WHY THIS AFRO-MEXICAN TOWN IS IN DANGER | Chacahua Oaxaca

Things are changing fast for this small Afro-mexican community on the coast of Mexico in the Oaxaca region.
The lagunas de Chacahua used to be a place of total abundance, where its inhabitants lived in symbiosis with nature, living simply off of fishery resources and tourism.
But the scarcity of their resources and foreigners buying their land to make their own business in Chacahua is pushing locals to despair as they realise the future generations might suffer the consequences of their inaction before it was too late.
Here is the moving testimony of this community who is now in danger and need to gather to find solutions for the future generations to come.
Thank you all for watching and for those amazing people who accepted to be part of this Chacahua documentary to raise awareness about the issues they are facing.
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Hi! My name is Rossanna and I've been traveling since 2009, living on the road and always spending as much time as I can with the locals. One of my biggest passion in life is to discover and learn about other cultures and of course, being in nature. As the year passed by my passion for videography never stopped increasing. I am now a filmmaker/explorer and me and my boyfriend Nico have created our own production company called Blue Dreams Productions. With those documentaries, we try to give a voice to all those people who have a message to share with the world and who can have a positive impact on it.
You can follow me on instagram where I post more raw adventures in my stories and talk about a lot of different topics like mindfulness and sustainability :)
Here is my link:
/ thegipsyjourney
And to see more of our work as a company:
/ bluedreamsproductions
Music credits:
Hiraeth by Scott Buckley - www.scottbuckley.com.au
#chacahua #afromexican

[@indraakkouche7723]

Looking forward to the day we all live more consciously and in harmony with nature and stop destroying what Earth has to offer 🥺

[@TheGipsyJourney]

I know... me too.. The change starts with us ❤ Next step: make enough money to buy a piece of land 🙏🏼

[@TheGipsyJourney]

And obviously being respectful of locals and their need and participate to their local economy and community ❤

[@indraakkouche7723]

@@TheGipsyJourney the best 🙏🏻 sending you good vibes to reach your goals 😘

[@tonysparks9453]

That’s rich

[@taharka3897]

that will never happen

[@saharastorm179]

I am planning to visit in October....❤❤❤❤....I want to talk to the locals and hopefully I can help in some way....

[@TRIBEJUDAH144]

Good idea I hope you can encourage them...God Bless You.

[@stephenfelix4383]

How did your trip go ?

[@themfoosdidit]

u done fwing wit my peoples land ?

[@shiroumxm2052]

I am from Acapulco, not far from that place.. I dont suggest you to go to this areas cause it´s dangerous.. This state is called "guerrero state" and right now is probably amog the 3 most dangerous regions in México.

[@GoldenMean743]

Just don't project American and Euro-centric labels on them, Most of them are mixed and look more indigenous than anything. My family are dark-skinned mestizos (my preferred term), but in the states, a black person in college badgered me and tried to force me to accept that I am Afro-Mexican. I told him I'm proud of all of my ancestry but do not want a label that foregrounds my skin color.

[@biggalaxy9102]

Me (a Puerto Rican man) & my Ethiopian fiancé want to go visit this town. I want to enjoy their culture & support their local business's. Im sure there can be opportunities there to grow their community. They are so rich in culture like in Puerto Rico. Saludos from Ethiopia.

[@tierneyashford8718]

This documentary is so well done!!! Thank you for taking the time to learn from the locals about what is harming there community. I learned a lot and hope that this education helps to save it ❤️❤️❤️👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

[@TheGipsyJourney]

Thank you so much maver❤ You are such an incredible support 🙏🏼 I hope it does too.. lots of love to you ❤❤

[@thevernonposse]

I hear you immigration has totally ruined Massachusetts

[@StarZendonna1687]

Oh man so much sadness and the consequences of outside greed is extremely dangerously There's got to be a way to help them.

[@TheGipsyJourney]

I know.. Only they can help themselves. That's why we made this documentary. We want the message to get to them so that they can understand that they have to act fast. They need to implement rules the people that go live there. If you want to help a little, don't hesitate to share the video 🙏🏼 Thank you so much for watching ❤

[@JudithSanchez-ht6jn]

México government is the guilty party but if the people is not going to fight the politicians if not good bye and this people are their own enemies.

[@hillsane9262]

@@JudithSanchez-ht6jn I was told the Mexican government did not allow foreigners to buy Beach property. It's just true? Also it's a fact that this is a somewhat Inland Waterway an excuse and way to get around that?

[@teresaguerrasalazar]

Africa should take them. Africa enrich themselves from the slave trade by capturing chaining and selling their own people for profit. We the Amerindians are the victims of the greed of the Africans and the Europeans. I'm Zapotec Amerindian and I was homeless, starving for the 15 years of my life, i still have two elderly brothers who I help who are homeless, the USA stole more than 1/2 of mexican territory which Black Athletes millionaires and Oprah Wimphry who enjoy the priviliges that the US government stole and gave you from the blood sweat and tears of the Amerindian while the Amerindians of mexico starve. All of the Caribbean is occupied by Afro people that the European countries have stolen from us the Amerindians. Without the blood sweat and tears of the Amerindian all of you would be homeless.

[@ii954]

@@TheGipsyJourney what about making a go fund me or something to help the community? Or petitioning the government?

[@kennethhurst1187]

This is happening in many cities and towns across the United States and other parts of the world. Unfortunately, people with access to capital will always have an advantage over the rest. As property taxes and other expenses rise in the area, they will be forced to sell. It's sad, but true. I wish it didn't have to be that way!

[@august88837]

It’s called gentrification , I c it happing in south central n other parts of L A

[@jr0079]

@@august88837 Gentrification its call when the people vote for anti-GOD anti-America Liberal Democrats Gov. I remember we made everything here in California. In the pass 12 years over 30K companies left California or went to other states or different country. Now just to live here it cost $500-700 more per month. Stop voting for these anti-GOD anti-America Liberal Gov.

[@jr0079]

@Jimmy Garcia What I meant to say is left California or went to other states or different country.

[@stephenanderson1594]

Both sides of the border black people are affected ain't that some sh..........

[@teresaguerrasalazar]

To sell? it is not their property, it is Indigenous land.

[@WoyLad]

I love this town. I was there in 1989 for a couple of months in the spring, on a Pacific Surfari from California to S Mexico with an Australian couple I'd met commercial fishing in AK and WA. To make a long and interesting story short, we stopped our southward journey at Chacahua. No need to explore any further, this place was it. The break then was pretty consistent, not too big, but a lot of fun. There were no other white folks, but us, there. I remember the style of the buildings being much different than in the rest of Mexico. More rounded parts, more African. There were two, if I remember, maybe three restaurants in town. We'd try to steadily rotate every day so they all got some of our money. I went fishing with the locals in the lagoons, and out on the Pacific. We came in in the afternoon, and the women in the beach palapas who had been watching the children all day would take their share first, to feed everyone. It was our perfect place and where we stayed until all of us went our separate ways back home. Everyone in Chacahua and Galera was sooo wonderful. I LOVED it as an unknown small-town hometown. It was known by surfers in the day by some random code name I don't remember. We found it in a magazine. A couple of years after we were there, there was a National Geographic piece on the place. How wonderful it was for me to see my friends on the color pages of Nat Geo. That was a highlight. Gracias a mis anfitriones de ese día, Juan y Maricella.

[@marianaosorioadame4827]

Increíble documental! Muy importante saber lo que está sucediendo en pequeñas comunidades de nuestro país. ❤️

[@TheGipsyJourney]

Gracias por tomarte el tiempo de verlo amiga ❤🙏🏼 ojalá que tenga un impacto positivo en esa comunidad

[@desdelapieldelcoleccionist3321]

Mi abuela era afromexicana y mi abuelo español me da gusto que des a conocer que tambien nuestra gente afro que parece que estan olvidados saludos

[@juanareyes7119]

Igual la gente de Oaxaca especialmente los Ancianos Mira elhuarche Oaxacano aqui en ytube Y veras.

[@desdelapieldelcoleccionist3321]

@@teresaguerrasalazar pues mi abuelo era blanco de ojos claros y la mitad nació blancos y otros mulatos tal vez sus ancestros eran españoles

[@juanluisgonzalez4157]

No estan solos no estan olvidados nuestro Señor Jesucristo murio por todos nosotros por amor 🙋‍♂️❤️🙏

[@nomeremannthetameruinkhan]

thanks for posting this vid please keep up your research.

[@marcelaramirezcarrasco5420]

Increible el documental, gracias por mostrar la vivencia, la historia y la realidad de este maravilloo lugar y sus habitantes, esperemos que sea protejido y valorado !! felicitaciones

[@TheGipsyJourney]

Gracias por tomarte el tiempo de verlo Marcela 😊🙏🏼 ojalá que sea protegido si.. abrazos desde Mexico😘

[@jjjj234jjjj]

You got some really great shots and interviews! Thanks for making this.

[@TheGipsyJourney]

Aaww thank you so much for watching🙏🙏

[@PaulineAcrossTheWorlds]

Des frissons tout le long, Wowwww ! Déjà c'est super bien fait, vous m'impressionnez, et il y a aussi un message fondamental. Et ça m'a fait voyager comme si j'y étais, à Chacala. bravo continuez

[@TheGipsyJourney]

Oooooh ma belle 😍 Merci infiniment!! Ça me touche beaucoup 🙏🏼 Oui le message est assez fort et j'espère qu'il sera entendu.. Des bisous ma belle 😘

[@gaetangraziano8928]

Merci pour ce partage Roro!!! De tout coeur avec cette communauté!

[@TheGipsyJourney]

Aaaaw merci pour le soutien mon Coco❤❤

[@nicolasemiliomanriquezrami6713]

hermoso proyecto !!! es una realidad que afecta a el mundo entero, espero generemos conciencia y podamos cambiar el futuro de este bello planeta

[@TheGipsyJourney]

Fue un proyecto tan hermoso si ❤ Juntos podemos hacer un cambio 🙏🏼

[@audreycote8024]

Superbe documentaire ! Merci de partager cette belle communauté, j'espère que ces personnes garderont leurs terre et qu'il y aura des prises de consciences suite à tant d'humanité préservé ❤️

[@TheGipsyJourney]

Merci infiniment de l'avoir regardé Audrey🙏🏼❤ Oui, je l'espère aussi.. Nous verrons bien 😌

[@bjamminish]

Thanks for making this. I first visited Chacahua five years ago. I just went back. The change is drastic.

[@papaadwoa569]

What were the noticeable changes please

[@bjamminish]

@@papaadwoa569 the tourist economy (hostels, surf schools, restaurants) is less in the possession of people who are from Chacahua (a place with very little other economic opportunity) and increasingly more in that of people from outside, e.g. expats from foreign countries, or outside investors without a personal connection to the place. This is taking the form of a significant amount of more built infrastructure, which is not being balanced by reinvestment in the community, such as balancing the greater environmental impact of more people with a waste treatment plan taking into account human health and the ecosystem

[@florianegnh5783]

Ton documentaire m’a beaucoup émue.. Quand je voyage dans un pays j’essaye toujours un maximum d’apprendre leur histoire, d’apprendre leurs codes et leur culture. Mais j’ai tjrs cette crainte de « déranger » de ne pas être vraiment à ma place, je me questionne bcp sur comment ils nous perçoivent, quel impact ont a sur leur quotidien.. etc Alors c’est très parlant pour moi ! En tant qu’étranger ont ne fait vraiment pas assez attention c’est vraie aux locaux, ont pensé bien trop souvent à notre confort et à nos envies. J’espère que le monde ouvrira un peu plus les yeux sur bien de choses 🙏🏼 Merci pour ce partage 🥰

[@TheGipsyJourney]

Wow Floriane merci infiniment pour ce très beau commentaire plein d'honnêteté.. et oui moi-même je me sens coupable de m'être comporté ainsi dans le passé.. mais l'essentiel c'est que l'on soit en constante évolution et plus à l'écoute et dans le respect des locaux. Moi aussi ça m'a ému de faire ce documentaire crois moi ❤ Merci encore d'avoir pris le temps de le regarder 🙏🏼

[@juanemiliomanriquez3097]

Hermoso e interesante documental, refleja lamentablemente lo que está sucediendo en muchos lugares del mundo.

[@TheGipsyJourney]

Muchas gracias por tomar el tiempo de verlo Juan Emilio😊 Ojalá que tenga un impacto 🙏🏼

[@rzadigi]

A beautiful piece but these problems are nothing new. It’s happened thousands of times around the world. If the community can’t organize itself then others will come in and take over. I know similar villages in Mexico have faced the same issues and effectively taken control. People are coming here for the waves and a simple tax and a commitment to not sell land would help immensely.

[@JudithSanchez-ht6jn]

I agree if they do not fight back then they are own enemies.

[@holistikfit]

Documentaire très touchant qui donne des frissons... merci pour ce partage Rossanna

[@TheGipsyJourney]

Oh ma belle merci infiniment d'avoir regardé 😍🙏🏼 et super heureuse qu'il t'aie plu ❤

[@julienguyen6945]

Une de tes vidéos que je classe dans les plus émouvantes... quel documentaire ! Le choix des musiques, le témoignage des locaux et le problème qui surviendrait s ils n ont pas d autres choix que de vendre leur terre. Je me suis sentie impliquée et je prie pour eux qu ils ne vendent rien aux étrangers cela va causer leur perte... bravo pour ce beau montage 🙌

[@ivanargueta5]

Beautiful documentary. Thanks for sharing

[@TheGipsyJourney]

Thank you so much for watching 🙏🏼

[@KeezyHBrady]

Yo If I ever get rich I'm gonna save chachua Oaxaca & I'm not even Mexican, but I feel it for them right now yo

[@mikeramos8136]

I’d do the same too and I’m Mexican. It’s sad that people with a little more money can overpower others by taking away their land and birthplace just to make a factory or some shit like that. That’s one of the reasons why Mexico is so corrupted.

[@teresaguerrasalazar]

It is not their land it was land stolen from the Amerindians of Oaxaca. All of the Caribbean has been taken over by the Afros they always go for the fertile land, the Arawaks Amerindians have been wiped out of the Caribbean while the English and the Afros have appropriated the land.

[@IsaacRojazM]

Bro u almost make me cry, I hope that u can get rich in the future to save that community, God bless you

[@naga7461]

@@teresaguerrasalazar the blk people are the indigenous people of these lands watch your mouth. These white folk are the invaders

[@motown324]

​@@teresaguerrasalazar sez the invader

[@Florencezup]

Ton documentaire est incroyable 🥰 une jolie piqure de rappel. Malheureusement c’est ce qui est en train d’arriver à beaucoup d’endroits sur cette planète 😭 et c’est tellement triste... « Los que ganan plata, son los que tienen plata » ce Monsieur a tellement raison. Ça m’a beaucoup touché 🙏🏼 Belles images, belles musiques, beaux messages. Documentaire au top Merci Rossanna

[@TheGipsyJourney]

Merci pour le soutien Florence ❤❤ Ça fait chaud au cœur 😘

[@TruthTimeRadio]

Thanks for making and sharing this. 🙏 Hopefully it will help to raise the conscience level of others, and even those who live there so they can help themselves. 👉 A very similar thing is taking place in Sapelo Island Georgia.

[@croberts7531]

And in S. Carolina and all over the Caribbean. People of African descent being cast away and isolated. Now colonizer want to recolonize their land for profit. Forget the people.

[@natachabozinovski19]

Très beau reportage,beau montage avec une belle leçon d'humanité pour les générations futures... Et cette petite dame est très touchante Bravo pour se beau documentaire

[@TheGipsyJourney]

Merci infiniment d'avoir pris le temps de le regarder ❤🙏🏼 Très heureuse qu'il t'aie plu🙏🏼 À nous aussi ça nous a donné une sacrée leçon

[@jasonsinclair9329]

Epic work!

[@TheGipsyJourney]

Thank you so much for watching Jason🙏🏼 And for your help too ❤

[@followmelucie1644]

Superbe vidéo, très bien réalisée 💕💕 Quel dommage pour ce village tellement beau et tranquille... c’est triste de laisser les gros investisseurs tout ruiner!! Ça donne envie de vivre avec les locaux 💓☀️

[@TheGipsyJourney]

Ooooh merci d'avoir regardé ma chérie❤ oui c'est triste comme situation, j'espère qu'ils vont ouvrir les yeux avant qu'il ne soit trop tard 🙏🏼

[@lorenzbeaumacc1175]

@@TheGipsyJourney thank you so much for showing so much love to my people 🙏🏽

[@jdagreat4595]

Wow amazing film 👍🏾

[@juanluisgonzalez4157]

Que Papa Dios bendiga a todos mis hermanos y hermanas y que todo salga bien 🙋‍♂️❤️🙏

[@romainsuptil9778]

Félicitations pour ton travail qui est vraiment remarquable, c’est une très belle réalisation et le documentaire est particulièrement intéressant...et émouvant. Je suis épaté, et admire l’intérêt que tu portes à cette communauté. Bravo, pour tes efforts, l’énergie dépensée et l’importance que tu attaches à mettre en lumière les problèmes qu’ils rencontrent. Merci, pour ces belles images et ces informations, qui ne peuvent que sensibiliser sur le sujet. Merci de partager tes expériences et nous faire voyager par la même occasion. Encore bravo pour ce beau message, tu en deviens encore plus touchante que celui ci ! 😍

[@TheGipsyJourney]

Wow Romain ça me touche énormément que tu aies pris le temps de le regarder mais aussi de me laisser ce message🙏🏼 Je suis heureuse de voir que le mot émouvant soit revenu beaucoup de fois dans les commentaires car oui j'ai été touchée par cette communauté et je suis heureuse de voir que cette vidéo aie réussi à transmettre des émotions ❤ Merci encore 😘

[@romainsuptil9778]

@@TheGipsyJourney 🥰

[@Nicolas-ti1sx]

Superbe. Effectivement, cela remet en question notre manière de voyage...

[@TheGipsyJourney]

Oui.. ces rencontres m'ont vraiment fait me remettre en question énormément de choses. Merci d'avoir pris le temps de le regarder ❤🙏🏼

[@bestcakeueverate]

Same thing happened in American Beach, Florida and the Gulluh Islands South Carolina.

[@decodedpsyop]

It's happening in every black community on the continent, look at garifuna, and a lot Caribbean island, even in Canada Nova Scotia

[@NyNativeTv]

I just saw that same Amazing Afro Mexican woman on the KZbin channel "Ace Live".

[@TheGipsyJourney]

Oh really? Is it how you found our video? :) Anyway, yes, she is amazing 🙌🏽

[@1984ROCNATION]

@@TheGipsyJourney I seen her on ACE LIVE ✊🏾

[@elenacugusi9627]

De trouver ce documentaire est une des choses les plus émouvantes qui ait pu m'arriver depuis longtemps. J'étais à chacahua il y a déjà 3 ans, je suis tombée amoureuse de cette île e ses habitants, j'y suis retournée deux fois pendant quelque semaines à chaque fois... Et je dormais dans ma tente exactement au même endroit que vous. Ça m'a tellement émue de revoir Mario dans cette vidéo. Et le petit but de plage intime et paradisiaque. Je te félicite pour ce geste, ta sensibilité pour pouvoir regarder cette situation, ton merveilleux effort pour soutenir cette lutte contre la disparition de cet endroit unique au monde. J'aimerais beaucoup pouvoir faire quelque chose moi aussi pour aider à le préserver. J'espère vraiment qu'ils vont pouvoir se défendre contre ce qui est en train de se passer. Continue comme ça, le monde en a vraiment besoin. Je te souhaite une merveilleuse année, courage et résistance.

[@TheGipsyJourney]

Aaaw Elena ton message me touche tellement 😭❤ Merci infiniment!! C'est génial que tu connaisse Mario aussi 😊 On y allait pas pour ça à la base.. mais quand on s'est rendu compte de ce qu'il se passait, faire ce documentaire nous paraissait comme une évidence.. j'espère que les habitants se rendront compte de ce qu'il se passe.. J'espère de tout cœur qu'il sera préserver 🙏🏼 Merci beaucoup d'avoir pris le temps de regarder et de me laisser ce commentaire ❤

[@jeromelem8543]

Merciii beaucoup pour ce reportage. Cette communauté est très touchante. J'espère qu'ils garderont leurs terres. Leurs simplicités de vie est tellement plus proche de ce qu'est la VIE !

[@TheGipsyJourney]

Merci infiniment d'avoir pris le temps de regarder et de me laisser ton feedback Jerome 🙏🏼❤ Oui, c'est clair que quand on est là-bas, et qu'on voit à quel point ils sont paisibles et qu'ils vivent avec peu, on se dit que c'est nous qui n'avons vraiment rien compris.. merci encore 🙏🏼

[@raymundolopez2683]

Merci beaucoup my ass

[@juspeel]

Beautiful people part of our beloved country of Mexico. I was born on the northern border of Mexico in Tamaulipas. In recent years I just learned about the Afro Mexican people. Growing up I always wondered why not all Mexicans were brown skinned. We are a mixed culture of different people, at the end of the day living as one. We need to be educated on what is harming our country and community.

[@martinpadilla5643]

Mexico is not like the USA, Mexico there no black Mexican, white Mexican like Canelo in Mexico if you’re a good citizens, there’s no such thing as color lines like in America US

[@dianadowie3985]

The land is beautiful.

[@teresaguerrasalazar]

The land that has been stolen from the Amerindian by the Afros, they brag on camera of owning the most fertile land of Oaxaca while the Amerindian has been relegated to dry land where he starves October 12m 1492 was the day in history that changed the life of the Amerindian as he knew it forever where everybody has benefitted from the land except the Amerindia, I'm Zapotec Amerindian and my whole family was homeless living in extreme poverty

[@BlactinaMedia]

Don't sell the land.

[@0__U.s.h.a__0]

Bravo ! Votre documentaire est formidable 👏🏼 continuez c’est top 👍🏻 et merci de partager leur histoire et de sensibiliser les gens à ce qu’il se passe ailleurs ❤️

[@TheGipsyJourney]

Merciiii❤ Ça a été tellement enrichissant de le faire et d'apprendre à connaitre cette communauté. Merci d'avoir pris le temps de le regarder et de me laisser un commentaire, ça fait chaud au cœur 🙏🏼

[@mimivibes1172]

Beautiful people, they been there a long time. It’s sad what they go through

[@kimatamuhammad5186]

Could it help to carve out areas in the lagoon to farm the shrimp& oysters, for community and tourism?

[@RamonaRayTodosSantosBCS]

Ya. No hay aquí en Baja California Sur tampoco.

[@sowblog2250]

Excellent reportage!!! J'espère que ces gens garderons leur terre et que la nourriture reviendra.

[@TheGipsyJourney]

Merci infiniment d'avoir pris le temps de le regarder Sofiane 🙏🏼 Je l'espère aussi 😌

[@JesusRamirez-ho7cs]

Como se llama la señora que entrevistan en el vídeo, quisiera visitarlos en este mes, junio.

[@willymagellan5104]

Une très belle vidéo, un engagement noble et malheureusement triste de voir et revoir la difficulté de certaines personnes. À travers mes voyages dans le monde j'ai aussi constaté ces changements. Ton documentaire est très bien tourné. On peut ressentir les émotions comme si nous étions à tes côtés. J'espère sincèrement que tu nous feras encore vivre d'autres moments rempli de sentiments. Well done.

[@TheGipsyJourney]

Merci pour le soutien l'ami ❤🙏🏼 Oui ça fait mal au coeur de voir le monde changer à une telle vitesse et à quel point ça impacte certaines personnes.. J'espère aussi que l'on en fera d'autres 😊🙏🏼 Encore merci d'avoir pris le temps de le regarder ❤

[@evadaly7856]

Awesome video, the community should start a fish farm for the shrimp if possible, it's sad how your land is being bought up by foreigners without considering the indigenous or resources impact because of selling out.

[@CharlineRibotta]

You are both so talented. Sorry for saying the same things all over again but I truly mean it. You are an incredible woman Rossanna and I’m not sure you realise it. Your videos have the power to change the world because it’s raising awareness amongst people over the world. I can’t even imagine all the work it takes to make such a video. Thank you for supporting these beautiful community and I deeply hope they will keep their land. Forever. Thank you for them 🙏🏾

[@TheGipsyJourney]

Wow thank you beautiful ❤ Don't apologize for saying those amazing things, it means the world to me 🙏🏼 I do hope that one day they will participate to change the world indeed.. Thank you so much for watching and yes it was a lot of work that's why I really appreciate you taking the time to watch ❤

[@CharlineRibotta]

@@TheGipsyJourney you can always count on me 🙏🏾💙

[@urbanroyceindigenousvoyage9928]

Stay Strong ...and We shall be restored.

[@jesussaidlopezdelarosa2291]

Exelente documental, de ejemplo tenemos Zipolite, ya los extranjeros tienen el 70 por ciento de la pequeña comunidad, triste realidad

[@dfaro8453]

Such a great little documentary. I am still surprised that there’s a lot of black people in Mexico. I can feel their struggles. I hope they make it through.

[@rodrigoorocio7580]

Excelente documental chacahua muy bonito lugar de mi costa oaxaqueña.si son unidos no podran separarlos pero si no.mas por los partidos políticos por eso muchos pueblos se han separado y traen nuevas ideología a veces muy malas

[@rmy1566]

Stop fishing It for 1 year and have the government stock It twice a year until the numbers come back.

[@peterinasolvesit3702]

These are a fishing people who eat off the sea and what it gives. I like your idea but perhaps modify so that the Indigenous or locals there can sustain fish - fish to eat.

[@rmy1566]

@@peterinasolvesit3702 sorry, but that's how fisheries work for sustainability measures, AZ, Wa state had to do this, It work's. So meanwhile they can grow fish temporarily, give them above ground pools and grow fish.

[@bestcakeueverate]

Thank you I had no idea.

[@BrendaL.Dominguez]

The place looks originally authentic but it needs improvement in maintenance cleaning needs to add some additional authentic furniture 🤔 like some tables chairs signs lighting but the style is cool

[@teresafernandez9849]

When I was a kid, I used to go to Jalisco with my grandparents. I was amazed when I saw the Huachelo women wash in the river, (my grandfather was a Huachelo who migrated to USA). The community built them a wash area so they wouldn't pollute the river with soap. However this is the ocean. We have to do our part! We need to stop so much plastic! Glass is so much cleaner. I can not find regular water in glass bottles in any store! Only mineral water. I wonder about autism, there was a time when everything came in glass bottles, autism became more prevalent when we started getting so stuck on plastic, also cancer.

[@fernandgamboa2848]

Are you talking about the Huicholes ?

[@DefineDivine_]

I was thinking about moving to oxaca from Merida and now I don’t want too 😢. I don’t want to contribute to the problem. How can I help ?

[@asuas3115]

One thing is forsure they need to plan together as one entity learning business & investing they have the most important part down already which is owning the valuable land & it's not just valuable because of what they are being offerd but because of the potential business opportunities of that land, businesses that they can run own & run themselves in order to be able to afford to keep their land, planning as a community comes next because like I said they already have the most important part done which is owning the property

[@chikanika45]

Keep this town thriving such beautiful people. #AfroMexicanos

[@nashcoleon4244]

The world hates us smh karmas a bitch for EVERYONE who hated us or had a hand in our demise.

[@juanareyes7119]

I invite you to watch El Huarache Oaxcano here on ytube he shows the reality of many humble peoples Struggling to make a living in MX God Bless .

[@nashcoleon4244]

@@juanareyes7119 everyone is struggling but it's harder when you live in a place where you're not accepted at.

[@juanareyes7119]

@@nashcoleon4244 Their are two kinds of people in thy world. Good people and bad people The Spiritual war fare is Real

[@nashcoleon4244]

@@juanareyes7119 humans and man kind is the only two

[@juanareyes7119]

@@nashcoleon4244 Genesis ) God breathed the breath of life into mans nostril and became living . Since the fall of man because of sin evil enterd the World And it is A Spiritual war fare Cain and Abel

[@clumpersclumpers5288]

God will bless you all and your land just Believe

[@lisahardy21]

Big coporte hotels should give back to local communities by way of improving schools and looking at sustainability around fishing practices. Tourists will always want to venture outside the hotels so helping local businesses will be beneficial to all.

[@TheGipsyJourney]

Exactly!🙏🏼

[@victoriaylibertad]

No los vendan, el dinero los deslumbra pero ese dinero se acabará más pronto q tarde.... y luego? Quién o qué te garantiz una seguridad al correr de los años?

[@AboodVlog]

What do you think about bali..? Im thinking to move there

[@TheGipsyJourney]

I think that this problem is happening all over the world.. Bali is crowded but it all depends how you do things. If you decide to buy a piece of land somewhere, make sure you get to know the community, talk with them about the problems they are facing and be involved :)

[@geronimosilva3516]

We have to support our Afro Mexican wake up Mr President

[@joseguadalupesalinas3178]

Quiero viajar visitar sus playas soy de gto es seguro viajar por carretera si no para ir ensillado

[@OPKG1200]

ACE BROUGHT ME HERE

[@sincere2722]

Honestly thing that’s the same exact thing that has happened in many nice places that have access to the ocean and are self service places.

[@TheGipsyJourney]

I completely agree.. that's why it's so important that locals realise what will happen if they don't protect more their land

[@dontrustwhiteyevery1]

Same thing happening in Hawaii.

[@brayanjosebatako8407]

muy buen video esa es la realidad de mi costa oaxaqueña... de donde eres(la que hizo el video)

[@TheGipsyJourney]

Muchas gracias por verlo🙏🏼 Soy de Francia pero ya llevo mucho tiempo afuera de mi país y mi novio con quien hicimos el vídeo es de Chile

[@brayanjosebatako8407]

@@TheGipsyJourney excelente ya lo comparti con algunos de la costa para que vean su gran trabajo...

[@TheGipsyJourney]

@@brayanjosebatako8407 Que lindo eres! Estamos super agradecidos, gracias 🙏🏼😍

[@naborlopez3713]

Oaxaca is a paradise, without a doubt .

[@teresaguerrasalazar]

Unfortunately, invaders from other Continents have appropriated our land, Amerindian land.

[@gachasis2704]

It's called progress. Mexico finally has a government that isn't corrupt, and it's people need jobs.

[@mikeramos8136]

But the thing is that it displaces both the poor indigenous and African descendants as more farms and factories from overseas are being made in Mexico and much of the profit either goes out of the country or to a small percentage of rich Mexican elitist.

[@shiroumxm2052]

isnt corrupt¿¿ JAJAJJA i mean i voted for López Obrador.. but I regret now.. no PIB growing, we break the murder rate record every year, corruption is the same and I know cause his aprty rules my city Acapulco since 2 administrations and Acapulco y cover in sh.t,, most of the city has no reular water service except rich areas, violence is the same.. ANd that aplies to all the country. a useless president and a lier, at the end he is the same as PRI and PAN.. after all he has Bartlet as righ hand "saving" CFE.. yeah , the same Bartlet that make electoral fraud so Salinas de Gortari could win presidency elections

[@iyizjewelsisley3821]

How can we help

[@juniorchavesopicassodeyahu988]

One of my life's dream is to meet Afro-Mexican people

[@jstreet2852]

Gentrification!

[@saharastorm179]

Exactly

[@Jesus-xd7nz]

eso de la escasez de los recursos marinos es en todo el país pero tenemos que ponernos de acuerdo con las autoridades del medio ambiente para poder buscar una solución a esta escasez de recursos marinos.como respetar la veda , capturar peces de talla grande no contaminar los ríos ,mares y océanos y que las autoridades apoyen económicamente a las personas que se dedican a la actividad pesquera.los habitantes de cacha hua deben ser quienes presten servicio a los turistas para que las ganancias se queden en su pueblo y prosperen no a la inversión extranjera que construyen grandes complejos turísticos y una gran contaminación ambiental

[@ingridlisboa9993]

Bon courage

[@WeBoogie28]

I wonder if these ppl understand that they are probably the original ppl of the land as on the temple walls, not afro or african but “American”

[@SoulfullyOriginal]

💯

[@sharknato6572]

Lies no African people here before the Spanish arrived. Maya and Aztec the original native of Mexico and central America

[@teresaguerrasalazar]

THEY CAME FROM THE Caribbean THEY ARE AFRICAN THAT aFRICAns SOLD TO THE Europeans. you have an inferiority complex wanting to be something else except who you are and where yo come from.

[@staffshitty]

@@sharknato6572 ok so who are these niggas

[@sharknato6572]

@@staffshitty those N came on boats 🚢

[@queenfrancine6418]

You can do so much wi the land use it for air B and B with the people that visit and make extra money like that

[@deowil1]

Push the foreigners back out as soon as possible and then you will see the fish, shrimp and other see creatures come back in abundance.

[@sphyrnamx]

Donde se sabe, los terrenos son propiedad federal, por lo que no pueden se vendidos y menos a extranjeros, la gentrificación es brutal

[@freddygonzalez1711]

Pienso que en estás comunidades debe haber un líder que solicite préstamos al gobierno estatal y que se establezca la piscicultura como una forma de ingreso.. Eventualmente succederà algo así como lo que sucedió en Playa del Carmen, Cancún...pero no hay que ver como algo negativo el progreso.. tomando como ejemplo a Playa del Carmen..hay que ver como se transformó y ahora hasta la gente local hace dinero porque producto del turismo se volvió una fuente de ingresos... Mexico está viviendo una época de transformación no se puede continuar en el pasado...asesorense con gente profesional y vean como pueden transformar sus propias comunidades...

[@mikeramos8136]

That is honestly true. Mexico has been improving in recent years even though about 45% of it’s population is still below the poverty line. I can see it growing fast like Brazil or China.

[@freddygonzalez1711]

@@mikeramos8136 that's exactly right.... 👍

[@shiroumxm2052]

this is bad translated.. for example at 2:05 he says: "ya venías con tus 500-1000 pesos" in the translation they wrote 500,000 pesos wich is a little fortune and of course impossible from a fishing day. 3:17 "... y de ahí saco para el pan del día" it means that from the sea he earns money feed his family. "pan del día" is a figurative way to call food in general not only bread.

[@isaacmora7066]

My family is from Oaxaca my grandparents speak an indigenous language but this the first time I’m hearing about a black community there

[@kadirnizami7992]

its been long time no see...

[@danielcristiangarcia2881]

Porvavor no venden porque haci hacen su dinero saludos desde los Angeles. Mucho amor para Mi Mexico quierido

[@tmc1373]

I love the Black Mexicans culture, so rich and retaining their African heritage. Thanks so much for sharing this! I don't want Chacahua to look like Mexico City with all Ameri cans and their "culture".

[@amyj.4992]

I appreciate these fishing black communities. Fishing is so essential, to maintain the land. The waters. And the people, as well as the biodiversity. I love fishing

[@amyj.4992]

But not when tourists abuse everything

[@lovelylion7079]

Pray

[@leticiacobian5976]

🤗🤗🤗

[@HispaniolaHistoryChannel]

Sounds like what happened to my family in the Dominican Republic.

[@TheGipsyJourney]

I'm so sorry to hear that 😕 Unfortunately it seems like it's happening everywhere in the world

[@FernandoSanchez-is5zp]

same thing in Belize

[@soloewing2543]

Interesting that the surfer lady speaks as if she is outside the community saying "they" yet she came there and integrated enough to have a child with a native. There for the good but not the bad maybe she understands that its pointless bc colonizers are like a cancer just a few and it will grow and spread. She also can advocate for them just like the person that made this documentary you dont have to be related to someone to help them or make a change. Thank you for advocating for those that need it. Realistically the gentrification is going to happen whether it be through money or violence if they resist to much

[@victormejia4431]

Me da rabia ver que el gobierno no hace nada por parar esto Por favor aguamos viral esto para evitar que los extranjeros sigan apropiándose de nuestra tierra

[@YangaLytBear47]

Am I trippin or is Oaxaca chacahua backwards.pronounced the same . Since Spaniards couldn’t pronounce the x sound. Sh or ch

[@telartdesigns5380]

Necesitan it a la mañanera para cue le pisan ayuda al presidentecoara que los ayude con inversion en conjunto con los lugareños para que hagan ecoturismo y que no vendan y se autosustenten elllos y el medioambiente sin necesidas de vender a extranjeros

[@robinfariseo8608]

Where is the brothers around the world coming to help us please

[@yusufabdul7147]

It's like the beginning of the end industrialization

[@fisherman4042]

2:00 Mala traducción, el dijo $500-$800-$1,000 pesos jamás dijo $500,000