Becoming a man among the borana | SLICE | Full documentary

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As a Somali who grew up in a similar environment, I'm really touched and became teary by seeing this rare documentary. Its incredibly beautiful how the father prepared his son for life by taking the sun rise/set as an example to pursue goals in life and the unbreakable family bonds displayed. The sacrifices and the endurance is incomparable to anything I have seen. I also solute the cameraman who risked his life to bring this rare beautiful documentary to the world. Bravo.

Oh my people Borana, you let me cry. I am an Oromo from western Oromia State in Ethiopia near to the Sudanese border. I am very happy to see my Borana people, they are our ancestors the brother of Barentu. God bless you and live healthy ! Although I was born and grown up in far away from this area, I can understand the Afaan Oromo dilect which they talk. I love you my people !

The bond between the father and son is awesome.

I love the way they acknowledge conversation with 'ummm' especially the little boy

I left that area 20+ years ago. The love and the blessings of Borana Elders never fades away. I wish i could get back and reconnect myself. There is only kindness among them. The Affan Oromo Dialect of Borana is like a music. You do not want them to stop talking 😊 Humble, Loving and innocent people of Borana. There is a lot to do by the government to make the livelihood of this peaceful and loving people better. Much Love from Your far went Son!

Hats off to the camera man

This father is very endearing, good father, good man. Many blessings to them all. Beautiful place, wonderful people. We forget how easy we have it.

Wow I Am Also Oromoo From North West Oromiyaa And When I Saw The Video It Makes Me Cry 😭😭 Because This People Is The Oldest People Of Oromoo And Oromiyaa And All Oromo's Respect Them Because Their Gada System Is The Oldest Around 3000 BC And I want To Say In Afan Oromo Language That yaa Booranaa Kiyya Yaa Angafa Kiyya Naa Bulchuu Naa Jirradhu ❤️💚❤️

What wonderful people, their patience and strength is incredible and here in the West we complain about everything.

i'm an oromo from central part of the country(shewa). borana is highly respected in oromo society. borana is the first son of oromo from the two son(is one of the two major subgroups of the Oromo people). the other son is barentu. borana is the one who created gada system and calendar system called dhaha. in our area you can't bless before borana. i'm proud of them.

This is the most hardworking people I've ever seen in my entire life! Beautiful people and skin color!

Such a great documentary . Greetings to the Borana people from Albania .

What a great father, teaches his son whats life and how to survive.

Love the sound "emmm" after they end the conversation.

The way the children so willingly help and participate is heartwarming. You can tell they want to make their parents proud. Every family member plays their part, truly. It’s beautiful to see. Thank you for such a well done documentary♥️

I have watched a dozen of documentaries on Slice so far & at the end of each one I am amazed at how much these families truly love each other. How well the children respect their parents & the parents (a majority are arranged marriages) respect each other. I have to do some self reflecting for why I’m so surprised by this. They are so happy when they don’t have any monetary wealth & have a basic education. After watching so many of these videos, it proves money can’t buy happiness. I sincerely hope these families have the best life!

This was my father's business , getting salt from the boqee, a dormant volcano crater in el souda loads the salt on a camel for transportation to market in Yaballo . I thank God for having gave me the chance to formal education , today I'm a healthcare provider , a clinician , i recall my father's tell was similar to what I'm just watching . The singing wells is known as "el towan" as getting water from deep the well through chain of men passing on water filled containers to the main resvior then to the cannals . For animals and human consumption. I recall all this documentary place as it was where i was born . Its colourful place to be . Access to education was problem by then but my aunt took me to school in kenya where i got my islamic as well as secular education in mandera district , to day i pay visit to this beautiful country on my holidays . My dad passed away and rests in graveyard on these mountains , on "mount Sarite". May these people leave in abundance 🙏🙏🙏

wow the men who extract the salt from that lake, what an incredibly tough job, I went to the dead sea once and a little bit got into my eyes, it stung so much worse than anything I've gotten in it, even perfume. I can't imagine diving in it like that, that must be excruciatingly painful. God have mercy on them.

The relationship between father and his son is amazing . Love from India❤️