Yemanja ( in portuguese iemanja) is and divine entity from candomblé and umbanda (african religions brought by the slaves in Brazil), she is know as queen of the oceans. In the new year's eve, people here go to the beaches to jump seven waves and to make their offerings for her, it's quite common in fact. They make small boats full of food, bevereges and then throw in the ocean so the waves could carry their offerings to Iemanja. She serch in portuguese for images of her, and you will see that brazilians have a very different image of her... I hope this help you folks to compreend better this piece.
What? Offers a food and beveragees?... with a container that will become a trash of the ocean that will kill water creatures.... I think that's a bad idea
@@yeshuabalita1436 i do think that too, and belive me, this isn't even worst than the animal sacrifices they do... Look, i'm catholic, i oppose most of this non-sense, but i don't have a problem with their belifs, my problem is with their dogmas and traditions. This stupid traditions that umbanda and candoblé has, are problematic, but always when someone touch on the issue, they came with bs catholics. Brazil has a weird situation with religions, because we have several, but the two major groups, are christians, and then theres the native ones that are really small and confined, and the other like candonblé, umbanda and kardecism, kardescism is of no consequece, in fact many christians frequent their sessions, and they do a lot of charity too. But candonblé and umbanda has always being problematic. The evangelics lovo to hate anyone, but everyone loves to hate catholics, so when people push against bs, they always threat the catholics and in result catholics go apologetic by default.
@@xthieryx A maioria das coisas que você condena na minha religião são coisas que aconteceram no passado ou que são condenadas pela própria igreja, em outras palavras ações de indivíduos e coletivos que são vastamente ignorantes ou desinteressados nas próprias escrituras. As tradições e e dogmas das religiões de matriz africana, entretanto, são praticadas e até mesmo defendidas com brutalidade pelos praticantes! Então, não, sua comparação não tem o menor cabimento.
These are the kind of movies that I like. Like where I’m from in the Middle of the Pacific, we too have stories like this. Our Parents told us about this one island that there’s a season for high tide like completely cover this small Island. I don’t know if it’s true or not but, it’s so awesome and cool to see these kind of movies!
They were like locusts coming to eat everything but the natives had a relationship with the sea so blowing the horn the water covered the crops temporarily preventing it from being totally devoured and leaving the inhabitants to starve.
Engrossing. It was a unique story and I watched it twice. I had to work to figure out the story line and I ignored plot issues around the death of the caller and the logic of sinking the raft and just enjoyed the tale. It would be easy to analyze this short film to death in a negative fashion but that would destroy the “tale told around a fire by an elder” feel.
Visually flawless! This is a new kind of cinematography. There is no need for detailed explanations, people will create theories and fill the picture with meaning.
This story is about the godess Yemanja of african matrix religions, even today theres people who are followers of this religion, most notably in Brazil religions like Candonblé and Umbanda.
Great visuals which is obviously where all the talent is. The story wasn't told well. Lot of epic music happening while most of the viewers in the comment section are confused as to what's going on.
Looks like many viewers here are young and don't realize that lots of short films like this (6 minutes!!) are made as demonstration exercises, to show what the artists/production team can do, looking for connection to people with money for full film. As such, they are not trying to tell a complex story with beginning, middle, character development, and ending, in 6 minutes.
Pity the music drowned out the voice at the start but I enjoyed the film; mostly and in particular the sea creatures which were beautiful and the FX brilliantly done. I didn't really understand the story but by reading the comments below, I think I get it now! :) Lots of merit to be made into a longer version.
Yemanja is the goddess of the sea. They offer her music in lieu of food offerings and she accepts one, her ray-like creature conveys it. But the offering of the didge isn't accepted.
Well done! Nature finds a way doesn’t it...symbiotic relationship in touch for the adaptation of life. What works works for both...sorry the one tribal lady scarified herself for her family. Keep making these films. Loved it.
The leg got stuck in the wooden structures. I have such was once: in the absence of water easily free themselves, but even if there is a bit water, place not in sight and all-get free only if fully you dive.
@peter There is a legend about sea goddess by the name of Yamana (sometimes referred to as Yoruba). Her children were like fish, and as if she had children of the human species. Once the gods caused a great flood to destroy too much bred insects. But the human children of the Yoruba survived the deluge and became the first man and woman on the African continent. I think it is told here as if Yama na-Yoruba were a living woman from some ancient tribe that roamed the sea on floating Islands. Somehow she stayed with her son and daughter-in-law, perhaps the rest of the tribe were out at sea hunting. Yamana managed to call on aid totem animals and they raised island, rescuing thereby past people, but itself she not survived. And here is through millennia in memory descendants woman has turned into a goddess, animals in its children, and from it went kind of Africans. The legend was brought to Brazil by slaves imported from Africa and so it has come down to our days.
Stingrays don't move the island, I guess. He drifted. Thin as a pellicle on the surface. An island of seaweed maybe. Houses made of skin and bones-there are no trees. And the fluorescent manta rays were hiding under it, waiting out the storm. With the help trembity people call their totem animals: come here, it is time to hide
Like a lot of folks, I didn't get this either. To me it looked like it opened with a huge flock of birds flying away from something, which cued the women to blow on the horn to summon the manta rays, which then pulled the raft down. One of the women fell and presumably died, then the remaining man and woman hid out in one of the tents, maybe on top so they could stay above the water. So basically, this made no sense to me.
So, no one from the old world thought about making industrial size bug zapper lights? Liked the idea for the movie, great costums and sets but the music was way to loud.
I mean, they did seem to have A LOT of netting around and thats a lot of handy protein flying around . . . . Just saying that maybe there is a better way of not starving . . .
2:37 DaFuqU tripiin over. I kno this is cold, but I'd leave Ur, "No keepin up" behind. BTW. When U get a reaction like that outta me, U done good. keep up the good work.
The basic idea is good. Not expanded on enough. Film should have 10mins long. That would have given time to show more of the islands and the creatures that helped them. Also a bit more detail in the "black" bird / bats. The swarm was too dense to see a single creature. So that we can identify them as a threat, no just a lot of black birds. Have you ever seen a large flock of Starlings in the evening
Yemanja ( in portuguese Iemanjá) is an divine entity of african religions such as candomblé and umbanda. She is the most famous in Brazil, she is also know as "queen of the oceans"! Maybe this help you folks compreend what this is about. She is represented as a white woman with a long black hair (in Brazil) in a blue dress mixing with the waves. Serch in Google images to have and ideia.
It looks like they live on a raft to escape the waters. I don't know what the bugs have anything to do with this but it seems to me like the mother left her own daughter to die, then magic whales arrive and bam the waters gone happy ending. yay!
Cinematography was Paramont. Storyline on the other hand is sadly lacking in content. When you leave the viewer with too many questions,you spoil the movie 🍿
Put the airtight "houses" under the raft to float it. When the (presumably) carnivorous bugs show up, everybody dive through the nearest manhole, swim to the nearest float, wait out the attack in the underwater air bells (as they do in the film). No need to submerge the entire raft, with all the attendant strain on its structure. BTW, is this a freshwater sea? If not, where do they get their fresh water? Desalination technology?
Yemanja ( in portuguese iemanja) is and divine entity from candomblé and umbanda (african religions brought by the slaves in Brazil), she is know as queen of the oceans.
In the new year's eve, people here go to the beaches to jump seven waves and to make their offerings for her, it's quite common in fact.
They make small boats full of food, bevereges and then throw in the ocean so the waves could carry their offerings to Iemanja.
She serch in portuguese for images of her, and you will see that brazilians have a very different image of her...
I hope this help you folks to compreend better this piece.
What? Offers a food and beveragees?... with a container that will become a trash of the ocean that will kill water creatures.... I think that's a bad idea
Thank you. That makes the movie completely understandable, and it's even better than I realized
@@yeshuabalita1436 i do think that too, and belive me, this isn't even worst than the animal sacrifices they do...
Look, i'm catholic, i oppose most of this non-sense, but i don't have a problem with their belifs, my problem is with their dogmas and traditions.
This stupid traditions that umbanda and candoblé has, are problematic, but always when someone touch on the issue, they came with bs catholics.
Brazil has a weird situation with religions, because we have several, but the two major groups, are christians, and then theres the native ones that are really small and confined, and the other like candonblé, umbanda and kardecism, kardescism is of no consequece, in fact many christians frequent their sessions, and they do a lot of charity too.
But candonblé and umbanda has always being problematic.
The evangelics lovo to hate anyone, but everyone loves to hate catholics, so when people push against bs, they always threat the catholics and in result catholics go apologetic by default.
@@globedoc their belifs are fine, but their traditions and dogmas aren't...
@@xthieryx A maioria das coisas que você condena na minha religião são coisas que aconteceram no passado ou que são condenadas pela própria igreja, em outras palavras ações de indivíduos e coletivos que são vastamente ignorantes ou desinteressados nas próprias escrituras.
As tradições e e dogmas das religiões de matriz africana, entretanto, são praticadas e até mesmo defendidas com brutalidade pelos praticantes!
Então, não, sua comparação não tem o menor cabimento.
Hey nobody gonna mention the great production design? The costumes and sets look great!
These are the kind of movies that I like.
Like where I’m from in the Middle of the Pacific, we too have stories like this. Our Parents told us about this one island that there’s a season for high tide like completely cover this small Island. I don’t know if it’s true or not but, it’s so awesome and cool to see these kind of movies!
Beautiful. Beautiful scenery, beautiful effects, beautiful story.
Also wanted to add that the music is amazing.
This is what the Afrofuturism Movement is all about. Loved it.
Die Szenen unter Wasser sind so wunderschön anzusehen und musikalisch untermalt...
I like how the called the waters up with the digeroo. And then the sea creatures were breathtaking.
They were like locusts coming to eat everything but the natives had a relationship with the sea so blowing the horn the water covered the crops temporarily preventing it from being totally devoured and leaving the inhabitants to starve.
A truly delightful work of art! One of my favorites.
That's nice!! Here in Brazil Yemanja/Iemanjá (goddess of the seas) is represented by a woman wearing a blue mantle. Afro religions are so cool.
Yemanjá is the water god from religions original from Africa, notable here in Brazil, Candomblé.
Loalder / Sim.
I thought it had something to do with that Robin Williams movie where he gets lost in the board game for 60 yrs.
Goddess..Yemanja is one of the deities revered in Candomble
@@deranged8779 .
I loved it 100% and wish these were not shorts but full movies.🙏🙏🙏🥂❤❤❤👍🙌
Engrossing. It was a unique story and I watched it twice. I had to work to figure out the story line and I ignored plot issues around the death of the caller and the logic of sinking the raft and just enjoyed the tale. It would be easy to analyze this short film to death in a negative fashion but that would destroy the “tale told around a fire by an elder” feel.
Visually flawless! This is a new kind of cinematography. There is no need for detailed explanations, people will create theories and fill the picture with meaning.
This story is about the godess Yemanja of african matrix religions, even today theres people who are followers of this religion, most notably in Brazil religions like Candonblé and Umbanda.
Love the creatures and the Segue from them to the New lands
Would love to see this as a full length movie.
Suzanne Taylor RIP Black Panther
The best thing or part of this film the water Creature
Yes, they were absolutely beautiful.
Reminds me of one of my favorite fishes the manta ray nice movie over all
This looks like every sci fi concept art ever
Damn you could make a movie outta dis
they did already..... it was called Waterworld 10-15 yrs ago
Erm ....... no
Really good. If you like this you will like Jack Vance's long-forgotten novel "The Blue World."
Very unique , first time seeing this hits the mark.
Great visuals which is obviously where all the talent is. The story wasn't told well. Lot of epic music happening while most of the viewers in the comment section are confused as to what's going on.
Looks like many viewers here are young and don't realize that lots of short films like this (6 minutes!!) are made as demonstration exercises, to show what the artists/production team can do, looking for connection to people with money for full film. As such, they are not trying to tell a complex story with beginning, middle, character development, and ending, in 6 minutes.
Gorgeous movie, great work. Hope to see more. Acting and editing were top notch. Amazing FX.
Well done.
"I knew all those years of alphorn lessons would pay off someday!"
OK, that's funny, but just making sure you know it's a Didgeridoo. From the Maori tribe in New Zealand.
This is good, just wished the music was not so loud so we could hear better what's being said. Good work, keep improving!
What's being said? There wasn't any dialogue 😂
"ʷᵒʳᵈˢ ʷᵒʳᵈˢ ʷᵒʳᵈˢ ᵇˡᵃʰ ᵇˡᵃʰ ᵇˡᵃʰ ʷᵒʳᵈˢ"
*[ M U S I C ]*
Pity the music drowned out the voice at the start but I enjoyed the film; mostly and in particular the sea creatures which were beautiful and the FX brilliantly done. I didn't really understand the story but by reading the comments below, I think I get it now! :) Lots of merit to be made into a longer version.
Didn't understand wtf was going on.
opollo
🤣🤣😂
No idea what this picture is all about what is going on ridiculous making more like this
Yemanja is the goddess of the sea. They offer her music in lieu of food offerings and she accepts one, her ray-like creature conveys it. But the offering of the didge isn't accepted.
@@globedoc thx for the reply, I'll have to watch it again.
Ok. Got it thks
Awesome and beautiful at the same time thank you for sharing it
I would love to see this built upon & maybe turned into a full length movie. It has potential
Good job whoever made this film. It was really good.
I would love to see this as a full movie. !!!!!
I enjoyed it inspite of the fact I did not know what was happening.
I had no idea WTF was going on,music was too loud.
Well done! Nature finds a way doesn’t it...symbiotic relationship in touch for the adaptation of life. What works works for both...sorry the one tribal lady scarified herself for her family. Keep making these films. Loved it.
This was absolutely beautiful!
Gorgeous... Thank you!
I'm not sure about the story line, but the production looks great....and good actors👍
brilliant ,loved it , thank you
This was beautifully done. A unique concept and excellent production. I really enjoyed it; thank you.
Beautifully shot. Wish there were just a little more to the story, tho!
Great graphics. Storytelling needed more yet good work
Why couldn't the 3rd character try harder to live? Get up and run!
Joseph you're right! Shitty scenario. And on top of that it's a black character who die first! 😂
@@plongeonanime5124 The whole cast was black so your point invalid.
The leg got stuck in the wooden structures. I have such was once: in the absence of water easily free themselves, but even if there is a bit water, place not in sight and all-get free only if fully you dive.
@@UnisV1 Aha! I didn't understand that either. I don't know if I could have brought myself to leave them there.
@peter There is a legend about sea goddess by the name of Yamana (sometimes referred to as Yoruba). Her children were like fish, and as if she had children of the human species. Once the gods caused a great flood to destroy too much bred insects. But the human children of the Yoruba survived the deluge and became the first man and woman on the African continent. I think it is told here as if Yama na-Yoruba were a living woman from some ancient tribe that roamed the sea on floating Islands. Somehow she stayed with her son and daughter-in-law, perhaps the rest of the tribe were out at sea hunting. Yamana managed to call on aid totem animals and they raised island, rescuing thereby past people, but itself she not survived. And here is through millennia in memory descendants woman has turned into a goddess, animals in its children, and from it went kind of Africans. The legend was brought to Brazil by slaves imported from Africa and so it has come down to our days.
Very interesting, thank you and be well.
Beautiful !!
Parabéns👏👏👏👏👏 Beautiful❤
This should be made into a full length film!
Well they basically have a moving island with the helpf of some underwater animals. and their houses were beast for submerging.
what did you say ?
Stingrays don't move the island, I guess. He drifted. Thin as a pellicle on the surface. An island of seaweed maybe. Houses made of skin and bones-there are no trees. And the fluorescent manta rays were hiding under it, waiting out the storm. With the help trembity people call their totem animals: come here, it is time to hide
You explained it better (without trying to explain lt think) better than the one who was talking about. brazil. Thks
awesome vfx...
This short makes little sense BUT !!
The music is great 👍🏼
Like a lot of folks, I didn't get this either.
To me it looked like it opened with a huge flock of birds flying away from something, which cued the women to blow on the horn to summon the manta rays, which then pulled the raft down. One of the women fell and presumably died, then the remaining man and woman hid out in one of the tents, maybe on top so they could stay above the water.
So basically, this made no sense to me.
Beautiful!! Spectacular!
So, no one from the old world thought about making industrial size bug zapper lights?
Liked the idea for the movie, great costums and sets but the music was way to loud.
Beautiful
Couldn't see the story here at all, looked very snazzy though
That's so good!
I mean, they did seem to have A LOT of netting around and thats a lot of handy protein flying around . . . . Just saying that maybe there is a better way of not starving . . .
Very beautiful, but, I have no idea what any of it meant. Really beautiful though.
Maybe the storyline sounded better on paper, effects were good though.
2:37 DaFuqU tripiin over. I kno this is cold, but I'd leave Ur, "No keepin up" behind.
BTW. When U get a reaction like that outta me, U done good. keep up the good work.
Did you know that this story is about a Godess of a real religion?
The basic idea is good. Not expanded on enough. Film should have 10mins long. That would have given time to show more of the islands and the creatures that helped them. Also a bit more detail in the "black" bird / bats. The swarm was too dense to see a single creature. So that we can identify them as a threat, no just a lot of black birds. Have you ever seen a large flock of Starlings in the evening
So you got air creatures attacking land creatures being saved by water creatures , got it.
Could. Not. Stop. Laughing.
Awesome
The water protects against the 'black swarm'. They "havent always been water people", so they had to learn to summon the waters for protection.
Yemanja ( in portuguese Iemanjá) is an divine entity of african religions such as candomblé and umbanda.
She is the most famous in Brazil, she is also know as "queen of the oceans"! Maybe this help you folks compreend what this is about.
She is represented as a white woman with a long black hair (in Brazil) in a blue dress mixing with the waves.
Serch in Google images to have and ideia.
Awesome 😘
It looks like they live on a raft to escape the waters. I don't know what the bugs have anything to do with this but it seems to me like the mother left her own daughter to die, then magic whales arrive and bam the waters gone happy ending. yay!
4:37 look at the “ door “ then just came through. Apartment from not being wet , how the hell did it keep the water out and with added air pressure.
it's magic!
The apartment is a floating balloon. Only 2 of them made it on time.
I just saw the power of nature.
Why are there only three people in this place? How about the others?
фанат юбилеев.! 🍾🍷🍾🍾🍷🍷🍷🌩️🥀🍾🌵🌵✨🐫🍷😄🌸👍🌩️🥀🍾😙🍾🍾🌟
Cool af dude, didn’t understand anything though.
Beautiful and amazing!
0:19. The landscape reminded me of Steppenwolf's invasion as told by Diana Prince in "Justice League".
See...this is what happens when you ask Snoop Dog to help finish your film school project at 4:20p.m. the day before it's due!
That's what happens when you ban RAID...
#trueart 👏👏👏
Those animals almost look like Covenant ships from HALO.
CGB--- Another great-looking exercise. Good (but standard) soundtrack.
guys, shitcan this idea until you get it right in one take
music was really too loud. good video
add more story and this would be a movie
Easter Island meets Australian Aborigines and the Treaty of Waikato.
Description says "draft" when it should say raft... that doesn't make it easier to understand the story... :P
Good
Now I need explanation 👂
I see the dangerous insect like mosquito or something who swarm it.
Whoa!.. UK
人类和下面的星光生物和谐共生相互依存！
ammmmoooooo filmes assim.
Please incorporate english captions!
all you need now is a story.
they could've saved her
I havd so many questions.
What?
So his wish was to get back to his father and not get eaten 《°~°》
Cinematography was Paramont. Storyline on the other hand is sadly lacking in content. When you leave the viewer with too many questions,you spoil the movie 🍿
Put the airtight "houses" under the raft to float it. When the (presumably) carnivorous bugs show up, everybody dive through the nearest manhole, swim to the nearest float, wait out the attack in the underwater air bells (as they do in the film). No need to submerge the entire raft, with all the attendant strain on its structure.
BTW, is this a freshwater sea? If not, where do they get their fresh water? Desalination technology?