Thanks for posting this video. I've been looking for this for a long time. I saw this documentary some twenty years ago in Discovery Channel but only parts of it on a rather poor audio from my old TV. Still, the sounds I heard from the documentary then never left me, because I thought I recognized some of the words that they were speaking. Now, after watching this video now, some twenty years later on the internet on a better audio, I now understand why their words were familiar -- because their language share a lot with the Ivatan language of Batanes, Philippines (about 200 km south of Lanyu). As the narrator said "my ancestors came from the south". South of Lanyu is Batanes, Philippines. Yes the Tao people of Lanyu have a lot of things in common with the Ivatans of the Philippines. Someday I want to visit the land of the Tao.
Great channel!!! I am so intrigued and fascinated about learning of the peoples and cultures and all the many languages of this world. It sad for me to think of all the ones that have been lost and forgotten. I try to teach my grand children about such things when we are together. Great content, great work.
Woah. This island yami is just next to my hometown island northern most last inhabited island in the Philippines ( Itbayat, Batanes). We called them " Irala" their language has quite similarity in our local language. Fun fact during Batanes Day Celebration their was an event which we have cultural exchange with them they come here in Batanes.
"Yami" is actually an exonym. They would rather call themselves "the Tao", which is now their official name recognized by the government. A recent movie on the Tao peaple is "Long Time No Sea" (2018), portraying an interesting psychological struggle between the efforts of reviving the traditional Tao marine culture and the pressure from the outside world. I enjoyed the performance of the boy actor Si Pangoyod (aka Chung Chia-Chun). He is a genius and deserves all the awards.
@@robego1660 Yes, exactly! Among the 16 officially recognized Austronesian indigenous languages of Taiwan, Tao is the only Philippine (Ivatan) language, whereas all the others are grouped as the Formosan languages.
@@changliangqu6627 this is true. Im Ivatan and I understand some of their language. I was born in Itbayat, Batanes (the last inhabited island in the Northern Philippines). Though our language has a bit different in Ivatan. We called it Itbayaten. Some towns here still practice this tradition quite simillar to what we call "mataw" this was during flying fish and dorado season.
Thank you million for this beautiful video. By this channel.., except Natgeo I I know evrrything about people's cultures over seas. In this century.., I thought all gone.., it turns out lots still remains., again ancestors is very powerful spirit to guide them being loyal to their cultures and Obviously Natures till now.
These people are the ancestors of modern pacific islanders especially the polynesians. their language spoken is more related to the Austronesian speakers. its good to document such unique cultures because it proves their continuity for posterity use and awareness.
Why is it amazing?. Just think about if your ancestors and yourself had kept your culture alive? You would be wiping your ass with tree barks and bathing twice a year.
Theirs a lot of similarity on the onset ritual practice before the first fishing day of the flying fish ( dibang called locally in Batan Island) season in march to may, of the Ivatan in Batanes. The dialect they speak had a lot in common with the us in Batanes ( Orchids flowers are common in Mt. Iraya, the highest Peak in Batanes), the Northern most Inhabited Island of the Philippines. ( The last frontier ). Merry Christmas !!! Thanks Slice
" He Tangata He Tangata He Tangata " " T'is People T'is People T'is People " China understands what is of the MOST VALUE upon this Earth... " He Whenua He Whenua He Whenua " " T'is Land T'is Land T'is Land "... Thoroughly enjoyed the video. can only fish for one kind of fish at a time, only as much needed.. Slowness of life enabled me moments of welcome relief from amongst the glass & steel jungle of city being..
This people are more Filipino in culture than of Taiwanese, only thing that set them apart is that there Island is nearest to Taiwan, so in short it is part of Taiwan's boundary. If only this Island was more of in between Taiwan and Philippines maybe we can have a hold to them for they are more Filipinos.
They must hang the fish before sunrise so that it's wind dry before the sun comes up. It will prevent the flies from laying their eggs in the fish causing worms. This is a technic that we used for smoking fish when I was a child. My father used to catch fish - sometimes up to 150 a day. We would overnight the fish in salt water and hang it before sunrise. We used to smoke catfish as it's not a good fish for frying. How I miss those old days! 😍👌🏾🌹
I don't understand why Taiwanese government build nuclear waste storage facility on these people's beautiful Island. The US government did the same thing on Enewetak Atoll, Marshall Islands. Something money can't buy to clean it up. Our ocean and Islands will be contaminated, our ways of life, our culture will be vanished.
These indigenous people, are actually practising very sound principles of conservation of those flying fish.Regulated catches at specific time/ season.This prevent the over exploitation of this resource allowing it time to replenish it self. There is much we can learn from them, how to live in harmony with nature and conserve the ecosystems anyhere in the world.
@Hazel Lumain When you see this fish on the market buy it slice the meat in a bowl mix lemon, dice ginger and onion put salt a little bit of vinegar watch it here ruclips.net/video/ZdAIFt_zUdE/видео.html
i couldnt imagine myself wearing T-Back 😝..seriously, i give my respect to this guys for how they handled nature, just get what they can consume is a longevity in a process
@@zigman7140 I go to the other end of The Philippines on Mindanao in summertime its between 30-35C and in winter its about 30-35C, There is no summer and winter there its called the wet and the dry season. They are further north so may be a bit little different.
@@zigman7140 The 2nd name of the tiny island is 火山島 （burning island ） The south of Taiwan is hot and burning hot without winter. Your coat and pants are not necessary for the island. The bamboo coat or leafy coat are more suitable for typhoons area.
@lily feng but in December it's very cold wind up to month of march or April because of the winds came from Siberia down to Taiwan and north Philippines
So amazed that they have belief like those about catching flying fish, and for them it called sacred fish, here in the philippines our fisherman catch this flying fish just like normal and very ordinary., also this is the one of the cheapest fish in the market.
I LOVE These People, The Yamis! It's so wonderful to see a People that stay within their culture and traditions. I feel this is an older documentary but I teared up when saw the ladies dancing together before their men went to sea!
I believe this is how is how god intended us to live live in a village community hunt for food build shelter to live in . Instead of the way we live now these people are truly blessed
Despite the high tech generation still this kind of native people hanging around in the forestrie amazin really!!! Wearing their native clothes what you call it??? Nice very....
Slice is 1 of my favorite here on youtube..
Thanks for posting this video. I've been looking for this for a long time.
I saw this documentary some twenty years ago in Discovery Channel but only parts of it on a rather poor audio from my old TV. Still, the sounds I heard from the documentary then never left me, because I thought I recognized some of the words that they were speaking.
Now, after watching this video now, some twenty years later on the internet on a better audio, I now understand why their words were familiar -- because their language share a lot with the Ivatan language of Batanes, Philippines (about 200 km south of Lanyu).
As the narrator said "my ancestors came from the south". South of Lanyu is Batanes, Philippines. Yes the Tao people of Lanyu have a lot of things in common with the Ivatans of the Philippines.
Someday I want to visit the land of the Tao.
Great channel!!! I am so intrigued and fascinated about learning of the peoples and cultures and all the many languages of this world. It sad for me to think of all the ones that have been lost and forgotten. I try to teach my grand children about such things when we are together. Great content, great work.
Me also and it makes me very thankful for what I have even tho I don't have much
The villagers spoke language very similar to Indonesian/Malay
Woah. This island yami is just next to my hometown island northern most last inhabited island in the Philippines ( Itbayat, Batanes). We called them
" Irala" their language has quite similarity in our local language. Fun fact during Batanes Day Celebration their was an event which we have cultural exchange with them they come here in Batanes.
They are the model of preserving nature and balancing the ecosystem, brilliant people yet indigenous
Wow nice ...
It saying we are under Chinese 🇨🇳 now! How come you saying Philippines? Is it Philippines is a province of China 🇨🇳???
@@oirenzedavran1759 7:08
MABUHAY
I always love watching this channel, salute to all the staff and the narrator is awesome
"Yami" is actually an exonym. They would rather call themselves "the Tao", which is now their official name recognized by the government. A recent movie on the Tao peaple is "Long Time No Sea" (2018), portraying an interesting psychological struggle between the efforts of reviving the traditional Tao marine culture and the pressure from the outside world. I enjoyed the performance of the boy actor Si Pangoyod (aka Chung Chia-Chun). He is a genius and deserves all the awards.
if you say "Tao " people ...it is same language use in the Philippines " Tao " means a person.
@@robego1660 Yes, exactly! Among the 16 officially recognized Austronesian indigenous languages of Taiwan, Tao is the only Philippine (Ivatan) language, whereas all the others are grouped as the Formosan languages.
@@changliangqu6627 this is true. Im Ivatan and I understand some of their language. I was born in Itbayat, Batanes (the last inhabited island in the Northern Philippines). Though our language has a bit different in Ivatan. We called it Itbayaten. Some towns here still practice this tradition quite simillar to what we call "mataw" this was during flying fish and dorado season.
@@ivatanklenon How nice! It's an honor to meet a real Ivatan!
how can I find that movie??
Amazing tribes and their traditions! Thanks Slice for unveiling such a lively documentary...
almost same tradition here philippines cordillera region
Great documentary. Thank you so much for the effort, the discpline and the sharing of your amazing work.
💗 Wow! Very wonderful filming! I grew up in Taiwan but only heard about Orchids Island, never been there. This was an eye-opening experience.
Thank you million for this beautiful video. By this channel.., except Natgeo I I know evrrything about people's cultures over seas. In this century.., I thought all gone.., it turns out lots still remains., again ancestors is very powerful spirit to guide them being loyal to their cultures and Obviously Natures till now.
These people are the ancestors of modern pacific islanders especially the polynesians. their language spoken is more related to the Austronesian speakers. its good to document such unique cultures because it proves their continuity for posterity use and awareness.
Would love to see how each tribe makes fire. The different techniques would make the documentary even more interesting
Another one! Thank you! So happy to see more of your work! 🙏
So neautiful I love there culture an the people hard workers.... awesome docos....
This make me want to re-watch Seediq Bale.. Good job
I always love to watch documentaries
Leztah dezmu.. me too..watching different documentaries makes us more knowledgeable, and understanding, more kind to people.
Beautiful people. Wonderful documentary. Thanks for sharing.
20.12.2021.Very good documentary.
Thank you amazing video. Make me travel to a free place, when people are natural, and conscient of the power of our planète.
Happy new year
That is amazing that they keep their culture alive
Why is it amazing?. Just think about if your ancestors and yourself had kept your culture alive? You would be wiping your ass with tree barks and bathing twice a year.
It’s staged
Theirs a lot of similarity on the onset ritual practice before the first fishing day of the flying fish ( dibang called locally in Batan Island) season in march to may, of the Ivatan in Batanes. The dialect they speak had a lot in common with the us in Batanes ( Orchids flowers are common in Mt. Iraya, the highest Peak in Batanes), the Northern most Inhabited Island of the Philippines. ( The last frontier ). Merry Christmas !!! Thanks Slice
like the singing rituals of IFUGAO's in cordillera
The member of their language belongs to the Yami-Itbayat dialect continuum.
You're essentially the same people.
Uyuud haha
Bkit prang hawak cla ng china? So meaning my lahing filipino sila kung my similarity sa dialect ng batanes.?
" He Tangata He Tangata He Tangata "
" T'is People T'is People T'is People "
China understands what is of the
MOST VALUE upon this Earth...
" He Whenua He Whenua He Whenua "
" T'is Land T'is Land T'is Land "...
Thoroughly enjoyed the video.
can only fish for one kind of fish at a time, only as much needed..
Slowness of life enabled me moments
of welcome relief from amongst the glass & steel jungle of city being..
Living life to its natural habitat and still they look happy I want to experience this one day
.....amazing 😍,,
Orchid island or irala island ,,, its very near in our island " itbayat" like 70 km,,,
VERY VERY INTERESTING
THANKS SLICE
I'm enjoying all this type of documentation thank you so much for making it. Watching 12-25-21 Merry Christmas everyone.
Great video. The song at 3:28 reminds me of Enigma's "RETURN TO INNOCENCE". Beautiful song.
One of the best Documentary
By the SLICE
Beautiful documentary .no words.thanks fo sharing.
I love this channel...
I hope the young generation of Taiwan can still see the indigenous culture in the future, thank you for making the record
*This channel is a TREASURE!*
Slice,beautiful 👏👏👏👍
Wow amazing beautiful RAINFOREST loVe it!
This people are more Filipino in culture than of Taiwanese, only thing that set them apart is that there Island is nearest to Taiwan, so in short it is part of Taiwan's boundary. If only this Island was more of in between Taiwan and Philippines maybe we can have a hold to them for they are more Filipinos.
Even their tradition and culture as well as their traditional costume are very much similar to our nagas of Northeast India( The Head Hunters).
They are Taiwanese, it's like saying that Bajau in Malaysia are 'more Filipinos' because they happen to be related to Bajaus in the Philippines
@@khust2993 indeed
@@khust2993exactly
@@khust2993 the bajau aint filipino. Indonesia has badjaus too. Also malaysians indonesians and filipinos are related anyway. All Austronesians are
They look like Philippines, i think they share alot in common. Wonderful life style.
Worth watching tuned 🇰🇪 🇰🇪
Amazing doc., thanks for sharing what otherwise we’d never experience. From California.
Awesome!!!
They must hang the fish before sunrise so that it's wind dry before the sun comes up. It will prevent the flies from laying their eggs in the fish causing worms.
This is a technic that we used for smoking fish when I was a child. My father used to catch fish - sometimes up to 150 a day. We would overnight the fish in salt water and hang it before sunrise. We used to smoke catfish as it's not a good fish for frying.
How I miss those old days! 😍👌🏾🌹
I don't understand why Taiwanese government build nuclear waste storage facility on these people's beautiful Island. The US government did the same thing on Enewetak Atoll, Marshall Islands. Something money can't buy to clean it up. Our ocean and Islands will be contaminated, our ways of life, our culture will be vanished.
Hoax
@@hazellumain7941what is???
Excellent.😀👍
These indigenous people, are actually practising very sound principles of conservation of those flying fish.Regulated catches at specific time/ season.This prevent the over exploitation of this resource allowing it time to replenish it self. There is much we can learn from them, how to live in harmony with nature and conserve the ecosystems anyhere in the world.
First time hearing of these people so much in this world we know nothing about these are proud people
They are the true natives of Taiwan and are closely related to the people of the Philippines.
That one guy looks much like my father in law. Asawa ko Filipina.
Hunting is my favourite 😊😄😊 best channel ever
Kamnanaaan! Maraaaaan! Kapian kamu pan Dios
Thanks for the good content
It is fascinating to see & hear of different traditions of peoples from around the World.
Amazing documentary, very interesting
Everything is sacred, i wish to live in this old time zone
Flying fish is so delicious I love to make kinilaw/Ceviche of this amazing fish
What
@Hazel Lumain When you see this fish on the market buy it slice the meat in a bowl mix lemon, dice ginger and onion put salt a little bit of vinegar watch it here ruclips.net/video/ZdAIFt_zUdE/видео.html
man, i love this channel
Good work 👍
i couldnt imagine myself wearing T-Back 😝..seriously, i give my respect to this guys for how they handled nature, just get what they can consume is a longevity in a process
Ya mean his banana hammock 😂😂
No interest to pay and no Capitalism in play = sustainable resources and peaceful life.
how about those full naked roaming around in a beach..
Lol right I think I just prefer to go butt naked before I wear a thong.
Is this English?
Hardcore people. Cold wind and sea and no warm clothing or shoes in sight.💪
It is very hot there. It is near south of Taiwan.
@@lilyfeng6598 I didn’t know that. What is their winter like?
@@zigman7140 I go to the other end of The Philippines on Mindanao in summertime its between 30-35C and in winter its about 30-35C, There is no summer and winter there its called the wet and the dry season.
They are further north so may be a bit little different.
@@zigman7140 The 2nd name of the tiny island is 火山島 （burning island ） The south of Taiwan is hot and burning hot without winter. Your coat and pants are not necessary for the island. The bamboo coat or leafy coat are more suitable for typhoons area.
@lily feng but in December it's very cold wind up to month of march or April because of the winds came from Siberia down to Taiwan and north Philippines
Wow! The flying fish are big!
Thanks a lot. I think I knew something but I know so little. Thanks for sharing 👍 😊
Darun video sir
感謝分享 台灣蘭嶼 達悟族
Their boats remind me what I learned it when I was in grade 1 or 2
Amazing channel
So amazed that they have belief like those about catching flying fish, and for them it called sacred fish, here in the philippines our fisherman catch this flying fish just like normal and very ordinary., also this is the one of the cheapest fish in the market.
Interesting 😮
I'm back again and this channel still not reach 1m subscriber yet...it deserve m...
17:00, igorots the kalanguya tribe in philippines do that too we call it ba-liw
What ikaw ang baliw
@@hazellumain7941 ba-liw hindi baliw🤣🤣
Together is indeed beautiful!!!!
I LOVE These People, The Yamis! It's so wonderful to see a People that stay within their culture and traditions. I feel this is an older documentary but I teared up when saw the ladies dancing together before their men went to sea!
Beautiful Village
Is Slice the new Vice? Both I really enjoy
Vice has strayed from documentary, and now is a propaganda network.
Beautifull photographi'ing
if your reading this.. RESPECT, MERRY XMAS. AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR TO YA 💯🥃
Good documentary and I really want to try this flying fish just to see what it taste like😂
Addicted to your content #SLICE🙏❤🗻🗻🗻🌲🌴🌊🐟🐠🐪🐃🍏🍋🌏
I realized how all the images of the video could reflect how it looked like hundreds of years ago for these people and their traditions.
In Swahili..
ya kutuvia..
( Fascinating)..
Very interesting
minute 0.43 u can see unknown shadow in the rock before the waves hit.. ghost?
The yamis culture looks similar to Filipino indigenous ppl. Maybe related in some way.
Near south of the Taiwan.
NORTHERN luzon IP are all most d same as them
The Yami tribe pf Orchid Island. Their speech is similar in soumd and inflection to the highly phonetic sound of the Luzon (Philippines) languages.
Awesome
I believe this is how is how god intended us to live live in a village community hunt for food build shelter to live in . Instead of the way we live now these people are truly blessed
They are really similar with nagas from notheast india dance and songs are very similar.
Researchers should research soon..the culture is very similar
💕
Are the younger generation not part or unwilling to continue their livelyhood? Despite their age they are still more than capable.
Damn they all cut up & fit af!
True happiness is in this island.
As a fisherman I have to say those fish are beautiful. They are probably tasty and healthy to eat too
There are many strange plants on this island maybe most of them are endemic species
Good chanel
Despite the high tech generation still this kind of native people hanging around in the forestrie amazin really!!! Wearing their native clothes what you call it??? Nice very....
To each his own
I appreciate them..💙🙏
Cool 😎
The boat ⛵ painting pattern is very similar to our Tangkhul Naga shawl from northeast India.
What is that animal called he catches in the dry river bed in the beginning? If i google fruit fox it only shows flying fruit bat
I think that was a civet cat, or "musang" in our dialect in Philippines
I think its tree dog
Looks like a formosan gem faced civet
@@aranduyo4597 thanks a lot!
It looked like a raccoon.
I could be wrong though….
that's how you respect and preserve resources, take what you need leave the rest, not an ounce of greed among these people.
Look like ISLAND OF BATANES PHILIPPINES which is near Taiwan too.
TRIBE IBATAN.
These are Astronesian people where all Filipinos came from.
Flying fish here in philippines especialy in my province roxas oriental mindoro are so many. Very easy to catch
everytime we passed this area on the way. to yokusuka, japan
flying fish littered our warship's weather deck
we have to sweep them overboard.
Man are naturally fit. I want my body to be like that when Im old.
Nice song