Faces of Africa : The Hyena Men
2013 ж. 28 Сәу.
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In Nigeria there is a very mysterious band of brothers, a colourful troop of entertainers who are actually medicine men,they have a very interesting marketing tool as they perform with dangerous animals in order to attract crowds.The hyena men as they are referred to, were born into this tradition that they have perfected, generation after the generation.
these guys are awesome. they are care for their animals for years to come out once a year to perform.
They dont come out once a year
And they also dont care 4 animals
@@godblessacountrygirl5324 lmao shut your first world ass up, in comparison to all the people living in their 3rd world countries, their animals live like kings.
"This is a business and this is a way of life." I just love these Nogerian people.
hyena handler? damn, and i found it hard to train a pomeranian LMAO
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Atef Sdiri that’s because you can’t train rats 🐀
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Thank you for this. I really enjoyed this. Having spent time in Senegal I meet a Hyena Man... I found his life was remarkable.. I thank you again!
Haha where were you in Senegal I'm from kaolack
Africa is amazing.God bless Africa.
Amazing documental. African culture is not wrong, is just its culture. They can say the same about us: mass consume, fancy clothes, meat industry, luxury life style, etc. We must respect other´s people beliefs and culture.
+Jauckor How many of us found ourselves really liking these guys? I did. Immensely. Very interesting, the role they play within that society. they are a connection to the nativity of their race and their indigenous culture. The men who tame the wild animals are the shamans of old: even here in north America my wild animals are the Golden Eagle and when I do my ceremonies in an area they "ALWAYS" show up. You wonder about some species and when I was becoming aware of my Aboriginal culture in Canada as a Native man and the eagles started coming toward me all the time and I had "visions" of them and dreams and my clan mother told me what to do about it. Once I established 'contact' with them they came down to a place called the "Forks of the Credit" along the Niagara Escarpment and about 24 of them were all around my car and kept sort of intimating to me to climb up to the top of the ridge- cliff. Once I got up there, maybe a few hundred feet I saw all the smaller eagles that I mean were maybe 3 or 4 feet in their wingspan then a Grandfather came. I never had any idea they got6 so bloody big. It was at leat 12 feet maybe 15 and a body around 3 feet long with a fan off it's back the size of both of my hands spread out. Truly a big bird. Huge, in fact. It kinds of scared me. I kept thinking "what have I really gotten myself into here? Giant fucking eagles? OMG. I didn't know what to think and it took me hours to come down off that ridge i was so affected. There is some kind of feral and primevil energy, a spiritual force involved in these beings, these animalas "archetypal' examples of our collective unconscious and how we are all connected into the web of life which for the paradigm I talk about is more pervasive and "spiritual" but not in a mythos kind of way but in a way that the quantum mechanics figured reality to be. That is the infinite field theory and energy is neither created nor destroyed but moves into and out of this field in vertical ands horizontal ways. Such as every living being is related to every other being as they have an energy fingerprint in the eternal field.This might be quantified as interspecies development and interconnectedness. A vertical shift would signify a different kind of stratified distribution of those species in terms of IQ's, or complex thought, complex physiologies, pharmacology, the interpretive data presented through psychological investigation over the last 150 years. Gets pretty wild eh? Considering that I got my name when my brother and I drove up to the area one afternoon and as we were walking around this glacial lake five of the Golden Eagles flew around my head five times. My clan mother said that signified my name Five /eagles but to the Ojibwa the sacredness of five means a Warrior standing in balance with the Creator, the family, the tribe, the community and self. It was assumed that a healthy individual had a pretty deep understanding of the Mother /earth, her medicines and how to go get them and prepare. Many traditional people knew how to live like this.
+Jauckor A way that I want to respond to what you say is the establishment of Constitutions in some countries emerging into independence and finally moving past the curse of some of their petty tyrants. Uganda, for instance seemed to have a National Revival in which the majority of the people were born again Christians and they accomplished much .
I could say there is a lot of "mistreating animals" when we kill millions of chickens, cows, rabbits, etc, per year only to get our hungry satisfied. I could say there is a lot of "mistreating animals" when we explote oil in natural enviroments and polute the rainforest to get tables and chairs, despite of the animals that we kill in the process and after the result of the desintegration of its habitat. I could say there is a lot of "mistreating animals" when we as humans ver populate the world and we are taking natural land to build our houses, despite of the animals which live there. It's hard to understand but the world is already took by humans and every practice that we do it will be always a "mistreating animals".
+Jauckor Even the Japanese culture?..
+Jauckor Livestock are killed humanely to minimize suffering. Environments are destroyed but the animal is still free although the ecosystem may be disturbed at least the animal has its freedom. Keeping an animal against its will to perform whether in a circus or whatever is equivalent to daily torture which creates animal suffering many time greater than anything we do in the first world. At least we kill our animals to end their suffering
"Special herbs" you say? Please, tell me more!
Dam good documentary. I'm going to visit Nigeria next in hopes of seeing the hyena men. Nigeria is much more exciting than my humdrum American life.
Have you visited yet? They are all over northern Nigeria.
This is animal cruelty
Scumbag
Ots a dangerous place. Please don't visit.
CGTN(then CCTV) does have good documentaries, but they couldn't catch the attention and interests of the audience(which is too sad)
Bravo, Hyena Men, very nice show and you can earn a good living for your families, as well. It's all very enterprising.
Poverty or not I can confirm that these people live MUCH happier than anyone living in the west
Funny how people are talking about animals right, when they dont care about zoo, eating meat, etc.
+John Jackson your an idiot
"Hey mom i posted it again"
Harvey Angel h
"Vegan extremist" Yeah because it's so extreme to leave animals alone and not eat them. This is why extremeist meat eaters annoy me.
Harvey Angel Only the bad zoos do that. There are a lot of good zoos, as well. (Such as Chester Zoo in the UK, for example).
This is interesting to watch it indeed reminiscence of my childhood days again in Kaduna. The interviewee is well spoken and learned what i think is that this crew need a support from the department of culture and tourism Nigeria at either state or federal tier to perform this circus entertainment. Bravo GUYS
Human creativity is amazing.
Man, I feel like Tarzan when I catch a cricket that's been bugging me in my bedroom wbile I'm streaming Netflix, or sports. I couldn't survive in their world.
What abuse did these animals receive? You heard that people generally kill hyenas because they think they are evil but these men are changing views
Jdogg Dawg I'm not a child man
Jdogg Dawg moron perfectly describes you ,actually .
BlackJesus OJdaJuiceMan i have a feeling im missing out on something?
BlackJesus OJdaJuiceMan haha your the only person to get my name haha hell yes its from king of the hill :)
+stiggyh You can start hating dogs, cats, rats and all other animals, all them would do that, including some humans.
Those hyenas don't seem happy at all
Hyenas in wild are exactly happy either.
Same people who condemn this are the same people who have no qualms visiting SeaWorld or playing with dolphins when they go on holidays. Like you've ever seen hyena & human interaction like this before.
so true!
You know they treat the animals at seaworld well right? they are fed, cleaned, given space to roam. The hyenas are chained up and muzzled, don't even talk about food and healthcare.
+Quack Js. Lol do some research please mate. Watch 'Blackfish' if you can. I'd love to hear your thoughts after that.
***** Abuse is abuse, yes that's a fact & SeaWorld is also guilty of that. Holding Orcas & dolphins etc in captivity for profit is inhumane. I'm glad they're losing millions.
Thats a funny statement.
People talking about animal rights violation etc.. ok but what about circuses ? what about people having dogs ? birds ? red fishes ? killing flies etc.. it's just about how deep you want to see & discuss this
it amazes me how they can touch the hyenas I'd be way to scared..
That guy speaks very good English
This is infinitely better than what I thought it was gonna be.
No electricity, bad roads, killers everywhere! Same in most places in Africa
Excelente video!, muy interesante la relación que tienen estos hombres con los animales; Desde mi perspectiva veo amor y respeto.
You got me at reumatism I'm dragging my mother to Nigeria
Cool to watch! Slow the video down and watch 5:13 some kind of babies fall out of the pouch the hyena is eating.
Savage as FUKKK 💯💯
This is quite dangerous. I understand that these people are doing what they are doing just to be able to feed themselves and their families, but the Nigerian government needs to do something about this. It needs to provide an alternative source of income for these desperate people so that they will stop these kinds of money-making activities, which are dangerous because of possible disease transfer from animals to humans, and also because it is unfair to the animals themselves that they should be treated like this.
Awesome really
fearless talented individuals!..
these guys are awesome! working their ass's off, living off the land, taming animals and farming to eek out a living, and ppl wanna complain about the living conditions of the animals, and their treatment? how about the living conditions of AFRICA, u know, where every thing eats and/ or mauls everything else. on a daily basis. they live in a place where humans art even top of the food chain, i can't remember the last time i had to worry about getting food AND worry about what might eat me! so why not just be happy that this family has found a way to live a comfortable life in a place where thats difficult to get. they seem to enjoy their way of life, so how can any one gonna tell'em otherwise?
+MacNally12punchout How about they grow some fucking brains, stop being corrupt, educate themselves and actually try to build an economy? We were like that once in the west, the only difference is we aren't lazy corrupt fucks and learned to use science and technology to build infrastructure and a functioning modern society. Even like Asia both continents were already better developed than Africa was before they started taking slaves.
+Quack Js. your a funking dumbass hillbilly, judging from your comments that I've been reading, your narrow mindedness is beyond amazing. You need to learn to stop looking down at others and be great fun for what you have. And I'm a white American so that's your racial trump card out of the window you ignorant dumbass. 😂
***** THEY need to stop being corrupt?!?!? do you even KNOW how north america was built bro?!?!? you DOOOO know what capitalism is right? and as for all our fancy technologies, we only built things if it was profitable. tesla gave us free endless power years ago, but capitalist's won't allow for that to happen. because THEY are corrupt.
Good insight.
i mean sure you can think that but like ethically this is just wrong on so many levels lol
So many blind fools talking about animal abuse, animal rights, when an animal can get ripped to pieces in nature by lions, leopards, parasites, or even cannibalised by there own kind as babies.... Idiots have no concept of the harshness of nature and WILD animals. Trust me captive animals have it much better. Wild animals have no concept of cruelty they eat other animals ALIVE to survive. If you want to imagine animals as fluffy pillows go ahead but you are fooling yourself as they are far from that and would rip your throat out without a second thought just for another meal. Besides the fact that the conditions these PEOPLE live in in 2014 are unacceptable but no one cares about people anymore they'd rather humanise WILD beasts and fantasize through rose tinted glasses about them being perfect and fluffy pillows incapable of wrongdoing. If man reverted back to being a WILD animal would you prefer that? A caveman who showed no remorse to his enemies killing for fun and food, keeping pets and treating them like crap. Animals too kill for fun and play with their prey, look at how cats play with and torment mice why don't you scream "ANIMAL RIGHTS!!!" "STOP CRUELTY TO ANIMALS" at them from your cosy comfy fluffy little padded room. Seriously some people need a reality check, leave them out in the middle of Africa outside their cosy room and see how long they survive lol....
i love you Africa my motherland.This now real African magic
For all those who say that they should get a job, they DO farm, the DO sell scrap metal, and this is a way to earn money on the side. Also, they seem to treat their animals just as well as a person with a showdog would treat their dogs.
they are amazing people I wish to meet them one Time thry are very spiritual they a truly amazing I love what they do
"love what they do", they torment these poor captured wild animals
MAD COOL … I LOVE IT
This was interesting. To thin I only found this by chance! They have possibly developed the best way to advertise ever! It appears that every one & thing involved wins!
thank you!!!!! this is the same as a circus, as I comented above.
Very enterprising group of people.....they are hard working, they know animal husbandry, and know how to market their product with in an entertaining way.....attracting crowds with the animals and selling their herbs and medical concoctions....this work is seasonal, and they also work with metals and farm, as well.....and they teach each new generation, how to carry on the work, nothing wrong with that...
I respect they hustle but damn 😂
Wonderful
20:50 shows them spending time caring for the hyenas and other animals. By the way, anyone calling this cruel to the animals, may be correct on a continuum, but I think it would be worse to have the animal in isolation in some cage in a zoo. Not to mention the horrible life they could endure in nature away from human care. On a sad note, I am not impressed with the american Brian Hawn. He does not get to spend as much time with his pet hyena, as these hyena men seem to spend with theirs. I tend to agree with the dog whisperer and a few things he says. He has worked with cats, pot belly pigs, and other animals. He advocates Exercise, Discipline-leadership (rules, boundaries, limitations) and Affection. He achieves this through creating Trust, Respect, and Loyalty. I hope Brian Hawn can take note, and possible begin to show more leadership with his Hyena, with that he could introduce his pet to other humans or mammals which could keep the Hyena company. For now his story is only a partial success in my opinion.
These guys are pretty cool. Those hyenas look well taken care of and happy, you can tell they are smiling :)
seriously? you're obviously a complete fucking idiot..
I love Africa I am a big believer of pan-africanism ✊🏿🌍
damn, would love to have a bottle of that stuff they drink before performing. so exclusive.
Fascinating.
Dangerous and amazing
excellent road show
children riding on the back of a hyena to prevent spiritual illness,sexual awkwardness and bedwetting, i remember my aunty telling me they forced her to do it when she was younger!!!!
they are not harming the animals they are having fun and i see that the animals are also having fun .. and if they are medicine men that means they are very loving, healthy and spiritual
Nigeria appears to be approximately the same as the American west in the 1870's, but with modern materials, cars, and a tremendous increase in population.
the documentry was clean and focused...
Respect!!
Nothing wrong with this, I enjoyed it. All of these are just parts of the circus to entertain the audiences.
+Kim Kuth Seek mental health help
fascinating African culture
Abarogi aba ba Nigeria.
AMAZING.
Incredible of how people live in other places without having the same advantages as others. I had no idea about this. For those hypocrites talking about "animal abuse", probably those hyenas eat better and are more healthy than actual hyenas in the freedom. We all are under "invisible chains" tied to our crap jobs and every day routines after all. Some people has to live by doing something using what they have around. As this documentary explains is not that a lot of people do this...but these guys do it since their family did this for generations.
Exactly what i tought, dunno what some ppls comes there with their shitty morals when they lives in the occident, knowing that our system that make our way of life is worst than this and if i said worst, its cuz of those shits we do by just living there... Even if we are not supporting our governments who do wars on Afghanistan, Irak etc for their own fucking interrests. Our mass system of consumption, capitalism, banking that destroy the whole natural eco-system of this tiny planet, (and im just resuming, cuz there are shitloads of others bad things that could fill this entire comment section) so c'mon guys, who we are to judge this ???!
KeepCalmnCarrion Oh yes, because they don't need to hunt, they get regular meals, and because they have no quarrel with lions or other predators. Also, if you watched the video - not saying you didn't, I wasn't there when you commented, so I really don't know - then you would know that hyenas are considered part of witchcraft by many in Africa, and thus are hunted and killed by the humans. Also, many animals dig holes for many reasons. Hyenas, in particular, live in dens - otherwise known as large holes in the ground. The hyenas have just made beds for themselves. As for the jumping and tugging, most of that is trained in. Some of the tugging may be similar to what your average domestic dog does: the "Hey I want to sniff that, let's go!" tug, I guess you could say. In short, you don't really have a lot of facts to back up your argument. Also, I highly doubt those muzzles could even potentially suffocate the hyenas. Want my reference for the facts? Here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spotted_hyena#Behaviour Figured I should put that. Most people don't.
Zander Maria they love to hunt and run free!! would you like to be chained up abused and unable to make a natural life for a lousy free meal?? what makes you think you know anything about hyenas and what they want? For one thing they are yanked on constantly and violently, what woukd make you think that they woukd like that? Do you think a dog would like to be handled that way? If so i hope you're not a pet owner! Plus they sweat through they're mouth while panting, those muzzles would obstruct their breathing and ability to cool themselves! The level of stress would be extreme and the food woud most likely be subpar to say the least!
tara shaw Man I don't even know why I'm responding to this, but let's just quickly point out some delicious hypocrisy: "they love to hunt and run free!!", and only a sentence later "what makes you think you know anything about hyenas and what they want?".
fuk your an idiot hey?? ya like what animal would love to be free to live in nature the way its supposed to? im sure being tied to a post is SO much better! Your a mouth breather arent you? Dont bother answering that, i already know the answer!!
Nice
HOPE THEY ARE SUCCESSFUL💯GOOD VIDEO💯🍾🥂
"Their special relationship[with the animals] shows people that these animals are not just symbols of superstition that should be feared and killed. By combining the unique animal displays with the sales of traditional medicine they [the hyena men] have created a mysterious reputation that empowers both themselves and the animals they work with." - - - Don't be quick to judge.
Imagine if someone was dumb enough to try and rob a Hyena man? The Hyena will take his frickin hand off!
Actually look at the new hyena me. Documentary and on their way through a village they were stopped by a gang of guys telling them they couldnt come through the road unless they paid
what kind of show is this?
these hyenas look so clean
Seriously? They live symbiotic?! I see animal cruelty at it's best and nothing else. Short leashes, lots of stress and beating them with sticks is NOT symbiotic!
And what about the horse racing in the western world? you people are such hypocrites.
Look a cave dwellers speaking I guess you have forgotten the abuse your cave breathern has doled out to the world huh STFU!!!
what are these medicines? light red colored powders....there is a quick mention of antibiotic for malaria , then in the start of the video I was getting the impresion = they were strong and mystical because the medicine helps them control the hyeana
funny how they drink a potion to protect them but still get hurt
I don,t like hyena,s baboons or snakes but these men are remarkable they do what it takes to make a living and support their family 😀👌🙏
A complete horror show ... Especially for the animals.
interesting doc
Interesting
Amazing black people are the first humans on planet eart and shall be always one with the nature.
Ammiel Debarim No offense but, citation needed!
one with nature.. yeah.. lol.. good one..
My man went out in the Bush and plucked him some snakes lol dafuq
These guys have such a complicated relationship with their animals. If you're typing comments on youtube - or using a computer/smartphone in general - chances are you have no clue where to begin comprehending. Myself included.
Sounds like His Highnesses or Majesty, when the narrator says The Hye..nna Man!
My hausa people be on another level hahaha Love them tho !!
People always talk about the civilization that the Roman Empire brought the world. if you were to take into account the power mammals that were snatched out of africa to perform in the Roman Colosseum would be mind numbing
That was a good 2,000 years ago.
The hyenas are very happy it is evident in the way they entered the vehicle without even being pushed.
This is hilarious!
At 5:11 when the hyena pops his lunch like a balloon
CGTN should let CGTN Africa to be separated from the main channel. the anchor team and documentary crew are so professional!
the abuse of animals is just criminal...., these so called people got to be in jail for such conduct, period. NO excuse whatsoever
this is pretty cool
incredulous.. if only all privileged universities professors and students alike can refrain from its systematic so called ' revolutionary' concept of agility, and come to these places of reality, I have no doubt they would be on the path of true understanding of passion.. real student ship.. How incredibly comforting it must be, otherwise to stand in an air conditioned podium and speak of passion..
what's the difference between those animals and any other animals in captivity ?
That's a dangerous animal
Keeping them on that short chain is what irritates me.
5:08 Hynena being fed a placenta with a piglet inside.
the placenta and birth sac is a completely different thing. the outer membrane is only part of the placenta.
ollie dunn Oops;)
Lol its not IN the placenta
Amazing! For all you animal lovers out there just stop. I am the biggest animal lover ever and I don't have a problem with this! Its not like they are killing them for their tusks and throwing them out like garbage. This is their heritage passed down for generations. These animals don't appear abused. It looks as if these men love and care for these animals. This is their tradition and they are proud of it. I am proud for them. Come on people we are all different and we should learn and celebrate all peoples and cultures. Good grief peace and love to you all. (no animals were harmed during this video) :)
I want a laundry basket with a python in it that sounds badass
Give u a great excuse for not doing the laundry room 😂
Um galo canta aos 3min e 23 segundos e o "sotaque" é o mesmo dos galos brasileiros. Esta é uma prova que os animais possuem um idioma universal.
that's what living is all about...! thanks for sharing
if hyenas would be kept like this somewhere in a zoo, it would be closed because of animal abuse - family my ass!
One word: BADASS
1:24? "You can only Play with these dangerous animals only if you're from the family, but you have to be from the father side, or the mother side". Is there another option?
I sympathize with the fact that this practice provides a livelihood for some, but this is nothing short of animal abuse.
Ohhhh
How old is this tradition....
syrren 600yrs old maybe or more
I don't mean no harm but can I get some of that medicine my arthritis is hurting me so bad in my arms please please how much do I need for you to send some medication over to America at once💯😫🤑
These knickers is crazy.
I just cant believe that hyena just let that fried chicken walk pass him without eating it
Ou they are so cruel!Feeding the hyenas, petting them and making them jump for 30min a day, may God forgive them...PFF, PEOPLE...When you see the comments you're liek "what are those guys doing to the poor animals" and then...NOTHING...