Spiritual Initiation Rituals Of The Gabon Rainforest

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The country of Benin is said to be the link between life and death. Filled with the spirits of the past, this country is the birthplace of voodoo and ritual tradition. The people of Benin are fighting to protect their heritage amidst a changing world.
Elsewhere, the heart and soul of Gabon rests under a plentiful and lush rainforest. Covering 80% of the country, the people of Gabon are provided with all the essential elements for their traditions and medicine. How can the Gabonese protect their green heritage from the threats of the modern world?
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@sikhuntaka3740 Жыл бұрын

Anyone with the link to part one ? Can’t find it on this page

@TRACKSTravelDocs Жыл бұрын

Hey Sikhu, part one can be found here! kzfaq.info/get/bejne/mpeeo5aJmtiqc6s.html

@neil7563 Жыл бұрын

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@sharonmoran9379 Жыл бұрын

@@TRACKSTravelDocs Thank you.

@sikhuntaka3740 Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@habibahas13 9 ай бұрын

There's a post in description which says, "owned-enquiries ....." ... it may or may not require the hyphen. They can give You whatever information You may require

@jadenbrown522 11 ай бұрын

I am a Proud Afrikan, and i am Returning to My Ancestral Afrikan Spirituality. My Ancestors are Greatly Spiritual People who are in tune with Mother Earth, Nature, The Elements, Gods, Goddesses, Spirits, Celestial Bodies and The infinite Universe. Afrikan Spirituality has been with us since the time We Emerged.

@MI-vn4tp 11 ай бұрын

I believe in all you’re saying. Wish I could move to Africa. Just can’t find anyone who wants to move to Africa. I have a residual income and could take good care of me and them. I wouldn’t ask them to pay any bills.

@teresasigerson-azo9879 11 ай бұрын

They dress so well to go fishing their clothing is so bright and beautiful...

@lov5334 11 ай бұрын

@@MI-vn4tp Nothing before time you well find that person in the right time 💫💚💙💜💫

@davidbishop2329 10 ай бұрын

@@MI-vn4tpkip joking I will fellow you to Africa if you can fund the trip

@MI-vn4tp 10 ай бұрын

@@davidbishop2329 Of course I can fund the trip. I want to stay there about three months or longer then move there.

@ZOE_NtombiYaseMancwabeni Жыл бұрын

I love being African. Being an African means your existence is rooted on spirituality that is unique, and it anchors your life in deeper ways than those solely defined by materialistic acquisitions. Edit: I was actually born in this continent. Not just wishing i was living here...ive always lived here😅

@FlagWaverFlagBearer 11 ай бұрын

They will never understand. They're obsessed with skyscrapers and toys

@JoyceWilliams-zd8kh 11 ай бұрын

Cause you are Pagan

@JoyceWilliams-zd8kh 11 ай бұрын

Stop buying their toys

@teeteeme5752 11 ай бұрын

It's no wonder your minds are not developed.

@MI-vn4tp 11 ай бұрын

I would love to live in Africa but I’m 70 years old and can’t find anyone to come live with me. I have a residual income and I wanted to get a house build. I have plenty money to take care myself just can’t find anyone that wants to live in Africa and I would pay for them too.

@EGYA3MU 9 ай бұрын

God has given Africa everything we need to thrive I tell you this in all the pain and suffering of the masses our gods love us look at the beautiful land and rivers mighty oceans and oh my hearts sings for Africa will rise and when she does there will never be any that will ever surpass her in beauty

@Loading..thegame 9 ай бұрын

Ditto I hope to be there when Africa rises it will be a most beautiful and powerful day of such splendour ❤🎉

@EGYA3MU 9 ай бұрын

Now I see why Peter tosh sings Mama Africa with so much love

@georgesimos4318 Жыл бұрын

This documentary has helped me understand African people more than any other documentary I have seen.

@hugo-di6xm Жыл бұрын

This is just one country over 54 in Africa...

@georgesimos4318 Жыл бұрын

@@hugo-di6xm You are right, I was thinking more along the lines of indigenous sub-Saharan Africans. I think most people infer that kind of African when they hear Africa.

@christigoth 10 ай бұрын

even then, they are all different peoples and countries. @@georgesimos4318

@user-hv1sk2zx6u 9 ай бұрын

African people 😂😂 Africa is the continent. So you don’t understand all the countries.

@BlaqRaq Жыл бұрын

Content like this keeps youtube relevant. Love and respect from Jamaica

@Flower-ck2bs Жыл бұрын

I love this! Benin people be strong and do not let anybody to destroy your traditions and culture. The fisherman says he is 65 years old but he has more muscles than most of young people from western countries. Wonderful video of strong people. I can not stop watching. 🙏🏼❤️

@ernestngehtingum4763 Жыл бұрын

Okay.. So. So. Greetings.

@ernestngehtingum4763 Жыл бұрын

Okay. Will. get

@ernestngehtingum4763 Жыл бұрын

Okay

@ernestngehtingum4763 Жыл бұрын

Okay ji

@EGYA3MU 9 ай бұрын

That’s what am saying very active

@Diolla_ 10 ай бұрын

Benin is my favourite African country. The people are spiritual, proud of their culture and the traditions are very much alive and adapt to modern circumstances. Also women are highly respected. Vodun is everywhere. Can recommend a visit, I've been there 4 times and going back next month. Am now a Vodun initiate.

@hoodoo.hillbilly 9 ай бұрын

Congratulations , thou we my never speak, I wish and hope you never stop growing, discovering and learning. 🫶

@naturalbeauty4734 8 ай бұрын

@@hoodoo.hillbilly WOW!! 😮 get ready for HELL!!! 💯✔️

@nunyabiznys5169 Жыл бұрын

When we are free to be ourselves, we are not degrading one another or transforming our bodies in odd ways. Our organic state is beautiful. Culture and traditions are our immune system.

@jamessanchez8291 Жыл бұрын

Benin: So beautiful, so rich, so alive. So effing awesome.

@PriestessAusetRaAmen 8 ай бұрын

I Love My People❤ and our spirituality.

@infinitesolutions5062 8 ай бұрын

This was a great documentary about many phenomenal traditions in Africa.

@kgraham5820 9 ай бұрын

Just watching their traffic gives me anxiety... geez. Hang On, Y’all!!! The 65 year old man that lives in the city on the water was so impressive! Something about him was so warm and wise... a beautiful people and place. Thank you for sharing this! It’s the only way I’ll ever get there...

@JohnBosco.1308 Жыл бұрын

Interesting. I am an Afro-Brazilian and I understand this dialect perfectly.

@carljohnson317 Жыл бұрын

Dope

@lydiafomuso7168 Жыл бұрын

That’s awesomeness

@petergrovesnor3210 Жыл бұрын

Am afro Guyanese the country border Brazil you my brother

@hugo-di6xm Жыл бұрын

How come?

@wakandajam 11 ай бұрын

@@hugo-di6xmif what she said is true then its because of slavery

@sqrd3536 8 ай бұрын

More power to culture and preservation of natural resources👏👏👏👌. Hallucinogenic plants are widely used in African spirituality through carefully calculated doses to induce spiritual connections. This is an ancient practice.

@averyammon8201 7 ай бұрын

@rakghana Жыл бұрын

Very beautiful documentary

@barbaraakinbowale4456 Жыл бұрын

Glad they're returning to their ancestors own ways of life and tradition. No more will they be forced to follow the religion or way of life of the Europeans. After all, are they Europeans? As you can see they are happy to be doing what their ancestors practiced for centuries ❤️😸

@prodipmondal2104 Жыл бұрын

More than any other documentary I have seen, this one has improved my understanding of Africans.

@hugo-di6xm Жыл бұрын

Not all africains.Just benineses.

@chisel144 Жыл бұрын

I love it they're so family oriented ❤️

@TMS26164 11 ай бұрын

thank you for your highly expository documentaries, you took me to countries i have never visited and i felt like i have visited them

@keelyjohnson462 Жыл бұрын

1956 yes exactly that's why it's so imperative that we stop everything that was causing the pollution it was attacking the forest and that made all of our ancestors angry and we are them so that's a problem

@discerningacumen 10 ай бұрын

Those spirits are not humans'. If you read the Bible carefully, not like fake Christians, knowing Jesus Christ, you'll know truth. And it will set you free.

@frost6471 2 ай бұрын

And earth is flat. Ummh okay malleche

@tiasara5967 Жыл бұрын

Beautiful documentary.

@stooshmo 8 ай бұрын

Interesting enough, Benin/Togo came up very high in my dna testing. I need to take a trip there.

@robertbeckham3091 Жыл бұрын

The modern great white shark on the sacred ceremonial dress got me, 🤷🏻‍♂️😂

@user-jt6sc3km5i 8 ай бұрын

Long live our traditions !! Tradition goes on ❤

@yenkassa 11 ай бұрын

This is well done, really insightful.

@keelyjohnson462 Жыл бұрын

1:33:46 I loved how it was swimming across the water that looks so free and fun

@israelizzyyarrashamiaak766 Жыл бұрын

We do the same kind of net fishing. We call it toss net fishing. When we anchor a flat net in currents in gill net fishing. We do a lot of both because of the various fish. Even now in america we do this same fishing. It’s quite successful where allowed. It’s cool to see a tradition done elsewhere and what significance it has for the people who do it. This is a very family oriented group and family hierarchy. It’s very similar . We just live in like communities since our families aren’t here.

@jasminenixon9979 8 ай бұрын

Such beautiful traditions! The 65 year old is in amazing shape.

@deepakbhatt340 Жыл бұрын

Nice Documentry with good information 👍

@leticiawashington 10 ай бұрын

I Love these Documentaries, There very good and, educational videos ❤❤❤

@lunainezdelamancha3368 9 ай бұрын

I love their music. ❤

@ChroniclesofAlicha_Balaam 10 ай бұрын

Where's Gabon in this video???? Huge difference between Gabon and Benin!

@tigerwright3836 Жыл бұрын

I'm a firm believer in supplements and plant medicines.

@Keesha Жыл бұрын

When the priest sacrificed that chicken… that’s when it hit me that this is some real stuff… not made for tv.

@naturalbeauty4734 8 ай бұрын

The evilness is beyond!! 😔😭 GOD help us!! 🙏

@thevoiceofschizophrenia7092 9 ай бұрын

Każdy człowiek w coś wierzy i każdy człowiek ma prawo do wolności duchowej i wolności praktykowania swojej wiary...,Every human being believes in something and everyone has the right to spiritual freedom and the freedom to practice their own faith, but they must remember not to do to other people what they would not consider pleasing to themselves.

@carlyletom301 Жыл бұрын

9:10 He is in a trance, but he perfectly bends his elbow, in order for his arm to get past the doorway. Very convenient of the God.

@corydude2008 Жыл бұрын

1:13:24 lmaoo the kids looking at him like “ Who is this man looking like an angel in damn bleach white clothes “ 😂

@plummage 8 ай бұрын

Wow so beautiful

@betzlaplant2755 Жыл бұрын

Government is like cockroaches infringing on everybody right and their way of life

@Shelly58485 9 ай бұрын

I love Watching how others live it Fascinates me thanks for sharing all the way to Florida 😊

@TRACKSTravelDocs 9 ай бұрын

We love it too! Thanks for watching 🌍✨

@tordyclark Жыл бұрын

This is magical. The music at 1:24:34 unearthly and dreamy. I;m transported.

@keelyjohnson462 Жыл бұрын

20/20 did you see that where I was going to have the bottom of the tank be able to hoist up like the Nets already in the bottom of a steel grate that you don't have to do anything except enjoy the Harvest? I was making it so they could build it anywhere you know if they wished they could come down there and fish with you but there isn't enough room at the time

@sieglindelehnis-owusu257 8 ай бұрын

Ich lve this , Ritual is ther live and there danzing is Wonderfule it gives a good Vodoo and a bad Vodoo most benim of the ivrie Cost ,West Afrika Ghana they have still alots of Vodoo , I was Intressted thats way I nowe all this Ilove this Peapels so much ❤❤❤😊God bless this Peapels and the hohle Afrikans of. this Contry please they belive more to Jesus and to God than other Peaples ❤❤😊😊

@drukpakunley5659 9 ай бұрын

The Truth is Stranger than fiction .....

@khafaribeatzzz1023 Жыл бұрын

The women wear cow horns just as Het-Heru from Ancient Kemet

@gayeinggs5179 Жыл бұрын

And then they get tv and cell phones that’s when they go down hill ! I lived in rural africa in the 1940s just like this clean and well looked after. Now all gone and not for the best

@reethalane6633 Жыл бұрын

YES I AGREE

@joelgoldsmith4747 11 ай бұрын

This is one of the most fascinating continents, which has always deeply mystified old colonial Europe. Hence the term 'Dark Continent'! From the times of antiquity, along the 'Nile River' to the current period we still have not grasped the hidden knowledge (Occult), of this ancient and glorious continent.

@simsoset 9 ай бұрын

The Whole Dark Continent thing is a Myth .Frin Ancient Greeks To Romans Up To 1400 When Race Was Invented For For Slavery Europe Knew Perfectly Well About Africa It’s Cuktures & Brilliance .. The Unuversitues The Great Western Saha Empires The Benin Wall . It’s a Knowlege as old as time . Darkness is what Europeans Brought Not What Africa Is .

@TheVanneo 9 ай бұрын

Their average IQ is 60, I don't think you are going to learn anything.

@joelgoldsmith4747 9 ай бұрын

@@TheVanneo :🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣

@sallydoz9184 8 ай бұрын

We need the maintenance culture in Africa. The Dr's community healthcare initiative must not die!

@RuggedBrotha 11 ай бұрын

that was deep

@keelyjohnson462 Жыл бұрын

3816 exactly protecting the breeding ground and fishing in your other spots is exactly being nature conservators thank you

@vlastaleistikow6934 Жыл бұрын

Beautiful people and life!!!!

@rastamazrussell-carmichael8390 Жыл бұрын

I LOVE MY AFRICAN FAMILY ALL OVER AFRICA MAY DEH LIVE LONG,AND BEAR MANY CHILDREN.MAY DEH BENO MORE DROUGHTS OR HEAVY RAINS DAT MEK DEH LIVES HARDER NO WONDER ALL MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS HAVE SUCH FIT BODIES DEH ALL WORK SO HARD, MAY JAH BLESS DEM ALLWID A LONG AND HAPPY LIFE...MANNERS AND RASPECT IVERYTIME RASTAFARI

@heather-vs9qe Жыл бұрын

Leave them alone, we have been so destructive, the Delta state...16 years of oil spill in Delta State ..

@keelyjohnson462 Жыл бұрын

10252 what I was feeling like I heard was the vote that everyone would like self-cleaning units so life would be easier and we could protect the environment faster of all the types that were occurring anywhere in our vest educational resource planes

@keelyjohnson462 Жыл бұрын

4102 it sounded like bronchitis a little bit so something with an immune booster and antibiotic property as well as some eucalyptus rub on the chest might help if you have that growing there this is also why I wanted to have you updated facilities everywhere so that we can share our gifts and you can share your specifically of what types of herbs we want to grow in the unit when we bring it to space

@eugenietessa8801 Ай бұрын

those who speak in the report it's my cousin Gabon is a very spiritual country never play with this country which is extremely full of mysteries and geniuses myself I was an initiate we are made to believe that these are hallucinogenic plants make no mistake spiritual journey goes well in reality

@keelyjohnson462 Жыл бұрын

1606 yes we depend on the lakes and rivers in the same way as we depend on the ocean

@keelyjohnson462 Жыл бұрын

4916 exactly think of all the people in the hospital somewhere that get to smile and be happy that you get to dance when they don't get the chance at the time

@timbuk2.019 Жыл бұрын

That's what you call sustainable living we're just passing through earth to experience the creators creation the natural beauty,life & perfection spirit being coming down for a 3d experience its a gift and it has nothing to do with money or consumerism or land ownership were all just passing through. Theirs only q Nation MeliNation we have 99% things in common than not

@1st1anarkissed Жыл бұрын

Those fuel stations prove that safety is a luxury!

@INERGYVIBRATION Жыл бұрын

Young Prince. Ponte he is very intelligent

@Steven-eg1nh Жыл бұрын

Amazing

@keelyjohnson462 Жыл бұрын

11026 yeah I was worried about the fact they were in contact with anyone I thought we had eradicated it completely I went and looked it up that we still have some cases surprised me

@robinsontabak8955 Жыл бұрын

Dziękuję za film = dokumentację o PIĘKNYCH LUDZIACH kochających NATURĘ i życie LUDZKIE - DZIĘKUJĘ ,- pozdrawiam WAS wszystkich SERDECZNIE .

@rigolecler9572 Жыл бұрын

Pero están difícil para ustedes traducir en español?

@keelyjohnson462 Жыл бұрын

2536 yes they draw our spirit because our ancestors are in all the trees

@EGYA3MU 9 ай бұрын

Baba Fuji is blessed still strong

@valdee883 4 ай бұрын

🙏🙏🙏🙏

@bibbilagermand8397 Жыл бұрын

Impressive trowing the nets

@keelyjohnson462 Жыл бұрын

11:36 it's all the circle of life though so it makes sense in the way the ancestors had its staged we're trying to undo it though so that everyone feels more relaxed like you do when you dance and you're beautiful outfits as well

@keelyjohnson462 Жыл бұрын

14116 the look on his face says if you're taking me to space I better not know about it it better look exactly like this in my habitat

@Amanuel.OZ.KIFRULAH 9 ай бұрын

There seems no one except President Iseyas Afewerki truly understands the ill game of the west specially in real African solution for African problems context. I hope this time around there are like minded leaders who can be partners and soon we see some results! May God be with Africa

@keelyjohnson462 Жыл бұрын

10:40 hypocrisy thanks for such a cute response I loved it because it isn't any of our faults that we developed all of the ideas about animal abuse it's a whole thing so perfect enactment in Hollywood they always say no animals were harmed in the making of This film but then you look back through history and you're like oh yeah people got busted up on screen all the time

@keelyjohnson462 Жыл бұрын

5844 I think when you guys were doing these ceremonies we were doing equal and opposite reaction like Newton's Law

@jkxjj 4 ай бұрын

Does anyone know the track name starting around 18:09 ? It is so beautiful.

@jkxjj 4 ай бұрын

It is Poulo Blues - Woz Kaly Vincent Bidal, Khady Mbaye

@keelyjohnson462 Жыл бұрын

4248 we're investigating how to build the new facilities in each place like if anywhere has any questions I was just teasing with friends we're just hanging out and meeting people it is like a dating app to get to come on showing how we work in different areas and what we need brought to different areas or what we have to sell from different areas like recipes that's why I was joking about the Supreme Court because we don't have Medicals supplies there so if someone gets a complication we can't get help always to you fast enough and then we feel sad

@elizabethbekoe381 Жыл бұрын

You can displace an African !! But you can never take the African in the person !! So powerful .

@deborawilliams6390 10 ай бұрын

Instead of Benin men having two wives, it should be the other way around: Benin women should have two men to provide for them. These women have to work very hard

@Rose_flower_fairy 5 ай бұрын

Yes, Africa used to be a matriarchal continent, there are still some matriarchal tribes left...

@keelyjohnson462 Жыл бұрын

11026 there were a bunch of people cases over here every time we'd contact a contagious disease we'd completely suit up so that we changed clothes in between patients so we couldn't transfer it and kept all the cleaning supplies we could in that room so the cleaning supplies wouldn't take it to the next place like Typhoid Mary

@Loading..thegame 9 ай бұрын

As should be standard practice whenever one is around an infectious and varilet disease.

@wendysmith6563 Жыл бұрын

Amen John. You're handsome and she's pretty.

@beverleybrown4679 5 ай бұрын

At this point in my life, I already know all I need to know & right now, it’s not about reparations for me, it’s about getting to know where I hail from…

@zaidanaldzakir2008 Жыл бұрын

Aqiss And Family 👣👼🎓

@JackieLarose Ай бұрын

My best friend believes in this stuff he said it’s his heritage right of passage. I believe God I fear God

@valdee883 4 ай бұрын

🥰🥰🥰🥰

@teronward7570 4 ай бұрын

The Voodoo trance looks like the holy ghost dance.

@ILIVEAGOODLIFE 9 ай бұрын

BENIN NEEDS A COUP

@asite.d4374 Жыл бұрын

👌👌👌👌👌👌👌

@keelyjohnson462 Жыл бұрын

1:00:00 yes that's correct the water called the police on everyone

@keelyjohnson462 Жыл бұрын

3024 it does it looks like a Royal Garden or something

@kendexter Жыл бұрын

good voodoo taxi actor

@keelyjohnson462 Жыл бұрын

742 everyone hops on America's Got Talent and says oh my gosh you can't do that I just ate a bunch of chicken nuggets though

@bobmarley965 11 ай бұрын

Beloved so the narrator is expressing his own thoughts? Nice video would be nice to hear the people in their own words.

@keelyjohnson462 Жыл бұрын

11202 I was trying to get all the big companies to get together and build new facilities off site so we didn't have to wreck anyone's area and then we can hold them in already prepared we just clean off a platform for the foundations and have them like the preformed Log Cabin kits only different because it's a whole self-sustaining industrial unit that also has all the other parts of our Societies in it so we could have a whole camp for the leprosy patients and families that had already been in contact with the Contagion