This is why the white settlers to India when it was a united people, they taught the Indian men how to treat their women and the mother in-laws to do all the work and let their sons do no work, even though men are stronger than most women. As a result, these mother-in-law's usually work themselves into the ground before their time. The mother-in-law.also taught the wives to do the same. This behaviour serves no purpose except leaving orphan children and all men which also makes no sense as mem alone cannot procuate. They even took the matter to another level by kill first born baby girls, but God is watching.
They speak so poetically when addressing even the most mundane things. Honestly puts the west to shame, not a single cuss word, profanity, or sense of anger amongst these people despite their living conditions AND consider themselves the most beautiful people in the world? I love it!
The first time I saw a documentary about these people, I was a little shocked by their striking appearances. But they do look beautiful. So beautiful. They become living high art when they put on their makeup and outfits! I love to look at them when they are decorated for their celebrations. They have such long willowy features. And their conversations in the documentary fascinate me. You can see that they think about the same things everyone else all over the world think about.
As whole they look beautiful to me. They are quite characterized by their tall stature and slim body it seems. And of course that magnificent white teeth.
I believe that these people can show us Westerners the true art of living at one with nature. Africa just amazes me! My heart is Africa, and I'm British!
Who else had to watch this on mute?...seriously bro..you know your wrong for that music. These beautiful people deserve their story to be told with music authentic to thier own region.
I grew up loving Herzog anyway, but I saw a clip of this documentary at the Brooklyn Museum ~15 years ago and just sat there watching the video refresh. After the Herzog part there was a clip of the "courtship festival" filmed about 10 years later (so 1989-1999...wish I could remember/source it) and it was so interesting how attitudes had changed in such a short period- everyone participating, men and women, were kinda like, "yes, we know this is seriously old-fashioned, but we have to do it because tradition."
Spectacular. And, who would ever think that vintage 'Ave Maria' would fit so perfectly with the Wodabe men's preening, primping dance? Herzog, ever brilliant.
@@TheTheThePhDJ Not sure about that. At least he seemed non tongue-in-cheek when he discussed this opening scene / docu at a symposium at UC Berkeley years ago.
It did not suit this documentary at all is not African music so I disagree as ot fits in nowhere either tge preppie at all. Bloody ridiculous music yo have on a documentary about a tribe that still live as they have since animals humans walked on two legs. Yes we are all animal there are three things animal vegetable or mineral. Music is made by humans to fit a purpose if entertainment or ritual they have their own music should of used the Fulani rhythm not classical religious music
They get bits and pieces from the west. My friend was in the jungle before, the most remote place on Earth and he seen someone with a football team jersey on haha. Sometimes people from the world come to visit them, like the guys doing this documentary and give them stuff!
Beautiful..and I liked the music! The people are indeed very handsome human beings and it is good witness the women having choices in a world which is increasingly squashing that through war and religious fundamentalism.
It is worth noting that this is precisely the kind of culture jihadists in North Africa want to stamp out. In particular, the power of women in the culture and the concern for aesthetics are deemed "haram" and offensive to their version of Islam. Their "jihad" is aimed at ridding the world of cultures and cultural practices such as are seen in this film. What 400 years of the slave trade and European colonization was unable to do, the jihadists are attempting to do in one generation. They are well-armed and well-funded, through their own criminal activities and donations from the Gulf states, where elites see the destruction of traditional cultures in Africa as their historical mission.
Agreed...fundamentalism is the curse of our modern world. Indiginous people everywhere are being targeted as they are the easiest target..it seems in so many ways we are entering a new dark ages. :(
Like papakilatube's astute observations! True! People! Let's work together to leave a world to future generations MORE biologically and Culturally diverse than when we 'inherited' it! Thanks papakilatube! Thanks Wodaabe, Fulani! Thanks Indigenous People everywhere! Come on indigenous soul within everyone! We are all born on the Planet, so we are all indigenous here, but we humans need to realise that staggering simple fact and act accordingly-stop space dreams and get back to true Earth Reality before it's too late! Have a great day folks! "Because modern man is a mutation, who's Dreaming has become a nightmare, which 'threatens' to destroy the Earth! Because we've turned ourselves from Wolves to Dog's, warped into a Billion twisted shapes and forms…" Extract AWS Song; 'Because Modern Man Is A Mutation', search UA-cam to hear it all if you want!
@bnnawwal Who said it was bad? Men will be punished for lying on God and doing the enemy's work. God said what is right and what is wrong causes problems and interferes with His plans. One plan is most people have freedom of choice. You don't support their wrongdoing but very little wrong is commanded to send them to Him. Men are too lazy and shameful to admit they worship their own bloodlust and nationality like little filthy pests instead of hiding behind a God they stab in the back constantly. God isn't the problem it's mankind's willful corruption.
Nothing removes me from the atmosphere and identity of these people more than hearing the sentimental European music of the first half of the 20th century played over their rituals and behavior, it's jarring and annoying. I've always enjoyed Herzog's work but what the hell, it's not just anachronistic, it clashes and feels tacky and distorts everything the actual people are doing in favor of something Herzog is reminded of or something.
I really do understand you. I felt the music...sentimental from a lost time did fit in a strange way. These people have lost so much, much of their story is now gone forever, like the music... merely played out in small camps where lucky ones have managed to keep their cattle alive. I liked it !! Take care.. x
305savage Do you think it would have a different effect without the music? I used captions and turned off the sound. The sound made the whole thing seem unreal.
A good documentary well design and shut. It shows how the Wodabe Fulani society is organized and competitions are unbiased with high level of justice. This community gives equal chances and opportunity to all. More rights to women. Except for the background music which is western the documentary is a good one. More grease to your elbow. I am always proud to be a Mbororo.
The music is terrible.But I do love this documentation of these particular Wodaabe rituals. Especially The young gathered around the elders,the stories, the beauty.The importance! 🙂
your mistake is herzog is not a documentarian, he is a film maker who uses documentary techniques to make something unique in a quest for the sublime and to suit his own curiosity. mission accomplished here as usual for him.
Such beauty! Hearing them sing must make any body vibrate, outstanding, humble, powerfull. Isn't it lovley that a girl inlove will smile the same way no matter who or where they are?
the opening music is a stroke of genius from Herzog. It is the only recording of a castrato voice, that of Allessandro Moreschi, and is utterly complementary to the surreal opening images
couldn't disagree more. I would have been able to lose myself in the movie way more easily with the Wodaabe's music as the soundtrack. I feel like Herzog just wanted to put his "stamp" on this one.
Surreal images at the beginning? Perhaps. But in reality there is nothing surreal about these people. Nothing at all. Check out the expressions on the faces of the men from 3:49 to 4:20. They look like they'd slit your throat at the drop of a hat if you fucked with them.
Tysons Accosta Too true, I grew up among the Sokoro of Wokeli, and met Wodaabe Foulbe on many occasions. Very hospitable people, but they are a warrior people; many times I have seen the blades drawn for the sake of honor. Often after a fight, they would make up and hold hands. Discord within the tribe is forbidden.
@@dollynina8992 sorry but they were fulani ppl. Fulani ppl introduced large cattle rearing to Amerikkka. The natives never did that on a large scale, the fulani were and are still tbe biggest nomadic group in the world. Those taken as slaves taught the Europeans large cattle rearing also for the first time. Look it up, the term cowboys was first given to tbe fulani in Amerikkka then the Europeans stole the image and claimed it as theirs
@@rellblackthrone6071 in fact fulani call themself Rimato/Rimadô wich means COWCHILD Or COWBORN they Are also related to anciens Égyptians because also anciens égyptians called themself RMT wich egyptologiste call Remet and have the same meanning as in fullah
Beautiful film, except for that awful doggie howling at the beginning. The Wodaabe have their own chants for the Geerewal ceremonies. Why not use them?
@@migdaliabeauchamp4563 It is not a documentary, it is art. For my part, I find it humorous: matching weird looks with weird music. No offence to anybody, relax and enjoy.
Well, this is not a documentary, that's people's problem with it. The director matches the initial impression of the visual creepyness of this tribal custom (admit it, it _is_ creepy, the first time around for sure) with the creepyness of a castrato voice (Alessandro Moreschi. Ave Maria).
This is not a documentary. This is art. In my opinion, a perfect match: creepy looking men & a creepy sounding castrato voice. Something to remember, for sure.
@@oberkreide4291 sooo bloody disrespectful! There's more creepy men in the western culture by far, than there are here, you have no right to say that about that other cultures
sugars (even the kinds from vegetables fruits and starches) are the main cause of tooth decay, which can often lead to crooked teeth in adults. A diet of millet, milk, and a small amount of meat eliminates the problem at it's source.
SillaniTu Yatub you need to befriend a farmer. if you come to canada, i can hook you up with a cow and some fruit trees! you can drink directly from the cow (just be nice to the cow) peace!
I don't know if these people are Muslims or not,but one thing I know for sure is if you want to know the secret of the clean teeth without toothpaste, read about the Prophet Mohamed (Peace Be Upon him) and his companions use to do to clean their teeth, you will be very surprise I promise You ! Peace .
i think the men are attractive @14:11 . but there are PLAYERS SMH lmao 35:46 ..lmao some of their conversations are funny .. that guy seems like a player lol @20:27 ...the himba tribe and the fulani tribe are the most beautiful african tribes . africans are truly the first people on earth ..they are so in tuned with mother nature and earth..THIS IS THE MOST BEAUTIFUL TRIBE ever..im so happy to have african ancestors , they ae so fucking beautiful they do resemble ancient egyptians
Wow, you've really got an axe to grind, don't you? Nobody wants to listen to you in real life so you comment in every comment thread vaguely related to the agenda you're trying to push hoping to get a response? I guess I gave you one. Sad little fucker.
"I have chosen you with my heart" -beautiful moment. Can't quite put my finger on it but this was a beautiful film for me about courtship. This seems like almost a symbol for all human attraction. The female raelly does pick the male. This tribe just lets it happen in the most natural way I've seen. The men aren't all butthurt about it, they doll themselves up and the women make the choice...pretty straightforward....none of this male ego mucking things up.
While taking notes for my paper, I wrote down "My God these woman are beautiful" three times and didn't notice until reviewing. Honestly, the women and the men are both naturally very attractive. This is solely based on their basic physical features. By that I mean, one could take them and place them in any other culture's style of dress, and they'd be equally attractive.
Although 9 may be too young for marriage, I appreciate this culture making sure that all pairings are age appropriate and waiting when they are of age for consummation.
It's amazing no one shows any sign of obesity as we do in America. Everyone has beautiful teeth and appear quite healthy. Why are we led to believe the people of Africa live backwards and live violently? These people appear happy and show signs of great family values.
@@glenbellefonte9620 Excuse me to say, but you are an idiot. I grew up in Africa and knew of no instance of cannibalism as an accepted practice. There are no Jeffrey Dahmers there as far as I know.
If you've met any Africans, I am sure you will come to see that they are like people from anywhere else. They care about family, respect elders, are usually kind to strangers, they work hard, trade, quarrel sometimes, just like human beings everywhere. Some live very simply or in poverty, others have a lot of wealth and live accordingly. Don't forget that Africa is a huge continent with many, many different ethnicities, cultures and languages. What you find in one place will be very different from another.
Wonderful People! Wonderful way of life! Wonderful Land! There is so much beauty in this film; so much! We hope that the National Governments of Chad, Niger and Nigeria, and all others respect Indigenous Peoples, their Lives, Ways, Lives and Religion/Spiritual beliefs. We also Hope all people do that, and that All people come to reindigenise their/our own lives, as at the end of the day, we are all born out of Nature, all born on Mother Earth and we all need to Live With the Earth in a good way! Forget space travel an space stations! Take care of the Earth! A very beautiful people, a very wonderful culture and very, very special way of life and many thanks for a most enchantingly beautiful and wonderful film! Many thanks and well done! Long live the Wodaabe, Fulani and ALL Indigenous Peoples! Long Live Their Lands and Cultures…and May ALL Humans realise that; "We Belong to the Earth; The Earth Does Not Belong To Us!" ( Chief Seattle.) One viewer commented;"but having a culture does not mean that it is right. some cultures are bad like this one." Wow! This is the hight of Ignorance, blind ignorance-no doubt religious fundamentalism! It is incredible how with no further education people are so often just willing to accept what is written in a old text or what a so called religious teacher ( or any teacher, scientist, person for that matter) tells them without thinking for themselves, without study, without searching for the truth, not just opinion or dogma. It is incredible to me that someone can be so ignorant they can just write off a culture and people like that! I'd like to invite anyone wishing to sing along with me in this vein, come sing with me a song; 'Because Modern Man Is A Mutation' either voice forest rap or with Berimbau, musical bow, on UA-cam. Just type the title, 'Because Modern Man is A Mutation' in the UA-cam search bar or look for it on songs shelf on my channel. Thanks and have a great day folks! May all beings enjoy happiness and it's causes! May All beings be free from suffering and it's causes! For All Our Relations!
The music choice was odd, certainly not my taste, but I don't think the director meant any harm by it. Quite the contrary, I think by using sacred music he was trying to emphasise the beauty of these people at a time when the other peoples around them living alongside them treated them terribly. Including their government. So, although artistically jarring, I don't think a bad intention was meant.
I uploaded my DNA data to GEDMatch and ran various tools. It has my African side of me almost always leaning towards the Fulanis. This is cool. :-) Nice looking people.
As a Fulani, I am shocked to see these folks and I wonder how they got to this point. I hope the world will define the Fulani culture or nation in terms of the so-called Wodaabe.
I love how demure the judges are; they really milk the suspense for all it's worth. The Gerewol is so interesting, practically every cultural study focuses on it, but I'm interested to know what else is going on, like there are a lot of men attending the festival who aren't dancing - what are they doing? Are they content with their relationships and don't feel the need to participate, or is the custom limited? Some guys appear in partial makeup but also aren't dancing, what does this mean?
One other thing, they make much of the men and yes they are extremely handsome but the girls are knock-outs themselves. They are some seriously beautiful young ladies.
+ProudToBe AnAmerican You don't think we have organizations to stop black on black crime? Black Lives Matter is made specifically to stop police brutality against black people. And we have other organizations and movements to specifically stop black on black crimes too. The only reason black lives matter got so much attention is because we reminded people that we are human too, and that pissed white people off so they decided to angry about it.
Froofroo Dabouifoubebe Black Lives Matter is a racist terrorist group. Could there be a White Lives Matter? Of course not! It would be racist. If a white person wore a shirt saying "White Power", it would be racist, but a black can wear a "Black Power" shirt? Bullshit double standard. I never owned a slave. I've hung out with all races all of my life. I'm 2nd generation. My biological ancestors are from Greece and Italy. I had nothing to do with any slave trade, nor did my family, so why do I have to pay for it, just because my skin is white? Why does every person with white skin who comes from any country on the planet have to be blamed for slavery? My adoptive family, most were killed in the Holocaust. My family were slaves too! My family was tortured and murdered too. So, why can't I be proud to be white? End of discussion on that. I know life in the hood. I've seen it and I lived it. Don't try and tell me that there's a real movement to stop black on black violence when people ignore it every time it happens. Kids are raised not to "snitch". Where I'm from is where that female jogger got raped and killed 2 weeks ago. That shit doesn't fly there. If people knew who did it, the first thing they would do is call the cops unless the mob got a hold of that person and made him disappear. In order to keep a neighborhood safe, people have to take it in their hands to get the bad out. When someone gets shot and killed and it happens every day in the hood, you're gonna tell me that the people in the hood help the cops find the person who did it? Hell no! Unless it's your family, it's none of your business. 2 days ago, some dude got killed (example here, not saying you personally) on your street. You saw who did it, butt you ain't snitchin', so your story was that you were sleeping or had your headphones on whiling playing Nintendo. Next week, your brother gets shot and killed and there you are on tv pleading with the public to come forward. Why would anyone do that for you when you didn't do it for them 2 days ago? The hood will never get better if the people living there don't come together to make it better. The whole thing about cops shooting blacks is a lot more complex than random cops shooting random blacks. I'm not gonna get into that. When the 2 sides can come together, cops not beating up dudes like what has happened to me for drinking a beer in the park and the people not screaming out "Fuck the police!" or "Pigs must die!" when the cops ride down your street. If you treat them like shit, how do you expect them to treat you and vice-versa?
Interesting. I am an American but lived in Nigeria (west African) as a child. My father is Hausa but I grew up around Fulani people. The women are beautiful and have elaborate hairstyles & jewelry. In my last video I made a hair tutorial inspired by Fulani women & Yemi Alade. check it out!
Sarkin Makanda it is the fulanis of nigeria that are hausamized. That is why non Nigerian fulanis have problem understanding fulani dialect from Nigeria because it has been hausamized.
BIZOU BRAZZA you may be right. But the fulanis pretty much own Nigeria politically speaking. They are able to commit crimes with impunity. I said what I said to her because people only worship fulani because alot are light skinned
Sarkin Makanda most are brown to dark. only bororos are light this video says wadaabe are bororos but those are two different tribes (under fulani). Only the Nigerian president is fulani that is why they get away with crimes. But most fulani (northerners) are illiterate so how can they comtrole the political power in Nigeria???
So emotional this show. I went to Senegal in July last year. I am Jamaican living in UK and it was my first time there. They told me i am Fulani which I found interesting because Jamaicans are a mixture of different races but they could see Fulani in me..
I still can't figure out why "Castrati" recordings (possibly of Moreschi) are being used-other than ignorantly in the wrong text because the men are wearing makeup and castrati used to sing (women's ) soprano parts in the days when women were prohibited from singing in the Catholic church, then sang women roles in opera because of the heft, strength and richness of their voice. They're not even good recordings, made when the last of the castrati were old and past their prime . SMH
Domingo Partida That's sort of what I find odd. The aesthetic ( and stereotype) that women wear make up and spend hours trying to beautify themselves, combined with a castrati recording that was made when castrati were old, retired and not at their prime. They are playing upon the assumption that male sopranos are less than "real men", and the undeniable sissy connotation that men wearing make up to attract a mate are also lesser men by Western standards. That to me is the only connection to the two that I can plausibly come up with. If they were trying to go with a shocking "vaporizing" aesthetic, surely their were a variety of songs, classic and contemporary that could have been used other than religious songs sung by castrati. Maybe they thought most people were unaware of Moreschi and the few remaining singers of that medium and their recordings? I don't know, it is still weird to me LOL! P.S. Maybe Venite inginocchiatevi from Le Nozze di Figaro would have been a better song. It is about dressing the boy page Cherubino as a woman so he can attend Susana and Figaro's wedding without making Count Almaviva angry. It's so absurd that it would fit right in. If you're not a fan of Mozart, this probably makes no sense to you jaja. ;-)
+Samidella idella I mean, not actually Vaporware I guess. I was saying it how its said now for something that makes no sense but only within the context of itself instead of saying "wierd" or the recent "random". Maybe the music is suppose to make you think of " culture", or just a general use of "culture", in this case classical music, the actual piece not being relevant, or just an antiquated format of presentation, like Chopin's treatment of folk tunes, compared to Bartok.
Thank You for this documentary i never knew women had the chance to choose their spouse in a fulani setting Am a fulani from Sierra Leone and It looks different from ours
***** There aren't any ''niggas'' in Africa ,ya all were a creation of the American white man who stripped you of your culture ,dignity and your soul,thereby creating confused listless retail loving sneaker heads.btw pyramids were not limited to Egypt,there are more Pyramids in Sudan than Egypt.
***** Are you serious? These people are living their dream and have done so for generations..they live the true essence of freedom...eating the freshest of foods, travelling with their loved ones and aging well into their maturity...how is African culture toxic? Your ancestors came from some part of Africa...you do KNOW that right? Before you assume something , make sure you know what you are talking about . Oh, btw that "stripped of their culture"..thing you mentioned is just sad, I seriously cant even believe someone like you thinks that way..hopefully you are a troll
+HEBREWSRIZE : Correct the Fulani's, Nubians, Put and Ethiopians are the sons of ham which you can read about in Genesis 10:19)..***God created them from clay of the ground, they have different shades of the soil. """The physical looks of the biblical Israelites: Lamentations 4 verse 8:)"Their visage is blacker than a coal." Visage here explain their facial features...broad Nose, juicy big lips and wool hair in darkness. (Lamentations 5 verse 10:)"Our skin was black like an oven" (Job 30 verse 30)"My skin is black upon me. (Jeremiah 14 verse 2)"Judah mourned, they are black unto the ground; (Song of Solomon 1 verse 5, 6)"I am black, but comely, Look not upon me because I am black. (Genesis 10:31)These were the descendants of Shem, identified by clan, language, territory, and national identity...their language is Aramaic in different dialect. **The West African Bantu people, Nigeria, Uganda, a tribe in Kenya, Nigerians, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Camerooon, Gabon, Angola, Congo,Namibia, Central Africa, Mozambigue, Malawi, and South Africa…and the children of slavery taken from Africa to the Americas for slavery! Aram was a descendant of Shem (Genesis 10:22). The name of Aram became identified with the region known later as Syria. When Abraham went South to Canaan the relatives that he left behind continued to speak Aramaic. This is the example of the use of Aramaic language: This is what Christ said, before He died on a tree. ( Matthew 27:46)***Eli...Eli...Elamasabatha, that is Nguni Aramaic=Xhosa language of the South African people...means; This...this...for the Sabbath keepers" The bible was written by black people in Paleo Aramaici and the second testament was written in Nguni Aramaic not Hrbrew...There is nothing like Hebrew language, it is a copy of Aramaic mixed with Arabic and Greek. The same way there is nothing like the Middle East=Arabia land...which was at first, the land of the Israelites...but they were then robbed their land and riches and kept captives by the same people living in those areas or regions today! *This is what Christ said to them: (Joel 3:2)*I will gather all the nations And bring them down to the valley of Jehoshaphat. Then I will enter into judgment with them there On behalf of My people and My inheritance, Israel, Whom they have scattered among the nations; And they have divided up My land. You have to bear in mind that after the Israelites were chased out of their land which we can read about in Exodus...the movement of God´s people in the book of Ezra below:then the Ethiopians occupied north Africa as the family of the Ham,with indians as Egyptians. Amos 9:7)"Are you Israel to me not like the Ethiopians to me? Thus say the Lords of host…* Ethiopians are black just like Africans but they have other features because they are born of Arabs which are ancient Indians. Some are born from Solomon and Moses as we know that they loved strange women, those looks like Africans in their features. The Israelites have mixed themselves with various nations and became a rainbow nations of colours...I am not talking about Europeans...but people with melanin in their skin no matter the light of their skins.
the mans If we find the Egyptians then we are not far to identify the real Israelites, according to scriptures. The Most High is not an author of confusion...He has planned perfectly for us, that when we wake up from sleep, we may find the truth, but people will not accept the truth, so they will remain ignorant! I hate to say this: but the truth is our only weapon. We cannot connect to the creator if we do not find the truth...and then we will worship in vain...false gods and the great tribulation will swallow us by surprise! Bless you!
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+muslimahsista This is a work of art from one of the greatest filmmakers of our time! Werner Herzog!!! Opera music is the expression of grand emotions, ideas and beauty. An artist does not look at the world through narrow compartmentalized visions of ordinary people. Expressions of mystic beauty and sublime style no matter the time, the people, the culture. Contrasts make things interesting...
I am fulani from Guinea, i love my people and all African people . We fulani or wodaabe ist same , we are the realy egyptien ancestor.
how do you say "water"
diyan
Please find me a husband because these men are beautiful
@@jeanandre6998 okey lol, what's your Facebook?
@@user-dd2tx5ou8p Egyptian don't say Diyan they say "Mi" ...how then can you say you are egyptian
the fact that women have so much power and freedom in their society is truly beautiful to see
This is why the white settlers to India when it was a united people, they taught the Indian men how to treat their women and the mother in-laws to do all the work and let their sons do no work, even though men are stronger than most women. As a result, these mother-in-law's usually work themselves into the ground before their time. The mother-in-law.also taught the wives to do the same. This behaviour serves no purpose except leaving orphan children and all men which also makes no sense as mem alone cannot procuate. They even took the matter to another level by kill first born baby girls, but God is watching.
They have some. But still do all the work.
So refreshing and utterly rare to see in old cultures
@@lalachka101They are totally free. We don’t treat our women like people in the west
In the West they are treated like gods
I love the fact girls get to choose!
Who ever you are, THANK YOU for making this documentary and also; who ever YOU are, thank you for uploading this. The world is richer for it.
i hope you have learned about werner herzog and caught up with his work over these past years!
They speak so poetically when addressing even the most mundane things. Honestly puts the west to shame, not a single cuss word, profanity, or sense of anger amongst these people despite their living conditions AND consider themselves the most beautiful people in the world? I love it!
The first time I saw a documentary about these people, I was a little shocked by their striking appearances. But they do look beautiful. So beautiful. They become living high art when they put on their makeup and outfits! I love to look at them when they are decorated for their celebrations. They have such long willowy features. And their conversations in the documentary fascinate me. You can see that they think about the same things everyone else all over the world think about.
As whole they look beautiful to me. They are quite characterized by their tall stature and slim body it seems. And of course that magnificent white teeth.
Yes. Such beautiful people!
You might enjoy the NatGeo doc about them. It talks about their code of beauty, humility, honesty and charm. They seem like a truly lovely people.
I think the men look much more handsome without the make up, but the rest of the decorations are lovely.
Like the men, the women are l naturally..
Africa people is beutfull fulani is good
I believe that these people can show us Westerners the true art of living at one with nature. Africa just amazes me! My heart is Africa, and I'm British!
We appreciate it ❤
Damn, planet earth never ceases to amaze me everyday
True :)
Who else had to watch this on mute?...seriously bro..you know your wrong for that music.
These beautiful people deserve their story to be told with music authentic to thier own region.
Same here too Annoying
Muted that sh!t
I was just about to sayt he same thing. You said it for me. That was some BULLSHIT. that song is why those people /my people, suffer.
THAT LET YOU KNOW WHO OWNS THE CAMERA AND WHO TELLING THE STORY.
NEED THE P FUNK.
I grew up loving Herzog anyway, but I saw a clip of this documentary at the Brooklyn Museum ~15 years ago and just sat there watching the video refresh. After the Herzog part there was a clip of the "courtship festival" filmed about 10 years later (so 1989-1999...wish I could remember/source it) and it was so interesting how attitudes had changed in such a short period- everyone participating, men and women, were kinda like, "yes, we know this is seriously old-fashioned, but we have to do it because tradition."
Spectacular. And, who would ever think that vintage 'Ave Maria' would fit so perfectly with the Wodabe men's preening, primping dance? Herzog, ever brilliant.
Ave Maria sung by a castrato, no less--Herzog winking at the audience?
@@TheTheThePhDJ Not sure about that. At least he seemed non tongue-in-cheek when he discussed this opening scene / docu at a symposium at UC Berkeley years ago.
STOP TALKING RUBBISH! TYPICAL OF YOU PEOPLE, DISRESPECT OTHER PEOPLE.
It did not suit this documentary at all is not African music so I disagree as ot fits in nowhere either tge preppie at all. Bloody ridiculous music yo have on a documentary about a tribe that still live as they have since animals humans walked on two legs. Yes we are all animal there are three things animal vegetable or mineral. Music is made by humans to fit a purpose if entertainment or ritual they have their own music should of used the Fulani rhythm not classical religious music
Thank you Mr Herzog,you bring class to the documentary genre,I am your biggest fan
What utterly beautiful people.
The Wodaabe people are so beautiful. I lost my breath for a moment.
Yes, they are! its amazing....
@@УльянаПодкорытова-м4у lol
They get bits and pieces from the west. My friend was in the jungle before, the most remote place on Earth and he seen someone with a football team jersey on haha. Sometimes people from the world come to visit them, like the guys doing this documentary and give them stuff!
Beautiful..and I liked the music! The people are indeed very handsome human beings and it is good witness the women having choices in a world which is increasingly squashing that through war and religious fundamentalism.
It is worth noting that this is precisely the kind of culture jihadists in North Africa want to stamp out. In particular, the power of women in the culture and the concern for aesthetics are deemed "haram" and offensive to their version of Islam. Their "jihad" is aimed at ridding the world of cultures and cultural practices such as are seen in this film. What 400 years of the slave trade and European colonization was unable to do, the jihadists are attempting to do in one generation. They are well-armed and well-funded, through their own criminal activities and donations from the Gulf states, where elites see the destruction of traditional cultures in Africa as their historical mission.
Agreed...fundamentalism is the curse of our modern world. Indiginous people everywhere are being targeted as they are the easiest target..it seems in so many ways we are entering a new dark ages. :(
but having a culture does not mean that it is right. some cultures are bad like this one.
Like papakilatube's astute observations! True! People! Let's work together to leave a world to future generations MORE biologically and Culturally diverse than when we 'inherited' it! Thanks papakilatube! Thanks Wodaabe, Fulani! Thanks Indigenous People everywhere! Come on indigenous soul within everyone! We are all born on the Planet, so we are all indigenous here, but we humans need to realise that staggering simple fact and act accordingly-stop space dreams and get back to true Earth Reality before it's too late! Have a great day folks!
"Because modern man is a mutation, who's Dreaming has become a nightmare, which 'threatens' to destroy the Earth! Because we've turned ourselves from Wolves to Dog's, warped into a Billion twisted shapes and forms…" Extract AWS Song; 'Because Modern Man Is A Mutation', search UA-cam to hear it all if you want!
Jessie Roberts the curse of the modern world is white people imo
@bnnawwal Who said it was bad? Men will be punished for lying on God and doing the enemy's work. God said what is right and what is wrong causes problems and interferes with His plans. One plan is most people have freedom of choice. You don't support their wrongdoing but very little wrong is commanded to send them to Him. Men are too lazy and shameful to admit they worship their own bloodlust and nationality like little filthy pests instead of hiding behind a God they stab in the back constantly. God isn't the problem it's mankind's willful corruption.
Nothing removes me from the atmosphere and identity of these people more than hearing the sentimental European music of the first half of the 20th century played over their rituals and behavior, it's jarring and annoying. I've always enjoyed Herzog's work but what the hell, it's not just anachronistic, it clashes and feels tacky and distorts everything the actual people are doing in favor of something Herzog is reminded of or something.
I really do understand you. I felt the music...sentimental from a lost time did fit in a strange way. These people have lost so much, much of their story is now gone forever, like the music... merely played out in small camps where lucky ones have managed to keep their cattle alive. I liked it !! Take care.. x
its creepy with the face paint, like the beginning of a psychotic episode of any sort
305savage Do you think it would have a different effect without the music? I used captions and turned off the sound. The sound made the whole thing seem unreal.
evilyig I think that was Herzog's point.
Lighten up Frances
The girl who picked at the end was really pretty, and the little smile she gave. Adorable. They seem so shy when making the selection.
The man she picked was really pretty with a little smile and adorable. Wasn’t he so cute.
A good documentary well design and shut. It shows how the Wodabe Fulani society is organized and competitions are unbiased with high level of justice. This community gives equal chances and opportunity to all. More rights to women. Except for the background music which is western the documentary is a good one. More grease to your elbow. I am always proud to be a Mbororo.
The music makes me feel sad, it's like mourning somebody's death in a western type of way.....
The music is terrible.But I do love this documentation of these particular Wodaabe rituals. Especially The young gathered around the elders,the stories, the beauty.The importance! 🙂
An insightful documentary spoilt only by the self indulgent nature of the music selection. What was the connection? They are African Nomads.
I think you have a point there.
your mistake is herzog is not a documentarian, he is a film maker who uses documentary techniques to make something unique in a quest for the sublime and to suit his own curiosity. mission accomplished here as usual for him.
PLEASE CHANGE THE SOUNDTRACK
Bro, this is art, this is not a documentary.
Such beauty! Hearing them sing must make any body vibrate, outstanding, humble, powerfull. Isn't it lovley that a girl inlove will smile the same way no matter who or where they are?
the opening music is a stroke of genius from Herzog. It is the only recording of a castrato voice, that of Allessandro Moreschi, and is utterly complementary to the surreal opening images
couldn't disagree more. I would have been able to lose myself in the movie way more easily with the Wodaabe's music as the soundtrack. I feel like Herzog just wanted to put his "stamp" on this one.
Surreal images at the beginning? Perhaps. But in reality there is nothing surreal about these people. Nothing at all. Check out the expressions on the faces of the men from 3:49 to 4:20. They look like they'd slit your throat at the drop of a hat if you fucked with them.
Tysons Accosta
Too true, I grew up among the Sokoro of Wokeli, and met Wodaabe Foulbe on many occasions. Very hospitable people, but they are a warrior people; many times I have seen the blades drawn for the sake of honor. Often after a fight, they would make up and hold hands. Discord within the tribe is forbidden.
@KostisMaroulis Bravo! You understood this artistic gem.
I've got to get me some of those hats! I like them.
Fun fact, the fulanis were the ones called the red bones in Amerikkka, they were also the first cow boys in Amerikkka, in the Texas area and Carolina.
The first cowboys in America were the indigenous Natives of northern Mexico
@@dollynina8992 sorry but they were fulani ppl. Fulani ppl introduced large cattle rearing to Amerikkka. The natives never did that on a large scale, the fulani were and are still tbe biggest nomadic group in the world. Those taken as slaves taught the Europeans large cattle rearing also for the first time. Look it up, the term cowboys was first given to tbe fulani in Amerikkka then the Europeans stole the image and claimed it as theirs
@@rellblackthrone6071 in fact fulani call themself Rimato/Rimadô wich means COWCHILD Or COWBORN they Are also related to anciens Égyptians because also anciens égyptians called themself RMT wich egyptologiste call Remet and have the same meanning as in fullah
Beautiful film, except for that awful doggie howling at the beginning. The Wodaabe have their own chants for the Geerewal ceremonies. Why not use them?
thanks for the explanation brah
Not to mention the purely aesthetic angle... Even without deep consideration of the goal, the contrast and juxtaposition itself is jarring.
The music sucks really it no their music 😂
Hideous singing 😂😂😂😂
@@migdaliabeauchamp4563 It is not a documentary, it is art. For my part, I find it humorous: matching weird looks with weird music. No offence to anybody, relax and enjoy.
This was great to learn. I didn't know about this.
This is the best documentary of this subject.
this was so beautiful. I'm so inspired!
Goes to show that notions of beauty, femininity, masculinity are cultural creations
I agree with you.
The music is taking away from the documentary or is it there some hidden agenda.
Well, this is not a documentary, that's people's problem with it. The director matches the initial impression of the visual creepyness of this tribal custom (admit it, it _is_ creepy, the first time around for sure) with the creepyness of a castrato voice (Alessandro Moreschi. Ave Maria).
What did that AWFUL rendition of "Ave Maria" at the beginning of this film have to do with the subject?
That's artistry, bro: matching weird looks with weird music. Quite humorous. No offence intended.
@@oberkreide4291what you said is offensive
No Dentist or toothpaste. I want their secret!!
I agree! I bet it has something to do with the milk and yogurt consumption. They do have very beautiful white teeth!
They use twigs from a certain bush to brush their teeth... They're mega into clean teeth and really fuss over them.
africans (blacks) usualy have great white teeth
Meat & veggies. Good diets
We make use of chewing stick 24/7
Come on this music don't go with this culture plse take your music back!!!!
😂
This is not a documentary. This is art. In my opinion, a perfect match: creepy looking men & a creepy sounding castrato voice. Something to remember, for sure.
@@oberkreide4291 creepy looking men? This is such a disrespectful comment
@@oberkreide4291 sooo bloody disrespectful! There's more creepy men in the western culture by far, than there are here, you have no right to say that about that other cultures
Have you thought about why Werner Herzog chose that particular music? He's a great director - there's a reason for every choice he makes
Is anyone else curious as to how they have such beautiful teeth?
sugars (even the kinds from vegetables fruits and starches) are the main cause of tooth decay, which can often lead to crooked teeth in adults. A diet of millet, milk, and a small amount of meat eliminates the problem at it's source.
SillaniTu Yatub
you need to befriend a farmer.
if you come to canada, i can hook you up with a cow and some fruit trees!
you can drink directly from the cow (just be nice to the cow)
peace!
It's on national geographic it's actually why they put the black around the lips so it can "bring out the white in their teeth "
the most africn teeth are so white because we use a specifi wood to chew on the theeth.i have some even right now :)
I don't know if these people are Muslims or not,but one thing I know for sure is if you want to know the secret of the clean teeth without toothpaste, read about the Prophet Mohamed (Peace Be Upon him) and his companions use to do to clean their teeth, you will be very surprise I promise You !
Peace .
My beautiful and lovely people. I will be fight for your you and your right forever! Thanks for the video.
I'm one of this Fulanis from Guinea Conakry 🇬🇳🙏🏽💚
these men are so VERY BEAUTIFUL- without the makeup- LITERALLY
Truly beautiful people of the Sun!
Why do you pick this music for my people? The documentary is about Africa not Europe.
Explain the battery acid as eyeliner. Why? Wouldn’t something like coal or another natural substance be less toxic?
I was thinking the same
I was thinking that, too. They used to use charcoal. Maybe they use the battery stuff because it lasts longer
i think the men are attractive @14:11 . but there are PLAYERS SMH lmao 35:46 ..lmao some of their conversations are funny .. that guy seems like a player lol @20:27
...the himba tribe and the fulani tribe are the most beautiful african tribes .
africans are truly the first people on earth ..they are so in tuned with mother nature and earth..THIS IS THE MOST BEAUTIFUL TRIBE ever..im so happy to have african ancestors , they ae so fucking beautiful
they do resemble ancient egyptians
Wow, you've really got an axe to grind, don't you? Nobody wants to listen to you in real life so you comment in every comment thread vaguely related to the agenda you're trying to push hoping to get a response? I guess I gave you one. Sad little fucker.
Stfu cave beast you are
@@debieanais314 lol debbie browns is the most white european name ever
They are the descendants of the ancient Egyptians
Always find a way to slip in that Hamitic crap
"I have chosen you with my heart" -beautiful moment. Can't quite put my finger on it but this was a beautiful film for me about courtship. This seems like almost a symbol for all human attraction. The female raelly does pick the male. This tribe just lets it happen in the most natural way I've seen. The men aren't all butthurt about it, they doll themselves up and the women make the choice...pretty straightforward....none of this male ego mucking things up.
While taking notes for my paper, I wrote down "My God these woman are beautiful" three times and didn't notice until reviewing. Honestly, the women and the men are both naturally very attractive. This is solely based on their basic physical features. By that I mean, one could take them and place them in any other culture's style of dress, and they'd be equally attractive.
Although 9 may be too young for marriage, I appreciate this culture making sure that all pairings are age appropriate and waiting when they are of age for consummation.
I have chosen you with my heart!!!!
💘❤💞💝💋 Powerful Words, If you've traveled down that road before !
That was so beautiful 😍
It's amazing no one shows any sign of obesity as we do in America. Everyone has beautiful teeth and appear quite healthy. Why are we led to believe the people of Africa live backwards and live violently? These people appear happy and show signs of great family values.
They also cannibalize one another. Real spiritual people
@@glenbellefonte9620 Do you have actual proof of your assessment?
@@wisdomandpeace2668 it's a simple fact. They also still practice slavery
@@glenbellefonte9620 Excuse me to say, but you are an idiot. I grew up in Africa and knew of no instance of cannibalism as an accepted practice. There are no Jeffrey Dahmers there as far as I know.
If you've met any Africans, I am sure you will come to see that they are like people from anywhere else. They care about family, respect elders, are usually kind to strangers, they work hard, trade, quarrel sometimes, just like human beings everywhere. Some live very simply or in poverty, others have a lot of wealth and live accordingly. Don't forget that Africa is a huge continent with many, many different ethnicities, cultures and languages. What you find in one place will be very different from another.
What year was this documentary filmed?
Thanks Piatequila
Watched it without breathing, thank you for sharing.
Wonderful People! Wonderful way of life! Wonderful Land! There is so much beauty in this film; so much! We hope that the National Governments of Chad, Niger and Nigeria, and all others respect Indigenous Peoples, their Lives, Ways, Lives and Religion/Spiritual beliefs. We also Hope all people do that, and that All people come to reindigenise their/our own lives, as at the end of the day, we are all born out of Nature, all born on Mother Earth and we all need to Live With the Earth in a good way! Forget space travel an space stations! Take care of the Earth!
A very beautiful people, a very wonderful culture and very, very special way of life and many thanks for a most enchantingly beautiful and wonderful film! Many thanks and well done! Long live the Wodaabe, Fulani and ALL Indigenous Peoples! Long Live Their Lands and Cultures…and May ALL Humans realise that; "We Belong to the Earth; The Earth Does Not Belong To Us!" ( Chief Seattle.)
One viewer commented;"but having a culture does not mean that it is right. some cultures are bad like this one." Wow! This is the hight of Ignorance, blind ignorance-no doubt religious fundamentalism! It is incredible how with no further education people are so often just willing to accept what is written in a old text or what a so called religious teacher ( or any teacher, scientist, person for that matter) tells them without thinking for themselves, without study, without searching for the truth, not just opinion or dogma. It is incredible to me that someone can be so ignorant they can just write off a culture and people like that!
I'd like to invite anyone wishing to sing along with me in this vein, come sing with me a song; 'Because Modern Man Is A Mutation' either voice forest rap or with Berimbau, musical bow, on UA-cam. Just type the title, 'Because Modern Man is A Mutation' in the UA-cam search bar or look for it on songs shelf on my channel. Thanks and have a great day folks! May all beings enjoy happiness and it's causes! May All beings be free from suffering and it's causes! For All Our Relations!
The music choice was odd, certainly not my taste, but I don't think the director meant any harm by it. Quite the contrary, I think by using sacred music he was trying to emphasise the beauty of these people at a time when the other peoples around them living alongside them treated them terribly. Including their government. So, although artistically jarring, I don't think a bad intention was meant.
I really love this piece. Can anyone tell me where I can get better quality / HD version of this?
I can give it for you
I uploaded my DNA data to GEDMatch and ran various tools. It has my African side of me almost always leaning towards the Fulanis.
This is cool. :-)
Nice looking people.
That is awesome!!!
The music was great :)
As a Fulani, I am shocked to see these folks and I wonder how they got to this point. I hope the world will define the Fulani culture or nation in terms of the so-called Wodaabe.
their hair is so beautiful
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder
I love how demure the judges are; they really milk the suspense for all it's worth. The Gerewol is so interesting, practically every cultural study focuses on it, but I'm interested to know what else is going on, like there are a lot of men attending the festival who aren't dancing - what are they doing? Are they content with their relationships and don't feel the need to participate, or is the custom limited? Some guys appear in partial makeup but also aren't dancing, what does this mean?
Sheer poetry and one of the most beautiful expressions of human independence I have ever seen
I dont appreciate him making it look like they were singing Ave Maria
the narrator is """"
i hated that..Stop adding your culture ....WE ARE ALREADY.....
My first LOL moment of the day - That would be like lip synching the Queen of England to ... King Sunny Ade. yeah.
The director does not make them look like singing. He matches their weird looks with weird sounds of castrato singing. Hope that explains it.
@@oberkreide4291 weird looks?
Pure beauty...
Como estas
This is so breathtaking ❤
Ament to that.Glad you made it clear who was there and who are the children of the sun.
Spectacularly beautiful
Those men are GORGEOUS!!!
One other thing, they make much of the men and yes they are extremely handsome but the girls are knock-outs themselves. They are some seriously beautiful young ladies.
True. I think it goes without saying that a people with good-looking men will automatically have women even better looking :)
why the weird music?
My people 🙌🏽
+Rukia Niles Your people are nothing at all like you.
You're ignorant. They have always looked like this.
+ProudToBe AnAmerican Of course they aren't. They haven't been forced to live with you devils for the last 500 years either so it makes sense.
+ProudToBe AnAmerican You don't think we have organizations to stop black on black crime? Black Lives Matter is made specifically to stop police brutality against black people. And we have other organizations and movements to specifically stop black on black crimes too. The only reason black lives matter got so much attention is because we reminded people that we are human too, and that pissed white people off so they decided to angry about it.
Froofroo Dabouifoubebe Black Lives Matter is a racist terrorist group. Could there be a White Lives Matter? Of course not! It would be racist. If a white person wore a shirt saying "White Power", it would be racist, but a black can wear a "Black Power" shirt? Bullshit double standard. I never owned a slave. I've hung out with all races all of my life. I'm 2nd generation. My biological ancestors are from Greece and Italy. I had nothing to do with any slave trade, nor did my family, so why do I have to pay for it, just because my skin is white? Why does every person with white skin who comes from any country on the planet have to be blamed for slavery? My adoptive family, most were killed in the Holocaust. My family were slaves too! My family was tortured and murdered too. So, why can't I be proud to be white? End of discussion on that. I know life in the hood. I've seen it and I lived it. Don't try and tell me that there's a real movement to stop black on black violence when people ignore it every time it happens. Kids are raised not to "snitch". Where I'm from is where that female jogger got raped and killed 2 weeks ago. That shit doesn't fly there. If people knew who did it, the first thing they would do is call the cops unless the mob got a hold of that person and made him disappear. In order to keep a neighborhood safe, people have to take it in their hands to get the bad out. When someone gets shot and killed and it happens every day in the hood, you're gonna tell me that the people in the hood help the cops find the person who did it? Hell no! Unless it's your family, it's none of your business. 2 days ago, some dude got killed (example here, not saying you personally) on your street. You saw who did it, butt you ain't snitchin', so your story was that you were sleeping or had your headphones on whiling playing Nintendo. Next week, your brother gets shot and killed and there you are on tv pleading with the public to come forward. Why would anyone do that for you when you didn't do it for them 2 days ago? The hood will never get better if the people living there don't come together to make it better. The whole thing about cops shooting blacks is a lot more complex than random cops shooting random blacks. I'm not gonna get into that. When the 2 sides can come together, cops not beating up dudes like what has happened to me for drinking a beer in the park and the people not screaming out "Fuck the police!" or "Pigs must die!" when the cops ride down your street. If you treat them like shit, how do you expect them to treat you and vice-versa?
i need to get that "Herb of charm" :-)
Interesting. I am an American but lived in Nigeria (west African) as a child. My father is Hausa but I grew up around Fulani people. The women are beautiful and have elaborate hairstyles & jewelry. In my last video I made a hair tutorial inspired by Fulani women & Yemi Alade. check it out!
Hair By Habiba lol a fulanized hausa, smh. hausa have lost their nuts.
Sarkin Makanda it is the fulanis of nigeria that are hausamized. That is why non Nigerian fulanis have problem understanding fulani dialect from Nigeria because it has been hausamized.
BIZOU BRAZZA you may be right. But the fulanis pretty much own Nigeria politically speaking. They are able to commit crimes with impunity.
I said what I said to her because people only worship fulani because alot are light skinned
Sarkin Makanda most are brown to dark. only bororos are light this video says wadaabe are bororos but those are two different tribes (under fulani). Only the Nigerian president is fulani that is why they get away with crimes. But most fulani (northerners) are illiterate so how can they comtrole the political power in Nigeria???
BIZOU BRAZZA why is it the fulani attack Yorubas, tiv, and other ethnic groups and get away with it? Are you aware of their political history?
Pity, I can't watch this. The choice of wailing Ave Maria is too painful as a soundtrack.
You didn't get it...
Africans are such a strong people.
So emotional this show. I went to Senegal in July last year. I am Jamaican living in UK and it was my first time there. They told me i am Fulani which I found interesting because Jamaicans are a mixture of different races but they could see Fulani in me..
Probably due to your aquiline features.
I still can't figure out why "Castrati" recordings (possibly of Moreschi) are being used-other than ignorantly in the wrong text because the men are wearing makeup and castrati used to sing (women's ) soprano parts in the days when women were prohibited from singing in the Catholic church, then sang women roles in opera because of the heft, strength and richness of their voice. They're not even good recordings, made when the last of the castrati were old and past their prime . SMH
+Samidella idella Because it's so aesthetic, (as in vaporwave) : D
Domingo Partida That's sort of what I find odd. The aesthetic ( and stereotype) that women wear make up and spend hours trying to beautify themselves, combined with a castrati recording that was made when castrati were old, retired and not at their prime. They are playing upon the assumption that male sopranos are less than "real men", and the undeniable sissy connotation that men wearing make up to attract a mate are also lesser men by Western standards. That to me is the only connection to the two that I can plausibly come up with. If they were trying to go with a shocking "vaporizing" aesthetic, surely their were a variety of songs, classic and contemporary that could have been used other than religious songs sung by castrati. Maybe they thought most people were unaware of Moreschi and the few remaining singers of that medium and their recordings? I don't know, it is still weird to me LOL! P.S. Maybe Venite inginocchiatevi from Le Nozze di Figaro would have been a better song. It is about dressing the boy page Cherubino as a woman so he can attend Susana and Figaro's wedding without making Count Almaviva angry. It's so absurd that it would fit right in. If you're not a fan of Mozart, this probably makes no sense to you jaja. ;-)
+Samidella idella I mean, not actually Vaporware I guess. I was saying it how its said now for something that makes no sense but only within the context of itself instead of saying "wierd" or the recent "random".
Maybe the music is suppose to make you think of " culture", or just a general use of "culture", in this case classical music, the actual piece not being relevant, or just an antiquated format of presentation, like Chopin's treatment of folk tunes, compared to Bartok.
Regards from Brazil!
Fascinating
wow this my culture and sad that many tradition are lost and forgeten ....... but speak fulani
Whats Ave Maria has to do with this people ?
is that florence foster jenkins singing in the background?
Thank you for posting this
Thank You for this documentary i never knew women had the chance to choose their spouse in a fulani setting
Am a fulani from Sierra Leone and It looks different from ours
How about if a girl chooses a male and he does not desire her?
............But WHY put Opera Music ??????????????????????????
These people are fascinating and beautiful…something ultra-human, metaphysical about them. Perhaps the model from which we as creatures should be.
I wonder if you can say you don't want to participate in the beauty contest....
They are the real Egyptians
***** There aren't any ''niggas'' in Africa ,ya all were a creation of the American white man who stripped you of your culture ,dignity and your soul,thereby creating confused listless retail loving sneaker heads.btw pyramids were not limited to Egypt,there are more Pyramids in Sudan than Egypt.
***** Are you serious? These people are living their dream and have done so for generations..they live the true essence of freedom...eating the freshest of foods, travelling with their loved ones and aging well into their maturity...how is African culture toxic? Your ancestors came from some part of Africa...you do KNOW that right? Before you assume something , make sure you know what you are talking about . Oh, btw that "stripped of their culture"..thing you mentioned is just sad, I seriously cant even believe someone like you thinks that way..hopefully you are a troll
+HEBREWSRIZE : Correct the Fulani's, Nubians, Put and Ethiopians are the sons of ham which you can read about in Genesis 10:19)..***God created them from clay of the ground, they have different shades of the soil.
"""The physical looks of the biblical Israelites:
Lamentations 4 verse 8:)"Their visage is blacker than a coal." Visage here explain their facial features...broad Nose, juicy big lips and wool hair in darkness.
(Lamentations 5 verse 10:)"Our skin was black like an oven"
(Job 30 verse 30)"My skin is black upon me.
(Jeremiah 14 verse 2)"Judah mourned, they are black unto the ground;
(Song of Solomon 1 verse 5, 6)"I am black, but comely, Look not upon me because I am black.
(Genesis 10:31)These were the descendants of Shem, identified by clan, language, territory, and national identity...their language is Aramaic in different dialect.
**The West African Bantu people, Nigeria, Uganda, a tribe in Kenya, Nigerians, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Camerooon, Gabon, Angola, Congo,Namibia, Central Africa, Mozambigue, Malawi, and South Africa…and the children of slavery taken from Africa to the Americas for slavery!
Aram was a descendant of Shem (Genesis 10:22). The name of Aram became identified with the region known later as Syria. When Abraham went South to Canaan the relatives that he left behind continued to speak Aramaic.
This is the example of the use of Aramaic language:
This is what Christ said, before He died on a tree.
( Matthew 27:46)***Eli...Eli...Elamasabatha, that is Nguni Aramaic=Xhosa language of the South African people...means; This...this...for the Sabbath keepers"
The bible was written by black people in Paleo Aramaici and the second testament was written in Nguni Aramaic not Hrbrew...There is nothing like Hebrew language, it is a copy of Aramaic mixed with Arabic and Greek.
The same way there is nothing like the Middle East=Arabia land...which was at first, the land of the Israelites...but they were then robbed their land and riches and kept captives by the same people living in those areas or regions today!
*This is what Christ said to them:
(Joel 3:2)*I will gather all the nations And bring them down to the valley of Jehoshaphat. Then I will enter into judgment with them there On behalf of My people and My inheritance, Israel, Whom they have scattered among the nations; And they have divided up My land.
You have to bear in mind that after the Israelites were chased out of their land which we can read about in Exodus...the movement of God´s people in the book of Ezra below:then the Ethiopians occupied north Africa as the family of the Ham,with indians as Egyptians.
Amos 9:7)"Are you Israel to me not like the Ethiopians to me? Thus say the Lords of host…* Ethiopians are black just like Africans but they have other features because they are born of Arabs which are ancient Indians. Some are born from Solomon and Moses as we know that they loved strange women, those looks like Africans in their features.
The Israelites have mixed themselves with various nations and became a rainbow nations of colours...I am not talking about Europeans...but people with melanin in their skin no matter the light of their skins.
Pinini braun very good
the mans If we find the Egyptians then we are not far to identify the real Israelites, according to scriptures.
The Most High is not an author of confusion...He has planned perfectly for us, that when we wake up from sleep, we may find the truth, but people will not accept the truth, so they will remain ignorant!
I hate to say this: but the truth is our only weapon. We cannot connect to the creator if we do not find the truth...and then we will worship in vain...false gods and the great tribulation will swallow us by surprise!
Bless you!
I wonder if they have hair secrets because most of them have long hair and its not as if they have a wash day routine
I had to watch it with no audio because of the screeching background music!
Hello, my name is Dmitriy, I am producer at MIA Rossiya Segodnya, Russian News Agency, we want to make a small editorial video about Wodaabe Tribe. Thus reaching you out to ask for a permission to use a small portion of this video, please let me know if this video originates from you and if you can share. We will give you a full credit and state any extras if required. Thank you.
The famous german director werner herzog made it
The narrator has a wonderful voice.
I wonder what they use for their teeth really nice in Ghana I know of charcoal and chewing stick works too
Thank you for sharing.
Fascinating..
That so weird music is not from these beautiful people, why did you start with that kind of music ?
+muslimahsista This is a work of art from one of the greatest filmmakers of our time! Werner Herzog!!! Opera music is the expression of grand emotions, ideas and beauty. An artist does not look at the world through narrow compartmentalized visions of ordinary people. Expressions of mystic beauty and sublime style no matter the time, the people, the culture. Contrasts make things interesting...
+Jean Gold YES! This exactly! I am startled by many of the other comments here.
How long have they been dressing like this? Seems very western inspired, in the beginning.
what's with the music?...It's not a blood *OPERA* !!!
I’ll look for updated info on them but I hope they’re doing okay.
Astonishing
what's with the facial expressions of the ones with painted faces in the beginning? are they trying to imitate something.
Its when the single men try to impress the woman by showing their teeth, beauty, and how tall they are
Wow... the first few seconds of this video made me think I was tripin
Denis Mutabazi They must be on something
They are