Bissagos Islands, on the Mysterious Islands of West Africa

We invite you to discover the Bissagos Islands, an isolated territory of Guinee Bissau, in West Africa. These sacred lands resemble a vast river delta.
Marcelinho is a traditional healer from Empincha, a village situated on the island of Carache in the Bijagos Islands. He learned the art of traditional medicine from his father and has been practicing it to treat people in the northern islands. In recent years, Marcelinho has also received training in the fundamentals of modern western medicine from foreign doctors.
The Bissagos Islands are home to the island of Orango, situated in the far south, and designated as a World Biosphere Reserve and the country's first National Park. Pedro, a generous man, resides on this island and works as a reporter for Okinka Pampa, Orango's small radio station. He is always on the lookout for stories to share with his listeners.
Quintino, residing on the island of Caravella, is preparing for the fanado, the highest initiation rite that will unlock a mysterious and secret world to him. This rite is considered the most important phase of his life and is celebrated by the community with great enthusiasm.
Director: Laurent Cadoret
Series: Around the World

[@MasterKenfucius]

You know KZbin is getting really silly when they don't let you show a speared fish without blurring it out. That's just asinine.

[@slartybarfastb3648]

Some day there will ba a worthy replacement for KZbin. I will dance with glee that day. KZbin deserves to be extinct.

[@Ifelta]

It is to help us become sensory adapted to not seeing actual events. It is why they call it censoring. Eventually we not not easily be able to separate what is real from that which is created.

[@MasterKenfucius]

@@Ifelta No, that's not the reason. It's because of the channel classification. Let me repeat what I said in case you didn't understand: IT'S ASININE.

[@Ifelta]

@@MasterKenfucius I totally agree it is asinine.

[@RESPECT2M01]

​@@MasterKenfuciusthe creator blurred it out not KZbin... I see plenty of uncensored hunting videos on YT.

[@americaanimal]

They have preserved the rituals passed down from their ancestors. It is an invaluable legacy in this modern 4.0 era. Thank you to the people who made this film. Great job! ❤❤❤❤

[@actionjackson9554]

What a wonderful place and awesome cinimatagraphy.

[@Emeka4Life]

I cannot stop looking at the children and people. So beautiful, so healthy.

[@sserrant]

Emeka, i am sitting here thinking the very same thing...

[@onamiilove777]

Excellent documentary I appreciate the way them protecting their God given secrets. They are good to each other displine and protect their children and live their wife's. The western world could learn a lot from them. God bless you all🙏🏾

[@fredrikbixo5316]

I almost fell some tears watching this documentary. These people are so kindhearted and pure.

[@MarleneWalker-su8ku]

They are fish killers😂

[@Mr.Patil18]

​@@MarleneWalker-su8ku झांटू सुधर की जरा लगीन करूया तुझ😅

[@user-tt1hx2nm4p]

Unlike the Blacks we have in the US.

[@CanadianBisdak]

@@user-tt1hx2nm4ptrue! And even some African men who is from the city behave differently from those of from the village.

[@kcraig51]

Isn't it strange, the less you have, the more you share?

[@AngryWhiteGuyNLD]

They don't use creditcards and wont lease any products.. so i guess the people still appreciate what they have, instead of us in the modern world, where something new is already old.

[@StuartWhelan-up8vs]

Why blurred out a fish he speared to eat l wonder why you cover up natural stuff like this. Total amazing to watch people around the world 🌎 ❤

[@AngryWhiteGuyNLD]

Probably a whitefish 💀

[@gingersnaptrack9337]

The villages look so clean, quiet, and peaceful. With how traditions are passed down, the kids drink from the same full cup of knowledge and secrets left by their elders and ancestors...

[@Sultan36180]

Hello

[@lianefehrle9921]

Life should be this way all over the world. The happiness that is there.

[@user-tt1hx2nm4p]

But muh AC

[@rho992]

who's stopping you? 😂😂😂😂

[@thebarista2222]

They look clean and happy. Nature's taking good care of them

[@Tobeesho]

God is good all the time; all the time God is good.

[@user-tt1hx2nm4p]

​​@@Tobeeshobe quiet you. They don't worship your "God"

[@MarleneWalker-su8ku]

Lets hope the lovely harmony that is the great thing about their traditional ways can be preseerved as they encounter discoveries and knowledge of other peoples .All knowledge is good but not when people lose their Great traditions and communities.Its great for a tree to reach for the sky but only if it doesn't lose it's roots in doing so.We have a lot to learn from each other.

[@afro5380]

the harmony is just beyond beautiful.

[@tonyseptember7091]

148K views and only 1.4K likes? Beautiful documentary

[@armandob.castenelli3525]

Fascinating archipielagos and cultures.

[@mawabamagewu1397]

To the Crew, THANK YOU🔥🔥!!!One of the Best Documentaries in the world!!!

[@danielconte8554]

Très beau reportage avec des gens que j'envie. Même si pas toujours facile pour eux.

[@riezalazli]

Bijago tribe are very healthy people. They are self sufficient and blessed with rich surroundings. Their men are tall and muscular. Women are fit and beautiful. They are the prime of Africans.

[@chrisdike9205]

Lies and Greed complicate what is innately simple, beautiful and Natural.

[@U.S.A219]

Great documentary. I wasn’t sure on all the blurring though.

[@nghiale5968]

Thank you very much

[@acoportg3569]

love to see how sensibly love and care of Bijayo people love and respect from southern africa

[@naturesmomentstv]

KZbin is so stupid that they won't show you a fish being speared without blurring it. Too bad!

[@j.hattiebrewer5355]

Amazing ‼️ absolutely gorgeous and spiritual ✝️

[@odog4show]

The man said we are poor. I disagree, they live better than people in various parts of the world who dwell in a more modern infrastructure. Why? Clean water, healthy foods, no Internet, and the various other distractions and temptations that corrupt modern society as a whole. These people seem to be at peace, and that's priceless.

[@user-gd7lg9hp1r]

Thank you. Very Interesting…❤

[@bolokadanabateh5010]

This village is worth visiting❤

[@jacobsmooki2328]

I was so disappointed when the fish was blurred out and bet, he was proud of that catch.

[@JanSHarrison]

Never share the secrets of the forest, the path to good deeds re often lined with evil. This is pure wholesome life.

[@djneislie1632]

Where is the other commentator who translate no subtitle he ud the best

[@premraj3817]

Loved every minute of it...hope I can visit someday

[@carolusparvus]

During a 50-minute documentary of a very interesting people they spend all the time reporting about the men's lives. Women seem to be extras, their faces shown for decorum. When you purport to document the lives of a remote, ancient people you shouldn't ignore one half of them.

[@lipsiekins845]

I noticed that too, I wish they showed more women. It was still a great video.

[@thomaszaccone3960]

What language do they speak?

[@TRICK-OR-TREAT236]

OYUMBAGI

[@thomaszaccone3960]

​@@TRICK-OR-TREAT236Wikipedia says Bidyogo

[@TRICK-OR-TREAT236]

@@thomaszaccone3960 I WAS CLOSE 😂

[@PROFESSOR_FRANQUETA-Sergipe-Br]

❤❤❤

[@fernandoramoa7079]

Finally an african spot where they’re not starving or shooting each other

[@nomagcisacawe3297]

Shooting each other like the RUSSIANS and the UKRAINIANS?

[@chisomahamba379]

Because the colonial west/America were not allowed in, that’s why there’s no division,hate,corruptions,greed and all kinds of immortalities as so called human rights then teach their youths how to be disrespectful,lazy and prostitutes then Homosexuals as human right. Ransack their lands and turn it to military base, turn their boys into lazy and arm them with weapons to terrorize and their people by teaching them how to be greedy. Then Tell the world they discovered the place and rename after their selves including their rivers and everything including changing their language and traditions. So that’s why they stayed original and not spoiled like other Africans that allowed colonial west/America in their nation and they brought greed,and all kinds of corruptions,hate,divisions among one another as colonial west/America ransacked their countries and turned them into slaves. So this part of Africa is original and they are smart that’s why they are still sacred because they live by their own laws,norms and traditions.

[@sserrant]

The Elephant in the room, is the absence of outside interference. Especially Westerners, and Western trained, and mis-educated puppets.

[@xanadood1]

Exquisite

[@orchidorio]

Within the first five minutes we meet Marcelino, a resident medicine man taught by his father. He receives training in Modern Medicine. Marcelino had the "smarts"! What other "smarts"?

[@dingamhambi5861]

I've watched this before, exactly this one! Whats happening?

[@marjoleinfrishert9426]

How old is the documentary? It looks like the 90's to me... are they still living like this in 2024?

[@bolokadanabateh5010]

Anything wrong with them living like this in 2024? Offspring of an opressor😂 They will ignore your questions the same way they rejected your ancestors devilish visit

[@mustafadaramedarame7554]

Yeah this recent from my mother land guinea bissau

[@lilhope421]

To the wife from the rest of the world it's not easy over here either ... must love and respect from us / world

[@bonzie321]

That area is way nicer than East Cleveland Ohio.

[@saulgoodman7858]

Are they speaking portugese?

[@RadioBantaba]

Creole, a mixture of portuguese and local languages

[@mckennedykyalo4243]

Whoah! This must be one of the remotest parts of the world Heaven uncontaminated!

[@AjosAstrocat]

Great people!

[@josephfernandes8414]

It's better to go and live there evthing is so natural no pollution no need for money

[@elnakynakynews7786]

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[@claudiaionescu1661]

😃 🌴 🌴 🌴 🌴 🌴

[@abdullahjahid3485]

Di papua indonesia tempat tempat semacam itu masih ada

[@ALFASADJO]

🇬🇼❤️

[@seanconnery1277]

17.9.2024.Not bad.

[@slartybarfastb3648]

So they admit that seas have been rising for thousands of years? Shame on them.

[@samsammy1958]

Don't be an ignorant human

[@Tobeesho]

"Nature" is Father Nature" - God Almighty 🙏. Jesus will not come to earth again until the Good News about REDEMPTION reaches them, if it hasn't already. 😊

[@bolokadanabateh5010]

@@Tobeesho they rejected redemption fromthewhitewashedGod, thats why they are more peacefull than u😁 They were never slaves,redemption start right there

[@coloneledwards2850]

they don't need your white jesus, when he comes he will only visit Europe and the west, leave Africa alone

[@user-qb8xb7ob1j]

The same way they have their culture and traditions Americans in the United States has our own traditions and our own values and we must keep those we must keep the Caucasian American world alive and well

[@AisVT94]

Its The Ancestral Spiritual Part That Is Not Right With Me Other Than That I Can Blend In.

[@yooyyoeliphaz7767]

how can i reach in that island the village is smir in uganda

[@AngryWhiteGuyNLD]

Hope you joking right? Or do you wanna take some selfies for the gram ?

[@abdullahjahid3485]

Orang orang yg ketinggalan 100 tahun lalu

[@user-sd5il6zv4j]

John 3:16 Context 13And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the Son of man which is in heaven. 14And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up: 15That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life. 16For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. 17For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. 18He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. 19And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.

[@AngkolJuan-hi6ks]

..i've watched this documentary about 10 years ago..

[@End_Illegal_Apartheid_israhell]

Bisagos

[@JuanGutierrez-d1r]

Y porque no lo traducen al español ?barbaros ustedes

[@ramthian]

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