Yanomamo: Forest People ("Song of the Forest")

[Ilovecherlloyd1234]

The song is in a show called Yanomamo we did it at school. I am sadto say I know all of the words!

[brendanhave]

the western culture will approach amazon any angle they can to exploit its resources, here under the guise of gospel. we must not interfere with yonomamo

[Uvisir]

"we are forest peopleeee" LOL what the heck???

[Aspanaut]

Thumbs up if u watched the hole video

[brasucasoul]

It´s Yanomami not Yanomamo.

I know some of then.

[arzadi11]

they look like mexicans

[ClinamenCloud]

whats up with the music?

[jchurch1]

@ClinamenCloud In what way?

[dleddy14]

@jchurch1 In a noble savage ridiculous idealistic way. It's very stupid, but that makes it quite funny. It's almost Monte Python funny. I don't think the Yanomami walk around and do the things they do in there world with this music in their head. They are humans. They are not zoo animals.

[dleddy14]

@dleddy14 "their world"



[mrliamm1]

i wanna find the living trees song and the burn the trees and the last one about will they listen to all the secrets we know hahah

[LMFAOLOLKK]

I done this for a musical wow i loved it now pasing into secondary school years go fast!!

[iamamazingno1]

Hhaa We had to do this n year 6 in the Playhouse Hahaa good times!!!

[RicardoGreen2008]

We are the Guardians of Future Generations. How beautiful that these children remind us that, while, Democracy might not yet be Real Even in America, It is Still a Work In Progress, and, THAT"s the Conviction in the Beauty of their voices and faces, much more than any Yanomami Celebration, Whom By The Wayt I Visited and Life Magazine offered money for photographs I took of them, Yes, at war, and still tender people, just like us, Still at War, Love, Dick.

[dleddy14]

@RicardoGreen2008 The Yonomami take hallucinogenic drugs every day. That is why I respect them.

[IVRYTOWRCHAMBR]

Great video if you turn the fucking sound off!

[TheMidnightGames]

I can't just get this, why do they live nude? wondering what?

[eliaviel1]

It is a shame that the speaker says that the indians have lived for 20,000 years in the place as described. The Indian tribes migrating from Asia ( Siberia ) did so about 10,000 years ago

[0102106kls]

a bunch of demon devils 3:30

[0102106kls]

they destroyed these peoples life

[0102106kls]

jackasses like this wont leave them alone and the stupid ass music like this

[Epicpofunk]

Whatever to this song and Sting, but hey, Go Yanomano! Those people are waaay cooler than you or me. Less bullshit. More journeys through the spirit world/jungle world. This world desperately needs more animists.

[OoUISAoO]

2:16

[Duffslash92]

Back when this movie was shot, Yanemamö people of Venezuela were in constant warfare with each other, and this is only one aspect of their "peaceful nature". Other non-violent activities Yanemamö men engaged in were abducting women, gang raping them, as well as beating their wives.

Read Napoleon Chagnon's ethnography "Yanemamö: The Fierce People", he knows his stuff. 

[1Urganda1]

I hate this STING, he stinks

[henndri]

VERY NICE TRIBE, WITH UNIQUE TRADISINAL SONGS

[EcoRover]

The Yanomamo and other indigenous peoples are a good MODEL for our own postmodern future. It's not a matter of "becoming just like them" or enshrining them as "nobel savage"--it's a matter of finding guideposts for our own survival.

[guthywoodry]

Sorry, I could not sit through this. -These poor folks being patronised by gullible Western 'Trendies'.

All the while, there's a sense of unintentional, 'benign' exploitation going on.

Sting is a fine musician / artist but he must surely die of embarrassment every time he sees himself talking such patronising crap.

Some insist that the folks we see need protection against corporate-industrialist evil.

Others say its best to just leave these folks alone & don't interfere.

Anyone?

[saigonpunkid]

damn hippies.

[johndrummusic]

oh dear

[johndrummusic]

oh dear

[belzondium]

what a joke.

[GRAMMARFTW]

is that Bono?

[Bencheche72]

Yanomao culture could survive for thousands of years but why has sting and his friends conveniently ignored the treatment of Yamanoamo women. It is not uncommon to cub, burn beat or shoot arrows at women in their culture. Girtls are married off as young as 8 and it is not uncommon for husbands to rape and mutilate their wives.

[metabog]

They're also among the most violent tribes. They regularly rape women when they attack other villages, and enslave prisoners. They move from place to place when they finish the resources in a region, just like we do.

I don't see how there is anything we could possibly learn from them. It probably sounds all cute and hippie to think that they are somehow above modern society, but there's a reason why we grew out of this. I think some people are naive in this regard, especially Americans.

[slovakmath]

@metabog no one thinks they are better, they simply are a tribe that is threatened by the spicks and wetbacks who try to steal their land for gold. if this goes on, their whole culture will be destroyed and they will all be killed out. and if you seriously see nothing that we could learn from them than I really feel sorry for your tremendous lack of intelligence. I can instantly come up with 10 things where we could study them, to gain knowledge in the subjects of anthropology, nutrition, etc.

[metabog]

@slovakmath Alright, then tell me your examples and I will consider/refute them, possibly without calling you unintelligent.

[slovakmath]

@metabog they have the lowest blood pressure out of any group in teh world, due to their diet (but that is the topic of study to figure out why their blood pressure is so low). that alone is reason enough to pretect them to study. there are others but you can use your own imagination, or to assist imaginations...google them to see current ways in which Yanomami are studied, many uni's study this barbaric tribe.

[slovakmath]

@metabog also, yours and my ancestors prior to the agricultural revolution (~9000-4000BC in Europe) were hunters and gatherers...arent you curious to see how our own ancestors lived and all the shit they had to put up with?

[slovakmath]

@metabog and dont get me wrong, I am a product of western civilization... so I want to protect them for selfish reasons. I wont lie like liberals and say we need to do this on ethical grounds. They are full of shit, We have to study them, learn about them, possibly develop new drugs and cancer medicines from the plants they eat etc. but like i already said, i find it truly fascinating that they are still hunters and gatherers, so historians and anthropologists can learn how my ancestors lived

[metabog]

@slovakmath I agree with you on those terms. But when people say we should learn how to live more like them and be peaceful and other stuff like that, they don't realize that we have such an amazing advantage in ALL respects over them, because of our technology, medicine, laws, morality, etc. Their "peaceful" life is often about going to war with other tribes and being incredibly violent to one another over very stupid things that we have (for the most part) left behind a long time ago.

[mutilATE718]

@metabog No, we just send our confused and eager youth to go to war with foreign nations over lies to take their natural resources from them for our far too overindulged ways. Once the oil stops running and the clean water goes away in your neighborhood, I hope that you and your neighbors don't revert to being "incredibly violent to one another over very stupid things we have left behind a long time ago"

[universalmoor]

@ 2:25-2:59 the look that the lady gave whoever threw the bowl next to her was timeless. My very own mother has given me that look before. hilarious! i watched that look over and over again!

[ohitislove21]

This video just upsets me so much. It screams the whole idea of the noble savage. I thought we had moved out of this whole anti-Hobbes debacle.

[jchurch1]

@ohitislove21 How do you mean?

[scabyzmant]

@ohitislove21

Nonsense man, no one said this tribe was noble. In fact the Yanomamo were violent . What was noble I suppose was to see a people so far removed from our civilisation and yet thriving.

[dleddy14]

@ohitislove21 yea this video i bullshit, but its funny too, because its so stupid.

[dervishmadwhirler]

@ohitislove21 The idea of the noble savage stands firm, if you drop ridiculous white man's standards of ethics based in christian myth.

Nobility is a decidedly white conecpt, based upon the denial of the superiority of Nature. Class-distinctions based upon birth are very rare in Shamanic societies.

Basically, 'civilization' is only domestication. When we compare 'civilized' white people with the 'savage' black man, it is clear that shamanic society is much less cruel and injust.

[andybeet1]

love the song, better life for us all. i wish i was in the original choir. we are forest people the forest is our story. with our fathers wisdom we obey its hidden law.........

[tatamania8]

Yanomami is with i in the final >=(

[slovakmath]

@tatamania8 you freak... that is proper to sometimes end Yanomamo with an "i" at the end instead of an "o". do you also get mad when people end American with an "s" after american when using it in the plural? lmfao!

[tatamania8]

@TheRenatto0o cara yanomami é com I burrooooo te apoio

[iamtheverybestohyea]

the yanomamo are not as peaceful as they are dipicted in this video\song, they practice wife beating and violence is prevalent through every level of their society

[claudiasanz20]

Pechitilla@ no es que "Sting llama YANOMAMO" es que se llaman Yanomamo, el nombre Yanomami es xq un cura italiano los yamamba yanomami xq en italiano era varios Yanomamo.

[fenriz218]

Only saw them in 'Cannibal Holocaust' - vicious little cannibals, apparently at constant war with the Shamataris (Tree People).

[Thekat97]

3:56 till 4:00 lol :D

[0102106kls]

there starting to die off because the white man brought the flu to them, it's happening again just like in north america.

[Heyes00]

LMFAO!!!!!!!! at 3:30

[GTAplaya123]

my school is also doing this musical

[Blappogey3819]

whats your schools name,my school is even doing it

[HackValkyr]

haha

[nielsjoklein]

I don't like the song, it's too Christian, sweet and silky, it's not for me. But to see these images of Yanomamo tribesman, that's great! Let's be concious, that contact between our cultures is good, however, making an enormous effort to baptise the Yanomamo and subsequently endangering their culture is not the way to go.

[markayres1]

@nielsjoklein What an absolute crock! Dont listen to it then. If you can think of a better way of getting youngsters to take responsibilty for Our World then get on with it!

In the mean time keep your ridiculous comments to yourself or become extiinct yourself.

[MissHayleighMills]

Yanomamo i know all the songs of by heart cuuz my school is doing a musical for it... it is a fabulous musical... :)

[acerb45666555]

Honor song for Amazon warriors in Peru>>>>>>"Black Lodge Singers- Soldier Boy (Veteran Song)" they earned it!

[pechitilla]

Los "yanomami" que Sting llama yamomamo, son una tribu índigena del estado Amazonas en Venezuela.

[walaukana]

Chagnon talked about this society

he mentioned about Shabono, Kaobawa village,

patriarchal, cross-cousin bilateral marriage, aggressive society (Chagnon almost killed by the Yanomamo coz Alfred accused Chagnon) and many more.

[acerb45666555]

its strange! i can find tons of Cheyenne and Lakota, and Mohawk songs, but no songs from any South American tribes! except for one sung by lots of tribes at a gathering.

[jmnocera]

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[jmnocera]

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[xXxambzxXx]

I love this musical.. did it in year 6 in Primary School (:

Do you know where I could find the last song in the show? Can't find it anywhere!

x

[jchurch1]

the Title song? I'll upload it if you like

[xXxambzxXx]

that would be amazing!

Thankyouu :D

[jchurch1]

All uploaded for you!

[japmis]

what fond memories!!!!

[lovelyspuds]

I went to Oggy's too. This song is shit. Brilliat stuff.

[simsNo1fan]

er, i have to sing this in acembely :( i cnt sing high! lol

[MosesMakers]

Omg

My School was the first to sing the yanomamo songs and peter rose who write it was my teacher !!

[scabyzmant]

absolutely marvellous. Would love to see the whole production. Had neices involved at JFK in Hemel Hempstead. What fond memories.

[jchurch1]

Quite a few clips from the broadcast production have already been uploaded...if you have any of your own I'd love to see them

[uhohitsannie]

@scabyzmant I went to that school! I was just looking up this song because I was involved in that show. Great song :)

[dickmarellan]

Is this the song they sang on Wogan when Sting joined in?

[jchurch1]

not sure... does anyone have a copy of this?

[magicpony42]

HOLY FUCK that was soooooooo hilarious.

[lizzyh1982]

wow, havent seen this for such a long time. My sister is on this soundtrack she went to St Augustine's and was in the original cast of yanamamo, we have this video lying around somewhere that was recorded when it was on TV but havent been able to find it for such a long time.

[jspinac1]

good video

[jchurch1]

Thanks... do you know the show?

[scabyzmant]

yes, its a show for which a performance licence can be purchased for schools or groups to stage. Its a full musical with various good numbers like Jaguar and this one Forest People. Would be great for Junior High, and very topical still.