Ladino - 500 Years Young

[Paula2Wordsmith]

One woman's work to keep Ladino alive becomes a blessing to many!

[ThePerfectBlack100]

This video is about the Atlantic slave trade that started 500 years ago.Not about one day the Ladinos said hey let's move and go relax. Ladino people went through a genocide and exist in the Americas today most would not know it though. The slave trade knocked them out and gave them amnesia.Thank god for the ladinos who survived assimilation or not to survive is to keep the tradition alive.

[ThePerfectBlack100]

be fair to the ancient ladinos and say why they left spain it was because the Alhambra decree enslaved those ancient blacks along with the Moors the black blood is so strong 500 years later you can still see it in Yasmine face especially her mother she looks like my great aunt that is not a pale ashkenazi she is totally Sephardic

[blessedeternally7]

Hermosa :)

[ysuzuki1773]

I like this song from japan. it was really beautifull.

[allroundp4p]

@ysuzuki1773 you sound like a french guy

[beberia]

tqm

[bodhidharma66]

Fabulous. Yamsin singing with her mother is very moving.

[SAACAAS]

she reunites with his roots-blood, so proud and i too.

[masimimi]

can somebody tell me the name of the song in 3:59 ?!?!?

[mparmparos]

she's one of the greatest voice of this century but not only this what makes her so precious for many including me,but she has a posture,good manners and a kind heart that you can feel even via a video which only very few people can have in the world.

[Burklouben29]

Eres una judía excepcional Yasmin,y al parecer,de una moral altísima.Yo también diría lo mismo que tú al tener amigos de todas partes,¡Viva la mezcla de culturas y viva la paz!.

[michaelkokkinaris]

Ένας απίστευτος λυγμός για τις πατριδες της ψυχής μας,που θα τις βλέπουμε μόνο στα όνειρά μας.Yasmin Levy ευλογημένη!

[BamaBoy205SR]

@cypriot1965 You comment was retarded first of all you said from Ladino there was never such a place secondly 1492 was the year ladinos was sold into the americas from the signing of the alhambra decree

it is no secret as long as you can read again the alhambra decree of 1492 wich sent the moorish and ladinos into the slave system in the Americas the Alhambra decree of 1492 was the start of the Transatlantic slave trade

[Mamipunky]

Es muy emocionante ver como han guardado con tanto amor la lengua de una tierra que les expulsó... Me siento muy hermanada con ellos, nuestros hermanos sefardies.

[kanfor]

Hoy, gracias a Youtube, he descubierto que existe el LADINO ;-D

[Salamistico]

Feliz navidad Yasmin

[jonerol24]

La más bella canción en ladino que haya escuchado..cuanto desería que todos mis hermanos despetaran de su somnoencia y se vuelvan a nuestro único Padre y Soberano...el Eterno y Creador de Israel la Grande....

[sherpah]

muchos españoles se parecen a los sefardis, esa chica podria ser española , quiero decir que habra un legado también de sangre.

[luciferiexcelsil]

@sherpah Sefardi significa Español, tal como Ashkenazi significa aleman

[AngeloSantoni]

@GranVelezMalaga Tío, tenía que ser diplomática. No querrías que encendiera una hoguera allí mismo con declaraciones poco prudentes (aun cuando fueran ciertas). Después de todo, ninguno de los allí presentes tuvo que ver con los hechos. Por cierto, si fuera así como sugieres acerca de la ciudadanía, posiblemente yo también tendría la nacionalidad española, pues en mi árbol genealógico figuran sefardíes conversos (no sé si antes o después de llegar) que se refugiaron en Ferrara y otras ciudades.

[Salamistico]

Hola Yasmin,¿Cómo te va la vida?.A ver si aciertas lo que me ha hecho acordarme de tí y que he cenado precisamente hoy,y todo por verte hacerlo con tu madre en este vídeo:¡Hervido de acelgas!,¡Toma ya!.

[indgiu]

Habla ella ladino al principio? porque suena igual al español. Por cierto el acento suena un poquito latinoamericano.

[Trevoc2]

@BamaBoy205SR Ahhhh, BamaBoy, excuse me, but this is about the beautiful songs that were sung here in Ladino. Why do you feel you have to bring you Alabama fighting spirit into this nice quiet and beautiful song??

I guess some people just can't resist a fight, no matter where or with whom. Why not go to another channel where the discussion of slavery is already in progress and let us listen and read about Ladino and Ladino music???

[BamaBoy205SR]

@Trevoc2 i take it you were not affected by the Alhambra decree of 1492 that kicked off the slave trade

[Trevoc2]

@BamaBoy205SR I wont turn this into a discussion that you want it to go to...this is about music and you want it turn into slave trade. Please, take your aches and pains somewhere where you are wanted instead of spoiling for the rest of us a moment of quiet Ladino music.

No more replies to your posts.... Shalom, Adio

[BamaBoy205SR]

@Trevoc2 so is that a yes or no

[BamaBoy205SR]

@Trevoc2 as i thought this video has nothing to do with you and the 500 years of hell Blacks had to go thru after the alhambra decree wich sparked the slavetrade of Moors and ladinos

[beglat]

@BamaBoy205SR

A los judios se les expulsó en 1492, antes de que Colón llegara a America.

Revisa tus fechas porque me parece realmente extraño que, si Colon llegó en Octubre de 1492 a la isla a la denominó LA ESPAÑOLA, ese mismo año se pormulgara un decreto de un territorio que no existia.

[Strikesis]

@BamaBoy205SR

Where the heck did that come from, this is the language of the Sephardi Jewish of which I descend. I think black people would resent this comment because they originated in Africa and have had enough of your kind.. Awe but you wouldn't know about that would you white boy?

[BamaBoy205SR]

@Strikesis white are you calling me white you dam cracker stop lying and look at what the lady is saying you are white that is the only reason the video 500 years later offend you it is 518 years we have been enslaved in the Americas jack ass the Alhambra decree of 1492 signed us Away first to go was the moors and ladinos of spain and Africa secondly was the ancient nation of ghana then the Mamelukes were beat in 1502 then the congo ect. This video has nothing to do with you

[mb002009]

I love this video. The beautiful voices and the relationship between Yasmin and her mother, their conversation. Thank you for sharing..

[ogringofromdownunder]

I speak a little Spanish and this is fully understandable to me=p a nice dialect by all means

[Macaframa1]

funny how so many people think they are experts because they read half of an erroneous wikipedia entry lol

[xicarebeldeway]

Yamina Levy la mejo voz ladino :) saludos desde mallorca

[jjx1x]

I'm turkish/muslim, I can understand most of written ladino (if it's written in latin letters) And I dont even speak spanish! If you speak french and turkish, you understand like 90% of the written form.....

Whats the name of the last song?

[JurionDZ]

Bello encontrar españoles que lejos de su tierra aman la lengua y la tierra de sus antepasados hasta tal punto. Para mí sois españoles como el que más.

Saludos desde España

[shcoun]

i love you yasmin

[MenechemShaul]

Brings a tear to my eye! My Family was kicked out in 1492 and we moved to Holland! Very Beautiful, Kol Ha kavod!

[Powerless04]

where can i find the rest???

[TheMankindopinion]

adios adios querida!!! no quiero la vida que amargaste tu!!!!!!

same SPANISH!!!!!

[thekingofmoney2000]

@TheMankindopinion no it's not...it's "adio kerida, no kiero la vida me la amargastes tu" similar, but the spelling and a few words are different...she is speaking in modern spanish in other parts of the interview...you should watch some other videos of latino in youtube...it has had significant influences from portuguese and french...it's still closer to castilian spanish, but it has its differences.

[Kaguamax]

Yo siempre lo he pensado, 1492 el año de la encrucijada, porque España gano America, pero perdio escencia cultural: Musulmana y Hebrea, al expulsar Españoles de diferente credo, pero que amaban su Patria, que aunque lo nieguen algunos ultra-derechistas, la lengua ahi esta, aun viva despues de 500 años: Ladino, nunca morira, porque es Sefardi, es Español. שלום

[ReysRandomRails]

Anyone know where I can get this film?

[gruveygirl420]

How absolutely beautiful. I found out 15 years ago that my family was/is Jewish. Hearing Ladino-the music, tha language, it's just like going home.

[Afficionado532]

Does anyone know where this movie/documentary is available??

[BookLoverforLife]

beautiful song!

[mail2onur]

When Spanish king ordered all jews of spain either be christian or die, Turkish ottoman empire saved them and settled ~200.000 jews to Thessaloniki, izmir(Smyrna) and Istanbul.

They lived in peace along with Muslims and Christians till 1840 for 400 years but when Greece got separated from Ottoman empire, more than half of them forced to go away from Thessaloniki because they weren't Christians and the remaining Jews of Thessaloniki unfortunately massacred by hitler at WW-II.

[Bellydancingnana101]

Mother and daughter singing ... the voices of angels. Thank you.

[masimimi]

can somebody tell me the titel of the song at 3:58 ???

[GruntO331]

beautiful, beyond words, this touches my soul. thank you.

[iSPaLiTo]

El día que España se partió en dos y aún nos seguimos buscando

[halilibosaka]

Allahım sesine kurban, birgün tekrar geleceksin Türkiye'ye inanıyorum :(

[mos225]

קליפ מרגש  !

[IranKedisi]

that's a bit of a stretch, to say they always felt safe...there were attacks on the Jews in Mamluk Egypt as well as during other points in history..blaming the Zionists for everything is oversimplifying to say the least. Muslims should take responsibilty for their actions in the modern world, without always blaming Zionists and the west for all of their problems

[donttry101]

she is talking about when the jews left spain. the jews left spain when the arab / muslim rule ended there. the fact that the jews have always felt safe living with and around muslim arabs

(until the Zionists appeared in the picture) is now very much ignored today.

[mckazok]

+1 where can I get it?

[MoonSpirit1911]

whats the name of that film...and where can I get it?Im so curious!

[ruht1000]

Pues mira, yo aquí estoy, llorando...

[Salamistico]

Hola Yasmin,¿Cómo estás?.Te vengo a decir que no quisiera darte la lata,por mucho que te vea haciendo lo que haces en esa estrofa de este vídeo,con la misma historia,y estar "dale que te pego" y,como decía el "Voyagas":Siempre con lo mismo,¿Estás bien o qué?,porque un amigo como yo siempre te desea ser feliz y que triunfes al conseguir,junto a muchos otros,que el antiquísimo idioma ladino se mantenga.Yasmin,te quiero.

[walterfranco]

Kara Yasmin, endyamantada ke seas de bien para bien, brava famya kien tu dates buen mazal

[Salamistico]

Yasmin,te vas a poner verde tú sola con tanto hervido de acelgas,¿No estás harta ya de tantas acelgas?.Te recomiendo que puedes cambiar,en cualquier momento,con unas judías verdes por ejemplo,o brécoli,o coliflor,aunque,si las mezclas todas,también puedes optar por hacer un puré de verduras,que tan bueno está también.

[plenty2say]

What a BEAUTIFUL FAMILY. Everyone should be this blessed.

[Iberico19]

es bonito pensar que una lengua tan bella proceda de nuestra lengua el castellano jeje lo k me d pena esla expulsion tanto de lso judios como lso mulsumaes de españa segun he leido estos amaban a españa tanto como lso cristianos tuvo k ser un palo dejar su tierra :(

[tetuanista1900]

soy de los musulmanes que tuvieron q dejar a españa ( weno mis antepasadoos xd )

la verdaaad aun k naci y tengo nacionalidad marroqui pero todos los moriscos y sefardies amamos a españa

es la tierra de la convivenci

[cal0815]

@Iberico19 atribuyelo a una bonita combinacion de fanatismo religioso por parte de los Reyes Catolicos, y el hecho que Fernando estaba hasta los cojones de deudas con prestamistas judios.

[sephardiboi]

I love this video i have sephardi anecestory.I speak hebrew and modern day spanish but i can understand ladino the language of my ancestors.

[bahraouik]

Ladino and haketia are sephardic jewish languages...haketia is extiguished already it was the language spoken by moroccan jews very similar to ladino and heavily influenced by moroccan arabic...

[Salamistico]

Hola Yasmin,¿Cómo va eso?,Atiéndeme,acordándome de la escena de este vídeo donde estás con tu madre preparando el hervido,os recomendaría no tirar los troncos blancos de las acelgas,o sea,las pencas,porque están buenísimas hechas en salsa.Díselo un día a tu madre y,si sabe hacer,pídele que haga un día pencas en salsa.

[ozlemler]

Does anyone someone Know the Name of the song begins to play at 4 min ????

Could someone please tell me the name of the song ????

Its soooooooo beautiful !!!!!!!

[MoonSpirit1911]

@ozlemler I search for the name too..so did you find it somewhere?

greets

[EnchantingNature]

I'm not jewish but I've heard Iadino and yiddish spoken and I think Ladino is so beautiful. I hope it doesn't become an extinct language.

[TheMankindopinion]

@EnchantingNature extinct language??? i dont think so cause is same as spanish except the writing changes a little but sounds exactly the same. i am mexican and i do understand every single word

[thekingofmoney2000]

@TheMankindopinion Ladino also has hebrew words in it..she is speaking in Spanish to the audience, not Ladino...look at other videos on youtube in Ladino, it is still very similar to modern day Spanish, but there are differences that go beyond spelling.

[thekingofmoney2000]

@TheMankindopinion and it is a dying language among Sephardic jews, very few speak it anymore...

[TheMankindopinion]

@thekingofmoney2000 i worked for a jewish family who speak hebrew and they always play ocho kandelikas para ti in hanukah and they never understand a word of the song!!! my exboss was jealous of me cause i do!! i know the writing is different than spanish but is so much easier for an spanish speaker than a hebrew speaker to understand it.

[dewytripp]

@TheMankindopinion its a totally different language, it 's a mish mash of 15th century Spanish with western euro languages and a bit of old Hebrew. so really the songs are pretty understandable but the spoken language is really nothing like modern day Spanish. I know, ive heard it.

[dewytripp]

@TheMankindopinion its a totally different language, it 's a mish mash of 15th century Spanish with western euro languages and a bit of old Hebrew. the songs are pretty understandable but the spoken language is really nothing like modern day Spanish. I know, ive heard it.

[TheMankindopinion]

@dewytripp i can translate every single of her song's with my spanish!!!! if you speak spanish you may be able to do it too. if you only speak hebrew you may not!!!!

modern spanish is totally different then the xlv century , it has a lot of arab words on it. there are 2 kinds of spanish catalan and castellano. jewish people came to america together with the spanyards in 1492 and they kept speaking spanish maybe sephardic was lost in europe but not in america!!!!

[thekingofmoney2000]

@TheMankindopinion Catalan is not Spanish! Catalan is older than spanish and is a language in its own right...it's closer to French then to Spanish! 

[iSPaLiTo]

@thekingofmoney2000 Spanish (castilian) is the oldest romance language, see "cartularios de valpuesta 1804" we only have testimonies of french since 1814. In fact all romance languages have the same origin and the same seniority. Catalonian is very closed to occitan not to french

[thekingofmoney2000]

@iSPaLiTo occitan is still closer to french than spanish...and I'm not putting spanish down, I'm just saying that Ladino is different than modern spanish in both pronunciation and vocabulary.

[iSPaLiTo]

@thekingofmoney2000 occitan is still closer to catalonian than french or spanish. And ladino is the spanish of XV century is very closed to actual more than argentinian or mexican dialect. You can not use the same measure to english language than a romance language

i was confused in the last post, French = 814 ac. Spanish = 804 ac. "cartularios de Valpuesta" that old spanish is very diferent than actual. Perhaps the invention of printing froze language

[DrVegal]

@EnchantingNature Do not be afraid It will not happen. Ladino is Spanish a little bit old but spanish, so, they will last forever. If you want to watch a ladino movie: "Everytime We Say Goodbye" with Tom Hanks, you can get it at Amazon.com

[Salamistico]

Pues yo,aquí estoy disfrutando del buen aroma a pólvora Yasmin,porque ya están disparando las mascletás de Fallas,pero acordándome de tí siempre,y del esfuerzo tan grande que haceis tú y otros cantantes sefardíes para que el idioma ladino se mantenga,el cual califico de formidable,y sé que vosotros lo podeis conseguir.

[Salamistico]

Como verás no puedo ser más atento y en todos los vídeos te escribo algo porque,de verdad Yasmin,no hay nadie como tú en la música sefardí.

Tu amigo Antonio,de Myspace,desde Valencia

[Salamistico]

Mi querida Yasmin,¡Que buena eres cantando,que tipazo tienes,y que buena mano la tuya para hacer un hervido de acelgas!,porque me he quedado flipado viendo esa parte de tu vídeo,en que estás con tu madre preparándolo mientras oís cantar a tu padre,¡Viva Yasmin Levy!.Tú puedes conservar con tu música el idioma ladino.

[masimimi]

whats the name of the song at the 4. min?

[morrismosart]

May God bless these people who preserve a beautiful cultural flower in their hearts,

as with 'Bukharian' jews (Sherali Jurayev),

the Chaabi Arabic singers.... It's blooming again

[generationsackcloth]

יסמין היא הדבר הגדול הבא של ישראל, אני מבטיח לך! אני מקווה שהיא בקרוב סיורים דרום אמריקה, הקאריביים, הפיליפינים ...