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

Original 1988 broadcast of "Song of the Forest" - based on the musical, Yanomamo by Peter Rose and Anne Conlon. Performed by the choir and musicians of St. Augustine's R.C. High School, Billington and narrated by STING

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[ClinamenCloud]

whats up with the music?

[jchurch1]

@ClinamenCloud In what way?

[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?

[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.

[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

[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.

[Uvisir]

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

[Aspanaut]

Thumbs up if u watched the hole video

[dleddy14]

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

[dleddy14]

@dleddy14 "their world"

[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]

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

[brasucasoul]

It´s Yanomami not Yanomamo.

I know some of then.