@AIM Creative Studios I'm wondering if you'll even see this, but are there prints available to buy online, based on this video or other similar works from the artists?
Jorge Amado Soria Ramírez I think so. I heard they cried when babies were born but also rejoiced when someone dies because they got to go the afterlife and away from this world
not as much as "She calls her a precious greenstone, a little warrior, and tells her how the lord and lady of the night sky breathed life into her.............................sending her to this place of burden and torment."
LIES! LIES! LIES!...Early Europeans, the Celts were cannibals eating each others, also Africans, Americans of south or north were also cannibals, but the worst of those cannibals were the Aztecs of Tenochtitlan, Mexico. They butcher half of a million people EVERY YEARS! Their trunquated piramids were used to butchered half a million victims and their members were slipped own their bloody steep steps to the bottom to be caught by the people to take them home to cook them with salt, tomato, onion and chili inside their homes! NOTICE HOW TODAY THE MEXICANS ARE HIDING THEIR ATROCITIES!...They even try to blame the cannibalism on the Spaniards!🤮🤮🤮🤮
I love how Ted-Ed doesn’t wave away ancient civilizations by treating their beliefs as ridiculous superstitions, but instead respects their culture by taking all the mythologically-based traditions (“we do this because the gods do this” et cetera) as fact just as these people would have.
@@yummy8074 Exactly. No matter what age it happened in or under what disguise of a culture, cold-blooded murder isn't something to be respected. But the factual, straight forward storytelling is appreciated.
Monalisa Singh it’s not cold murder, you’re getting sacrificed (volunteers or prisoners) so that your family have a sun tomorrow, so that rain comes. You need to think about it there time frame because being sacrificed was a good time in those recent times.
@@monalisasingh2331 ye depends on the norms of the society and the time period in which they reside. It wasn't seen as cold blooded murder in their eyes and society. To us now it looks like that, because of the knowledge we have accumulated over the years and societies just change. Not fair to judge the culture in that respect.
For the sake of being tasteful this video neglected to discuss what happened to women who died in childbirth: the widowed husband would take his deceased wife to the Temple of the Princesses, where he and the midwife would have to guard her corpse for four days against theft by warriors. Should they fail, the warriors would claim her corpse and use her hair and left middle finger to decorate their shields. Mexica women who died in childbirth were conceptualized as warriors in their own right, battling the forces of nature to contribute another member to their empire. Therefore, portions of their bodies taken as trophies were powerful talismans aiding warriors in battle.
YES!!! you put it way better than I did. I forgot to add why they husband guarded her grave. Also, they forgot to include that the midwife also had an obsidian knife with her to dismember the child if it posed a threat to the woman's life.
Abigail Lewis, this video is after all a launch pad for the audience to do more in depth research on their own. Did you by any chance read A Handbook to Life in the Aztec World? Because I think it mentioned the use of an obsidian knife to perform emergency abortions.
And to add: women that died in childbirth went the same afterlife as the warriors that died in battle, a different afterlife than a "common" dead person. They became hummingbirds that escorted the sun.
Rod Diaz, both warriors and women dying in childbirth went to Tonatiuh-Ilhuicac, and served as the sun’s entourage; the warriors from morning until noon, and the women, known in death as the Cihuateteo, from noon until evening. The Cihuateteo, in spite of their deified status, were nevertheless dangerous, as having been deprived of motherhood themselves, they were eager to steal children (generally the misbehaving ones). I have read that they’re potentially the inspiration behind La Llorona.
Please made "A day in the life of...." -an Incan/Mayan/Aztec priest -a Russian serf -an Abbasids scholar -a Japanese shinobi/ninja -an Ottoman concubine Or "History vs. ..." -Tamerlane -La Malinche -Oliver Cromwell -Margaret Thatcher
AIM Creative Studios Hey guys, i like your work but please dont let the pixar comment get into your heads your timings and animation could use some work, still love the video :)
The animation is so on point I wanna cry. You see these paintings in every museum with Aztec/Mexica expositions. I love how the TED creative team creates this ambience as accurate and close to the culture as possible. Thank you I felt my country in this short story.
How beautiful. My great grandmother was the towns midwife in Jalisco Mexico. She assisted my grandma have my mom and all her siblings as well. We come from greatness.
@@toast2743 There was a war, the Aztecs fought against the alliance of Spain and the surrounding tribes. They lost and were conquered by the spaniards.
okay but if i was giving birth and someone told me i was a brave warrior id absolutely sob because thatd literally be one of the nicest thing ever too bad im a guy
This video gives us a glimpse of our ancient Aztec civilization. Oh and I love the battle between the midwife and the physicians. Also, the popping cute baby.
Thank you Teded for creating such a quality content. I love learning about ancient and medieval cultures, wars and civilizations. And I don't know much about Aztec civilization, so it was quite helpful.
Samar Singh the Aztec are not ancient, they were around the 1400~1500s they had better hygiene, sewer systems, irrigation systems. Also home of the biggest pyramids in the world in terms of size
Fun fact: the aztec warriors, when killed, would reincarnate as hummingbirds, for it is one of the animals associated with Huitzilopochtli, the god of war and fifth Sun. The human sacrificies we made during those times were held because aztecs had an extremely blood-centric religion: the gods didn't have any. So, we made sacrifices so the blood would bring strenght to Huitzilopochtli, in order to help the Sun run across the sky, for if it ever lacked enough energy, his brothers the stars and his sister, the Moon, would catch up to him and kill him. Of course, as a god he would not die, (his mom was beheaded and his sister was torn apart), but the moment he was killed, all humanity would cease to be. And also, the sacrifices would feed the Earth, for nature is a savage being with an almighty power over all living things, and would cause earthquakes when hungry. And that's why aztecs sacrified people every now and then.
@Ratigan2 It's positive brainwashing, like the majority of recognized religions, their function is to bring tranquility to the individual, and peaceful cohesion to a community. Historically, most religions have propagated violence against others, including their own adherents.
Though "Aztec" can refer to any number of nahua people who claim descent from mythical Aztlan, which the Mexica were the last to leave by their own mythology.
@@mr.e3894 not really, Mexico comes from the full name of Tenochtitlan which was Mexico-Tenochtitlan, after the spaniards conquered the Mexica they renamed the city to "Mejico-Tenustitlan" and eventually dropped the second part to just call it "Mexico" or "Ciudad de Mexico". After the independence Emperor Iturbide wanted to name the new nation in a similar way to how the Roman empire was named after its capital so he proposed the name of "Imperio Mexicano" (Mexican Empire) for the independent New Spain which stuck and became the official name of the country (the original independence movements actually propsed the name of "The United Provinces of North America"), after the republicans organized a coup and exiled Iturbide they decided to keep the name and just turn the country into a republic (The Mexican Republic or the United Mexican States after the American backed regimes). The word "Mexica" comes from "Mexi" which was one of the names used by the war god Huitzilopochtli and "ca" which means "people of" so their name meant "People of Mexi/Huitzilopochtli", the word Mexico (or Mēxihco) actually comes from a portmanteau of "Meztli" (moon), "xīctli" (navel or center) and "co" (place) which would translate to "Place in the center/navel of the moon" which is a poetry like way to say "in the center of lake Texcoco", the Tenochtitlan parts comes from the name of a very important mexica leader called Tenoch.
I’m currently reconnecting to my indigenous ancestry, learning Nahuatl and everything I can. I’m starting a journey to become a midwife myself… and this video, although short and pretty “fun” compared to like, what I thought would be included (I think the one of the Egyptian doctor has more detail) it brought a tear to my eye. Women helping women is a tradition so deep… I’ll be honored when I can carry that out myself one day 🙌🏽 particularly hoping to serve underserved indigenous communities in different areas which usually suffer from higher infant/mother mortality rates and general lack of healthcare. ✊🏽
from an actual aztec descendant , thank you. I just LOVE the animation design, god. Ted keeps feeding us with amazing animation and history about ancient cultures
Aztec descendant?? Its impossible for us to know if our ancestors where mexica or spanish, you know? Only mayans have direct descendants and even they aren't 100% mayan.
Can I just say how amazing this video is ?! The information that is provided. I appreciate the time and effort the research team did. The artwork is just beyond amazing. Thank you !!
That mock battle between the physicians and midwives as part of the celebrations for the coming winter season actually sounds like it was a lot of fun! *Who says honoring the gods can't be fun too! XD*
If you’re interested in stories of midwives in South America, I recommend “Forrest of Midwives” by Eliane Brum, who tells the amazing story of modern day midwives of the Amazon of Brazil!
Man I so appreciates these videos, no sugar coating, just a neutral view into unique societies across the world and history. Such work should be commended TED :)
"no-medicine" is an exaggerated assertion. The use of tobacco leaves and cihuapatli to ease the woman's labour must have been the result of empirical studies by the midwives at the time. In 700 years, people may say the same about us...
To those of you seeking to learn about the Aztecs , there is a book called "Aztec" by Gary Jennings. This is one of the best books I've read in my whole life. It is one of the most amazing tales I've read in my whole life . Do give it a go if you want to be amazed
At first I thought I did something "wrong", like accidentally change something in the settings that made the comments move xD So I've tried to see how I can change it back so the comments are where they used to be haha! But now I know it's just good ole UA-cam that has changed it themselves in the app...and yes it sucks, they really should change it back to where they were :( It's annoying.
Maybe all of us that have UA-cam Premium should unsubscribe to it and "demand" UA-cam to change the comments back to where they were in the app, otherwise we won't subscribe to Premium again? ;)
Ted-Ed always captures the viewer with strong narratives and a great picturization of the events. I admire and envy the way in which how Ted-Ed can excel and exceed viewers' expectations.
This pyramid is really cool, I think... The northern temple on top of it is the summer temple, and the southern temple is the winter temple. At the beginning, it didn't make sense to me, but then I realized this : On the equinox (between summer and winter), the sun rises exactly in the east, so right between the two temples. In summer, the sun rises a bit more north, so behind the summer temple, and in the winter, it rises a bit more south, so behind the winter temple. That's a nice way to include a seasonal calendar into your cityscape. I wish we had architecture like that, it would be exciting !
Videos about the history of ancient midwifery = Instant like ! Hopefully there'll be other videos about midwifery covering such important historical figures as Louise Bourgeois or Mme du Coudray.
What a great time to show the importance of doctors in history and today's society. Well done Ted-ed My expectations grew after seeing your videos and you come over them every single time
Thank you TedEd for another great episode! I remember watching somewhere that it's hard to find documents on how midwives performed successful deliveries. Midwives were mostly illiterate just as they were able to successfully deliver babies. It's nice to watch how these women could've gone in by in a day of their lives.
Life anywhere in pre-colonial Central and South America seems like it was pretty crazy. I really love how you guys make each video unique to it’s subject and setting.
Evrry video has its own art style and animation, and it's so wonderful to see the amount of dedication they put in this. The best channel ever.♥️♥️♥️♥️🦆✨
"when the 'gods' feed the people, and the winter season, when the people feed the 'gods' in return" Me: Oh that's nice of them- Aztec Dude: *Pulls out a human head* Me: N-never mind
Midwife: "Birth is a curse and existence is a prison."
Baby: "put me back."
Sundown Moon lol
I actually laughed out loud
Sundown Moon 👏🏻👏🏻
The body is a burden to the soul
And adults wonder why kids get depressed
The art style is always so gorgeous and appropriate for each video. It amazes me how you can get so many great artists each time.
Except for that pelvic thrust whale... I'll never forget them :ı
How true
@AIM Creative Studios I'm wondering if you'll even see this, but are there prints available to buy online, based on this video or other similar works from the artists?
yoh same i wish i could draw this well
Yessss
"Sending her to this place of burden and torment" that line describes the world perfectly.
even then it was already a hellish place.
I wonder what the midwife would say know.
"This place of burden, torment, and viruses"
Jorge Amado Soria Ramírez I think so. I heard they cried when babies were born but also rejoiced when someone dies because they got to go the afterlife and away from this world
Laura GG yup
Jorge Amado Soria Ramírez 😂
Hetanekoloid15 Wow
The way the baby popped out of her mother's womb. I wish i was born like that.
Reminds me of Ace Ventura
Sometimes babies do go out fast, specially when the mother had a bunch before
This is your mom's midwife and yes, you're born like that
Cool fact I actually did have that experience with my birth lol 😂
as that point, the midwife should be an baseball player .
"Congratulations! It's a warrior."
I’d love being on a festival and throw muddy balls at my friends.
That's how spartans elders say to a newborn spartan baby
"To begin the new season, and feed the gods she will be *beheaded*, symbolizing how corn is cut in the fields."
That escalated real quick.
Sreeram N R My thoughts exactly...
not as much as "She calls her a precious greenstone, a little warrior, and tells her how the lord and lady of the night sky breathed life into her.............................sending her to this place of burden and torment."
Yeah, I can confirm it.
@@JIMT412 So how was it?
JFC...
I know it's history, but imagine the men, women and NBs in those roles wasting their lives because of cultures' BS.
the midwives just casually beating up physicians
snowy•lilac sounds like something TED-Ed found in their jar of “Let’s do this idea when we’re bored and we needa entertain the public”
I don't get it?
Midwives and physicians were equal in the Aztec society. Men and women were pretty much equal in the Aztec Empire.
as they should
@@guidoylosfreaks that's beautiful :) take note, society
The week would be much better if we also called our days things like "7-Monkey."
Sounds like a Friday to me
With seven days a week, the days would be called, 1-monkey, 2-monkey, etcetera. I do not mean etcetera as the name of a day.
Well we got Thursday which derives from Thor's Day so... Yeah those aztec days have better names
"I thought yesterday was 3 monkey"
That's My Drinking Day.....7-MonkeyksugogFgrufg
aztec midwifes are really doing it all, both midwife duties and god serving duties and honestly queen behavior
Queen behaviour?
@@Sea-zu4bj she isn't a queen in a literal sense but she sure shines like one!
C.D. ai-0139 I guess I just don’t get that phrase, I see it everywhere
What a girlboss.
LIES! LIES! LIES!...Early Europeans, the Celts were cannibals eating each others, also Africans, Americans of south or north were also cannibals, but the worst of those cannibals were the Aztecs of Tenochtitlan, Mexico. They butcher half of a million people EVERY YEARS! Their trunquated piramids were used to butchered half a million victims and their members were slipped own their bloody steep steps to the bottom to be caught by the people to take them home to cook them with salt, tomato, onion and chili inside their homes! NOTICE HOW TODAY THE MEXICANS ARE HIDING THEIR ATROCITIES!...They even try to blame the cannibalism on the Spaniards!🤮🤮🤮🤮
If a priest offers you a piggy back ride up a pyramid, run the other way.
J C 😂
If a priest offers you ANYTHING you should also
It's conquistadora time hippity hoppity ur gold and silver is Spain's property
Lmao why??
@@ashleyshim2078 is this some kind of sarcasm? if not you are in for a sacrifice
I love how Ted-Ed doesn’t wave away ancient civilizations by treating their beliefs as ridiculous superstitions, but instead respects their culture by taking all the mythologically-based traditions (“we do this because the gods do this” et cetera) as fact just as these people would have.
I don't really think this is a respect for culture, it's more like storytelling about what really happened
@@yummy8074 Exactly. No matter what age it happened in or under what disguise of a culture, cold-blooded murder isn't something to be respected. But the factual, straight forward storytelling is appreciated.
Monalisa Singh it’s not cold murder, you’re getting sacrificed (volunteers or prisoners) so that your family have a sun tomorrow, so that rain comes. You need to think about it there time frame because being sacrificed was a good time in those recent times.
@@monalisasingh2331 ye depends on the norms of the society and the time period in which they reside. It wasn't seen as cold blooded murder in their eyes and society. To us now it looks like that, because of the knowledge we have accumulated over the years and societies just change. Not fair to judge the culture in that respect.
Tyler Moti I cant see myself respecting a society which regularly holds brutal executions
For the sake of being tasteful this video neglected to discuss what happened to women who died in childbirth: the widowed husband would take his deceased wife to the Temple of the Princesses, where he and the midwife would have to guard her corpse for four days against theft by warriors. Should they fail, the warriors would claim her corpse and use her hair and left middle finger to decorate their shields.
Mexica women who died in childbirth were conceptualized as warriors in their own right, battling the forces of nature to contribute another member to their empire. Therefore, portions of their bodies taken as trophies were powerful talismans aiding warriors in battle.
YES!!! you put it way better than I did. I forgot to add why they husband guarded her grave. Also, they forgot to include that the midwife also had an obsidian knife with her to dismember the child if it posed a threat to the woman's life.
Abigail Lewis, this video is after all a launch pad for the audience to do more in depth research on their own. Did you by any chance read A Handbook to Life in the Aztec World? Because I think it mentioned the use of an obsidian knife to perform emergency abortions.
And to add: women that died in childbirth went the same afterlife as the warriors that died in battle, a different afterlife than a "common" dead person. They became hummingbirds that escorted the sun.
Rod Diaz, both warriors and women dying in childbirth went to Tonatiuh-Ilhuicac, and served as the sun’s entourage; the warriors from morning until noon, and the women, known in death as the Cihuateteo, from noon until evening.
The Cihuateteo, in spite of their deified status, were nevertheless dangerous, as having been deprived of motherhood themselves, they were eager to steal children (generally the misbehaving ones). I have read that they’re potentially the inspiration behind La Llorona.
Compared to other cultures existing at the same time, the Aztecs seem to have really respected women.
Please made "A day in the life of...."
-an Incan/Mayan/Aztec priest
-a Russian serf
-an Abbasids scholar
-a Japanese shinobi/ninja
-an Ottoman concubine
Or "History vs. ..."
-Tamerlane
-La Malinche
-Oliver Cromwell
-Margaret Thatcher
Ottoman Harem & Margeret Thacher
YES PLEASE!!!
Mordecai Levi
I think they already did a History vs Fidel Castro
Omg an ottoman concubine or a baghdadi scholar would be sooo cool actually all of these ideas are great
Yes yes yes!
@@mehreenmalik1869
What's a Baghdadi scholar?
Aztec Priest: This by far has to be the bloodiest job in the world
Midwife: Hold my beer, fam
*Pulque
@@shifuarena901 Do people still drink Pulque to this day or has it been completely replaced by Tequila?
Riiiiight
@Vũ Uy CACAO*
Sostén mi pulque.
I love learning about ancient civilisations! Thank you!
Me too
Same
love learning about beheading yes
@@69magic Indeed, so very interesting
While I love the Aztecs, I'm not sure if to consider them "ancient", the empire was founded in 1428.
Narrator: “She hurries back to the house”
Xoquauhtli: *calmly saunters in*
@Nando Garcia But the opposite
It's giving me this vibe:
HaRrY dID yA PuT YouR nAmE iN tHe GoBLeT oF FiYa?!?!?!?
Dumbledore asked calmly
*Ted-Ed's animation team is putting Disney and Pixar's teams to a threat*
@AIM Creative Studios You deserve it
Yeah, Cheering for team TEDX 😋
AIM Creative Studios Hey guys, i like your work but please dont let the pixar comment get into your heads
your timings and animation could use some work,
still love the video :)
@AIM Creative Studios your animations are ✨Gorgeous✨
Mexico City was built on the ruins of Tenochtitlán, the ancient capital of the Aztec empire.
There’s nothing fun about that fact.
@@eyuin5716 I'm having fun living in Mexico City
And that's the reason some buildings are sinking, being constructed just on top of what used to be a lake
@@syedferoz2188 if you are not mexican, im not taking that as a joke.
It seems lakes are not so easily beaten.
2:15
"She hurries back to the house. "
*Walks like a VICTORIA SECRET MODEL*.
yes
good
thank you
LMAO
I love how encouraging the midwife is, and also brutally honest about our world.
"The Lord and Lady of the Ninth Sky breathed life into her, sending her to this place of burden and torment."
Sounds about right.
*No, no, let him speak*
put me back in
The animation is so on point I wanna cry. You see these paintings in every museum with Aztec/Mexica expositions. I love how the TED creative team creates this ambience as accurate and close to the culture as possible.
Thank you I felt my country in this short story.
Well that sacrifice in the end was a bummer.
Yes.
@@TonyTylerDraws MIDSOMMAR
@@TonyTylerDraws thank you for this
How beautiful. My great grandmother was the towns midwife in Jalisco Mexico. She assisted my grandma have my mom and all her siblings as well. We come from greatness.
I Really love the aztec culture, its always a gift when a video like this appears in my recomendations.
link199100 what happened to the aztects
@@toast2743 There was a war, the Aztecs fought against the alliance of Spain and the surrounding tribes. They lost and were conquered by the spaniards.
Me: I need to study for my AP exam Also me: I need to know what goes on in an Aztec Midwife’s day
I am Mexican and i loved this video. Also I love how people from other countries can get to know better this culture. :)
okay but if i was giving birth and someone told me i was a brave warrior id absolutely sob because thatd literally be one of the nicest thing ever
too bad im a guy
Ehh you can always join the army and die a warrior
Well this comment was a rollercoaster
You are a brave warrior
This video gives us a glimpse of our ancient Aztec civilization. Oh and I love the battle between the midwife and the physicians. Also, the popping cute baby.
Thank you Teded for creating such a quality content. I love learning about ancient and medieval cultures, wars and civilizations.
And I don't know much about Aztec civilization, so it was quite helpful.
Samar Singh the Aztec are not ancient, they were around the 1400~1500s they had better hygiene, sewer systems, irrigation systems. Also home of the biggest pyramids in the world in terms of size
Me at first: Awww everything's going well.
Me, later: *WELL THAT ESCALATED QUICKLY*
Fun fact: the aztec warriors, when killed, would reincarnate as hummingbirds, for it is one of the animals associated with Huitzilopochtli, the god of war and fifth Sun.
The human sacrificies we made during those times were held because aztecs had an extremely blood-centric religion: the gods didn't have any. So, we made sacrifices so the blood would bring strenght to Huitzilopochtli, in order to help the Sun run across the sky, for if it ever lacked enough energy, his brothers the stars and his sister, the Moon, would catch up to him and kill him. Of course, as a god he would not die, (his mom was beheaded and his sister was torn apart), but the moment he was killed, all humanity would cease to be. And also, the sacrifices would feed the Earth, for nature is a savage being with an almighty power over all living things, and would cause earthquakes when hungry.
And that's why aztecs sacrified people every now and then.
I'm so glad that you know about this. You are very smart
This is next level brainwash storytelling
"Every now and then"
...
Look, I don't judge their beliefs, but that's a bit of an understatement XD
+Heliopath ""We"" sounds like a lot of people. You didn't made any sacrifices. Our ancestors did.
@Ratigan2
It's positive brainwashing, like the majority of recognized religions, their function is to bring tranquility to the individual, and peaceful cohesion to a community. Historically, most religions have propagated violence against others, including their own adherents.
*The aztecs called themselves the Mexica.*
And that's where " Mexico " comes from. Love learning about my Native American ancestors!
@Ńîçk Gøûr yes
cool, I didnt know that
Though "Aztec" can refer to any number of nahua people who claim descent from mythical Aztlan, which the Mexica were the last to leave by their own mythology.
@@mr.e3894 not really, Mexico comes from the full name of Tenochtitlan which was Mexico-Tenochtitlan, after the spaniards conquered the Mexica they renamed the city to "Mejico-Tenustitlan" and eventually dropped the second part to just call it "Mexico" or "Ciudad de Mexico". After the independence Emperor Iturbide wanted to name the new nation in a similar way to how the Roman empire was named after its capital so he proposed the name of "Imperio Mexicano" (Mexican Empire) for the independent New Spain which stuck and became the official name of the country (the original independence movements actually propsed the name of "The United Provinces of North America"), after the republicans organized a coup and exiled Iturbide they decided to keep the name and just turn the country into a republic (The Mexican Republic or the United Mexican States after the American backed regimes). The word "Mexica" comes from "Mexi" which was one of the names used by the war god Huitzilopochtli and "ca" which means "people of" so their name meant "People of Mexi/Huitzilopochtli", the word Mexico (or Mēxihco) actually comes from a portmanteau of "Meztli" (moon), "xīctli" (navel or center) and "co" (place) which would translate to "Place in the center/navel of the moon" which is a poetry like way to say "in the center of lake Texcoco", the Tenochtitlan parts comes from the name of a very important mexica leader called Tenoch.
I’m currently reconnecting to my indigenous ancestry, learning Nahuatl and everything I can. I’m starting a journey to become a midwife myself… and this video, although short and pretty “fun” compared to like, what I thought would be included (I think the one of the Egyptian doctor has more detail) it brought a tear to my eye. Women helping women is a tradition so deep… I’ll be honored when I can carry that out myself one day 🙌🏽 particularly hoping to serve underserved indigenous communities in different areas which usually suffer from higher infant/mother mortality rates and general lack of healthcare. ✊🏽
Hope you are doing well nican tlaca!! Stay strong
good on you!
from an actual aztec descendant , thank you. I just LOVE the animation design, god. Ted keeps feeding us with amazing animation and history about ancient cultures
Aztec descendant?? Its impossible for us to know if our ancestors where mexica or spanish, you know?
Only mayans have direct descendants and even they aren't 100% mayan.
I love how you match the art style to the time period in your history lessons. Makes it more immersive
I’m always glad to learn something during quarantine, thank you!!
Can I just say how amazing this video is ?! The information that is provided. I appreciate the time and effort the research team did. The artwork is just beyond amazing. Thank you !!
Im just amazed on how they manage to get the perfect voice , background music , animations and dialogues. It's just so perfect.
That mock battle between the physicians and midwives as part of the celebrations for the coming winter season actually sounds like it was a lot of fun!
*Who says honoring the gods can't be fun too! XD*
If you’re interested in stories of midwives in South America, I recommend “Forrest of Midwives” by Eliane Brum, who tells the amazing story of modern day midwives of the Amazon of Brazil!
As always, another quality video brought to us by Ted-Ed. May you continue to feed the questions I didn’t know I needed the answers to.
You guys make the greatest animation and you come up with the best topics. These videos help me from getting bored during quarantine.
Me too
The way the story is immersed as if you're part of it, it's quite amazing
You should do more of these “day in the life” videos, they are very entertaining and educating at the same time
She delivers babies like Ace Ventura. Just a little push and they pop right out
An easy birth is always preferred.
Man I so appreciates these videos, no sugar coating, just a neutral view into unique societies across the world and history. Such work should be commended TED :)
E visto este video varias veces. Por alguna razón me salieron lágrimas, gracias TEDed por compartir esto.
narrator: *"she hurries back to the house"*
xoquauhtli: *walks in casually like wassup*
Modern medicine, thank you, for being better than no-medicine.
Ikr
Sam o Nella ùwú
"no-medicine" is an exaggerated assertion.
The use of tobacco leaves and cihuapatli to ease the woman's labour must have been the result of empirical studies by the midwives at the time.
In 700 years, people may say the same about us...
I see you went to the sam o'nella academy as well
someones clearly never had their pregnant belly rubbed with tobacco juice
I am so grateful that you learn us things you even inspired me tondo it myself thanks anf keep up the amazing work!!!
I agree!!!
I agree thank you so much!!!
this is so true thank you so much ted ed!!!
To those of you seeking to learn about the Aztecs , there is a book called "Aztec" by Gary Jennings. This is one of the best books I've read in my whole life. It is one of the most amazing tales I've read in my whole life . Do give it a go if you want to be amazed
Not only the animation is great, the background music is rather breathtaking as well. Such nice quality, once again from Ted Ed.
Thank you! soundcloud.com/aim-music/aztec_midwife_mastermusictrack
I love that women were also seen as warriors 🥺 makes me feel proud
these are so interesting, i love learning about new cultures, and your videos make it more fun!
the originity of the animation and script is superb. looking forward for more vids especially myths.
Can we all agree comments section moved is worst update on UA-cam app
XerRact Truly
Yep
At first I thought I did something "wrong", like accidentally change something in the settings that made the comments move xD So I've tried to see how I can change it back so the comments are where they used to be haha!
But now I know it's just good ole UA-cam that has changed it themselves in the app...and yes it sucks, they really should change it back to where they were :( It's annoying.
Maybe all of us that have UA-cam Premium should unsubscribe to it and "demand" UA-cam to change the comments back to where they were in the app, otherwise we won't subscribe to Premium again? ;)
Ted-Ed always captures the viewer with strong narratives and a great picturization of the events.
I admire and envy the way in which how Ted-Ed can excel and exceed viewers' expectations.
Can we all appreciate how perfect she pronounces Aztecan word and names?
This pyramid is really cool, I think... The northern temple on top of it is the summer temple, and the southern temple is the winter temple. At the beginning, it didn't make sense to me, but then I realized this : On the equinox (between summer and winter), the sun rises exactly in the east, so right between the two temples. In summer, the sun rises a bit more north, so behind the summer temple, and in the winter, it rises a bit more south, so behind the winter temple.
That's a nice way to include a seasonal calendar into your cityscape. I wish we had architecture like that, it would be exciting !
So beautifully made. I got teary eyed
Videos about the history of ancient midwifery = Instant like ! Hopefully there'll be other videos about midwifery covering such important historical figures as Louise Bourgeois or Mme du Coudray.
You forgot how Aztec mothers typically squat when giving birth. They have birth art of babies emerging from their squatting moms
i love these historical day in the life videos
That twist ending...
It does allow the powerful and intricate roles the themes of life and death played in Aztec society to be on full display.
What a great time to show the importance of doctors in history and today's society.
Well done Ted-ed
My expectations grew after seeing your videos and you come over them every single time
I really like the narrator’s voice, it goes with this really well
I have no idea how accurate they are, but it seems as though the narrator has put in real effort to get the pronunciations right. Well done.
Thank you TedEd for another great episode! I remember watching somewhere that it's hard to find documents on how midwives performed successful deliveries. Midwives were mostly illiterate just as they were able to successfully deliver babies. It's nice to watch how these women could've gone in by in a day of their lives.
Thank you so much for making such descriptive content for us! ( love the animations! Keep it up!).
This channel is the perfect amalgamation of art and science!!
This is so fascinating! It would be cool if you guys made more videos focused on women again.
I find these day in the life episodes fascinating.
Makes me feel like I’m being read a bedtime story🤣 fantastic narration and video, as I’m sure you know
Life anywhere in pre-colonial Central and South America seems like it was pretty crazy. I really love how you guys make each video unique to it’s subject and setting.
I don’t know why I need to know this but I’ll watch it and leave it a like.
A great video Ted. I always love learning the history of mankind.
Me: “It’s 3 am I need to go to sleep”
TedEd: “Wanna see what an Aztec midwife’s day looks like ?”
Me: “Ok”
I like how this fascinating exploration of another culture ends on a stomach churningly brutal note without the narrator missing a beat.
Ted-Ed feeding you the the best quarantine content. ✌🏽
Evrry video has its own art style and animation, and it's so wonderful to see the amount of dedication they put in this. The best channel ever.♥️♥️♥️♥️🦆✨
2:45 Huh, I didn't know babies flew out of the womb.
My neices was born this way the midwife almost didn't catch her
She "slid out".
Just wait to hear about the one that came out fully armed and ready to battle his mother's enemies :)
It must feel so awesome to be a part of the TED team!
Orgullosamente Mexicano y de la cultura de mi país 🇲🇽
Thank you for always bringing us amazing videos
2:45 i was like *yeeeet*
These always give such positive soothing vibes
More there's-a-poem-for-that content, please!
I'm an expat living in Puebla, thanks for creating beautiful content about aztec culture in English.
There is a serious lack of it.
The background music though 😯
Good job TED-Ed
I love the art of these videos.
2:51 this baby is being held like simba😂😂😂
I loved this video! Thank you so much!
I love this video, educational and it shows how painful yet beautiful birth is.
Thank you for this beautiful video.
"when the 'gods' feed the people, and the winter season, when the people feed the 'gods' in return"
Me: Oh that's nice of them-
Aztec Dude: *Pulls out a human head*
Me: N-never mind
As a mexican myself, I loved it! ♥️
Que bonita mi cultura 🇲🇽🇲🇽
What a wonderful video! As usual animations on spot!!
This is so much better than history class