Mushroom at the Top of the World | Searching for Yarsagumba in Nepal | Documentary film

Yarsagumba, also known as the 'Himalayan gold' is a rare mushroom that is picked in the remotest corners of the Nepal Himalayas. The prices can reach up to $30.000 per kilogram (2.2 lb). A decade ago Nepal was struck by the yarsagumba trading craze, as the prices of the mushrooms soared in the international markets. Since then the local population has become increasingly dependent on this precious resource. 'The Mushroom at the Top of the World' follows a story of a village in Nepal's Rukum district, where in the aftermath of the People's War, the villagers have turned to mushroom picking in order to restructure their livelihoods. The documentary film addresses the issues of the precarious world of rural Nepal and portrays the people and their resilience in daily struggles to make a living in the relentless mountainous landscape.
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@@ChildFirst 3-4 years

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Really Nepali people are very hardworking people ...n I’m very proud that my mum is Nepali

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but we are corrupted

[@sagaraaubreymae3249]

that touched my heart with what you said💖

[@rodelurena1470]

Absolutely hardworking. I worked with nepali here in the mid east and never complain with what they are doing

[@rhondaclark716]

Every race works hard. And everything I worked for was stolen. Because I’m whites. We’re being abused every day of our lives and in genesis for thousands of years and counting. 😭. They took everything I worked for our entire life. And my neighbor too. 😭

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@@rhondaclark716 It’s a cruel world Clark..Just Believe in God and everything will be Alright...Stay Bless🙏🙏🙏

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Amazing Nepal im so lucky i been this place ahhh beauty over all. Nepal and the people and so is the culture, custom, and tradition is ❤

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They are great fighters!!! Stay safe and strong everyone here.Amazing video.Much love 🇲🇾🇲🇾🇲🇾🇲🇾🇲🇾🇲🇾💓💓

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@9:47, her laughter is contagious

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Amaizing Nepal 🇳🇵❤️ and hard working nepali people's

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Vary good documentary never seen before regards from England

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This was a very well done doc..I appreciate the insight into the lives and struggles of those so far away,it reminds me that we're really not all that different..The guy singing at the end,gave me life..What a beautiful voice he has and he sang with such conviction..😊 Thanks for sharing..I just subscribed.. 😉

[@alvinlavin8501]

It's obviously most expensive because it in the top of the world and it hard to find no ordinary people can do that amazing and wow 😳

[@donynasem9542]

I have Nepali friends.They are good people,good heart and very helpful.Hope can meet them again.

[@dipeshrajshrestha1207]

Mountain scene is so beautiful 😍🇳🇵

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I just love how it’s universal to feel a bit embarrassed and laugh when your umbrella turns inside out .😄💙😆 be strong and kind.. people everywhere.

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Such a carefree laugh. One goes back to teenage years laughing like this.

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that mans singing hit me so deep even if It didnt have subtitles tribal singing is soul piercing

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Whatta beautiful scenery ...a peaceful place far from stress..Great job to the one who took this video and documented this place..God Bless

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exactly

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Do you like to visit Nepal??

[@Razgabz]

@@santzlimbu4141 ..Maybe someday! God Willing..

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☺️☺️☺️ proud to be nepali staying on the top of the world 🗺 with beautiful mountains , love that flutes and beautiful folks song ! it gives the nepali vibes and revives when you are out of your place 🙏currently watching from hongkong , thank you for making such beautiful documentaries, dhanyabad 🫶🫶🙏

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I see a lot of foreigners here and their beautiful appreciation 😊 🤗 It was an amazing documentary 🌺😊 Thank you so much for this eye pleasing video😍🤗😍

[@HimalayanArchives]

Thank you for watching!

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One of the best video......you guys deserve a lots.......support them guys....loved it brothers.....

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Thank you for your support!

[@xueryna427]

Proud of women worker. Best of nepal

[@electricslider1091]

My thought the people picking this fungus is getting used 6.00 for a whole piece when the stuff is sold for really high amounts they break there backs hurt there knees looking for it for these people and sold for 80,000 a gram and they get a miserable 6.00 for a whole piece cant be broken it's just sad to see someone work hard for nothing

[@ghem0477]

exactly that's what i'm thinking ..

[@sfjava6239]

You meant $80,000 for 1kg not a gram.

[@Manavikageshjali2014]

@@sfjava6239 ,may be INR in Indian rupees

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from dang 🇳🇵🇳🇵❤❤

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Love from infonesia🙏

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Good luck to this Chanel , beautiful production ❤️❤️❤️

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Thank you

[@senggarangbangi6948]

It is known as cordyceps with many health benefits. Thank you to those who work very hard that benefits many from far-far land.

[@electricslider1091]

The rare caterpillar fungus - also known as yarsagumba in the Himalayas - has been described as the world's most expensive parasite, selling for up to 400,000 Yuan ($83,800) per kilogram, according to Chinese state media. That's around $80 a gram, more than the current stock price of $59.40 for a gram of gold

[@HimalayanArchives]

Thank you for this information!

[@rownakmushtari5632]

What will they do with this fungus?

[@electricslider1091]

@@rownakmushtari5632 Seems the people who want it gets rich off it while these ppl break there backs and knees trying to find it

[@W900Kamikaze]

@@electricslider1091 Yup, you got it right $80.00 a gram X 1000 = $80,000 per kilo in US dollars and still these poor peoples mandatory have to paid the Protection Unit peoples to harvest this wild mushroom.

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4000000 Bruh

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Im proud of being NEPALI

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zhanda,burza I played a lot while my childhood memories....💕💕🤗

[@pheapchap2098]

Napal women's are strong as man's. Every one stay safe and find lots of fungus mushrooms.

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The women are obviously even stronger :)

[@haleangel3171]

Life is hard for some people somewhere but l feel bad for those animals too.

[@Gottamm007]

37:50 to 40:35 is pure depiction of reality of life there as sung by that gentleman

[@michaelpage7691]

Love these people. I agree in diversifying the way they get their income but if the numbers of this product is decreasing then the sale price has to go up. If most of the product is going to China then double the price. It’s economics. The rarer the item, the more that has to be paid. In Australia during the gold rush,it was the people who sold goods to the miners that became the richest people. Some of these people could look for the fungus whilst others in the family could be suppliers of goods to others. That’s diversifying. 👍🏻😁🇦🇺

[@Jannataru19]

Wow amazing Nepal. Im really wanna go there. Sweet greeting from Indonesia

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Blessings from Jammu Kashmir India brother🙏

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Watching from the 🇵🇭 keep safe everyone 😘😘

[@tenzinnorbu134]

Yarrsagungbhu is Tibetan word . Meaning yartsa = in summer grass , gungbhu = in winter insect. So this thing becomes grass in summer and insects in winter

[@swallowlv3760]

解释正确

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@@swallowlv3760 do u need yarsagumba

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You guys are amazing , heart touching documentry.love you so much from south korea.

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Thank you

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Heaven ❤️

[@yasminjaved4463]

Vary difficult job but. People of Nepal are brave I enjoyed this video vary much it’s a vary different world for me thanks for this video regards from England

[@electricslider1091]

Did you see how much its sold for these poor people are getting took to pick something so small a little bitty 6.00 for one cant be broken they could be paid more google it

[@padmi_shanti3002]

Thank you so much for sharing this documentary🙏 God Bless You All🙏🌿

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Love your Nepali music background😍

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Thank you

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आह कति आनन्द लाग्यो यो भिडियो हेरिरहदा

[@michelleserado5018]

Here in hongkong it was sooo expensive people believe that its good for health especially for gaving birth..my salary as a helper is 5,000 $ but that herbs is selling 13,000 to 20,000$..im so amaze coz very expensive😄

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That is very expensive

[@saburai8854]

Loved it ❤

[@silviakucler1859]

Grazie agli organizzatori di questo documentario. Molto interessante e molto doloroso. Dunque, il fungo Yarsagumba in Nepal, oro autentico per gli abitanti di queste contrade, é simile al corno del rinoceronte e ad altri animali ritenuti taumaturgici da popolazioni in genere asiatiche. Io mi trovo ad un bivio: come europea condannare queste raccolte di animali; come anima del mondo, comprendere l'idea del mondo di queste popolazioni che mi appaiono le più umanamente autentiche.

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This ppl is living simple,contented ND happy life💖

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Excellent video. Well done and informative.

[@rajkumarbalami6203]

such a beautiful documentary... keep growing

[@HimalayanArchives]

Thanks for watching

[@reinaslalatanata2034]

great fighter,, she's carry her child ...omG.. 😥

[@supriyahazong8687]

This mushroom also found in himachal Pradesh which i based in india.... and its really a tough work to find this small nature gift... 👍🙂

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Legend documentaries. Thank you for sharing. Full package support. See u too ❤️

[@clarizamalones3348]

It's like a paradise in there

[@prateekthapa13]

Love and respect to them

[@silviakucler1859]

Thanks to the organizers of this documentary. Very interesting and very painful. Therefore, the Yarsagumba mushroom in Nepal, authentic gold for the inhabitants of these districts, is similar to the horn of the rhinoceros and other animals considered thaumaturgical by populations generally Asian. I find myself at a crossroads: as a European to condemn these collections of animals; as the soul of the world, to understand the idea of the world of these peoples who seem to me the most humanly authentic.

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Interesting story ❤❤!!

[@robertellis1281]

Morels here in America about $30 lbs out of season, the season is only a few months a year in the wild---- Very Beautiful Scenery Nepal and Way of life , might seem rough to some people , but much better than living in City and keeping up with the jones

[@thengelsMuaythaifitness]

I have seen this caterpillar fungus here in hongkong and now i understand why it's so expensive, people shouldn't complain about the price when they are buying because as we can see the very hard work of them just to get a single of caterpillar fungus 😥 may the god bless them everyday 🙏.

[@CAPRIkreatif]

Amazing, Fantastyc, Luar biasa.... Subhanallah...👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

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God gift my country.love you.

[@manolescumariana9581]

Brave people!

[@jimmy_rizo]

Yartse khumbu 👍🏼👍🏼wow.. I need to go search for my own.

[@aakritithapa2032]

i found even old people are using some english word while talking .although there is no better facilties in this region ..mountain people are so hardworking in their work🙏🙏

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Much much lop😘

[@sahilgurayaphotography9109]

Good Job brother! Loved it! Greetings from top of the world :D

[@HimalayanArchives]

Thanks brother. Greetings back!

[@mohamadghazaliawangngah2294]

So amazing..the baby moth turn into mushroom..maybe no elsewhere we can found this mushroom accept in Naples.

[@sonyequator6852]

How hard they are to earn money for living. Marvelous!! What the bad thing was There a Gambling. All they hard income will finish in a while. No people rich from gambling, because they win from the defeat their mate...too. The winner is the owner of the place. Sad things....

[@matevzkokol]

Great picture and a very interesting story! Love it. :)

[@habibatoktogazieva4213]

Оо Боже дай им здоровья терпения и больше ярсагумбу

[@gavindougherty5136]

Great Info...

[@shamsshrestha7318]

when i reach katmandu ,nepal i feel over whelm nice people and really kind i like how they treat visitors 🙏😇im planning to comeback soon

[@Beatrice.Ndungu]

Very informative documentary. From Nairobi Kenya

[@marvinfok65]

Ok, I was wondering what is yarsagumba, it common name is cordyceps sinensis!

[@Boleh888]

The people who just depends on nature to survive, will not enough to survive. They need the available technology and education to level up their socioeconomic status.

[@rajibraya1340]

A simple mind doesn't ask much out of life. Little is more, in a way pain can be pleasure.

[@Boleh888]

@@rajibraya1340 It's true, on the other hand... people must moving forward, not just increase their population.

[@sanjogthapamagar7483]

Why do you want to ruin their life our technology kill us they had make us different being then a human bro

[@Boleh888]

@@sanjogthapamagar7483 Without technology, people cannot survive even from flood disaster like what happened in Nepal right now (mid June 2021). Without technology all the buried of covid-19 corpse problem at the Ganges River bank, India cannot be solved forever.

[@truthspeaker5628]

What a Documentary! Loved this. Thank you for uploading.

[@somtamang1635]

Beautiful video

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👌❤ amazing film

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Wow nice i from trinidad and i have friends from nepal how nice 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

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Very nice

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Amazing documentary. Please put in place controls for business continuity

[@princesslimbu34]

Mo v nepali ho lekin india dekhin ho but i luv nepal ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️😘😘😘😘

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Thank you. Aafno Nepali pan Lai kahile pani nabirsanu. 🙏🥰

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@@kooxaldoxt5162 Sure 👍

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U deserve more like & subs vro Aati babal 👍🇳🇵💕

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Красота, с субтитрами то! Класс!!! 😳😄👍

[@robertlouisebaker-hyde1267]

I’ve got so many Nepalese friends and I got to learn about this wonder ‘drug’ from them. It says, it’s better than viagra. Very interesting. Very rare and very expensive they say. It’s a worm and turns into a herb or plant. Amazing ain’t it.

[@aruntamang]

Wise words by the gentleman at 24:37.

[@ezraezra504]

Mountain everywhere. It must be really hard to climb.

[@HimalayanArchives]

The terrain is very challenging!

[@janejanis9199]

Protection unit? Everyone of them crawling on hands and knees to gather as many as they possibly can. "protection unit makes a lot of money"- stated in the opening segment.

[@emadabz6886]

Amazing Nepal

[@francissherpa1696]

It's a hard life, but there are many happy moments.

[@bombasticborneo]

Wow, so this is where and how cordyceps are harvested 😇. TQ 🙏🏿🙏🏿

[@AmbleLog]

At any time, anywhere, and anyway. let's explore, let's click, and let's share.

[@buddhigurung5297]

Our country NEPAL is one of the most beautiful countries in the world

[@johanrynjah8241]

Yarsagumba is a unique caterpillar-fungus fusion that occurs when parasitic mushroom spores (Ophiocordyceps sinensis) infect and mummify a ghost moth larva living in the soil. A spindly fungus later sprouts from the dead caterpillar host’s head. Two to six centimeters long, the fungus shoots above the soil, acting as a tiny, finger-shaped flag for harvesters to find. This peculiar hybrid is the world’s most expensive biological resource.

[@jimmysanders2089]

The turned inside out umbrella lady is so funny 😄

[@yuikijr4418]

Nepal ♥

[@HimalayanArchives]

♥

[@bishnuadhikari9631]

Kati hahro chha jeewan.

[@danielblue4460]

They can farm the worms and release them in the area to increase yield. Fungi is all over the land already, again, the land is heavily infected with spores, the problem is lack of worms.

[@casabe3702]

Why this humble people got it live like this?why nobody do anything this is no life everyone needs a decent home 🥵why government don’t help this people?😢we need to do something for this people 😡this is not something to feel proud this is misery of life🥵

[@UZanka]

Спасибо что создали русские субтитры, можно смотреть и понимать, что вобще происходит .

[@Sarah-lo1tk]

OMG it is very hard to find those mushrooms. That’s why there were expensive 👍

[@ghem0477]

while other people living in luxurious life style, throwing money for nothing .,, here are these hardworking people trying to make a living , to have a single cent for a meal ... its really heartbreaking seeing there are still people living in poverty ..

[@CoffeeGuy2462]

Although its price is good It must have been very tough.... Love from India