I'm not a native spanish speaker, but I am learning and I can sense and understand the humility and delicateness in her speech :)

Happy to see someone else who understood how happy and at peace she was :)

@@thegreengatsby9803 Indeed, I speak Portuguese and even I could sense the way she speaks.

@Bystander232 I feel that the translation is correct for most of that part, but literally translated it would be something like: "This candle is going to go to ask for the hand of the bride. This white, it's an affection for the bride. And this, the color red, it's color affection. As does color pink"

Have you watched the business insider videos about Cochinilla farming? Or the one with the lady that makes mole with a Metate? Sweatest ladies and the way the speak and talk about their love for their craft is simply amazing! Those 2 are probably my all time favorite videos I've ever watched on youtube.

Upvoting and commenting so others can see. Love the idea

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You would think they would have the business sense to have done that already 😀

Business insider is gonna take a cut of the profits, what's the point? Buy directly from them.

@@i.robles5785 the problem is we cant

She’s speaking in broken Spanish. It’s not her first language.

@@KanBig do you speak Spanish fluently?

@@KanBig another Oaxacan person explained in the comments; her first language is Zapotec and it's difficult for her to get sentences right in Spanish

@@LukeShalz In Mexico many native people kept their languages and traditions. She most likely speaks her people's language at home.

@@rhyanisyes4512 It's not difficult for her, she just has an accent. If someone who's first language is English spoke Spanish, they would also have an accent.

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Thanks for sharing. It saddens me that I’ve beaver heard of this before.

​@@MSd-er5zjApologies in advance for the essay. It's truly a tragedy that few reminisce on. Yet the diaries and journals are there for those who care to see the root of the cruelty that resonates in Mexico through this day. Just google the mayor of Mexico city - the nation's capital. Check out pictures of the Mexican senate. The majority of Mexicans are brown yet the ruling elites even in 2021 are not brown. The end result is a lack of empathy to the plight of indigenous populations. With the elites not going into politics to help their country. But to enrich themselves and their cronies. The kidnapping of natives started in the early 1800s when California was still part of Mexico. California requested resources to build roads so the elites in Mexico City, the capital of Mexico, had the army kidnap Southern-Mexican natives to use as slave labor in California. This system of kidnapping natives to use as slave labor for infrastructure began in Southern Mexico and was continued by the Mexican government even through the early 1900s. What may be saddening to some is the regular people just go on with their lives. They can't afford to think about their family's past. They'd go hungry. Yet as we are understanding, the discrimination against indigenous populations still persists through this day. One clear example showed itself in 2018 through the Mexican film "Roma." This film gained great praise even in America - where the cast were invited to the Oscars. Among the invited was Yalitza Aparicio, a Mayan native who was one of the main actresses. While Yalitza received praise in America, in Mexico - where acting roles are predominantly held by Spaniards - many of these racist actors openly mocked and ridiculed Yalitza for her dark brown skin and native culture. The Washington Post and the Guardian made some good articles on this sad reality. The Guardian has an article titled "Roma: Yalitza Aparicio says she is proud of her roots after actor's racist slur."

Thanks for sharing this information!

@@albertj.mendoza9586 Wow. I never knew about the prevalence of racism in Mexico, especially in the modern era. I guess it's no suprise, the land was colonized after all...and where there's colonialism, racism tends to follow (if not be an instigating factor). Thanks for the info

Me too 😢

She's very realistic and quite humble too when she realizes it... Most of us live as if life is endless

Me too. My grandmother said the exact thing to me shortly before she passed. She was from South America and looked a lot like Viviana.

Don’t read my name

@@DontcheckMyabout read the room

Right? She also has this sweet voice and those subtitles made no sense with her kind words and disposition.

Most translations are of what they are saying, not what was actually said.

I also disliked the subtitles but in that part I think she said "I took out the most beauty I could", I think that would be the best translation. En español ella dijo "saque lo más bonito". A juzgar por sus expresiones y la forma en la que movió sus brazos yo creo que ella quería decir que tomo algo que era normal y lo hizo más bello con lo que ella tenía dentro, con su visión y talento. Fue una forma de presumir por así decirlo, pero de manera humilde o modesta. It seems she doesn't speak Spanish very well or that she is so old she can't talk that well. I guess she speaks more often a dialect and that's why what she says in spanish is more or less lacking. I would have loved for her to speak her fluent dialect and they would have translated that in a proper way.

No your not the only one

I am also a Spanish speaker and I understand your point. However, when translating to the general public you need to use the standard language you are targeting to avoid confusion or misunderstanding. Nothing was lost in translation and the tone of her voice conveyed her character even if one doesn't speak the language.

Do not worry! It's a difference in culture. A lot of my family who has passed on has been able to sense the same thing, and although death will always be sad, I can promise you she is at peace and very happy

I am a Catholic too and she has a very Catholic view, remembering that you will die is not bad it puts life in perspective and reminds you to live well in relation to God and others.

Some old traditional people in Mexico are very humble and proud people and weird about money.

What is humble i been called that

@@babyalondra7186 it means, basically, not bragging, and being kind without expecting any reciprocation.

Thank you for clarifying! I really really want to visit too one day 😍

I don't think she sounded selfish. You can see how sweet lady she is and though translations are not perfect, people can sense what she wanted to say and why her grandma reacted that way but that she understood how world is changing and they needed to adapt. It is wonderful story with best kind of people.

I didn't get the sense that she was selfish, if anything I got the impression that the grandma was being selfish. But you seem to suggest that the grandma was feeling anguish, not rage against her granddaughter.

Translation IS an art.

@@amberslahlize7961 The anguish is what her grandmother was most likely feeling. Its a cultural thing. I know that my grandmother would be heartbroken if i started selling something she taught me. Also it ties into the idea of having to charge a person for something you would otherwise do for free because you are poor.

If you are so inclined, she has an Instagram. She clearly enjoys that others enjoy her art as well. To her it is a form of currency to also know that her art is loved. Telling her that is free. I'm sure she would love to hear it.

@@hilmojen any way to buy her work from the US? I would love to gift one of those candles to my wife.

I was thinking the same and how much scented candles 1/10 the size of hers cost!

@Cindy Cyanide casavivianaoaxaca

@Cindy Cyanide creep

The way she spoke about the 'little bees' and thier need for food and water, in regards to not being able to source the wax locally anymore- it was so touching... She is so gentle connected and aware of everything she uses in her craft- it bought a tear to my eyes. This is what art and crafts should be like.... I've had this feeling for a while ...Im not buying any mass produced crap anymore.

it's better as $15 in mexico because she wants to be able to make it affordable because a whole week would be 1 whole meal for a family

Go to her Instagram account and see if she will ship to you.

In Mexico, $15 represent a lot more than they do in the US, in terms of both buying AND selling a product. The minimum yearly wage in Mexico is $2500, so her clientele couldn't possibly afford a $70 candle. By US standards, it'd be like charging $600 for it. On the bright side, though, those $15 can buy this woman a lot more than they would north of the border, so there's that

@@shu9062 ah finally someone got it!

Btw 15 dollars is a lot of money in Mexico ( I’m not 100% percent sure, but it might be like 100 or more over there.)

Im mexican, had studied economics and understand that mexico has to industrialize and modernize for the good of the people so, i know many works like this had to disappear to the common people. Tho, it's so sad to think that they can disappear. I wouldn't like to see this manufactures extinct. I hope that there will always be costumers, be the church, some traditional rich man or some hippie NY shop to keep this traditions alive and well.

@@d.esanchez3351 the original artist has an Instagram account. Always skip the middle (white, hippie) man and go directly to the artisan. I bet she would have success on KZfaq with her soothing voice as she poured candles. I speak Spanish and she could insult me and I would still be entranced. Hype her up not dude in NYC... Blech

I smoke weed in my KZfaq videos to pay my rent 😂💰😈

@@d.esanchez3351 never sell to a middle man, you'll never make a profit

This reminds me of a group who tries to save a dying culture and then they got bashed for cultural appropriation...

I cried in the first 3 mins I’m still crying 😢

It's more out of necessity. It's quite sad.

@@cornbreadloverrr yep exactly

@Megumi I’m just praying for her?

She works out of love and dedication to her craft. You can see it in her work and eyes. She doesn't trudge to make these works of art, she pours her heart into them. She is powered by empathy and the happiness of the person who is going to love her works of art. It's rare happiness that loops like this. This is what everyone wants out of life. True happiness in a life lived well. ♥ I hope you are caring for yourself internet stranger reading this. This hard time will pass, as it always does. You are stronger than you know. Don't give up. A random person online believes in you! ♥

@Megumi dude, do you have to be the butthole? I'm an atheist and I don't mind when others bring their God in their comments, your reply should be about the topic is at hand.

There’s still more for everyone to discover!! Most people focus on what’s popular in Mexico like the beaches and vacation areas. They don’t dare to go more inland! So many little mystical towns with rich history!

Mexico has a very rich culture and every area of Mexico has a different flavor of its own. Love seeing these traditional crafts as well. Wish I lived on the border again and could take a trip over the border like I used to, would be nice to go further inland.

Yes! The other day I saw a guy making salt. I thought it was neat.

@@josiahtheblacksmith467 my uncle lives in a town where it’s been know for minings but also for being mystical. For example, in order for his barbacoa to be made properly without any disturbances during the night he leaves tortillas for little elves so they don’t mess with the food. And they actually use the tortilla to braid a llegua’s (female horse) hair. Even my dad as a kid has even seen one eating salt out of my uncle’s booth. It’s up to you if you wanna believe it or not (speaking in general) but I do hehe cuz Mexico is also very involved with the spiritual world too. So to me anything can be possible!

@@andreaacosta272685 similar creatures/ entities are known in many places around the world, I have no reason to doubt your father's story. Mexico is a unique place, respect to my neighbours to the south.

:) we all do

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She is a treasure of your culture. Something to be proud of for sure! My ex husband is Mexican and I loved hlthe stories his mother (she only spoke Spanish) would tell about them growing up on the ranch. Beautiful culture and most importantly NOT what the media portrays! ♥ ♥ ♥

Saludos, los invitamos a ver nuestro trabajo artesanal.

There are many people like her all over the world who deserve recognition, but the media would rather talk about big executives making millions dollars a year.

@@laken1804 that had nothing to do with his comment

In Mexico $15 is expensive, people don't get paid as much compared to the US but yes I would also gladly pay $100 dollars for it too ^^;

So pay then, the Mexican can’t afford $100 for a candle

You mean exploitation. There is no joy in exploitation, even if its victims are brainwashed to think there is. I am glad this woman managed to break free enough to actually start demanding to be paid for her backbreaking work, rather than to be treated like a slave.

@@giabread You're absolutely right. On Vivian's granny's side though, she did it wholeheartedly even if she was used. It's her blessing and their( the church's) burden. I simply admire their ability to live without being ruled by money. I definitely don't admire the people who capitalize on that.

Yes- exploited by the church. The church could have done more than just give her a little food that was donated to them for free in exchange for her hours and hours of laborous candlework. I would not call this a blessing. I'm glad she finally began charging for her hard work. She deserves money for her services instead of being treated like a charity case by a spiritually empty church. That is not the true Church of Jesus but rather a indoctrination of meaningless traditions. Jesus is our true Church and a genuine relationship with Him is the meaning of life.

@@maameseguwa You admire her brainwashing? Because that's what it was. Do you think that woman did not have needs? For food, for basic human comforts, for healthcare, for childcare? That same woman who could NOT AFFORD TO EDUCATE HER GRANDDAUGHTER?! She was not ruled by money?! The Catholic church has been exterminating, enslaving and exploiting the indigenous population of the Americas for centuries, the individuals mentioned in the video literally did not have the money to educate their kids, largely because they were giving the fruits of their labour to that same exploitative institution, and you're admiring them for BEING VICTIMS?! Dude. Make the connections here. They weren't making some grand idealistic hippie new age choice to live without money. They simply did not know any other way to live because their slave owner dnied them even the ability to conceive other ways to live - that's how complete their brainwashing was. That is not something to admire, that is something to be revolted by.

@@GameChanger597 Right? RIGHT?! That same lady could not even afford to educate her granddaughter. That is how the church wanted them - dirt poor, illiterate, entirely dependent on them for their survival and pathetically grateful for being put in that position, while the clergy lived in luxury and diddled their kids.

Grandmama Coco was based off of a different real woman, but yes, she reminds me much of her as well. ☺️

Yes!

Coco was the name of the grandma

Alot of native mexicans grandma's are like this in the village not all but some .

Wow! This is very offensive and condescending...ugh seriously

Hey! I don't really expect you to answer, but I'm zapotec too! Well, half. My mom is white and my dad is a bad man, but I know not all my fathers side is like him. I've always wanted to learn more about zapotec life and culture from somewhere other than Wikipedia or a history book. If you could give me some examples of more zapotec culture, I'd really appreciate it! Thank you, and stay safe ❤

please please please preserve your zapotec culture and language as much as you guys can!!! that stuff is precious and worth so much to the world

So beautiful, I’m glad that I learned about these things today ☺️

@@lilibetclark4777 I’m not Zapotec myself, I’m just Oaxacan with an afromexican grandpa. You see, culture in Latin America is not the same as you see culture as part of a “Latino race” or something. Of course there are Americans and another foreigners who are half oaxacan, but they grew up with the culture, being taught by their family. They learned and lived with these traditions, so they feel this bound. Because our culture (the Latin American in general) is about living and interacting with the culture from your country and state (Oaxaca is very different from Chihuahua from instance). So if you want to learn more about your ascendency, come visit us. Being Oaxacan isnt something that you learn. You born in Oaxaca, you learn your culture and you are Oaxacan :). Same goes for any Latin American

This part was so sweet 🥲

Saludos, los invitamos a ver nuestro trabajo artesanal.

I don't think it's about generosity. I think it's the fact that people in Mexico don't have that kind of money to pay on a candle. The supply and demand for her product is relative to where she lives. She certainly deserves more.

it may not seem like that much money to us, but that $15 in Mexico has a much larger buying power than it does where you live

@@hotpotato1898 not really. i live in mexico and while things are cheaper it's not THAT cheap..

Do know the cost of living it is much lower in Mexico than the US. Not everyone can afford to pay $15.00 for a candle. For us it’s very cheap but not for the rest of her community.

she's a famale so you would say "her" not his

@@crashnebula7 thanks bro

@@marianocolsin8968 everything else is good! nice job if english isn't your native language.

Wait which part

Go to Oaxaca I guess jajajaja. No, but really, sadly digital money isn't common in México, much less in the rural sout. So it's hard to buy stuff from rural artisans if you're not in town.

Oh... And she is on Instagram! I am sure you can Google it more if you want. She definitely seems like a worthy place to put your pandemic dollars. Small business is already hard and her attitude has got to be rewarded. What a lovely lady and a great story!

Looks like my link got seen as spam... You can Google her and find more. I just Google her name, Oaxaca and candles and boom she was there.

Her IG is casavivianaoaxaca 🌸

@@mbr0916 thanks !

Pure art

No more people need to be like her, no time to wait for another to come alone to act like her. It is time people start changing for the good of their heart and others.

We can all be more like her by being kinder to each other. I try to. She is lovely and I wish people like her were our idols and not silicone filled mimes.

@@hilmojen one love ;)

My job is to literally smoke weed on my KZfaq channel lmao😅👀

Its 300 pesos and as a hispanic I can tell you its more expensive for them than for us like you can survive with just like 80 dollars there

@@supersaiyanblue9400 I'm American so I used the USD conversion they said in the video because I dont know the equivalentcy of pesos. Regardless, it would be nice if she didn't have to worry about going out of business for such beautiful handcrafted goods.

In one day an avrage mexican makes like 6 bucks so you would have to work in fields for 3 days just to get a candle my parents always said that they would get like a dollar a month and save up for years to go get some cloathes

@@supersaiyanblue9400 Yeah that's why I said sell it online. American people will pay a ton of money for the story and skills behind something.

If she increases the price won't be affordable to many locals. Not only she is in a hard economic situation

Candels are delicate

She has Instagram... Not sure if she sells online or not

@@hilmojen What’s her Instagram?

@@iorihoward4654 casavivianaoaxaca

@@crystar9235 thanks! That's the one! She is also on YT according to the insta page!

Same i really wish to buy her work but my chances of flying there is rare too

@@dream.5708 She has an Instagram account. Not sure if she sells online but worth a check. casavivianaoaxaca

Just so you know, Oaxaca is in Mexico, which is in North America, not South America.

@@creakystaircase to people outside of our continent think all Spanish speaking countries are in South America since that's where the majority of the Spanish speaking countries are.

@@soulassassin0g Popular to contrary stereotypes I also happen to know that Brazil speaks Portuguese, while Haiti and French Guiana speaks French haha. However I’m just not familiar with the geographical continent of Mexico.

She should read children's bed time stories. Imagine a soothing meditation from her telling you to breathe in and relax. Someone get her a mic! ♥

@@hilmojen she should sing baby songs (forgot what they are called)

@@Bbyface._Amayaa lullaby’s

@@Bbyface._Amayaa Omg yes! I would buy that to lull me to sleep... Can you imagine? 😲

@@hilmojen m2b

Not is just tax evasion and money laundering

This is Art! but yall dont understand nfts, no doubt people are using it for those purposes. Take a look at foundation . app some amazing artwork.

I wouldn’t try to gatekeeper art like that. Art takes so many forms. a portion of the people making nfts might have ulterior motives but there are plenty of beautiful nfts and other things you might not consider art

If only she can make digital version of every candle she makes... That would sell like crazy means who needs actual product right, feed us bytes bits and pits

@@GGOWO most expensive art purchases are literally for investing, tax evasion, and money laundering.

Hopefully that money goes a long way where she lives

She has an IG casavivianaoaxaca. Hopefully we can bring more attention to this beautiful art form. ❤️

She did teach it to young women in her village,so that’s nice.

I wonder if she calls herself “latina”

The very icing on the cake!

She is Zapotec, (indigenous) not this colonized pushed blanket term "latina" .

@@KanBig No, because latina is a made up word from the USA to group a people to denied their true identity.

please do not refer to Viviana and her family as “latina.” they are indigenous women, zapotecas of oaxaca. our communities and pueblos in “latin america” aren’t hispanicized and have our roots that go back thousands of years before colonial settler states like mexico were formed.

Even though candles are not exactly of any use to me, even I would like to do the same.

Yes!

Doesn't matter if she's a woman of faith

Same

Greetings, we invite you to watch our artisanal work.

Greetings, we invite you to watch our artisanal work.

Greetings, we invite you to watch our artisanal work.

You make your own work, that is yours and beautiful because you made it with your own life experience. Every artist has something unique to give. God bless you

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what on earth

@Squ¡¡d what if I speak it in Gringo accent?

Bien dicho Brenda! Créeme, México es apreciado y honorado en otros países, especialmente en Europa. Estaba en Grecia, y una greca me preguntó de donde yo era, cuando le dije México, la señora respondió, “tu país tiene una gran historia! Que país tan bello, con una cultura impresionante y su gente el igual. “ aquí entre nos, sólo la gente ignorante que no ha salido de sus cuatro esquinas no saben reconocer, o apreciar la cultura.

Bru I started tearing up a bit when I heard her say that