.
City girl here ❤
Stop letting missionaries, enslavers or colonizers tell your stories.
You’ll find some lazy bum men in your city too
The level of cooperation/community just makes me want to cry.
If everyone adopted the customs of the Bissago people, the world would be a better place! This was beautiful.
And yet some in that society may foolishly want to have what they mistakenly believe westerners have. While in reality, many westerners long to have a simple life.
You will never see these tribal women promote homosexuality like western matriarchy.
@@yungbfresh1here y’all go 🙄
It’s impossible to do that in bigger groups. The sense of individuality reigns in the world. Many people believe they don’t owe nothing to the next person.
Cristians wont let that happen, they will probably go there and try to make them believers! disgusting@!
I love watching this documentary ....I am from the Caribbean and I think these are our lost ancestors ... we have so much similarities in everything... these are my people❤❤❤❤
Thank You so much to all those who made this video possible
Happy, contented, well fed, active, keep to beliefs, Clean skin, clean teeth - keep visitors out.
Look how happy and safe men are in a matriarchal world !! It's not the same for women in a patriarchy world !!
Women are controlled by their emotions, which is why this society doesn't have running water, indoor toilets, effective medicine, and their standard of living is a hut, sleeping on thin mat over a mud floor.
Because of feminism
@@veraaddoyobo8482 feminism gave us the right to vote
@@christinefury1040 Vote for what?
@@veraaddoyobo8482 it's the men that rules the world nothing to do with feminism 🙄 🤦♀️feminism is just a word not a world ruler or something
Finally! A place to visit that makes sense flying to! I don't travel much because no place has interested me enough to go in the air for a visit. Thank a million!