A History of Yoruba Religion In Brazil

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  • @TheProphesor
    @TheProphesor 4 роки тому +240

    Yoruba people and culture is a spirit itself....it can never die and it can never be cancelled....it will always live on forever and ever🙌🏽🙌🏽

    • @VanTConsult
      @VanTConsult 4 роки тому +41

      Here in the Caribbean some people take Yoruba classes. It is religion, the same way Christians learn Latin, and Muslims learn Arabic. Black and Latino people over here learn Yoruba to better understand the Ofu Ifa, read Pathakis etc. The Yoruba are admired for defending native African theology, and not selling out to outsiders. thus they are emulated.

    • @maatatoure9602
      @maatatoure9602 4 роки тому +9

      @@VanTConsult
      That's amazing 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

    • @maatatoure9602
      @maatatoure9602 4 роки тому +6

      @@Christiansworld14
      Yep!

    • @myrlenecelestin392
      @myrlenecelestin392 4 роки тому +2

      @@VanTConsult which countries are talking about specifically?

    • @VanTConsult
      @VanTConsult 4 роки тому +5

      @@myrlenecelestin392 In the Spanish Speaking countries people learn from going to mainly Cuba See : "Lukumí and Yorùbá in Comparison", ua-cam.com/video/kQBG_0ShlUs/v-deo.html.
      English speaking countries, people learn from going to Trinidad & Tobago. Please :Orisha Trinidad and Tobago, elder Singing for Osain, ua-cam.com/video/MBdDz5oFqRw/v-deo.html
      French speakers learn in Haiti, but Haitian Creole descends a lot from the Fon of Benin, so that theology is different from the typical Yoruba cosmology with Orishas, Oludumare, Obaluaye etc. Haitians have Lwas, instead of Orishas. They have Damballah, Agwe, La Sirene which is equated to Mami Wata/Yemoja etc. Not to mention there are Orishas/Lwas in the cosmology unknown to Africans as theologically they are "born in the New World" after slavery, such as Erzulie Dantor who is described as "hot"/"angry" as she was born on a slave pantation as opposed to in Africa. It's complex. Regards.

  • @Rafael-br2vh
    @Rafael-br2vh 4 роки тому +53

    i'm brazilian and adept to the Umbanda (another african-brazilian religion descendent from Yoruba cosmology), and i am so glad to see that our culture and history are seen in other parts of the world, what happened here, an african religion become so popular in such a racist society, is simply beautiful, and i can't help to be just so proud of being a descendent of the motherland Afrika, thank you for teaching about our culture to other people, and thank you for teaching me so much about african history, great video man !

  • @dondon9734
    @dondon9734 4 роки тому +164

    If any of you guys ever visit Brazil to know Afro-brazilian culture I recommend coming to the northeast (mainly Bahia) or Rio de Janeiro. Racial distribution in Brazil varies from region to region, the south is more white, the northeast is more black and the north is more indigenous.

    • @tunjilegba
      @tunjilegba 4 роки тому +12

      Yes I went to Salvador amazing city

    • @baiaforev2407
      @baiaforev2407 4 роки тому +14

      Yes Salvador is great and rich in Afro-Brazilian culture, Rio too.

    • @flavio5046
      @flavio5046 3 роки тому +2

      And watch for your wallets haha.
      I'm serious, Salvador, from Bahia is used to tourits, so the thieves there know where to look for the dollars (atractions in the city).

    • @Therootdoctress
      @Therootdoctress 3 роки тому +2

      Planning my trip now

    • @louisotieno4712
      @louisotieno4712 2 роки тому +2

      Spot on True.

  • @BadFriend145
    @BadFriend145 4 роки тому +97

    I love my people in all their forms, faiths and the cultures they practice. Love from NY ✊🏿

    • @quietlionwhp2609
      @quietlionwhp2609 4 роки тому +2

      For real.

    • @maatatoure9602
      @maatatoure9602 4 роки тому +3

      My love and blessings to you
      M'bife 💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕

    • @kikobangz
      @kikobangz 4 роки тому +1

      🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤

    • @TaySaidSo
      @TaySaidSo 3 роки тому +2

      I agree King love from Detroit's! 🖤✊🏾✊🏾

    • @DizzyMakavelli
      @DizzyMakavelli 2 роки тому

      That's cool, man...
      We're tired of being discriminated by Americans.

  • @megallodon8707
    @megallodon8707 4 роки тому +34

    Thank you for talking about black culture, and camdoble on Brazil, I was waiting for a video like this. Hugs Broder

  • @felazany
    @felazany 4 роки тому +93

    Afro-descendants in Brazil are the heart and soul of the country. We love you all our brothers and sisters in Brazil. You're welcome home anytime. Mad love from Kenya 🇰🇪

    • @adrianajones8004
      @adrianajones8004 4 роки тому +11

      Ok. You invited us, im going. Someday.

    • @proverbalizer
      @proverbalizer 4 роки тому +10

      @@adrianajones8004 and @FN you're welcome to Nigeria too

    • @adrianajones8004
      @adrianajones8004 4 роки тому +7

      @@proverbalizer obrigada

    • @weirdo4653
      @weirdo4653 4 роки тому +3

      @Ant Maf Algerians and Egyptians are Africans??

    • @principalitycidade4323
      @principalitycidade4323 4 роки тому +2

      @Ant Maf I dont understand your meaning...

  • @oba6867
    @oba6867 4 роки тому +32

    love the content man. This encouraged me to start learning my home language Yoruba but to also pick up Brazilian Portuguese. global society is becoming more accepting of afro-centric cultures so there's promise in knowing these.

    • @oddvillainnetwork
      @oddvillainnetwork 3 роки тому +2

      Hey! I actually lived in Salvador for a while and frequently visit. I’m affiliated with a couple black outreach programs and groups out there if you’re interested. Axé

    • @mariadelourdesbispo4637
      @mariadelourdesbispo4637 Рік тому

      Oba ,você é Agudá : descendentes de brasileiros retornados para África Nigéria, Togo , Benim ?

  • @Griot.7294
    @Griot.7294 4 роки тому +104

    I’m Venezuelan , we have a lot of AfroVenezuelans from Yoruba and Igno heritage. Their religion is sometimes known as “Santería”

    • @princenathan5987
      @princenathan5987 4 роки тому +7

      You mean Igbo

    • @kayade5305
      @kayade5305 3 роки тому +11

      @Prince Nathan Nope. *Yoruba, NOT Igbo.* Not by any stretch of the imagination.

    • @ismailolatunji178
      @ismailolatunji178 2 роки тому +1

      @@kayade5305 There are Igbos among Afro-Venezuelan.

    • @bravecoldwater9061
      @bravecoldwater9061 2 роки тому +1

      @@the1JPMar The so called Yoruba are not a tribe, the name applies to various interrelated tribes that make up the ''ethnic group'' that are today called the Yoruba. However continuing with that concept of African ethnic groups, the Fulani would actually be largest & in fact there are (controversially) Fulani tribes that are native to many other regions outside of Africa. The primary ethnic groups brought to the Americas during slavery were the Manding, Cameroonians (which includes Igbo), Fulani & Akan. Jamaicans are primarily a heavy blend of Akan/Igbo with some Fulani roots. There were many Yoruba who came to central- South America before & after the slave trade however they most certainly are not the majority or the most culturally influential because the historical records indicate they participated in more slave trading then most other West African societies, whereas Igbos & Fulanis were the main groups that they initially sold during the early foundations of the trans Atlantic slave trade.

    • @uloakuokoro3610
      @uloakuokoro3610 2 роки тому

      @@the1JPMar Lies. Igbos are everywhere,if all Igbos including the African Americans etc we're to return to Nigeria you have no space. Even Lagos itself is more populated by Igbos than the natives. Y'all just like to make noise.

  • @tola2090
    @tola2090 4 роки тому +78

    I'm proud of ancient yoruba art, the sculpture on the thumbnail with the facial scarifications is one with features that can pass for a modern day west African. Even the Europeans who came to Nigeria were shocked at how sophisticated our ancient art was, unfortunately they stole most of them.

    • @warldorwessarnoelt3936
      @warldorwessarnoelt3936 4 роки тому +11

      I m African and unfortunately, the vast majority of us just don’t understand or know what happened to our brothers, sisters, cousins, parents when they got on those ships towards the new world. It’s movie like this that’s important to teach a valuable lesson that our African chiefs were wrong, slavemasters were wrong, the institution of slavery was wrong, and the Europeans powers that allow slavery to exist were wrong! Let’s be clear on these facts that 99% of Africans today had nothing to do with the slave trade and let’s be clear that the vast majority of white people had nothing to do with slavery. The problem that exist as of 2021 is the fact that racism, tribalism, prejudices, discrimination and hate that’s part of human nature, must be minimized by one towards other people, for there are people out there who have fallen victims to these human ills...making it difficult for them to put ENOUGH bread and butter on the table for them and their family members. The great news here is that we all have the power as individuals to change the world around us, to treat the next person with empathy --to treat others the way you will want to be treated regardless of your social-economic status . In a nutshell the be kind and to treat others with decency while giving other people an opportunity to climb the economic ladder of life, in today’s society. Thank you. I can be followed on Facebook at: Wes Smith (waldors@yahoo.com) or on Instagram at: mrwessmith. You can subscribe to my channel here in UA-cam. Thanks again!

    • @louisotieno4712
      @louisotieno4712 2 роки тому

      I effing hate how colonialism messed things up in Africa. They took Our Resources and Messed our minds. Know thyself

    • @uloakuokoro3610
      @uloakuokoro3610 2 роки тому

      You mean the Edo bronze arts not Yoruba . Get the facts.

  • @bigfuzztown18
    @bigfuzztown18 4 роки тому +26

    Appreciate this video, keep educating us on the ancestors 🍃

  • @marclaaq
    @marclaaq 4 роки тому +35

    It always amazes me when I hear Yoruba words in some of these Latin religions, I like how they made it their own.

    • @yudithyu3611
      @yudithyu3611 4 роки тому +11

      I’m not sure what you’re talking about. I met someone from the continent of Africa, can’t remember what country, but once he learned I was from Cuba, he asked if I knew Yoruba, I didn’t but I took it to my uncle, and even thought 500yrs have passed and my uncle has never set a foot in Africa, they understood each other and talked for a long while. It’s just a different accent with a touch of pronunciation from their native language. Even though Brazilians speak Portuguese and Cubans Spanish, and the video narrator English with a terrible Yoruba accent, you can still understand

  • @samgamgee7384
    @samgamgee7384 4 роки тому +3

    Yours is some of the most scholarly and well spoken social, cultural and historical work I have seen on UA-cam. THank you.

  • @natanaeloliveira366
    @natanaeloliveira366 4 роки тому +19

    Hey, good job!. I live in northeastern Brazil and although not following this religion I already saw some people practicing these rituals.

    • @dondon9734
      @dondon9734 4 роки тому +7

      Here in Bahia it is very common, I grew up christian so I know very little about the religion.

    • @eped2556
      @eped2556 4 роки тому

      Africans do not practice Religions. Africa are Spiritual people. Religions are foreign to Africans they Western European Religions brought to Africa

    • @warldorwessarnoelt3936
      @warldorwessarnoelt3936 4 роки тому +3

      I m African and unfortunately, the vast majority of us just don’t understand or know what happened to our brothers, sisters, cousins, parents when they got on those ships towards the new world. It’s movie like this that’s important to teach a valuable lesson that our African chiefs were wrong, slavemasters were wrong, the institution of slavery was wrong, and the Europeans powers that allow slavery to exist were wrong! Let’s be clear on these facts that 99% of Africans today had nothing to do with the slave trade and let’s be clear that the vast majority of white people had nothing to do with slavery. The problem that exist as of 2021 is the fact that racism, tribalism, prejudices, discrimination and hate that’s part of human nature, must be minimized by one towards other people, for there are people out there who have fallen victims to these human ills...making it difficult for them to put ENOUGH bread and butter on the table for them and their family members. The great news here is that we all have the power as individuals to change the world around us, to treat the next person with empathy --to treat others the way you will want to be treated regardless of your social-economic status . In a nutshell the be kind and to treat others with decency while giving other people an opportunity to climb the economic ladder of life, in today’s society. Thank you. I can be followed on Facebook at: Wes Smith (waldors@yahoo.com) or on Instagram at: mrwessmith. You can subscribe to my channel here in UA-cam. Thanks again!

  • @TRUTHTEACHER2007
    @TRUTHTEACHER2007 4 роки тому +27

    Well that's a coincidence. I was just watching a video about Candomle in Brazil, like literally one second ago and now you put this out

    • @adrianajones8004
      @adrianajones8004 4 роки тому +1

      Besides Candomble, there are others Umbanda, kimbanda e more.

    • @goldbluetears
      @goldbluetears 4 роки тому

      can u share the link?

    • @TRUTHTEACHER2007
      @TRUTHTEACHER2007 4 роки тому

      @@goldbluetears ua-cam.com/video/gxkUG174uxE/v-deo.html

  • @baiaforev2407
    @baiaforev2407 4 роки тому +22

    Yes I loved the Yoruba culture as manifested in Brazil. It is very present in the Northeast of Brazil and Rio. It is very beautiful and inspiring

  • @michaelsawyer7196
    @michaelsawyer7196 3 роки тому +15

    Proud Afro Brazilian here love this video 💕

  • @queenzyonnax2296
    @queenzyonnax2296 4 роки тому +8

    We love love love all of your wonderful videos

  • @dee7847
    @dee7847 4 роки тому +107

    I am a YORUBA women by blood and identity....just not a Yoruba in religion. Although I have family that practice the Yoruba religion, I can still respect it. 🙂🇳🇬🙂

    • @VanTConsult
      @VanTConsult 4 роки тому +50

      Here in the Caribbean, people are practising it a lot more, and rejecting Christianity. People are refusing to see anything non-African as divine. Our ancestors hid it for centuries after slavery, and pretended to be Christians. But after the wars of liberation, people practice it openly. They refuse to teach their children anything that is not black/African is God, like the slavers and missionaries tried to indoctrinate them. We are about teaching our children that the divine looks, like them and their people, not other people. Regards.

    • @siyabongabhongoza8201
      @siyabongabhongoza8201 4 роки тому +10

      @@VanTConsult did u know that Christianity in Africa is older than in europe ?

    • @proverbalizer
      @proverbalizer 4 роки тому +18

      @@siyabongabhongoza8201 not true, 90% of the New testament was written in Greek. Christianity was born within the Roman Empire (so yes it did make it to Egypt pretty early on, as Egypt was already part of the Roman Empire at the time)

    • @siyabongabhongoza8201
      @siyabongabhongoza8201 4 роки тому +7

      @@proverbalizer have u ever heard of the churches of lolabela in Ethiopia, they are older than all the christian buildingsl in Europe, go and Google ull be surprised !

    • @thenewmayorofcrazytown7392
      @thenewmayorofcrazytown7392 4 роки тому +3

      @@siyabongabhongoza8201
      Armenia 1st Christian State
      Abyssinia 2nd Christian State
      Rome 3rd Christian State

  • @lydiambwele7382
    @lydiambwele7382 4 роки тому +11

    May our almighty God bless you abundantly for the great works you are doing

  • @monaeblackeaglequeen8974
    @monaeblackeaglequeen8974 4 роки тому +18

    I love to learn about the Yoruban mythology it's so amazing to me

  • @lagosislandlad
    @lagosislandlad 4 роки тому +18

    I am not a Nigerian. I am a proud Yoruba man from the former Ijesha Kingdom. We are over 80 million strong and we WILL have our own nation!!!

    • @lagosislandlad
      @lagosislandlad 4 роки тому +2

      @Edboiyoma Boima Read up on your history and refrain from asking meaningless questions.

    • @thatdudee5344
      @thatdudee5344 4 роки тому +3

      my great grandfather(my grandmas dad) is King Agunlejika of Ijesha

    • @lagosislandlad
      @lagosislandlad 4 роки тому +1

      @@thatdudee5344 it's an honour.

    • @bolajiolaitan568
      @bolajiolaitan568 3 роки тому +2

      Yoruba nation loading

    • @bolajiolaitan568
      @bolajiolaitan568 3 роки тому +1

      @Edboiyoma Boima yoruba nation loading

  • @Daron7181
    @Daron7181 2 роки тому +6

    I found out I am a Yoruba descendant today. Making a note to visit Cuba, Northeast Brazil, and Nigeria on the continent in the near future.

  • @ademunch651
    @ademunch651 4 роки тому +82

    Proud Yoruba🇳🇬❤️

    • @bolajiolaitan568
      @bolajiolaitan568 3 роки тому +10

      Proudly omo ODUDUWA
      Yoruba nation loading

    • @ademunch651
      @ademunch651 3 роки тому +5

      @@bolajiolaitan568 👊🏽

    • @irinajomi
      @irinajomi 2 роки тому +1

      Yorùbá
      🌍❤💙

  • @lekgotlatgae5955
    @lekgotlatgae5955 4 роки тому +134

    Where all my Nigerian people at..
    👇🏼

  • @EmotiveCustodian
    @EmotiveCustodian 4 роки тому +5

    Top shelf content my man!

  • @loveislove8741
    @loveislove8741 4 роки тому +47

    A lot of African cultures got scrubbed out during slavery, Yoruba culture stayed at the forefront because Yorubas are very stubborn and proud by nature. Yorubaland is one of the most liberal places in the World. I know Yorubas that are die hard Christians and Muslims yet they'll be at traditional festivals praising the Orisa or they'll go to Babalawo when their religious books don't make sense. Yorubas are just a different species altogether lol

    • @ADE-of-LAGOS
      @ADE-of-LAGOS 2 роки тому +2

      Most of our people back home are just running away from themselves, which is impossible. They or their children are still going to return to their past. It has started already.

    • @THEONLYOBA
      @THEONLYOBA 2 роки тому +2

      @@ADE-of-LAGOS very true I’m already trying to convert to the traditional yoruba spirituality of isese when I’m older

  • @burtisaac1000
    @burtisaac1000 4 роки тому +5

    Thanks for sharing your wisdom.

  • @Just_a_turtle_chad
    @Just_a_turtle_chad 4 роки тому +19

    *This amazing video is Turtle Approved* ✓

  • @Rick-tr3fj
    @Rick-tr3fj 3 роки тому

    thank you for taking the time.

  • @maatatoure9602
    @maatatoure9602 4 роки тому +16

    You are my hero Hometeam ❤
    I hope that you have a pharaonic name, Hometeam, or any other empirical name, because you deserve it!
    Yoruba people,their culture and religion are very powerful, they are also great business women and men!!!
    I truly see our ancestors's heritage in our people in the diaspora, it's sometimes even stronger than in our motherland that where some of the places have become arabised or europenied completely.
    When I discovered Harlem in 2016, I cried tears of Joy looking at my beautiful Sisters and Brothers who survived the cultural genocide, I felt the same way visiting New Orleans 💕
    Some Brazilians and other children of Africa are coming back home, exactly as predicted by our Brother Marcus Garvey.

  • @xelosandoval
    @xelosandoval 4 роки тому +32

    Yoruba culture can be found all over Latin America from Brazil 🇧🇷 to Mexico 🇲🇽 to the USA 🇺🇸 especially in oyotunji and all of the Caribbean islands 🌴 🇨🇺 🇵🇷 🇯🇲 🇭🇹 🇩🇴...

    • @oluwadamilola6233
      @oluwadamilola6233 4 роки тому +8

      I think oyotunji is a new and modern community who recently embraced Yoruba culture. It's not like those in Brazil,cuba,haiti etc which were old practice

    • @xelosandoval
      @xelosandoval 4 роки тому +5

      @@oluwadamilola6233 It’s true oyotunji was founded in 1970 it’s more modern compared Yoruba culture throughout Latin America

    • @weirdo4653
      @weirdo4653 4 роки тому +1

      Mexico?????

    • @xelosandoval
      @xelosandoval 4 роки тому +9

      @@weirdo4653 yes Mexico 🇲🇽
      For your information Mexico was the first country to give African slaves there freedom because of Gaspar Yanga. People from Veracruz, Guerrero and Oaxaca are descendent from west Africans ,native Americans and Spanish Europeans.
      I’m oaxaqueño my race is AfroMestiza and my nationality is Mexican
      Most people from the south of Mexico are afromestizos or pure indigenous and most people from the north of Mexico are mestizos or pure indigenous
      President V.Guerrero was afromestizo which would make him the first Afro decent president in the Americas way before Obama

    • @weirdo4653
      @weirdo4653 4 роки тому +1

      @@xelosandoval that's curious

  • @tuumef1799
    @tuumef1799 4 роки тому +1

    That bit about the vernacular was a nice surprise. Thanks for the exploration of this subject.

  • @travelsquadd
    @travelsquadd 4 місяці тому

    Great documentary. I was this on a recent trip to Brazil, and other countries like Cuba, Colombia, Dominican Republic. What i found intriguing about brazil, is some of the religions, believe in Jesus and also their African gods...its blended...its a beautiful thing, that they managed to keep their beliefs and ways of life from Africa.

  • @agotimeadefunmi9170
    @agotimeadefunmi9170 4 роки тому +2

    Beautiful job on the video!

  • @jeffersonneves5046
    @jeffersonneves5046 3 роки тому +10

    I’m from Brazil, Salvador, Bahia The blackest city outside of Africa n our culture is alive, our religion don’t judge ppl it’s all about peace.
    Terreiro de canomblé is where we practice our religion n it was very criticized in the past for being a black religion n for being open to homosexuals as the Christians had bad views towards it, but we didn’t care ! We love our orixás e all black ppl it’s a place where u can be yourself n express it.
    Kisses for all my black brothers n sister from Brazil 🇧🇷

  • @abdiguinean4940
    @abdiguinean4940 4 роки тому +6

    One of da only real channels

  • @agthaog1986
    @agthaog1986 4 роки тому +29

    If the Earth was considering a human being (which its definitely a living thing), Then the Motherland would definitely be its Spirit ✊🏽

  • @LuisRayLewis
    @LuisRayLewis Рік тому +1

    Maferefun Shango 🔥🔥🔥 . Love from Cuba 🇨🇺

  • @DaduaMaiga
    @DaduaMaiga 4 роки тому +23

    I would like to see a animation video about King Piye and his conquest of Egypt that made him the founder of the 25th dynasty, who then help restored the main religion of worship of Amun, and restored Nile Valley culture.

    • @kushgodreturns5873
      @kushgodreturns5873 4 роки тому +7

      And give the kushites some good looking armor.

    • @natanaeloliveira366
      @natanaeloliveira366 4 роки тому +4

      that would be great

    • @proverbalizer
      @proverbalizer 4 роки тому +5

      He did a very informative video about Pharaoh Piankhi already

    • @DaduaMaiga
      @DaduaMaiga 4 роки тому +1

      @@proverbalizer Yes, I know that, I've asked for an animation video, like a short film.

    • @proverbalizer
      @proverbalizer 4 роки тому +1

      @@DaduaMaiga ok, I would have linked it, but I guess you have seen it

  • @alishagadson9524
    @alishagadson9524 4 роки тому +5

    Always full of knowledge 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

  • @chillwithrahn1791
    @chillwithrahn1791 4 роки тому +5

    Love the videos

  • @alexo.640
    @alexo.640 4 роки тому +28

    Even though I am not Yoruba but Igbo Proud to be A Nigerian and African

    • @Anthony_Ola
      @Anthony_Ola 3 роки тому +4

      In the eyes of the dominant race…we are one and the same. And YES WE ARE.👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

    • @SuperHtownswag
      @SuperHtownswag 3 роки тому

      Igbo kwenu

    • @proverbalizer
      @proverbalizer Рік тому +1

      our original spirituality is very similar. Chi is like Ori... a dibia and a babalawo are using similar knowledge

  • @Anthony_Ola
    @Anthony_Ola 3 роки тому +1

    Brilliant narration👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾❤️❤️❤️🔥🔥🔥

  • @victorpate24
    @victorpate24 4 роки тому +16

    I soooooooo badly wanna study the spiritual aspect of Yoruba in Brazil, New Orleans and on the African continent. I feel so empty because I am not financially independent and I am worried about people who may take advantage of my naivety.

    • @yudithyu3611
      @yudithyu3611 4 роки тому +1

      Go to Cuba, it’s the exact same thing, but a lot cheaper. Plus regardless the lack of things and the great needs they have, but the love of religion comes first and they love to help people

    • @bandeleayoola8654
      @bandeleayoola8654 3 роки тому +1

      Just be careful because some people will try to use your naivety to milk you dry. I'm a Yoruba born and bread. I wish you well on this search/journey you are about to embark on 🙏

  • @franklafunk
    @franklafunk 3 роки тому +1

    Yo brother! I would love to see you something about Yemaya the water Deity

  • @ronaldsanjuan8174
    @ronaldsanjuan8174 4 роки тому +10

    Linking this with the Yoruba culture was good. But saying this is unique of Brazil is wrong. Cubans, Venezuelans and Puerto Ricans follow the same deities you mention here

    • @phillipsynder9795
      @phillipsynder9795 3 роки тому +1

      Yes,we follow this in puerto rico & All over the Caribbean.

  • @randee4550
    @randee4550 4 роки тому +16

    Yoruba influence, is still big in Puerto Rico. We have many Yoruba words, in Puerto Rican Spanish.

    • @arushanioshaka5600
      @arushanioshaka5600 4 роки тому

      Like what ? I would love to know

    • @randee4550
      @randee4550 4 роки тому +13

      @@arushanioshaka5600 A few words, like mofòngo, and pilón. Also the "7 potencias" have roots, from the Yoruba. Ochún, Changó, Obatalá, etc. And of course "us". You can look at the traditional music, and culture like bomba & plena, and many other things, throughout Puerto Rican culture

  • @markmahan7725
    @markmahan7725 4 роки тому +5

    This was informative and helpful. I am not an adherent to any religion and go towards secular society. But that is just me.

  • @CrowdPleeza
    @CrowdPleeza 4 роки тому +19

    Having slave owners who were Catholic seems to be a big factor in how much African religious culture could be preserved.
    I've noticed this when comparing the amount of African culture that was preserved in Catholic countries vs Protestant countries. Maybe the many saints found in Catholicism made it easier to disguise various African deities? This would be more difficult in Protestant countries where saints aren't worshiped.

    • @proverbalizer
      @proverbalizer 4 роки тому +5

      True observation, just compare Cuba and Haiti to Jamaica. Even in West Africa you can compare Nigeria to Benin Republic and see the same trend.

    • @Guizambaldi
      @Guizambaldi 3 роки тому

      Protestants are more principled. They take their morals more seriously, at least in form. Catholics are incredibly flexible and don't even care about form.
      I was raised catholic and I never felt there were rigid rules going on.

    • @mhorset
      @mhorset 5 місяців тому

      Nice point, further, actually there are many attacks to "yoruba houses" in Brazil, always leaded by Protestants, you never see a catholic physically disrespecting aspects of Yoruba religion although many has prejudice against it

  • @listenup2882
    @listenup2882 4 роки тому +18

    Of course Brazil was influenced by a lot more than Yoruba people. Lots of African tribes contributed but the Yoruba had the strongest influence.

  • @yorubaglobal
    @yorubaglobal 3 роки тому +1

    GREAT WORK

  • @romulo9875
    @romulo9875 4 роки тому +9

    There are some things that peaple would not find in books ... one of then is that the blend with catolicism was made before the Yorubas. The peaple that made it were from Angola. They had a unique type of catholicism because of the Kongo's monarchys (in the actual Angola country). They made this fusion between african religions and the catolicism when they try to convert to catolicism with almost without missionarys for some centurys.
    The fusion with the yorubas beliefs was made from that catholicism. The angola's catholicism.

    • @seismicvertigo345
      @seismicvertigo345 4 роки тому +1

      Interesting!

    • @mch7933
      @mch7933 4 роки тому +3

      good point but same syncretism with catholism is found in places were slaves from Kongo (modern Angola) were few but many from Yoruba were present like in Cuba, Trinidad and Tobago etc. so this isn't all to it

  • @opeyemiakinwoleola498
    @opeyemiakinwoleola498 4 роки тому +35

    One small critical correction is on the dominance of Women. Its directly from the continent and you will find that the Yorubas have feminist deities and masculine deities and some that would only be served by female priestesses. A good example is the Yemoja as well as the priestesses of the Osun Osogbo Groove.

    • @dondon9734
      @dondon9734 4 роки тому +8

      The guy in the video forgot to explain something important. In Candomblé here in Brazil there's both male and female priests "Yalorixá" and "Babalorixá".

    • @proverbalizer
      @proverbalizer 4 роки тому +4

      The Baale Yemoja in Ìbàdàn is a man, and many men participate in the annual festival, although there are a majority of female Yemoja priestesses. But I do agree with you that traditional Yoruba spirituality has always had a balance between masculine / feminine energies and allowed space for both male and female leadership roles. And this balance does differ based on the particular Òrìṣà

    • @opeyemiakinwoleola498
      @opeyemiakinwoleola498 4 роки тому +4

      @@dondon9734 Very interesting. Analogous to the Babalawo's and Iya Alawo's in Yoruba land

    • @karenl7786
      @karenl7786 4 роки тому +3

      I wouldn't look at it to say he is forgetting something. I would rather we see this as him providing bread crumbs that the comments here contribute to the larger understanding and lead those who are interested to look more deeply

    • @opeyemiakinwoleola498
      @opeyemiakinwoleola498 4 роки тому +5

      @@karenl7786 Fantastic perspective. This channel has always sparked deeper conversations about African spirituality and history and I love that spirited dialogue and its role bringing us all together on a deep level

  • @grapeshot
    @grapeshot 4 роки тому +26

    That's something they would not tolerate in the southern part of the United States they made sure they tried to drive every bit of Africa out of us. Even though we were able to hang on to some traditions.

    • @MsHaappi
      @MsHaappi 4 роки тому +4

      I was so surprised when I realized voodoo is similar to vodun -- which I know because it is part of a whole "nation" from the candomblé, jeje-mahim! At least the word sound is, maybe the meaning is different.

    • @samanthiavallery2679
      @samanthiavallery2679 4 роки тому +8

      Exactly , they stripped us to bone.

    • @maatatoure9602
      @maatatoure9602 4 роки тому +15

      @@samanthiavallery2679
      They did not succeed....look beautiful Sister, we are here together on this channel 🤗

    • @danielaayayi4142
      @danielaayayi4142 4 роки тому +5

      @@MsHaappi Vodun and Voodoo are the same.

    • @realdeal8303
      @realdeal8303 4 роки тому

      @@maatatoure9602 what is AFRICAN about the BA

  • @nlazip5143
    @nlazip5143 4 роки тому +4

    You should do Cuba next!!!

  • @obiefato2020
    @obiefato2020 3 роки тому +5

    I am just so proud of my tribe. Oduduwa look at your children. Oba kosoo (sango) keep protecting your people from evil. They can take us out of land but they can not take our culture out of us long live the yorubas and Benin.

  • @idknemore525
    @idknemore525 4 роки тому

    Awesome video

  • @kikobangz
    @kikobangz 4 роки тому

    You and Dane Calloway should compare your research and do a video together. THAT would be sooooo interesting!!

  • @leboyemichael4733
    @leboyemichael4733 4 роки тому +9

    The best on UA-cam hahahah am the first thanks for sharing

  • @TashasTouch
    @TashasTouch 4 роки тому +4

    Thank you

  • @warldorwessarnoelt3936
    @warldorwessarnoelt3936 4 роки тому +7

    I m African and unfortunately, the vast majority of us just don’t understand or know what happened to our brothers, sisters, cousins, parents when they got on those ships towards the new world. It’s movie like this that’s important to teach a valuable lesson that our African chiefs were wrong, slavemasters were wrong, the institution of slavery was wrong, and the Europeans powers that allow slavery to exist were wrong! Let’s be clear on these facts that 99% of Africans today had nothing to do with the slave trade and let’s be clear that the vast majority of white people had nothing to do with slavery. The problem that exist as of 2021 is the fact that racism, tribalism, prejudices, discrimination and hate that’s part of human nature, must be minimized by one towards other people, for there are people out there who have fallen victims to these human ills...making it difficult for them to put ENOUGH bread and butter on the table for them and their family members. The great news here is that we all have the power as individuals to change the world around us, to treat the next person with empathy --to treat others the way you will want to be treated regardless of your social-economic status . In a nutshell the be kind and to treat others with decency while giving other people an opportunity to climb the economic ladder of life, in today’s society. Thank you. I can be followed on Facebook at: Wes Smith (waldors@yahoo.com) or on Instagram at: mrwessmith. You can subscribe to my channel here in UA-cam. Thanks again!

  • @tayo8132
    @tayo8132 4 роки тому +5

    He never miss

    • @warldorwessarnoelt3936
      @warldorwessarnoelt3936 4 роки тому

      I m African and unfortunately, the vast majority of us just don’t understand or know what happened to our brothers, sisters, cousins, parents when they got on those ships towards the new world. It’s movie like this that’s important to teach a valuable lesson that our African chiefs were wrong, slavemasters were wrong, the institution of slavery was wrong, and the Europeans powers that allow slavery to exist were wrong! Let’s be clear on these facts that 99% of Africans today had nothing to do with the slave trade and let’s be clear that the vast majority of white people had nothing to do with slavery. The problem that exist as of 2021 is the fact that racism, tribalism, prejudices, discrimination and hate that’s part of human nature, must be minimized by one towards other people, for there are people out there who have fallen victims to these human ills...making it difficult for them to put ENOUGH bread and butter on the table for them and their family members. The great news here is that we all have the power as individuals to change the world around us, to treat the next person with empathy --to treat others the way you will want to be treated regardless of your social-economic status . In a nutshell the be kind and to treat others with decency while giving other people an opportunity to climb the economic ladder of life, in today’s society. Thank you. I can be followed on Facebook at: Wes Smith (waldors@yahoo.com) or on Instagram at: mrwessmith. You can subscribe to my channel here in UA-cam. Thanks again!

  • @andrerossetto7759
    @andrerossetto7759 Рік тому

    Im confused about the mention of st Barbara being the wife of st Jerome? Didn't they exist in different places and time period? Or was the text meant to say that the wife of Xango is associated with St Barbara?

  • @jimpennin9588
    @jimpennin9588 4 роки тому +6

    Fascinating. If you don't already know him, you might want to check out the channel From Nothing

  • @michael3919
    @michael3919 4 роки тому +4

    Can u pls make a video of how Yoruba religion has influenced religions in West Africa and in the Americas

  • @1anre
    @1anre 4 роки тому +8

    Thanks for this quick summary of the influence which the Yoruba Ethnic group has had on Brazilian religion & social life for the past 600 years.
    Other than the Yoruba culture which is still heavily celebrated in Brazil today as a result of many slaves from the Dahomey empire in West Africa being captured and transported over by the Portugese Slave Merchants, are there other African Ethnicities you've found which might not be as popular as the Yoruba ones, but still had shaped the culture/behavior of Brazilians today, that you know of ?

    • @1anre
      @1anre 4 роки тому +2

      @Ant Maf You have to be awfully ignorant to but into my comment and carry such a huge assumption about what I understand.
      Can the same practices and mannerisms of the Yoruba slaves in Brazil remain as intact as they were back in Africa after over 600yrs of separation?
      Even if you individually choose to ignore everything said in the video, can’t you open your eyes and see what is happening in the AfroBrazilian communities in Brazil? Don’t they have a fusion of African/Yoruba Spirituality & the Roman Catholicism which was forced on them by their Masters?
      You expect them to just suddenly drop what they’ve been used to and has worked for them & magically accept what was being mandated over them particularly by the people who enslaved them, overnight?
      Do you think before the Europeans came to West Africa, the Yorubas were reading the bible or following after the works of Jesus Christ? It will be equally ignorant of you to discard the fact that it was the remnants of the tradition they had back home which they carried over to Brazil & tried sustaining over the generations even till today, and that didn’t directly involve Christianity.
      Before you come from your high horse and but into someone’s comment on UA-cam, better screw your head on right and have your facts straight.

    • @dannyisrael6305
      @dannyisrael6305 4 роки тому

      @@1anre Hahahaha hahaha, You Knocked Him Out Hahahaha

    • @Oldman1912
      @Oldman1912 2 роки тому

      Lanre, e ma soro any how....

    • @Oldman1912
      @Oldman1912 2 роки тому

      @@1anre Lanre, ITK

    • @1anre
      @1anre 2 роки тому +1

      @@Oldman1912 ah, Nadum kini mo so bayi?

  • @burtisaac1000
    @burtisaac1000 4 роки тому +26

    We are spiritual people. We see it in every form. We can understand we are here for a reason. Just because we can’t see our creator. Sorry, this was a history class. 😂

  • @yetming4662
    @yetming4662 4 роки тому +1

    That 555 in the thumbnail 😁🔥

  • @acquahcephastv2277
    @acquahcephastv2277 4 роки тому +5

    Good job. ACQUAH CEPHAS TV

  • @Idrisativities
    @Idrisativities 2 роки тому +2

    That's misinformation when you said Female roles in these initiations are kind of suppressed in Yorubaland. Depending on the deity, females can take as much leading roles as their male counterparts even in Yorubaland. Yeye Orisha, Yeye Osun literally translates to Mother of the god. And those are just a few that I know.

  • @oluwaseunjimoh2204
    @oluwaseunjimoh2204 4 роки тому +6

    The ancestors still 🗣 to us.

  • @oddvillainnetwork
    @oddvillainnetwork 3 роки тому +2

    I lived in Salvador,Bahia for a long time. I’m part of a terreiro in the Jêjé branch of Candomblê. Bahia really is Wakanda,and I encourage more cultural exchange between other black people in the diaspora and Baianos. Well done. You should do videos on Sebastian Lemba of Dominican Republic, or the plethora of black traditions in Cuba like Abakua.

  • @esostoic
    @esostoic 4 роки тому +1

    who is the artist @1:50? cool artistic style.

  • @joaopedrodantas2147
    @joaopedrodantas2147 2 роки тому +1

    Just a thing, actually in the first few years of the republic "the Brazilian old republic" mostly everything it's Brazilian Black culture wasn't legal, in Rio de Janeiro ( my city and the capital of the country in this era) the capoeira, the afro religion cults and posterity the samba music were considering crimes, so because of that in many city's like Rio the culture evolve hide in the Portuguese European culture. Many things just legalized after being watched, noticed accept by another Nation's like the UK, USA or France, and other things like samba and others black artistic movements inspired by the Yoruba culture were considering crimes until white people try to do, something similar to the Blues and jazz history

  • @iyaibeji4120
    @iyaibeji4120 4 роки тому +3

    Proud yoruba woman.

  • @demonkid1199
    @demonkid1199 4 роки тому +6

    Where do yoruba people come from ,like where did they migrate to get to nigeria or were they always der

    • @kaomalihm284
      @kaomalihm284 4 роки тому +5

      Not all Yoruba migrated from Egypt. And some were already in spiritual home in ile ife.. Diversity not all Yoruba victims under Egypt slavely..

    • @mistagarvey84
      @mistagarvey84 4 роки тому +3

      Brother can you tell me when they travelled fron egypt. Ive heard this before but havent seen any evidence

    • @sinewave100
      @sinewave100 4 роки тому +3

      @@mistagarvey84 Their ancestors migrated from the east , not necessarily Egypt .

    • @mistagarvey84
      @mistagarvey84 4 роки тому

      @@sinewave100 what was this migration called so i can research it?

    • @FERESE
      @FERESE 4 роки тому +1

      Deut 10:8 At that time YHWH set apart the tribe of Levi to carry the Ark of YHWH’s Covenant, to stand in attendance upon YHWH, and to bless in His name, as is still the case. They are Levites!!!!

  • @JIMMY_GROWTRON
    @JIMMY_GROWTRON 4 роки тому +4

    I was just about to go outside

  • @flavio5046
    @flavio5046 3 роки тому

    I'm curious if Candomblé is also practiced in Africa nowdays.

  • @cyberopteryx
    @cyberopteryx 4 роки тому

    Does anyone know the origin of the sound (chant) at the start of the video?

  • @sanusitesleem6145
    @sanusitesleem6145 3 роки тому +4

    Omo youruba nimi ♥

  • @dannygomez8246
    @dannygomez8246 3 роки тому

    Que pasó con Colombia que todavía ese sincretismo se mantiene tan oculto??? En comparación con países como Haití, Brasil, Cuba... Todavía tenemos algunas manifestaciones mágico religiosas como el ritual Lumbalu en el palenque de San Basilio, y los chigualos, arruyos y levantamiento de tumbas en el Pacífico colombiano, los Santos católicos como Santa Barbara, San Francisco entre muchos otros siguen siendo los patrones de muestras comunidades..

    • @xiuhcoatl4830
      @xiuhcoatl4830 2 роки тому

      Porque a diferencia de Brasil o Cuba, Colombia ha tenido muchas guerras civiles por temas religiosos. Cosas que se toleraban en Brasil o en Haití serían impensables en la hegemonía conservadora colombiana.

  • @gad.rohan8
    @gad.rohan8 4 роки тому

    Can you make a video about afro decendants in brazil

  • @Princeoloto
    @Princeoloto 2 роки тому +2

    Yoruba are the true indigenous people of Africa. Facts speak for it self

  • @fleebee4115
    @fleebee4115 4 роки тому

    Can you do a video on hoodoo?

  • @oneofakind9995
    @oneofakind9995 Рік тому

    So gods according to thisrelogion parallel saints?

  • @flavio5046
    @flavio5046 3 роки тому

    You could also talk about Umbanda

  • @debbiemarquis3231
    @debbiemarquis3231 4 роки тому +1

    Catholic saint. St Anns..
    In Yoruba..Yemojathe manifestation..will depend on the dimension that you're on ...

  • @minok7374
    @minok7374 4 роки тому +9

    Here in Brazil the Yoruba are like the Germans to the USA, the backbone of the country. Even me, a white brazilian have african descent. All Brazilians sing samba, no matter the color of our skin, we all know the name of at least one orisha, it is our culture, even if you don't believe in religion, like me, a Christian. I went to an Umbanda church once and you meet both white and black people. unlike the usa, african culture has been integrated here, not suppressed (now i belive the USA s integrating more of the black culture , BUT BOY IT TOOK LONG...). I am not saying that there is no racism here, but it is not like the USA (I would say that it is more like the racism that Italians suffer in the USA, wich is no good to, but diferent).

    • @warldorwessarnoelt3936
      @warldorwessarnoelt3936 4 роки тому

      I m African and unfortunately, the vast majority of us just don’t understand or know what happened to our brothers, sisters, cousins, parents when they got on those ships towards the new world. It’s movie like this that’s important to teach a valuable lesson that our African chiefs were wrong, slavemasters were wrong, the institution of slavery was wrong, and the Europeans powers that allow slavery to exist were wrong! Let’s be clear on these facts that 99% of Africans today had nothing to do with the slave trade and let’s be clear that the vast majority of white people had nothing to do with slavery. The problem that exist as of 2021 is the fact that racism, tribalism, prejudices, discrimination and hate that’s part of human nature, must be minimized by one towards other people, for there are people out there who have fallen victims to these human ills...making it difficult for them to put ENOUGH bread and butter on the table for them and their family members. The great news here is that we all have the power as individuals to change the world around us, to treat the next person with empathy --to treat others the way you will want to be treated regardless of your social-economic status . In a nutshell the be kind and to treat others with decency while giving other people an opportunity to climb the economic ladder of life, in today’s society. Thank you. I can be followed on Facebook at: Wes Smith (waldors@yahoo.com) or on Instagram at: mrwessmith. You can subscribe to my channel here in UA-cam. Thanks again!

    • @arushanioshaka5600
      @arushanioshaka5600 4 роки тому

      The English are the backbone of the USA

    • @warldorwessarnoelt3936
      @warldorwessarnoelt3936 4 роки тому

      @@arushanioshaka5600 yur points were read. I want to start a channel to promote the universal message of unity and hope please subscribe to my channel

    • @minok7374
      @minok7374 4 роки тому

      @@arushanioshaka5600 the saying i heard is about the germans

  • @jayjaymyers5276
    @jayjaymyers5276 3 роки тому

    Amazing

  • @PapaiLinguistico
    @PapaiLinguistico 9 місяців тому

    I’ll dare to say that countries like Angola and the Congo have a much bigger Influence on Brasil. But I get it…

  • @tiagoSS90
    @tiagoSS90 2 роки тому

    If you'd learn Portuguese you'd have a ton of content to make about African history in Brazil. You'll se different perspective on African culture and a new way it could have developed

  • @octoberrosesaxon8818
    @octoberrosesaxon8818 3 роки тому

    5:55.414 comments blessings to all 🤍

  • @NorCalif-pk8kq
    @NorCalif-pk8kq 3 роки тому

    How to pronounce it correctly:
    Accent on 2nd syllable: Xan-GO
    Accent on 3rd syllable: can-dom-BLE.

  • @MukoroJr
    @MukoroJr 4 роки тому +11

    Yoruba is the shittttt

    • @FERESE
      @FERESE 4 роки тому +2

      What exactly are you saying Mr yooooooo? Is it typo error

    • @Yorubaddie
      @Yorubaddie 4 роки тому +1

      @@FERESE shut up

  • @mayowaworld7781
    @mayowaworld7781 3 роки тому +1

    Proudly Omo Yoruba

  • @queentye7138
    @queentye7138 4 роки тому

    Great.

  • @TalkinWitJMO
    @TalkinWitJMO 2 роки тому

    The elevation of women in Brazil / Condumble has largely to do with the Portuguese only really wanting African women. So it’s only fitting that the women helped preserve the culture.

  • @manuelferrand3382
    @manuelferrand3382 2 роки тому

    There is no blend in between the Yoruba religion, Candomble in Brazil, and Catholicism. You don't see a crucifix in a Terreiro, or say the our father, what happened is that people practiced both religions, separately.

    • @phgs_smnt
      @phgs_smnt Рік тому

      But you see many saints in a terreiro.
      Do you know why is it called a syncretic religion?

  • @Kj16V
    @Kj16V 3 роки тому +1

    Day 1 Million of asking: What the hell does "Wallamala, guys" mean?!?!

  • @doyinak6939
    @doyinak6939 3 роки тому +2

    Yoruba spirituality has always tolerate women 🙄 and not because of brazilan. There more than one women orisha among the orishas.