We Filipinos no matter what situation, we always carry happiness with us. Materialism is not our priority, but practicality, family, and sustainability is our priority. The after effect with all of that combined is our hospitality.
Having spent time in so called poorer countries I say they are richer than they think. They may not have material possessions like us in the west but the have a connection to family,community and spirituality that we gave up to keep up with the Jones’s
That was my experience. I have never met so many good people with thier hearts and minds in the right place. I was deeply touched. I sometimes wish I never left. I LOVE the Phillipines!
Hospitality? This claim doesn't reflect much with your behaviour online. Filipinos have always been known as the most aggressive and toxic internet users in Southeast Asia, especially in the realm of video games. Inferiority complex much?
I have met and spent time with men like this, but on Mindanao. What I admire about them is that they are not angry or indignant. They accept what is and what must be and still they never give up. Filipinos are strong people.
@@valkyrie4679 They dont use them. These guys shimmy right up with bare feet. I paid a guy to get coconuts for me. My soft American feet aren't up for it. I DID see one guy using a strap like a giant belt though. It seemed like he was not the usual.
I have been in this beautiful country for over 10 years now. What I have learned from Filipinos is there never ending resilience and ability to overcome hardship. They are the most amazing people and I am honored to call many my friends and family.
At 13:32 tears when their dad came home and the kids started helping him offloading the stuff he carried. It tells how the family is sharing everything!!
Now I understand why this is an award-winning documentary. It moved me to tears. My heartfelt salute to all the farmers out there. Thank you for sharing it. ❤
The Filipino people have never lost sight of their humanity. They have earned my admiration and my respect. I wish them well. This is an excellent film - congratulations!
That if you’re willing to pay higher for your expenses. The higher the labor cost the pricier the product gets and besides not all farmers work in a billionaire’s hacienda. So who’s gonna pay them?
Financial literacy is one thing n dpat itinituro sa mga farmers, farming is not just planting ang harvesting,my pera n involve which is nagiging dahilan ng pagka ubos ng resources kun hindi marunong mag manage ng pera..
A very humbling story. Could guarantee that everyone who has watched this now has an increased appreciation for when they buy any form of coconut product... 🙏
Respect to those Filipino farners who work hard to provide their family. Respect to all village Farmers in all part of this world. Greet from Indonesia.
It would be a beautiful solution if these hardworking people from the Philippines got a better price for this product. Every traider selling coconut gets abetter price then the ones that cultivate the pure nut. If the Philippine people die from starvation nobody will earn a penny. Think about that!
That's what the fair trade scheme is for. But how many people are really prepared to pay the extra 20p or so on each item? Don't think I've seen it fair trade fresh coconut though.. but organic growers 'usually' pay a bit better & have better working conditions Even if it's not expecting farmers to poison themselves with pesticides. Proper, small scale organic farming I mean. And I did say usually,so please don't send me with your stories to make an argument 😂 And yes, philippinos are the sweetest most patient, cheerful people I've met. Afghans coming close second 🥰❤️🌟
And here we are in America, hating each other, more divided, disconnected from community, and unhappy than ever. Makes all of our worries and stress seem meaningless. God bless these folks, I hope they can sustain this lifestyle for many years to come.
😍Respect to those Filipino farners who work hard to provide their family. Respect to all village Farmers in all part of this world. Greet from Indonesia.
Copra production in the west is a multi billion dollar industry and the thought that they can exploit these hard working men, women and families by naming their own price is a testament to the greed of Colonial industry. Thank you for sharing this video. May God bless and protect the people in it. Stay safe be strong live free.😍🌎☀️🌧️
I'm really with them..I can feel their hardship..their labor..if I have , surely they are on my list to share my blessings. They are living with dignity. And I'm proud of these people. I'm proud being raised by these group of people.
This just popped up on my RUclips page. Recognized the title as a word from my native language. The video is very well made, simultaneously heartwarming and heartbreaking. Reminded me of my time growing up there. Many of my classmates and neighbors did this hard and dangerous work to help their parents and families, sometimes forced by circumstance to skip school. Admirable work ethic and industry. Thank you for making this film. I have a feeling this is from the town where I grew up. Background conversation in the beginning sounds like how people from my town would talk. Some phrasing in the second sentence are also unique to how we say those words, quite distinct from how people from nearby towns would talk. If not Tubignons, then I'd guess Can-avidnons, only because some of my classmates then from the neighboring town had those last names.
I was mesmerized by the man climbing the tree. I cannot begin to imagine the dexterity, endurance, and courage it would take to do that. And then, when he got to the top he began dropping the coconuts while hanging on presumably with one hand till he had completed his task. It gave me goosebumps. [EDIT] and that's all before the dangerous task of climbing back down.
To give you a better picture, they climb several trees each. Let's assume the basket of coconut meat he brought home to sell was 30 kilos, at 30 pesos/kilo (50 US cents), he will get $15 for the haul. Assuming that they don't own the plantation, then probably a third of that $15 goes to the owner leaving him $10 in earnings.
@@jeffbeck9347 Thanks for that enlightening reply. They deserve much more, but perhaps they already have a type of wealth that the rich will never understand. I truly admire them.
'the earth provides happiness to my mind and soul' is such a profound and remarkable statement! full of wisdom, knowledge, and experience that most of us would never know or understand!
Los hombres del coco, de la palma, de la tierra y el sol... ¡Qué ejemplo de dignidad y sutilezas! Gracias a los autores del documental por compartirlo... Gracias.
SANTA VERDAD. UN POEMA ESTE PEQUEÑÒ HOMENAJE. PHILIPPINE PEOPLE TODO CORAZON. INCREIBLE HISTORIA ANCESTRAL THAT MOST IGNORE...💗💥💗 Sorry Caps. Old lady hands.
Such a beautiful dialect spoken. And a great documentary. Love being Filipino. Our culture and ways run thru the our blood, even as an American raised 4th generation Filipino. We are strong, hard working and resilient.
I was shocked when the man spoke in Waray because this is the first documentary film I've watched which is focused to Waray people, especially farmers. I live in Eastern Samar too that's why I can relate with them. 11:37 as a daughter of a farmer, this is so true. Paglulukad is one of the sources of our income but it's not always kasi depende lang kung may bunga na ba ang mga puno ng niyog. This is soooo good, I love this. To you who made this, thank you so much for this and this may be late but congratulations for winning 🎉❤️
Han kabataan pa kami makalilipay ko man at an pag-upod kon manbabagtak na han lubi kay excited kami pangaon han bo-ay.. o kaya kon diri naupod, naaro hin pasalubong nga bo-ay. Oh God... kasimple la ngayan an akon kalipayan hadto.. pero kay ano nahinga-oraw man ak yana pakakita ko hine nga short film.
All small farms are being bought-up. Those remaining are forced to produce genetically modified crops created from genetically altered seeds. All of our meat will soon be grown in laboratories mixed with crickets and other insects. Only the elite ruling class will eat real meat, in addition to vegetables and fruits derived from natural, God-created plants.
God bless these working men. All I know about Copra is feeding it to my horses. How sad to be feeding a majestic animal, but not knowing the intense work and labour involved by these beautiful humble men. May the new earth rise soon so every man woman and child lives in peace and abundance ❤️🙏❤️
This is a amazing documentary, I was crying pagkatpos ng video I dont know why. Today is 2020 and bakit ngaun ko lng ito npanuod since 2015 p ito. My mother is from visayas and lagi nya nai-kwekwento sa amin ang buhay nila ng nasa visayas sila, I was clueless pero iniintindi ko ang mga sinasabi nya na maswerte n kami ngaun dahil hindi namin naranasan ang buhay nila sa visaya, this is the exact lifestyle n naikwekwento nya sa akin and I'm really happy to watch this because this is a eye-opener to us n clueless sa mga napagdadaanan ng mga farmers natin. Kudos to Films and I wish n mkagawa pa kau ng mga eye-opener n film kagaya nito. And I wish n naibabahagi din sa mainstream yung ganitong mga film para maging aware ang current generation s sitwasyon ng mga farmers natin. Thank you for this film. :)
Kung sino pa yung nagpapakahirap, sila pa yung mas lalong nagpapakahirap... I hope one day, there would be someone from the govt who would take courage to help the Filipino farmer to rise up. Because they are the one who are feeding the people of the Philippines, but unfortunately, they are also the one who are greatly starving:< \
The purpose why I watched this video is to learn something about film production because I'll be having a course related to it. I'm glad that it's not only knowledge I gained here, it somehow touched and inspired me as well.
So touching! I can relate it very well as I am from the land of coconuts in India. Thanks for making this film and I sincerely hope things change in a better way for these farmers 🙏
What does that mean...change for the better? You want them to have LGBT rights and drag queens reading to them in public libraries? You want them to have access to a chick fila 2 miles down the road were they can ingest chicken injected with hormones? As an american....I looks like they have it better than us.
Vietnamese refugees never been pirated by Filipinos. They helped us and they are the last country who allow us to stay, they did not send us back to Vietnam like other South East Asia countries. Thai pirates were nightmare to Vietnamese refugees. May God bless Filipinos and their beautiful country. Philippine was our ally before 1975, and Filipinos soldiers helped South Vietnam to fight Viet Communist. We never forgot that. God bless you ❤
I am an American who grew up in the Philippines. One day my mother fixed a large and delicious meal. My father drove to the compound where there were Vietnamese refugees. We laid out a blanket and invited a Vietnamese family to share the picnic with. We could not communicate, but we shared wonderful food for them.
Philippine people are very wonderful people. The last administration which was in power when this was made did little to nothing for the people. I hope this administration does much more for the poor people. Very caring and giving peoples. From an American living in the Philippines. Much love.
Mabuhay ang ang mga magsasaka! Praying talaga na mabigyan ng at pag tuonan ng Gobyerno ang agriculture 🙏 As a daughter of a farmer, ang hirap na walang mapagkukunan ng tubig, kasi pag walang ulan, gugutomin talaga at abono sana kasi sobrang mahal na. Kudos for doing these beautiful documentary.
I know these people are extremely hardworking and are exploited (the world is designed to exploit). But I can't help but feel envious at their lifestyle at the same time. The natural beauty of their surroundings and the simpleness of it. Our priorities are so wrong in this world.
As a Waray and from Eastern Samar, I can relate to these farmers, Paglulukad or the process of smoking coconut (I think it is used for making commercial cooking oil) is what most farmers occasionally do, it is the fastest and the easiest way to earn money than planting rice, though you can probably earn more in planting rice but Paglulukad is less in management since you only wait for the coconut to turn brown, unlike planting rice that requires proper irrigation and pest control. When I was a kid, I used to come with them and help removing husk from the shell which really requires manpower. It was priced $1 per kilogram but sadly now its priced around $0.5, it is so sad to the fact that Philippines is an agricultural country but farmers are the poorest. As what they have said in the video, its also challenging for them to harvest when there is calamities. Eastern Samar is situated at the Eastern most part of the Philippines where we mostly welcome typhoons coming from the Pacific Ocean, this I guess one of the reason why our province struggle in economic development. Today, I'm bit happy to see my place improves in the previous years, we have already McDonald's and Jollibee and few department stores and a lot of MSMEs that compromises the business industry. However, farmers are now the minority because of the inflation and the country's lack of support in agricultural industry. For me, the reason why other regions and provinces do not develop is because how centralized our country, it always the Metro-Manila that gets the opportunities especially in policy-making.
I felt warm watching this video..when they have a team & produce they have to convert it into a product . from a coconut they can extract oil and convert it into soap..they can produce broom sticks from the leafs.. they can extract nectar and convert in to sugar or jaggery..they can give it their clans name and market world wide..since philippino people are very hard working and dedicated I feel they can turn out a success story and inspire the world
Repect to all the farmers from Malaysia. Like ur film, coconut plantations in my country were replaced with palm oil since 40yrs ago☹. I take only coconut oil since 20yrs ago. And cook rice with mature coconut milk mixed its water everyday. I hv stopped taking vege or olive oils, creamer or margerine or dairy products. I'm 68 yrs young still strong to earn a living as a tailor. ❤🇲🇾
Such a beautiful story thank you for sharing. I grow up on a coconut farm I know the hard work that comes with coconut farming. Sometimes you just break even if you are lucky most of the time after paying the workers there is no profit that’s why I feel so bad for the coconut farmers. I am fortunate enough to be able to help my family ..I hope and wish that the price of copra will go up someday .
"The earth has given us a way of life, but she is taking it away." This is Kinabuhi (life). She hasn't taking it away, it is us, us who disconnected with her. Destruction from the urban has brought punishment to the rural.
Un documental conmovedor que me ha hecho pensar en la indiferencia que tenemos hacia el trabajo de los agricultores y los esfuerzos tan grandes que ellos realizan y las condiciones tan precarias de su vida.
The narration is in Waray, the native dialect of northeastern parts of Leyte, where I was born. This vid makes me miss our little and humble Huron! Thanks very much!
Es bello y sobrecogedor ver esta comunidad en Filipinas, con todo lo que pasa alrededor del Coco como medio de sustento de vida... personas amables que trabajan con altruismo y dignidad, requieren mucho el aporte del Gobierno y probablemente de entidadwa internacionales. Saludos desde Colombia.❤
Such a rich,food providing forest，full of biodiversity，and local people with hard, yet beautiful work to live with nature✨I just can't help admire them🍀
sad truth is happening to our farmers in the philippines that the government doesnt notice and the worsening corruption is causing the farmers in the rural areas to suffer
Wow! A great film. It made me aware of the situation of our brothers producing copra. May our government notice them and be able to help them improve productivity and provide additional resources or tools . Congratulations to the film makers on this. It made me also appreciate them and their products better.
Thanx for making this film. They are so skillful & yet there pay is low. So humble for what they do. I pray things will improve for them. God's Grace is & will be definitely with them.
The best most deeply felt laughs I’ve ever experienced have been with my Filipino friends There is something unique and endearing in all I’ve known. I also am a lover of coconut I truly use it in many dishes This documentary is excellent These men are in the highest level of athleticism and fitness and they probably have never even thought about it
It's a very nice documentary with a great title. Congrats to the film maker. :) I love nature and Filipinos are very abundant and rich. In contrast to the mentality of having a simple life is poor. Life surrounded by nature's abundance is actually KINABUHI :) That is what real life is about. But, we need to respect and live in harmony with nature if we want the abundance to remain. The narrator said, he observed that the typhoon gets stronger each time. The reason being is the way of living itself. I respect farmers and it's not their fault that they are not taught that copra process shown in the video here had contributed to the havoc of nature. Climate Change. The very Earth we live in is alive, whatever we do with her, we do to ourselves. Last time I was in Philippines, it was sunset time. I was enjoying my time alone at the beach and saw some coconut leaves and husks from copra lying around. I excitedly made a fire and when the fire was just starting to get big suddenly some few rain drops started to trickle down. And the raindrops quickly extinguished the fire and the rain stop right away when the fire was out. I have very close relationship with the Mother Earth and I knew right away what was intended. The next day, I flew my drone and I was shocked to see that there were so many smokes in different areas but there's no fire. Only coconut trees everywhere, that was in Quezon province. I found out that it was from copra making. All Filipinos and humans can live harmoniously with nature. There's another way to live, not just by having income from copra. Also there are inventions that are smokeless to make copra. Plus, instead of planting coconut trees only, why not variety of fruit trees and etc. People can start learning about permaculture or food forest. So the farmer doesn't have to focus on having coconuts but different fruits that he can sell from his own forests. It's time to return the forest that was ruined just to make way for coconut agriculture. It's nice to see different varieties of fruit bearing trees and plants in a forest. A farmer can observe that the next typhoon will not pass over the forest or might pass but will not create havoc because it will be pleased to see her forest. To the film maker, hope you can make a film again about the people and the nature, having solutions in living harmoniously with nature. To nourish the Earth where we live in and she will continue to nourish us back with abundance.
thank you for taking time to explain this.. there is often more information than we know. We all have to keep learning and growing.. I pray for their healthy happy holy evolution and for all of Us to live in harmony on the precious magnificent Earth together.
It is hoped they established a cooperative to fight big agricultural foreign business interests. This is a way of life and part of their culture. Continuity is what will keep this tradition alive. They deserve remuneration for their hard work and skills.
Being exploited for their hard work is something that must be regulated..a peaceful existance for those who have known this life for many generations..may their life continue with less struggle.🌴🌴
Very proud of fact we have some nature product sellers still alive and know importance of real organic offer...proud of this community, I am sure in times to come these will shine:)...Keep up the good work!
Its Heart touching. I might not be in that situation but I understand it deep with in. The struggles and the hardship they face. Just to feed their families 🙏🥺
“You know what's just as powerful as a good cup of coffee in the morning? Starting your day with some good, loving thoughts. It can change how your whole day unfolds.” ― Karen Salmansohn
your the king of your bussines , no reporting to manager no head ache, people stuy for 18 years to become slaves under somone but you have your life set free.
Farmers all over the world run into similar problems, they seem to be universal in a globalized economy, with few regulations and the worst thing is that these farmers are put into competition with each others at their own expense. This phenomenon started is the 60s for various economic reasons, but that's besides the point. Farmers all over the world have no leverage or control over prices, when everyone else in the selling chain adjusts their prices and margins untill it reaches the consumer (I've worked in the sale of fruits and vegetables and no one is naive), the landscape and climate conditions become harder and harder to manage, in huge part because of government regulations and administration, sometimes it's at a more global level. The transition of societies and economies to consumption models created these problems, it doesn't mean that we have to go back to 19th century farming and economies, but that governments need to become competent and to take their responsabilities. If not farmers are going to need to become really creative and to develop their own leverage, they might need guidance and counseling doing so. Or peasants are going to disappear and to be replaced by agro-industries and industrial farming and we now for a fact that we're going to run into global starvations with that model, because of how eroded and destroyed the soils are becoming. There's very competent people around the globe that have a big part of the answers, but they run into the diverging interests of people that don't have reasons yet to want to see any change. That's why farmers need leverage before it's too late. If peasants killing themselves daily and having their properties taken away from them isn't enough to mobilize entire human societies, starvations might be enough... But again it might be too late by then, it could take 20 years like it could take 200, depending on how fast changes happen and how different factors evolve. That's exactly why no one fucks with ecologists and green parties, because they have absolutely no clue about what they're talking about and their reasoning stops at an ideological level. It gets worst everywhere they take power, at all levels and in all areas.
Naalala kupa noon nung nagtrabahu pa ako sa land survey dun sa leyte samar. Niyog talaga makapagbigay nang lakas sa mga katawan namin para sa pag.akyat namin sa bukid para magsusurvey nang lupa..
These wonderful people should never starve ,they work hard and dangerously.Coconut oil retails in NZ for $18 a litre seems the middleman and supermarkets gouging ..
The coconut farmers are kept poor so that the owners of the plantation would always have people working for them. It is sad to note when a farmer said that if/ when the price of copra continues to go down, they would starve again. The poor are always exploited by the rich.
Interesting. In southern India for this same task they use a simple cocofibre rope loop. Twist it around the treetrunk and around their ankles and grip. Heave up. Grip. Up..
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We Filipinos no matter what situation, we always carry happiness with us. Materialism is not our priority, but practicality, family, and sustainability is our priority. The after effect with all of that combined is our hospitality.
Having spent time in so called poorer countries I say they are richer than they think. They may not have material possessions like us in the west but the have a connection to family,community and spirituality that we gave up to keep up with the Jones’s
That was my experience. I have never met so many good people with thier hearts and minds in the right place. I was deeply touched. I sometimes wish I never left. I LOVE the Phillipines!
Beautiful way of life 🧬
True, I saw them with smiling faces always
Hospitality? This claim doesn't reflect much with your behaviour online. Filipinos have always been known as the most aggressive and toxic internet users in Southeast Asia, especially in the realm of video games. Inferiority complex much?
I have met and spent time with men like this, but on Mindanao. What I admire about them is that they are not angry or indignant. They accept what is and what must be and still they never give up. Filipinos are strong people.
Ignorance is bliss in that sense.
HAVE MET MANY IN THE U.S.
HUMBLE TO EXTREMES, GENEROUS ,GENTLE. IF THEY ONLY KNEW THEIR HISTORY. 💗💥
How is this a must? This is crazy. They need harnesses. Its insanity to take chances like this.
@@valkyrie4679 They dont use them. These guys shimmy right up with bare feet. I paid a guy to get coconuts for me. My soft American feet aren't up for it. I DID see one guy using a strap like a giant belt though. It seemed like he was not the usual.
The people of the world should watch this. Love the country your from. It's to bad Americans don't do it.
I have been in this beautiful country for over 10 years now. What I have learned from Filipinos is there never ending resilience and ability to overcome hardship.
They are the most amazing people and I am honored to call many my friends and family.
At 13:32 tears when their dad came home and the kids started helping him offloading the stuff he carried. It tells how the family is sharing everything!!
Now I understand why this is an award-winning documentary. It moved me to tears. My heartfelt salute to all the farmers out there. Thank you for sharing it. ❤
The Filipino people have never lost sight of their humanity. They have earned my admiration and my respect. I wish them well. This is an excellent film - congratulations!
To bad the multinationals that own thier labor and land never had sight of anyone's humanity
Except for the fact that cyclonic storms have been getting weaker over the years.
Its the reality of phil farmers here, they deserve much higher pay for their hardwork. I salute and respect every farmers.
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That if you’re willing to pay higher for your expenses. The higher the labor cost the pricier the product gets and besides not all farmers work in a billionaire’s hacienda. So who’s gonna pay them?
Financial literacy is one thing n dpat itinituro sa mga farmers,
farming is not just planting ang harvesting,my pera n involve which is nagiging dahilan ng pagka ubos ng resources kun hindi marunong mag manage ng pera..
Lifes not fair unfortunatly, & deserve has nothing to do with it( more about the rich & gready 1%)
Respect and love for these humble coconut 🥥 farmers.
Love from Pakistan ❤
Respect and gratitude to all coconut farmers everywhere in the world! 🙏❤️
A very humbling story. Could guarantee that everyone who has watched this now has an increased appreciation for when they buy any form of coconut product... 🙏
Very few coconuts are harvested by hand...
Respect to those Filipino farners who work hard to provide their family. Respect to all village Farmers in all part of this world. Greet from Indonesia.
It would be a beautiful solution if these hardworking people from the Philippines got a better price for this product. Every traider selling coconut gets abetter price then the ones that cultivate the pure nut. If the Philippine people die from starvation nobody will earn a penny. Think about that!
Provide just enough to survive for thier families and profits at zero cost to the multinationals that own the land they work. How beautiful
That's what the fair trade scheme is for. But how many people are really prepared to pay the extra 20p or so on each item? Don't think I've seen it fair trade fresh coconut though.. but organic growers 'usually' pay a bit better & have better working conditions
Even if it's not expecting farmers to poison themselves with pesticides. Proper, small scale organic farming I mean. And I did say usually,so please don't send me with your stories to make an argument 😂 And yes, philippinos are the sweetest most patient, cheerful people I've met. Afghans coming close second 🥰❤️🌟
And here we are in America, hating each other, more divided, disconnected from community, and unhappy than ever. Makes all of our worries and stress seem meaningless. God bless these folks, I hope they can sustain this lifestyle for many years to come.
😍Respect to those Filipino farners who work hard to provide their family. Respect to all village Farmers in all part of this world. Greet from Indonesia.
ive help support 4 filipino families for 15yrs from here in the states its been quite an adventure i tell you
Copra production in the west is a multi billion dollar industry and the thought that they can exploit these hard working men, women and families by naming their own price is a testament to the greed of Colonial industry. Thank you for sharing this video.
May God bless and protect the people in it.
Stay safe be strong live free.😍🌎☀️🌧️
I'm really with them..I can feel their hardship..their labor..if I have , surely they are on my list to share my blessings. They are living with dignity. And I'm proud of these people. I'm proud being raised by these group of people.
This just popped up on my RUclips page. Recognized the title as a word from my native language. The video is very well made, simultaneously heartwarming and heartbreaking. Reminded me of my time growing up there. Many of my classmates and neighbors did this hard and dangerous work to help their parents and families, sometimes forced by circumstance to skip school. Admirable work ethic and industry. Thank you for making this film.
I have a feeling this is from the town where I grew up. Background conversation in the beginning sounds like how people from my town would talk. Some phrasing in the second sentence are also unique to how we say those words, quite distinct from how people from nearby towns would talk. If not Tubignons, then I'd guess Can-avidnons, only because some of my classmates then from the neighboring town had those last names.
I was mesmerized by the man climbing the tree. I cannot begin to imagine the dexterity, endurance, and courage it would take to do that. And then, when he got to the top he began dropping the coconuts while hanging on presumably with one hand till he had completed his task. It gave me goosebumps. [EDIT] and that's all before the dangerous task of climbing back down.
To give you a better picture, they climb several trees each. Let's assume the basket of coconut meat he brought home to sell was 30 kilos, at 30 pesos/kilo (50 US cents), he will get $15 for the haul. Assuming that they don't own the plantation, then probably a third of that $15 goes to the owner leaving him $10 in earnings.
@@jeffbeck9347 Thanks for that enlightening reply. They deserve much more, but perhaps they already have a type of wealth that the rich will never understand. I truly admire them.
Dati umakyat rin ako nang puno nang niyog
@@FRS2011 Ikaw ay napakatapang at sanay
@@DATo_DATonian dati Yun kabataan pa ngaun wala na
'the earth provides happiness to my mind and soul' is such a profound and remarkable statement! full of wisdom, knowledge, and experience that most of us would never know or understand!
Los hombres del coco, de la palma, de la tierra y el sol... ¡Qué ejemplo de dignidad y sutilezas! Gracias a los autores del documental por compartirlo... Gracias.
SANTA VERDAD. UN POEMA ESTE PEQUEÑÒ HOMENAJE. PHILIPPINE PEOPLE TODO CORAZON. INCREIBLE HISTORIA ANCESTRAL
THAT MOST IGNORE...💗💥💗
Sorry Caps. Old lady hands.
Such a beautiful dialect spoken. And a great documentary. Love being Filipino. Our culture and ways run thru the our blood, even as an American raised 4th generation Filipino. We are strong, hard working and resilient.
The skill and the strenght of this men is amazing 👍
45 years ago I climbed a coconut tree myself; it was very, very difficult.
I was shocked when the man spoke in Waray because this is the first documentary film I've watched which is focused to Waray people, especially farmers. I live in Eastern Samar too that's why I can relate with them.
11:37 as a daughter of a farmer, this is so true. Paglulukad is one of the sources of our income but it's not always kasi depende lang kung may bunga na ba ang mga puno ng niyog.
This is soooo good, I love this. To you who made this, thank you so much for this and this may be late but congratulations for winning 🎉❤️
I wish you wouldn't do another language suddenly in the middle of a text. I'm trying to understand but yeah
@@celestia6971 ...not always because it always depends if there are coconuts available for harvest.
Han kabataan pa kami makalilipay ko man at an pag-upod kon manbabagtak na han lubi kay excited kami pangaon han bo-ay.. o kaya kon diri naupod, naaro hin pasalubong nga bo-ay. Oh God... kasimple la ngayan an akon kalipayan hadto.. pero kay ano nahinga-oraw man ak yana pakakita ko hine nga short film.
The reality is, WITHOUT FARMERS WE ARE NOTHING. They are vital to keep the world spinning.
All small farms are being bought-up. Those remaining are forced to produce genetically modified crops created from genetically altered seeds. All of our meat will soon be grown in laboratories mixed with crickets and other insects. Only the elite ruling class will eat real meat, in addition to vegetables and fruits derived from natural, God-created plants.
God bless these working men. All I know about Copra is feeding it to my horses. How sad to be feeding a majestic animal, but not knowing the intense work and labour involved by these beautiful humble men. May the new earth rise soon so every man woman and child lives in peace and abundance ❤️🙏❤️
The very small % of multi billionairs & zillionairs, would never allow every man, woman & child to live in PEACE or sufficient ABUNDANCE ?
@beentheredonethat1525 they only have apparent or temporal power. Not ultimate power.
The New Easrt is what Jesus will create after burning up sin and sinners and all things sinners have ever created.
This is a amazing documentary, I was crying pagkatpos ng video I dont know why. Today is 2020 and bakit ngaun ko lng ito npanuod since 2015 p ito. My mother is from visayas and lagi nya nai-kwekwento sa amin ang buhay nila ng nasa visayas sila, I was clueless pero iniintindi ko ang mga sinasabi nya na maswerte n kami ngaun dahil hindi namin naranasan ang buhay nila sa visaya, this is the exact lifestyle n naikwekwento nya sa akin and I'm really happy to watch this because this is a eye-opener to us n clueless sa mga napagdadaanan ng mga farmers natin. Kudos to Films and I wish n mkagawa pa kau ng mga eye-opener n film kagaya nito. And I wish n naibabahagi din sa mainstream yung ganitong mga film para maging aware ang current generation s sitwasyon ng mga farmers natin. Thank you for this film. :)
Mi tindog aho mga balahibo samtang ga basa ani na comment.
To everyone that touches, teaches and informs us - an immeasurable gratitude for your insights.
Kung sino pa yung nagpapakahirap, sila pa yung mas lalong nagpapakahirap...
I hope one day, there would be someone from the govt who would take courage to help the Filipino farmer to rise up. Because they are the one who are feeding the people of the Philippines, but unfortunately, they are also the one who are greatly starving:<
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The purpose why I watched this video is to learn something about film production because I'll be having a course related to it. I'm glad that it's not only knowledge I gained here, it somehow touched and inspired me as well.
So touching! I can relate it very well as I am from the land of coconuts in India. Thanks for making this film and I sincerely hope things change in a better way for these farmers 🙏
What does that mean...change for the better? You want them to have LGBT rights and drag queens reading to them in public libraries? You want them to have access to a chick fila 2 miles down the road were they can ingest chicken injected with hormones? As an american....I looks like they have it better than us.
Digo land, just south of Mombasa, Kenya, is coconut country. The trees are dying, the nuts get smaller, lifestyles under threat. Its a pity.
Vietnamese refugees never been pirated by Filipinos. They helped us and they are the last country who allow us to stay, they did not send us back to Vietnam like other South East Asia countries. Thai pirates were nightmare to Vietnamese refugees.
May God bless Filipinos and their beautiful country. Philippine was our ally before 1975, and Filipinos soldiers helped South Vietnam to fight Viet Communist. We never forgot that. God bless you ❤
I am an American who grew up in the Philippines. One day my mother fixed a large and delicious meal. My father drove to the compound where there were Vietnamese refugees. We laid out a blanket and invited a Vietnamese family to share the picnic with. We could not communicate, but we shared wonderful food for them.
Philippine people are very wonderful people. The last administration which was in power when this was made did little to nothing for the people. I hope this administration does much more for the poor people. Very caring and giving peoples. From an American living in the Philippines. Much love.
Mabuhay ang ang mga magsasaka! Praying talaga na mabigyan ng at pag tuonan ng Gobyerno ang agriculture 🙏 As a daughter of a farmer, ang hirap na walang mapagkukunan ng tubig, kasi pag walang ulan, gugutomin talaga at abono sana kasi sobrang mahal na. Kudos for doing these beautiful documentary.
I know these people are extremely hardworking and are exploited (the world is designed to exploit). But I can't help but feel envious at their lifestyle at the same time. The natural beauty of their surroundings and the simpleness of it. Our priorities are so wrong in this world.
As a Waray and from Eastern Samar, I can relate to these farmers, Paglulukad or the process of smoking coconut (I think it is used for making commercial cooking oil) is what most farmers occasionally do, it is the fastest and the easiest way to earn money than planting rice, though you can probably earn more in planting rice but Paglulukad is less in management since you only wait for the coconut to turn brown, unlike planting rice that requires proper irrigation and pest control.
When I was a kid, I used to come with them and help removing husk from the shell which really requires manpower. It was priced $1 per kilogram but sadly now its priced around $0.5, it is so sad to the fact that Philippines is an agricultural country but farmers are the poorest.
As what they have said in the video, its also challenging for them to harvest when there is calamities. Eastern Samar is situated at the Eastern most part of the Philippines where we mostly welcome typhoons coming from the Pacific Ocean, this I guess one of the reason why our province struggle in economic development.
Today, I'm bit happy to see my place improves in the previous years, we have already McDonald's and Jollibee and few department stores and a lot of MSMEs that compromises the business industry. However, farmers are now the minority because of the inflation and the country's lack of support in agricultural industry.
For me, the reason why other regions and provinces do not develop is because how centralized our country, it always the Metro-Manila that gets the opportunities especially in policy-making.
I felt warm watching this video..when they have a team & produce they have to convert it into a product . from a coconut they can extract oil and convert it into soap..they can produce broom sticks from the leafs.. they can extract nectar and convert in to sugar or jaggery..they can give it their clans name and market world wide..since philippino people are very hard working and dedicated I feel they can turn out a success story and inspire the world
Nakapunta na ako sa Pilipinas, sila ay mga kamangha manghang tao, marami silang ginagawa na may napakakaunting. Blessings 💓🙏
I will never forget how i cried watching this film and having myself repeatedly say, "If i could only do something"
We can all DO something! Maybe just different “things”. Maybe it’s the materialism that has clouded our eyes, we forget what is truly important.
Да, мы тоже можем быть счастливы, если научимся видеть жизнь.
So beautiful to see this people working; so sad to know how little they earn. Wish they owned their business. The Best!
Nandito ka dahil sa module, same
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Beautiful people, beautiful land, beautiful food and a way of life!
This is so heartwarming, farmers deserved better kita. I hope I can be a better Agriculturist for them in the future!!
Repect to all the farmers from Malaysia. Like ur film, coconut plantations in my country were replaced with palm oil since 40yrs ago☹.
I take only coconut oil since 20yrs ago. And cook rice with mature coconut milk mixed its water everyday. I hv stopped taking vege or olive oils, creamer or margerine or dairy products.
I'm 68 yrs young still strong to earn a living as a tailor. ❤🇲🇾
I pray to God for these Brothers and their families as He leads them into His provision for them day by day; GOD IS FAITHFUL!
Such a beautiful story thank you for sharing. I grow up on a coconut farm I know the hard work that comes with coconut farming. Sometimes you just break even if you are lucky most of the time after paying the workers there is no profit that’s why I feel so bad for the coconut farmers. I am fortunate enough to be able to help my family ..I hope and wish that the price of copra will go up someday .
now i know why this is an award winning documentary... it made me cry, thank you for sharing this... and salute to all the farmers out there!!
"The earth has given us a way of life, but she is taking it away."
This is Kinabuhi (life).
She hasn't taking it away, it is us, us who disconnected with her.
Destruction from the urban has brought punishment to the rural.
Un documental conmovedor que me ha hecho pensar en la indiferencia que tenemos hacia el trabajo de los agricultores y los esfuerzos tan grandes que ellos realizan y las condiciones tan precarias de su vida.
We Filipinos no matter what situation we always carry happiness with us. Materialsm is not our priority, but practicality, family and
This is heart touching for hustlers in developing countries states' people.
The narration is in Waray, the native dialect of northeastern parts of Leyte, where I was born. This vid makes me miss our little and humble Huron! Thanks very much!
Es bello y sobrecogedor ver esta comunidad en Filipinas, con todo lo que pasa alrededor del Coco como medio de sustento de vida... personas amables que trabajan con altruismo y dignidad, requieren mucho el aporte del Gobierno y probablemente de entidadwa internacionales. Saludos desde Colombia.❤
Such a rich,food providing forest，full of biodiversity，and local people with hard,
yet beautiful work to live
with nature✨I just can't help
admire them🍀
A coconut plantation?
Million thumbs up to all farmers!!!
sad truth is happening to our farmers in the philippines that the government doesnt notice and the worsening corruption is causing the farmers in the rural areas to suffer
Brought tears to my eyes and magical memories of my childhood.
Wow! A great film. It made me aware of the situation of our brothers producing copra. May our government notice them and be able to help them improve productivity and provide additional resources or tools . Congratulations to the film makers on this. It made me also appreciate them and their products better.
Thanx for making this film. They are so skillful & yet there pay is low. So humble for what they do. I pray things will improve for them. God's Grace is & will be definitely with them.
The best most deeply felt laughs I’ve ever experienced have been with my Filipino friends There is something unique and endearing in all I’ve known. I also am a lover of coconut I truly use it in many dishes This documentary is excellent These men are in the highest level of athleticism and fitness and they probably have never even thought about it
#proud to be mindanaon farmer (MAGSASAKA) how to learn survived (LIFE) kinabuhi!!
Thank you for sharing this. Thank you for paying homage to our famers.
It's a very nice documentary with a great title. Congrats to the film maker. :) I love nature and Filipinos are very abundant and rich. In contrast to the mentality of having a simple life is poor. Life surrounded by nature's abundance is actually KINABUHI :) That is what real life is about. But, we need to respect and live in harmony with nature if we want the abundance to remain. The narrator said, he observed that the typhoon gets stronger each time. The reason being is the way of living itself. I respect farmers and it's not their fault that they are not taught that copra process shown in the video here had contributed to the havoc of nature. Climate Change. The very Earth we live in is alive, whatever we do with her, we do to ourselves.
Last time I was in Philippines, it was sunset time. I was enjoying my time alone at the beach and saw some coconut leaves and husks from copra lying around. I excitedly made a fire and when the fire was just starting to get big suddenly some few rain drops started to trickle down. And the raindrops quickly extinguished the fire and the rain stop right away when the fire was out. I have very close relationship with the Mother Earth and I knew right away what was intended. The next day, I flew my drone and I was shocked to see that there were so many smokes in different areas but there's no fire. Only coconut trees everywhere, that was in Quezon province. I found out that it was from copra making.
All Filipinos and humans can live harmoniously with nature. There's another way to live, not just by having income from copra. Also there are inventions that are smokeless to make copra. Plus, instead of planting coconut trees only, why not variety of fruit trees and etc. People can start learning about permaculture or food forest. So the farmer doesn't have to focus on having coconuts but different fruits that he can sell from his own forests. It's time to return the forest that was ruined just to make way for coconut agriculture. It's nice to see different varieties of fruit bearing trees and plants in a forest. A farmer can observe that the next typhoon will not pass over the forest or might pass but will not create havoc because it will be pleased to see her forest. To the film maker, hope you can make a film again about the people and the nature, having solutions in living harmoniously with nature. To nourish the Earth where we live in and she will continue to nourish us back with abundance.
BOWING TO YOUR UNDERSTANDING AND COMPASSION. 💗💥
thank you for taking time to explain this.. there is often more information than we know. We all have to keep learning and growing.. I pray for their healthy happy holy evolution and for all of Us to live in harmony on the precious magnificent Earth together.
It is observed fact that cyclonic storm strength has been decreasing slightly over the last 50 years.
It is hoped they established a cooperative to fight big agricultural foreign business interests. This is a way of life and part of their culture. Continuity is what will keep this tradition alive. They deserve remuneration for their hard work and skills.
If I was a wealthy man, I would help everyone of these noble gentlemen.
Being exploited for their hard work is something that must be regulated..a peaceful existance for those who have known this life for many generations..may their life continue with less struggle.🌴🌴
I'm from Tacloban and first time watching this. So proud and grateful to be a waray-waray! 🫶💕
very humble souls...i saw one before eating make sign of cross...ther just simple poor people an lots of mouths to feed... prayers for them alll
What health and safety in the work place you are talking about in the west? this is the way of life in the Filipinos and the way of Kali!
Casi los entiendo!
I speak Spanish and French and some Portuguese, I can understand so much of what he says! Unreal….lovely!
Great people, Great heart. I love this people❤
All farmers should be paid a fair price for their work.
Hard but sweet lives. These men are amazing.💐
Very proud of fact we have some nature product sellers still alive and know importance of real organic offer...proud of this community, I am sure in times to come these will shine:)...Keep up the good work!
they need safety belts for when they climbe the trees
@@davidleker9482 Yeah. Even if many of them are practically experts in climbing coconut trees there are still accidents that happen sometimes.
Graceful and gracious, in act and spirit, a pleasure to witness.
How they do to climb on the palm trees I’m scared, respect for this amazing people and for your marvelous report thanks for sharing
Thanks God. Im searching this video. Idk why, but, this is amazed me.
Its Heart touching. I might not be in that situation but I understand it deep with in. The struggles and the hardship they face. Just to feed their families 🙏🥺
FARMERS! cla ung hirap pero ang buhay kulang na kulang sa sarap samantalang ung nsa gobyerno pa upo2 lng sagana sa buhay at walang ka hirap2
“You know what's just as powerful as a good cup of coffee in the morning? Starting your day with some good, loving thoughts. It can change how your whole day unfolds.”
― Karen Salmansohn
your the king of your bussines , no reporting to manager no head ache, people stuy for 18 years to become slaves under somone but you have your life set free.
Farmers all over the world run into similar problems, they seem to be universal in a globalized economy, with few regulations and the worst thing is that these farmers are put into competition with each others at their own expense. This phenomenon started is the 60s for various economic reasons, but that's besides the point. Farmers all over the world have no leverage or control over prices, when everyone else in the selling chain adjusts their prices and margins untill it reaches the consumer (I've worked in the sale of fruits and vegetables and no one is naive), the landscape and climate conditions become harder and harder to manage, in huge part because of government regulations and administration, sometimes it's at a more global level. The transition of societies and economies to consumption models created these problems, it doesn't mean that we have to go back to 19th century farming and economies, but that governments need to become competent and to take their responsabilities. If not farmers are going to need to become really creative and to develop their own leverage, they might need guidance and counseling doing so. Or peasants are going to disappear and to be replaced by agro-industries and industrial farming and we now for a fact that we're going to run into global starvations with that model, because of how eroded and destroyed the soils are becoming. There's very competent people around the globe that have a big part of the answers, but they run into the diverging interests of people that don't have reasons yet to want to see any change. That's why farmers need leverage before it's too late. If peasants killing themselves daily and having their properties taken away from them isn't enough to mobilize entire human societies, starvations might be enough... But again it might be too late by then, it could take 20 years like it could take 200, depending on how fast changes happen and how different factors evolve.
That's exactly why no one fucks with ecologists and green parties, because they have absolutely no clue about what they're talking about and their reasoning stops at an ideological level. It gets worst everywhere they take power, at all levels and in all areas.
I made a living climbing palms,I used climbing gear😮.Respect to these men.They are fearless.
I had no idea. Thankyou for the awareness of your contribution to humanity.
Amazing... Wonderful ,Beautiful People. Thankyou so much for providing for us all ! I'd like to purchase straight from you ...
Great people thank you for sharing this to the world.
It’s wonderful to see the comradely among you this is becoming a lost art
I saw the family, their life. all the thing is so hard. Hope they have better life.
Naalala kupa noon nung nagtrabahu pa ako sa land survey dun sa leyte samar. Niyog talaga makapagbigay nang lakas sa mga katawan namin para sa pag.akyat namin sa bukid para magsusurvey nang lupa..
Photography that shows the strength and respect in the labor.
These wonderful people should never starve ,they work hard and dangerously.Coconut oil retails in NZ for $18 a litre seems the middleman and supermarkets gouging ..
The coconut farmers are kept poor so that the owners of the plantation would always have people working for them. It is sad to note when a farmer said that if/ when the price of copra continues to go down, they would starve again. The poor are always exploited by the rich.
ஆல் போல் தழைத்து,அருகுபோல் வேரூன்றி, தமிழ் போல் நீடூழி வாழ்க மக்களே!!!🌺🍁🌿🌾🍇🥭🍎🍏🥥🍍🍋🍊🥕🥦🥬🍉🐘🐘🐓🐓🦚🦚🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
Respect to this hard working people
Very, very interesting, and very well done. Thanks so much!
walking barefoot...connected to the energies of the earth...wonderful people.
I respect your way of life. Good look and best wishes, peace.
Interesting. In southern India for this same task they use a simple cocofibre rope loop. Twist it around the treetrunk and around their ankles and grip. Heave up. Grip. Up..
Thank you for this documentary ❤.
SO well made!! The music and the slow camera!!
And here I am, crying because I miss my father