An exceptional fishing expedition | SLICE

In Dogon country, the dry season is rugged and water is very rare. The pond of Entongo is one of the few in the region not to run dry. It protects the sacred fish: the silurid.
Once a year, for several centuries, all the men in the Bamba region, gather together for an extraordinary fishing expedition. Each fisherman tries to trap one of these fish, which is reputed to bring happiness to whomever catches it.
For the first time, young Idrissa is going to participate to the event, and Amadoun, his father, will lead his son to the heart of Dogon culture.
Documentary: Masters of spirit - The sacred rite of fishing in Entogo
Direction: Olivier Lelievre
Production: ZED & LA CINQUIEME & VOYAGE
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[@raddadray7535]

Thanks slice for showing lives living more humble and treading softly upon the world.The narrator has that oratory skill that’s second to none.

[@Aadhi007]

Similar event happens in southern part of India too, especially in Tamilnadu where I have seen people from nearby villages get into a pond and fish. More of showing oneness. I think this event is something being followed for long time ago so it has its footsteps across continents 👍 Thanks SLICE for this wonderful documentary 🙏

[@twinflowerfioretta]

the World is rich of different coultures and living conditions......Thank you SLICE, your upload docus are mind opening 🍀🙏 i love it

[@peaceleader7315]

You're wrong.. diversity isn't a strength.. And stop promoting cultural background, religions and patriotism flags.. No one wants to evolve into such a toxic environment of mindset... it is like saying gangsters mentally and hegemonic ambitions is righteous... patriotism and cultural background is a dysfunctional dark water infested and exploited by dark capitalism economic practices... hmmmm

[@Guthix198]

yes very different and quite silly i mean the fox god and crocodile magic thing was insane

[@Durga695]

Slice I delight in your documentaries, thank you so much.

[@crazyintellectual0079]

*It's so beautiful how there's still many tribes/cultures around the world who retain a very traditional way of living even in this modern age. Its sad how many of these cultures are becoming extinct due to modernization.* Im grateful that videos like this in a way, immortalize these traditions, even if they will no longer be practiced in the future.

[@charlespedeson5629]

That's why there are books that are written for that very purpose, to keep traditions alive. The modern world cares less for there traditions , it's religion that destroys traditions. Not just Christianity, but all religions unless they are part of this ritual, no one will know what religion it belongs to. But Christianity is the most conforming religion in the world, Christianity will allow other traditions to be incorporate into Christianity.

[@xolanimiel616]

Not to think off "scientists" and aggressive countrys make & threaten to drop newclearbombs 😭😭✌🏾

[@g-dcomplex1609]

thank you slice, this is an awesome video presentation, i'm being sirius, regards 🤗

[@nocomp8537]

I love these slice documentaries 😁

[@esenamportiakavey8893]

Pray I get money and go to places like this to experience nature 😊I love their way of life

[@M00nTsuki]

You love their way of life but if it was you ,you wouldn't love it 😂.

[@Error-vp6mo]

@@M00nTsuki also us, we are dreaming to go America n live there. Life in deep rural is not nice.

[@carterjohn57]

In 2009, I walked those very trails. Seen the sacred crocodiles and ate slept amongst the Dogon. It was a life alternating experience. 🙏🏿💥💯

[@godziladeaiy5948]

Before I go to bed I always check out if slice has done it's thing, Kudos for the amazing documentary

[@WorldwideTopTier]

Same here lol

[@masterk5372]

You know all Slice videos are record it from other old channels that was these videos and post it as there own real videos Slices is smart getting money from KZbin 😂these videos are like 10 or 15 years old

[@ganeshpujari1346]

The only one true documentory Chanel is SLICE it is always Nice

[@davidlang9939]

FABULOUS CULTURE THAT RESPECTS FAMILY, CLAN, NEIGHBORS, ANIMALS, LAND, EARTH AND TRADITION.

[@dustin9367]

Yeah 10k people using one pond great 😂 Every river on that side of world has all but been decimated!

[@ข้าวกล้องลือบางใหญ่]

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[@user-vo8io9zk4g]

Ahmadu will have to wait until tomorrow for the answers... Great documentary. Thank you, Slice.

[@tokatovchishi2612]

Good content ,well narrated # love from NAGALAND

[@arfishinghub]

Just love this . Good one team slice. kudos 🙏🏻❤️

[@yubrajadhikari3715]

Thanks to share this amazing documentary.watching all the way from nepal🙏🇳🇵

[@vihabui3744]

It is very nice to share the catches to every bodies

[@user-em5ml3kl3q]

Slice thankyou for providing some of the importance of once life that matters to each different belief and comunities in our existance world over..interesting production

[@kulangot9465]

Great documentary 💞

[@esenamportiakavey8893]

Pray I get money and go to places like this to experience nature 😊

[@hdsamte]

So many questions some even worrying but I'll just enjoy the video😊

[@dawoodaisa4788]

In south sudan we have the very similar culture

[@ernestocalderon3453]

The Dogon came from the Nile valley

[@DeeNutz]

I'll never know and neither will you of the life we could have lived, it's the ghost ship that sailed by. Nothing to do but salute it from the shore.

[@bobocamewegokokinovadonesh6627]

The fishing 🎣 is for fun. I have been there. It's and area to get together and enjoy yourselves while looking for a wife if you are almost an adult. After fishing as an adult you can get a wife after fishing

[@kewsiyehboah6058]

Wabariki Mababu Zetu..

[@sanclertorjal5609]

Este povo parou no tempo foi 🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷

[@user-tm5em4vu7u]

Damn! It’s astonishing that people can survive in such dire and dry conditions.

[@pudgeacehook8813]

Why this channel doesn't engage with the viewers...tbh it's a nice plateform for people to learn more about the world that we are living it but Negative thing about this Channel is lack of interaction...sorry but I have been observing for a year now ...

[@moranfrommadurai868]

Similar to tamilnadu village fishing festival you can watch it on KZbin also, at the same time African DNA match to tamilnadu people I didn't say myself it have some international DNA research says

[@kagisopatkgmogale5066]

The best of the best ❤️

[@wk3960]

Amazingly fit good looking people. So blessed

[@nocomp8537]

The fish in that pound didn't stand a chance

[@epesampaga9894]

Beautiful forest

[@cillezfiona4537]

Unique in own way... Love to watch

[@g-dcomplex1609]

i find the fact that they honor the reptile (crocodile), mammal (canine) and fish (silurid) along with the number 33 quite fascinating

[@WildWaterIndonesia]

AWEEEEESOMEEEE!!!

[@user-pm8be3gt7h]

มาคือเป็นจะม้วนแท่สู?

[@user-cn2ny1zz4h]

Yo juego la loto para si logro sacarme viajar por todos esos lugares que Slice me muestra

[@vijayjoe125]

Same tradional method system still following in tamilnadu, india

[@Johartsplays]

Hi slice always watch me ur video. you visit Phillipines 🙋

[@ilowcoast]

20:22 THATS A LOT OF CHOCOLATE

[@wasisha]

🤣🤣🤣

[@mohdsaif459]

Is this fishing ?? I think fish will be extinct by now in that pound😂

[@Professor4555]

It's catfish mostly, they do this once a year and the river will bring more catfish to the small pond

[@manuelwebe]

Wow, that's human overfishing at its best. The next related documentary would probably be cod fishing with nets in boats at the British isles. More tech, but not much different really.

[@Professor4555]

This event happens once a year, and it's a small fresh water lake , it's not comparable to overfishing done by trawlers in the ocean

[@billnikola2463]

By the Chinese,and Spanish

[@chickengeorge9162]

It is the same

[@Bedroom_Musician]

Fishing in the heart of endless desert is the weirdest thing i have ever seen 🤔

[@rush1er]

So the fishing expedition must be like going to the club at night or the neighborhood BBQ on Sunday. Instead of pulling up in my donk they be pullin up on a camel all decked out in fluorescent orange and green

[@mikecranford1927]

Ha! The classic minivan flank! Now make em clattuh!

[@AustinWilliams-m2g]

That’s good

[@M00nTsuki]

Thought the chief was Nick Furry for a moment 😂.

[@thishasaree966]

❤️❤️👌👌🙏🙏

[@johnwachi1605]

❤❤❤❤

[@maui808jah]

What happened to the crocodiles? Did they remove them before they start fishing?

[@msch6020]

If they were slightly more intelligent they would change the folklore and start eating them, they all look emaciated!

[@zzzzzsleeping]

The fish said ... WTF ARE THESE .....

[@mkm4007]

this happening in tamilnadu india southvpart near to town ponnamaravathy, singampunari etc.,, festival name called "Meen pidi thiruvila"

[@izubrobranch8427]

Simple life to live inside Africa 🌍! Please which country is this? I need to visit here.

[@ericedudzi6267]

I think this should be Mali or Senegal

[@kenjah411]

I think they must have gotten every one of the fishes out

[@johnhutchinson6909]

I'm an avid fisherman and until seeing this chaos I've never felt bad for a fish, but this shit right here is insane

[@chickengeorge9162]

I agree. Terrible

[@sandrawestley4193]

How any fish can live through this trampled to death mayhem, I have no idea, it’s well know fish like peace and quiet.

[@user-mc3dy4hw1g]

This episode reminds me of the movie "The God Must Be Crazy in China"😂😂

[@masterk5372]

At 19:10 that strange how that guy put fish basket on his head😂😂😂and wow there more people then fish in the pond

[@gary8654]

Where do the fish come from, where is the tributary that brings in the fish or is it man made?

[@rush1er]

I've never seen more people in need of a tight ass fade in my life! ( just kidding, that's the barber in me coming out)

[@abdulrafiquekalembo469]

Did everyone get enough fish for their family and did any fish remain in that pond after the event !???

[@byronbass1370]

Rally makes me appreciate water. Especially drinkable water

[@bondjames4053]

RESPECT to these people imagine we freak out when there's no toilet paper

[@fromAsia-w7c]

What is the name of this country??🤔🤔🤔

[@ElimanGibba]

Is the same pond the crocs live ?

[@D.S.44]

What does the Fox say ?!

[@wasisha]

Make something of yourself don't always watch documentaries you lazy chap...

[@Professor4555]

There will be Rain 🌧️🌧️🌧️🌧️🙄

[@habibullahfaghirzade8258]

Halla sbhan talla geve more razq these barathars an sister 😂😂😂😂❤️❤️☝️🙏🌹🇦🇫

[@dawanata6422]

This culture is very devine regarding the craftsmanship, balck smith and artists. In my country Nepal hindu religion and tradition sucks regarding treating craftsmanship people. They regards craftsmanship people like blacksmith, cobblers, pottery people, tailors, sculpture people etc lower level people in society. Hindu people would loot their crafts and pay nothing. Once these hindu religion following people even classified a certain indigenous tribe as expandable people, they could put that tribe in mass extinction process either by enslaving or as forcefull making them as potters in war time and those hindu would not faced any charges as there were allowed for.

[@phillychannel394]

90% men, 10% fish

[@miguelfuentes7800]

Is that a Napoleonic Gun???

[@BamaRockstar85]

This isnt fishing. Its trapping. And they dont start till about the 19 min mark

[@cuneytkuzu8694]

ELHAMDÜLİLLAH 🥀☝️...

[@giftndori9362]

Afrika🌍🇿🇼

[@stevengoff5291]

American future 😮

[@sylvestesduncan9220]

There's more man than fishes i presumed.

[@chengxiong3821]

What year is this? 50,000 BCE?

[@rosem9566]

😂😂😂born down the last rain shower much

[@enriqueboholii2912]

And the pond left empty 😞

[@zaddysenemy2291]

Only in Africa 🌍 💕

[@chickengeorge9162]

Let’s take all of the fish out of this small pond.

[@marcusaurelius2061]

They beed a bigger pond😁

[@plootow1622]

Men are out numbering of fishes.

[@puroxa1]

19:52 you welcome

[@thegoodthebadandtheugly9920]

the shooting 😳

[@whoopty6045]

Seen this years ago on Human Planet

[@mase365]

Eat all your food in one day?

[@5castles893]

If all of them pee it will raise the water level by 2 feet

[@charlespedeson5629]

I bet most of them will go home hungry, this ritual is obviously created for some to go home in dishonor.

[@hunchofondcolesparrot3495]

9:52 what is a modern day sewing machine

[@khust2993]

that's a loom, never seen that before?

[@apoloniafong7474]

Why carry a gun is it dangerous to fish in that Area?

[@mikecranford1927]

Wtf...why carry a gun? You must live a nice little sheltered life without worry or hunger, first off planet earth is violent and dangerous af that's why, second off pretty sure this is sub saharan Africa violent and dangerous af that's why, you must have missed the friggin crocodiles which are violent and dangerous af that's why, dude shoots food for his family he doesn't have a store like us that's why, lastly he's a human being he wants to and should have a gun to protect himself and his family that's why, geez

[@ramuanlelaki1377]

the last part,what are you doing Ahmad, that's is syirik..

[@MangoMan206]

😂 improvised Race Those words...

[@Abu_Sufyan]

Fun fact: a true Muslim does NOT consult a diviner or fortune-teller. Anyone who does that has not grasped the true essence of being a Muslim. A true Muslim believes that Allaah is the knower of the unseen and none of His creations knows what will happen in the future. What Amadou is engaging in is in contradiction to the pure Islamic tenets.

[@jasondiggs6740]

No such thing as pure Islamic teachings🙄. Without the non Islamic nations, you Muslims would be starving to death and dying of common diseases. Modern education and not myth is going to save you.

[@polarspirit]

We steal the knowledge of allah

[@Abu_Sufyan]

@@polarspirit You are probably deluded with that statement of yours.

[@vihabui3744]

There are more man than fish

[@ballistic350]

Why don't these Africans know how to farm crops and raise cattles

[@user-tm5em4vu7u]

They do raise cattle and goats! Didn’t you see? They also farm during the rainy season.

[@pandaking794]

Need school and education will see the real futures.

[@gary8654]

When the Dog first arrived to Mali in the 14th century they refused to convert to Islam, I wonder when and why they eventually converted?

[@shahinanesha6318]

THIS country name democracy

[@stefanorussel3106]

apocalypse to the fish..

[@rigolecler9572]

En español

[@nan643]

More poeple than the fish..

[@zjzjbigfishcatches7740]

The original Native people of color race original 👑 fishermen the Creator chosen one's who are on 4 Conner's of the world 🌎😂😂😂❤❤❤. The original 👑 Black King 👑 Z 🐟🌊🎣😘❤️

[@JunreyPuerinVlogs]

Ones a year for a shower

[@nassahila1917]

Once,not,ones