The Na People: Choosing Between Tradition and Modernity | SLICE

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In a village in the mountains of Sichuan in China, Erchema lives with her sister Zhuoma Lacuo in a community cut off from the world. This remote paradise is her whole life. But next fall she will turn 13 and, according to local tradition, Erchema will become a woman.
She belongs to the Na people, a matriarchal society which does not practice marriage, and where women make all the major decisions. Erchema has been designated as the next head of the family. She will have to cut short her schooling to work in the fields and help feed the family.
But on the other side of the mountains, on the shores of Lake Lugu, her elder sister Lamu has gone against tradition and the family’s wishes. She has married and has a child, whom she is raising with her husband. Lamu will go to any lengths to oppose the clan’s decision and to allow Erchema to continue her education. Will Erchema dare to defy tradition and change her future? The survival of the whole clan hangs on her decision…
Documentary: THE SCHOOLGIRL OF THE SICHUAN MOUNTAINS
Directed by: Emilie Porry & Laurent CHALET
Production: What’s Up Films
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Пікірлер: 67

@Kevin-xz4jq 2 ай бұрын

Such wonder ful content. Could you please switch back to subtitles instead of dubbing it? Hearing the language is so important and adds so much.

@netnomad47 2 ай бұрын

Some people like to listen to these documentaries instead of watching them so they do it for them

@amandaglidewell8451 Ай бұрын

Seeing impaired individuals are unable follow along in that case. It would be nice if they offered both options.

@junmichaelarcenal2488 2 ай бұрын

It's so nice to know that some indigenous traditions still exist...

@Intanwidyas Ай бұрын

What a beautiful place.

@amandadutra9891 2 ай бұрын

Hurt me listening the teacher saying to kids that need leave the mountains

@Jason.L.M. Ай бұрын

Yes I agree. More people need to turn back to the mountains and nature. Civilization is destroying the Earth!

@yanchen8313 19 күн бұрын

But they can always decide to go back, but first, they need to have more options rather than just holding sickles and selling farm products! They can, and we can, decide to leave behind current material life and go live in mountain generation by generation! But, it is selfish to let the fact of lack of education and opportunities force them into farmer and mountain people.

@jasonshapiro9469 Ай бұрын

Except for the nocturnal forest spirits this place seems like a nice place

@TRICK-OR-TREAT236 2 ай бұрын

I'M SO GLAD THIS IS LIKE THIS. IT SHOULD STAY THAT WAY.

@doogoo3844 2 ай бұрын

thank you Slice for not making me read subtitles

@nunr7852 2 ай бұрын

❤❤❤👌

@OneOut1 2 ай бұрын

I wish I could live a simple life like those who live on the mountain. They should beb careful what they wish for.

@blackblurr-be8hi 2 ай бұрын

👍👍

@09onammtaamut 2 ай бұрын

We have in Arunachal Pradesh as well 😊 but we do not belong to China though 😅 !

@09onammtaamut 2 ай бұрын

Rajya Sabha Channel has a documentary on it , it is a cross learning for me as well. We do have "na' but language , dress and even matrilineal society 😅 is not the same. Thank you , slice !

@hmmm2267 2 ай бұрын

@@09onammtaamut thanks for the info, I'm also from AP and I like watching docs of Tibetan tribes, glad to see a comment from fellow APian here ❤

@chinolee121 2 ай бұрын

Free Tibet

@TaylorCrane1312 Ай бұрын

@@chinolee121it’s already free, unlike Americas.

@TaylorCrane1312 Ай бұрын

You wish 😂

@ShaffafAhmed 2 ай бұрын

This is from 2014. I wonder how things have changed for them now.

@Ju2000lo 2 ай бұрын

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@shiuido359 9 күн бұрын

Does anyone have information on the dried pig that has been preserved for years??

@typeins5139 2 ай бұрын

Crazy how this world is Neever thought about a simple life like this

@dianefleming9765 2 ай бұрын

It's easy to wish you were living in an authentic village when you are living with urban comforts.

@jeerawatgertlam9131 2 ай бұрын

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@StacyL. 2 ай бұрын

By the way I think I seen this documentary before.

@ginielvillacote2372 2 ай бұрын

Why do you keep reposting old videos.

@huzaifbhat-zb7uv 2 ай бұрын

Look how men found this idea to escape from responsibilities!

@cosmicwisdom999 2 ай бұрын

It's matriarchal, but they still want to make all of the decisions

@shiuido359 8 күн бұрын

@@cosmicwisdom999 Because the Na are matrilineal, not matriarchal. Men are still the ones shouldering the responsibilities and making the decisions. The uncle is the head of this clan, for example.

@omggiiirl2077 2 ай бұрын

The Na people aren't the only matriarchal society in the world. There are quite a few, just to be clear.

@shiuido359 8 күн бұрын

The Na are also not matriarchal, they are matrilineal. In this documentary for example the uncle is the head of the clan. There are several matrilineal societies, however we currently have no anthropological evidence that matriarchal societies ever existed. That said, out of mankind's long history we only know of a fraction of a percent of all societies. It's not impossible for a matriarchal society to exist, we just don't know of any.

@StacyL. 2 ай бұрын

I wonder if the teacher would have challenged her in some way if she stated she's wanted to stay and work in the field instead of moving away fora teaching career... It really sounded like that teacher was pushing her belief systems on the class because she would have them repeat what the teacher felt was a good decision to make rather than staying in the mountains and living out their lives. I find it very sad when teachers push their narrative on their class. They're in a state of authority over those children and children are extremely impressionable. In matters such as this, it's best that these children make their decisions when they're older when their brains are more fully developed and can comprehend their consequences of their decisions better.

@devinejevinge3808 2 ай бұрын

Teachers should how to better your community not to abandon it,kids can take better way of doing things parents would listen they are also worried about their kids and community future.

@kkkkxoxox222 2 ай бұрын

I don’t know, that uncle is up to something sinister

@cosmicwisdom999 2 ай бұрын

Is it because he's being way too nice with the girls?

@shiuido359 8 күн бұрын

He and his wife escaped the village through education, they are upset seeing their nieces being told to quit school to feed pigs. I'm sure they will get free labor for their restaurant too.

@BuddyHelloThere 2 ай бұрын

This is a repost,

@EEEbrahim3971 Ай бұрын

Leave the mountains, not a good teaching modern society is chaos

@SLICEDocumentary Ай бұрын

Sure, modern life can be chaotic, but traditional ways of living are still very tough. There's probably a balance where tradition and modernity can work together 🤔

@namshon56 2 ай бұрын

Free Tibet

@TaylorCrane1312 Ай бұрын

It is already free 🤣🤣🤣

@RaginYak 2 ай бұрын

Free-Tibet

@Naga-Tastaturkrieger 2 ай бұрын

Na people are not Tibet 😅. You are brainwash by foreigner come and live happily in Tibet 😂

@GoodYT875 2 ай бұрын

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@TaylorCrane1312 Ай бұрын

Unlike Americas Tibet is already free

@takuan650 2 ай бұрын

How many more times you're going to upload this episode? Chasing clicks again?

@katt3428 2 ай бұрын

Stop clicking on it then.

@chinolee121 2 ай бұрын

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@TaylorCrane1312 Ай бұрын

It’s already free, unlike America

@chinolee121 Ай бұрын

@@TaylorCrane1312 it's not !!!!! FREE TIBET 🙏🏾🙏🏾✊🏾✊🏾📿📿

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@chinolee121 Ай бұрын

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@elliottjames671 2 ай бұрын

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@cosmicwisdom999 2 ай бұрын

If this is a matriarchal society, why should the men decide whether or not if the girls should go to school? It's matriarchal because the women do the majority of the work, so matriarchal only when needed...

@sebastianhartz9263 2 ай бұрын

Like the moms do in other house. Don't talk like it matters in your household or you are fantasizing yourself whipping your chained dog

@sebastianhartz9263 2 ай бұрын

😂😂😂

@shiuido359 8 күн бұрын

The Na are matrilineal, not matriarchal. This is just a mistake in the documentary. The uncle is the head of the clan so he has the responsibility to make the choice. The women aren't doing the majority of the work, they are doing the majority of housework at their home and fieldwork for the pigs. In this case the confusion arises because the men don't live with the women. There's tons of shots in the documentary of men working, and obviously they are maintaining their own households too. It's probably worth noting that we have yet to discover a matriarchal society. We have some evidence, sure, but no certainty. As far as we know probably all societies are matriarchal, so when you hear that claim you should be sceptical. We also don't have evidence of any society where women do the majority of work. Typically women are protected and either do light labour like fieldwork or housework. This is taken to the extreme in some societies where women do close to zero labour of any kind. For example in the west it's common for housewives to do just a few hours of cleaning and cooking per day. We don't know of any societies where men stay at home while women work, although it would be an interesting discovery for sure!