The Story of Haint Blue | What About This?
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- Опубліковано 2 жов 2024
- Have you ever wondered why so many porch ceilings in the south are painted a light shade of blue? There are a few reasons, and we've got them all in the latest episode of "What About This?".
Produced, Directed, Edited and Written by Joshua J. Hamilton
Producer, Director of Photography - Caleb A. Zorn
Producer, Motion Graphics - Andrew Young
Host - Lisa Easterling
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As a visitor to the Southern States USA this porch colour was noticeable and I was curious. Now I know, thanks! And thanks for the hospitality y'all!
Thanks for watching, Bruce!!
Even if you ignore the pitiful excuse that they couldn’t find anyone from the Gullah Geechee culture, they didn’t even bother to find a Black person……. There was no effort made to actually interview the people who created this tradition and those who still find it culturally significant. Next time you try and explain a practice started by enslaved Black people, maybe actually interview a Black person.
literally came to the comments for this. the way even that amateur local "folklorist" even seemed uncomfortable to be representing this history!!
Interesting story but I find it rather odd that it’s about a Gullah Geechee cultural tradition yet you’ve included and interviewed everyone but the originators of the custom. That’s quite bizarre!
Hi Kenn! We actually tried very hard to find someone within reasonable driving distance of our home base from the Gullah Geechee to speak to us about the origins of this custom and within the deadlines/time frame we had to complete this project. We were unable to find anyone who could talk to us at that time. Very few historians and folklorists have researched this topic, but we were able to find a few who could. Your point is well taken and something the producer/director (me) thought about and discussed with the crew and co-producers at length. That said, thank you for watching and encouraging dialogue about inclusion. We appreciate you.
This is Alabama, you can do better by actually getting the story from an original and produce a part 2 if indeed you are genuinely sincere. You are more appreciated by doing so. Shalom
Yeah you could have video chatted with someone from the Gullah Geechee culture... Excuses aren't a good look in this tech driven age. Was the video just a plug for dudes bar? Because he didn't have any information to add to the story of haint blue, nor was he "keeping the tradition alive".. only that he used the name for marketing because it's so ubiquitous with the South.
damn i was going to say the same thing
@Grace Jaye The predicate of this video is the origins of the so called color Haint Blue which in this case they clearly state here, it’s the Gullah Geechee. It seems kind of odd that you’d suggest “they didn’t have to mention them at all”. 🤷🏼
There's a region in southeastern France that uses light blue on shutters. It may be common in other parts of France too. I've read that it was the insect reason. Neat to know that a reason came over from Africa with the first peoples from there.
"Only Southern people would latch on to this."
He clearly hasn't been to the Mediterranean. (Though it's a darker, more noticeable blue here.)
It's probably the right shade most of what they show here is not the right shade of blue.
@@thorntonfordham It’s definitely darker than this. It’s very common along the Geechee corridor of the Carolinas.
Blue porch ceilings are seen all over Ohio and Indiana, too. I have noticed it especially in Old Order Amish areas. You will also find it in horse stalls and cattle barns. It was used to repel flies and other insects.
Sometimes traditions travel I wouldn’t be surprised if the Amish have similar folklore!
This video colonized without even knowing its colonized
I said the same thing! When I saw all non-Black people in the video I knew how it would go 🙄.
Seems like somebody us always trying tell tell OUR heritage. They never get it right/truth!
Come on everyone, give it a rest. Anyone in the South with half a brain understand where this began including the blue bottle trees which I adore. ✌ from central Alabama 🇬🇪
@@aminafayza1673 Same thing I noticed. Cultural appropriation at work.
I always heard it would keep evil sprirts away.
Okay, third story today I have about this haint blue color (A SIGN). I am heading to Lowes, ya'll!! Have a blessed day!!
Thank you Kenn B. This isn’t just “SoUtHeRn” as you’d like to label it and have literally everyone in your video saying. It’s directly tied to African slave descendants. Give them the credit and use them as the focal point for your video and interviewing. What’s elegant and romantic about slavery ? Someone said this was very professional and I beg to differ 🙄.
Wow 😳 Deep I didn't know we need to keep history alive for other people who wasn't thought 🤔
Sounds a lot like the bottle tree story. The videos on that are actually white people telling our stories and folklore . Ain’t that about a trip. With all the slavery and mistreated people during those times it seemed like they were afraid of a retaliation from the ancestors and the spirits .
Ase 💙
Felder Rushing, who wrote a book about the history of bottle trees, says the word haint is actually derived from early European roots: the verb "hanter," meaning to stalk or inhabit. He dates that word to about 1330.Aug 19, 2017
See Key West and Bahamas. An African tradition, but where are the Black/Brown people to represent the folklore?
Hi, Kimberli! We actually tried very hard to find someone within reasonable driving distance of our home base from the Gullah Geechee to speak to us about the origins of this custom and within the deadlines/time frame we had to complete this project. We were unable to find anyone who could talk to us at that time. Very few historians and folklorists have researched this topic, but we were able to find a few who could. Your point is well taken and something the producer/director (me) thought about and discussed with the crew and co-producers at length. That said, thank you for watching and encouraging dialogue about inclusion. We appreciate you.
Maybe you don't need to film on location with folks if it means offering a video on Alabama history that isn't Hallmark channel white ! like, cut to someone! you have the technology! @@ThisIsAlabama
This was interesting, I didn't know any of this. Nice job! Lisa did a great job narrating as well.
Thanks for watching, D!
When You comment that people in various parts of the country or around the world using this color it seems that you’ve missed my original pov. The information shared in the video references the Gullah people or that the tradition came from their African ancestors yet they didn’t interview any of these folks because they “couldn’t find” any of them. That’s kind of difficult to believe but I’ll just take their word. 😂
ffr
Live in Louisiana amd my porch ceiling is haint blue. Never knew why.
I thought it would be about It Ain't Blue which we'd say as haint blue... I noticed a lot of the Haint Blue ceilings just didn't realize there was a custom behind it.
I wish the people who practiced this were the experts asked about the history, were is the diversity? Just another narrative controlled documentary.
Did you not ask one Gullah or descendant of enslaved people to talk about this? Even the author of the book about Haint Blue is white. Geesh! Gullah people have ZOOM too. I know some.
also hear that it keeps dirt daubers away
They say that in the video
It's true.
I live North of all that special magic. Butt Haint Blue is a special magic in the North East because it enhances the beauty of the sky during winter. Love the shades of Blue.
Couldn't interview an actual Gullah or African American?
Hi, Jada! We actually tried very hard to find someone within reasonable driving distance of our home base from the Gullah Geechee to speak to us about the origins of this custom and within the deadlines/time frame we had to complete this project. We were unable to find anyone who could talk to us at that time. Very few historians and folklorists have researched this topic, but we were able to find a few who could. Your point is well taken and something the producer/director (me) thought about and discussed with the crew and co-producers at length. That said, thank you for watching and encouraging dialogue about inclusion. We appreciate you.
@@ThisIsAlabama Thank you for your comment and sharing the introspection that went along with the filming process. I've been researching and reading about "haint" blue in African American traditions and lore. I was VERY excited to see this video (your content is very good), but also disheartened to see another culture viewed as an "expert". Please continue considering the optics and the underlying message of how you present your work. Keep the good work coming.
Jada Walton Yeah I hate when a culture appropriates another. Like when someone straightened and dyes their hair instead of sporting the Afro they were born with. Bad optics for sure.
Nothing in this video is culturally appropriating. No one appropriated anything.
If you want to troll at least do it correctly. Lol. You’re embarrassing yourself.
Maybe look up the term. Research is key. Books are fun!
Well produced video. Thanks!!!
The insect repellent and the paint lime in the paint is what I had always been told.
The cauacity and cultural incompetence in this is appalling.
Thank You, awesome update.
Well , Now I know I made the correct color decision on some Adirondack Chairs Bar Height Poly table set. Except they called it ARUBA BLUE . I live in Va. near Richmond . I think I'm gonna paint my ceiling on Porch now.
yeah dude stole our GheeChee and made a paint company from it well damn.
so your mad that people are sharing the story and keeping it alive or would you rather it die away as clearly not many people still know about this custom. Its ok for cultures to mix over 100s of years. I dont see where he "Stole" anything.
@@thekraken4548 No. Their point is valid. 1. Our history is not dying away. We don’t depend on
others companies to keep our history alive.
The owner of the company spent no time acknowledging the true root and appropriated it as just Southern history.
I get that non African American southerners started painting their ceilings this color as well but it’s still a tradition that was appropriated from an oppressed and enslaved people. The history of AAs in this country is precious and must be honored.
Others have the tendency to take/colonize our traditions and try to make it just a southern thing. That’s not ok.
This is all well and good, I imagine blue ceilings on porches have originated in several different cultures simultaneously. What I have always heard from my relatives was simply that birds and wasps (any insects I suppose) wouldnt build nests there (thinking it was just more "sky"). Therefore actually sitting on your porch, would be a pleasant experience, unencumbered by flying pests. Heard this all throughout the midwest, wherever anyone had farming/horse sense. Hats off to all practical people. Its not magic as suggested in this video.
Hi Christopher! Thanks for the comment! The video talks about the things you mention as well. It's really interesting to explore all of the ways a folk practice takes hold, from the practical to the mystical. Thank you for watching.
Haint that the truth😅
👁👁 learning something new every day. thank you for today’s lesson.
the blue discourages dirt daubbers. blue is just pretty outside.
I live in New England. I have a haint blue porch ceiling. I love it!
Zero mention of keeping birds from building nests on porch ceiling supports . I’ve never heard of it for insects.
Probably because that doesn't work
@@ihave35cents95 hey sport we own a 130 year old home with haint blue and keeps birds from building nests on porch ceiling supports.
@@georgiabigfoot doesn't work for me.i have 1840 Charleston home had to put up pigeon spikes
@@ihave35cents95 no pigeons where we are
@@georgiabigfoot it's not pigeons it's finches
I wonder why there aren’t many more videos on this.
We were surprised to find out that there's not a great deal of research out there on this topic. We wish we could have spent even more time diving into the story!
Its giving appropriation...
Fascinating, thank you!
Hint that right,
So interesting!
500,000 Gullah Geechee community members and you talk to a Caucasian beer brewer with access to Google to explain Haint Blue?
Exactly
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They weren’t African slaves. They were African people who were enslaved. They were not slaves in Africa. Thanks
Actually, many of them were slaves in Africa and were sold to the white European colonists by their own people. Learn your history
not a single Geechee or Black person in the video about tradition derived from the culture. 10/10