Dogon Dama
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  • @Kinghercules I agree 1000%! There is no obidience amongst young youth in this country, just pure chaos.....

  • Hawkings is just a normal man but just very educated thats all, he's no different in capacity than us

  • 2:10 ...WHY THE FUCK WOULD YOU FILM THAT?

    This is why white people ruin the magic.

  • Wow this young man is so handsome. Just pause @3:22

  • Am dogon myself.and it hurts me so much to see our great civilization varnishing now.it really hurts..

  • 1:41 FORMULA 1

  • I still can't stand NG, BUT this is cool.

  • where is the rest of this vid?

  • Its funny. In many Afrikan cultures boys had to go thru rites before bein called a man but in America they aint got shit to go thru and maybe thats a problem for our ppl. Maybe we need to get back to understanding and practicing Afrikan culture.

  • @Kinghercules Your exactly right about our African ancient rites of passage to man hood and womenhood but we've been brainwashed to believe that everything that comes from western white civilization is best for African people. The so-called Jew aka ordinary white person practices rites of passage stolen from ancient african ways of life. Whites had to stop us from our own self determination and consciouness to control us but we are waking up from our sleep.

  • @Kinghercules Tell that to the Marines and soldiers.

  • That elder doean`t look 40 dude.

  • They are the illest!!!!!!!

  • Didnt the ancient Egyptians have ties with these ppl. Didnt they originate from them.

  • Im think ancient Egyptians are a mixture of Nubian and Middle Eastern cultures.

  • the shoes at 0:14 dont go with his outift

  • The Dogon name has NOTHIng with the term "Dog Star", which refers to its location within Canis Major. It IS a major part of their worship. They call Sirius sigi tolo or 'star of the Sigui'. You don't need a telescope to see Sirius, either, because as a variable star, it is relatively bright. Dogon basically means, in Dogon, "us" or "people".

  • HOLD UP!...WAIT A MINUTE!

    STOP THE PRESS!

    First off!...National Geographic has not told the entire story...the reason why this ceremony takes 20 years is because they have to wait for the alignment of the DOGSTAR...hence the name DOGON.

    SO TELL ME..How did this tribe without modern technology (telescopes) know about this star...matter of fact! The DOGON tribe was the ones who told the scientist about SIRIUS!

    DO YOUR RESEARCH!

  • wait... if it hasn't happened in 20 years shouldn't there be a lot of guys like him?

    i guess i must not realize how much lower the birth rate is there or something.

  • one villiage idiot

    rest damas

  • DarkEclips wouldn't it be more important to wake up the people who think there is some kind of god and who therefore believe in whacky things like zombie jesus?

  • Yeah cause we all just popped up out of nothing by a serious of chance and coincidence. That makes more sense doesn't it? Ahahaha! Athiests, logical thinkers you are!

  • jomokariuki, you are dealing with a strawman you made up. I'm a scientist and I do not believe "we just popped out of nothing". That is made up by your slave masters (who lie to you) to keep you trapped. In other words, please go read The God Delusion. Read basic science.

  • Wrong, no straw man here. Typical of an atheist to assume that one who does not believe what they believe does not know basic science, actually it seems it seems I know more basic science than you. Then you mention slave masters who lied to me, wrong again you have no idea what i believe, but you then you say i should read a single biased and ill-informed book to get insight, seems to me that it is you who has been mislead, quite easily actually by Richard Dawkins.... Cont

  • Cont... By your statement, I assume that you believe science and Christianity are mutually exclusive. WRONG. Now let's talk basic science here, or more specifically Astrophysics. If you believe the scientifically proven Big Bang theory, it does indeed teach that the Universe was spontaneously created out of nothing. Basic science, but I'm sure you knew that..

  • jomokariuki, I don't need to 'believe' the big bang theory - I accept it as a good explanation of the evidence. Once you understand the evidence you will see the flaw in your thinking, namely that you think the big bang says everything came from nothing. That's a lie taught to you by other theists. The big bang doesn't deal with that at all. Learn about red shift, 4 degree k background radiation, Penzias and Wilson.

  • First of all I gotta correct a few things. The Big Bang Theory DOES indeed teach that the Universe came from nothing. ie that there WAS a beginning. That is a FACT... "A lie taught to me by theists"? that's a completely ignorant statement based on nothing! These are the basics of the Big Bang Theory! Red Shift and the other things you mentioned only go to prove the expansion of the universe.. so what?

  • Expansion of the universe is the big bang theory. The theory says nothing about what came before - not that NOTHING came before. Likewise evolutionary theory does not deal with abiogenesis.

  • that's not correct. the theory says that there was nothing before the big bang. it DOES say this. it says that there was in fact a beginning. Are you saying there was no beginning? And evolution, well if the universe had a beginning then everything in it did too. Fact. Why and how did organism begin to evolve? Well you tell me.

  • jomokariuki, apparently you don't know the evidence for the theory or you would not say 'there was nothing before the big bang". The word 'nothing' does not appear on the entire wikipedia page, for example. Learn a theory before you attack it. Sure, the big bang was a 'beginning'. That implies nothing about how it came about. Abiogenesis set up some kind of genetic system. Evolution takes over after that. They are separate theories.

  • The Universe had a beginning, prior to that there was nothing. And since the initial spontaneous the Universe has been continually expanding. This is the theory.. Tell me where I'm wrong.. This is according to astronomy and physics. In case you're confused, I believe in the Theory. And for you to say it's a lie taught by theists is completely stupid! The problem I find with atheists is that you get your information from each other but most of y'all are so uninformed!

  • No. We do not know what was 'before' the big bang, if that makes sense at all. Hawkins said it's a big sphere, so the big bang is just a point on the sphere. But there are other theories - brane theory and fractal multiverse theory. None of that is touched by the big bang theory. I get my information from reading the scientific literature.

  • I agree that we have no idea about the real starting point of existence. Actually Hawkins himself, who helped better the theory, said that his best explanation is that the Universe came from nothing. There was nothing, then there was something. As smart as he is, this is the best explanation he could give. As for the other theories, I don't know much about them, but from what I know, neither deals with a beginning. And there is not much to support them.. yet. Interesting though.

  • Please rovide an exact reference to the Hawkins quote. Agreed that the theories about what triggered the big bang don't have much support (that I know of). I like the idea of a huge fractal on which we are a tiny bud though.

  • Here it is

    /watch?v=-fpCIDD_hfk

  • Thanks. That's amazing. Well I suppose it goes to show that even smart people make mistakes ...

  • No worries, i was waiting for him to say something profound and i was shocked when he said that.. I really thought he would have some kind of explanation but nope. And so the miracle of existence and it's beginnings is still completely unsolved

  • Get back to the basics, a false teacher's only agenda is his own agenda. check the facts for yourself, and don't blindly follow fools like Richard Dawkins, he is not your God. Just cause he, and fools like him say something does not make it even remotely a fact.. Come on, wake up

  • Dawkins is only one input. Read his book, it's pretty good. I didn't find flaws in it. I frequently find flaws in theist writings. Some cases are so bad my mouth hits the floor and I can't respond because they come so thickly.

  • I can't comment cause I don't know which writings you are talking about

  • Look at just about anything produced by Muslims that are creationist. The number of flaws is astounding, even worse than the IDiots from the USA.

  • Which flaws exactly? Which American Idiots do you refer to? more info please.

  • jomokariuki, I wrote it as IDiots meaning intelligent design advocates. Dembski and Behe are the two main ones and their mistakes have been pretty well exposed.

  • who believes that?

  • JulieRebu07, the christians believe that a jew died and rose from the dead. So they believe in Zombie Jesus.

    It's quite humerus actually. A quick google for it gave "it's only a godly being thats wants you to eat its flesh and drink its blood so you to will become a mindless follower." in uncyclopedia.

  • "humerus"? That's the arm bone, not the word that means "funny," so you were pretty "humerus" there, lol/

    Naturally, this video is awesome because it accurately portrays a part of different culture.

  • TogrutaJedi thanks for the spelling tip!

  • when u say it like that it does sound weird lol that why we shouldnt judge other religious cuz if we look at each religion they all have a weird believe

  • well thats what they believe and we should respect it every religion has their weird believes

  • Yes because getting drunk and cumming everywhere is so much better.

  • Another ignorant fool, Who told you the only way to live is the way you live? They look pretty content to me so why should they live like you? You are completely ignorant to their culture and history (as I'm sure you are about many things), and although you might consider yourself intelligent, the ignorance in your comment actually highlights your stupidity.

    So I ask you, why are you so proud to flaunt your stupidity?

  • I think alot of these cultures need to be left the fuck alone and let them live with their traditions. It's the destruction of cultures and their traditions that ruin entire civilizations.

  • ...and you wonder why I called you ignorant so many times.

    some other words I could of used:

    Dense: slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity

    Idiot: a person of subnormal intelligence

  • That's why there's wars. People don't respect other people's beliefs and ways to live. I'm a christian myself and I respect the way that other people live since it is not doing any bad for me. Some people are just not mature enough.

  • There is a great irony in the name of their ceremony, for the ritual that makes boys into men "Dama" is also a word in Spanish that means "Lady" or "Woman."

    I find this to be pretty humorous.

  • haha.. that is quite funny

  • yeah i know thats the same thing i thought

  • Oh jesus, is this about genital mutilation?

  • That is really interesting...

  • no eternity0022:

    You are the one that is crazy, and cancerous which is proven by your comment. You must be a yovo?

  • first of all that was all a joke..why ppl cant understand sarcasm these days..f***

    second..Ive been brought up in a fucked up culture myself where some elders and society decides who you are and what you do..they make the biggest decisions of your life for you...

    well its easy for you to condemn me because u r trying to sound open minded and act as u respect other cultures. ..but hear me out..u feel its right?go live it and lets see how u'll end up.

  • I want to go to Mali and see the Dogon!

  • This is making me LMAO

  • WHY OH WHY cant i get this in the UK

  • hum...

  • Well between boyhood and manhood is being a teen right. Whats wrong with that?

  • lol.....good point.

  • Anytime you can afford elaborate pink fabrics things can't be that bad.

  • i'm guessing they dye clothes themselves

  • are u serious???

    wow :p

    you sad... sad person.

  • and u think ur better than people because u have empathy for people who couid give a fcuk about u ur an idiot! take care of urself and fuck off

  • agreed

  • Because you know anything about Africa or Africans. Your comment only highlights your own stupidity.

  • It's pretty obvious when you look at the facts, stupid.

  • Facts...? what do you actually know? not a damn thing! Once again, You know not a God damn thing about Africa or Africans, if you did, you would not say such stupid comments. Look up the definition of the word IGNORANT and see if it applies to you.. Once again, your comments only serve to highlight your own stupidity.

  • It's a shit hole, and you know it.

  • ig·no·rant (ig′nə rənt)

    adjective

    having little knowledge, education, or experience; uneducated; inexperienced

    lacking knowledge (in a particular area or matter)

    caused by or showing lack of knowledge or education

    unaware (of)

  • mo⋅ron /ˈmɔrɒn, ˈmoʊr-/ Show Spelled Pronunciation [mawr-on, mohr-] Show IPA

    Use moron in a Sentence

    noun

    1. a person who is notably stupid or lacking in good judgment.

    2. Psychology. a person of borderline intelligence in a former classification of mental retardation, having an intelligence quotient of 50 to 69.

    You're just angry because you know I'm right. Just look at what happened to Johannesburg after Mandella got elected. Your people are uncivilized.

  • You are just too stupid for words. You fit the definition of ignorant perfectly. Fact is you have not a clue about the issues facing the continent of Africa. You have no idea about the history of Africa and you have absolutely no idea about the history of civilizations worldwide. If you had any knowledge, you would know that every single civilization has faced hardship! are you so stupid you do not know this? Fool... If you want to talk about uncivilized..

  • Study the colonisation of Africa.. Study the colonisation of Australia.. Study the colonisation of America and so on.. Study the violent and barbaric disposition of whole races, whole cultures.. On there own land. Study the affects the culturally ignorant white people had on the people of these great nations! Study how it STILL affects the aboriginal people TODAY! And once you've done that, tell me if those were the actions of a civilized people!

  • Funny. When I was in Thailand I met this white girl from Austraila and she told me that she was an aboriginal Austrailian. I bust out laughin. I said "Dont eva say that to no Black Americans. They might take it as an insult." LOL! I said if you're an aboringinal Aussie then Im a Native American.

  • @Kinghercules She actually could have been, though. A lot of mixed race people, many of whom look plain ol' white, identify as Aboriginal and are acknowledged to be if they're accepted as Aboriginal in they're communities. Not unlike the black American community actually. However, if she really was just some anglo white girl then yeah, she's full of shit.

  • LOL

  • lol funny

  • i study this, in my african art class. KANAGA MASK!!!

  • awkward.....

  • Wow at that guys Adams apple..

  • monkeys

  • I Love their Art work, its simply Amazing

  • That was really cool.

  • Finally video that is available in my country. I started to hate NG!!!

  • Exactly wtf is up with 99% of the videos not being available for other countries?

  • Don't ask me. Stupid copyright and stuff...

    And what hurts me most, all of GOOD and NEW videos are only available to USA and GB... HATE it!

  • It might be because the other countries haven't aired a lot of stuff yet. USA and GB don't need subtitles.

  • yeah, none of the videos are available in the UK either.

    was getting annoying!

  • its because its not avalible in ur region its not ng its the utube that stops u from watching cause ur in deferent region.

  • pretty cool

  • Nice!

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