Ecuador, Vilcabamba Valley and eternal life | VPRO Documentary
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- Опубликовано: 7 ноя 2018
- In the Valley of Vilcabamba in Ecuador people get older than average. But why are people in Vilcabamba Valley older than in other villages? What is the secret of Vilcabamba so that people refer to it as the valley of eternal life? What´s so special about Vilcabamba that it has a reputation as a paradise for elderly people?
Dutch presenter and film maker Stef Biemans travels across the back of the Andes and wonders how people are doing in South America. In the fourth episode he visits the Vilcabamba valley of the valley of eternal life in Ecuador and tries to understand the magic of the place. What do vivacious centenarians do in Ecuador just below the equator to stay healthy, what is arranged for them when they get sick and how does the South American deal with old people?
The Vilcabamba Valley in Ecuador is known for its healthy elderly. The fit old man who interrupts his work on the land to give Stef Biemans a firm handshake, shows an official identity card with a date of birth in 1913. A little later he swings his hips while dancing.
Other elderly people in the valley also dance, in groups. Which does not mean that they all go whistling through life. It may well be a time to finish, says a woman of 89. But: "God keeps me alive. I wait until it is my time. "A voluntary end to earthly life is so unthinkable that Biemans does not even dare to touch the subject. Man proposes, God disposes. Or for many South Americans: God and his native helpers.
Original title: Het eeuwige leven (4/6) - Over de rug van de Andes
Presented by Stef Biemans
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Hermoso reportaje 👏👏 con mucho sentimiento en todos los sentidos 👌👍lo compartiré 🇪🇨🇪🇨🇪🇨
Ecuador is amazing
wat een geweldge film...ik ga zekker natoe...Dank U
Halleluzah👍👍
13:28 :)
21:40 the pig is sacrificed so that the woman will recover (see anthropological studies) - It seems then their secret of long life is to live several thousands of years before our era...
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Can i buy cannabis there for home use? if so what is the average cost?
Como se llama la musica que ponen cuando bailan?
Shazam?
Can someone please subtitle this in English? I’m desperate to watch this. Will be forever thankful!
Hi brendametube. You can put them on in CC (Closed Captions)!
Cual es el.nombre del periodista?
el presentator? el nombre es Stef Biemans, porque?
@@vproworldstories quiero buscar más trabajos suyos, es bastante interesante
Siguen tres episodos más con Stef Biemans! :)
How are we to turn on subtitles? It doesn’t seem to work.
Hi Karen Vivanco, the subs are in CC!
vpro world stories Thank you, but I still don’t know how to find that.
Don segundo tiene las manos de piedra
All it was said about the current president of Ecuador, it's false. He is not socialist at all, there are bad things spoken why he has ended up on a wheelchair. He cannot work more than 1 hour a day because he is lazy. He is an incompetent manager, he is even much worse as President. And those social politics, including the give away of food, meal and clothes in public schools, the inclusive measurements that helps disabled or isolated people to find jobs, were stablished by previous administration. Now Lenin decided to decrease the funds for education and promotes the subcontracting(outsourcing).Don'tgo so far, just check the statistics about poverty and social justice in Ecuador
Thank you, pro, for a most interesting and well researched video. I agree euthanasia should be an individual's choice for no one else suffer the physical and mental anguish when diseases and old age attack.
U are a very heartless person for ever thinking of asking that old lady about taking her life - shame on u and after i saw that i stopped watching your videos