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Bwiti Religion - Gabons Return To Paganism! (watch Bbc Documentary) by PAGAN9JA(m): 7:44am On Dec 06, 2011
Re: Bwiti Religion - Gabons Return To Paganism! (watch Bbc Documentary) by Booshman(m): 3:56am On Dec 08, 2011
This is something more black Africans need to do. Re-embrace their native religions, which are far more rewarding, because they are a natural and life based philosophy which works in perfect syncronization with how humans spend their day to day life. Rather than following some imposed and authoritative religion (Christianity, Catholicism, Judiasm, and Islam) that demands you live your life by how some book dictates. A book mind you, that has been changed numerous times by whoever wants to.
Re: Bwiti Religion - Gabons Return To Paganism! (watch Bbc Documentary) by anonymous6(f): 4:14am On Dec 08, 2011
the videos don't show
Re: Bwiti Religion - Gabons Return To Paganism! (watch Bbc Documentary) by ChinenyeN(m): 4:27am On Dec 08, 2011
anonymous6:

the videos don't show

HERE

PAGAN  9JA:

[flash=400,400]http://youtube.com/v/f6-O9FWKhwU[/flash]

[flash=400,400]http://youtube.com/v/1nTOsWiquOQ[/flash]

[flash=400,400]http://youtube.com/v/rzBzW4n9VcM[/flash]

[flash=400,400]http://youtube.com/v/H8Hm6jfUngo[/flash]

[flash=400,400]http://youtube.com/v/WrGEwtTEyWQ[/flash]

[flash=400,400]http://youtube.com/v/M00VbPOHbmE[/flash]

[flash=400,400]http://youtube.com/v/M00VbPOHbmE[/flash]


Re: Bwiti Religion - Gabons Return To Paganism! (watch Bbc Documentary) by anonymous6(f): 4:35am On Dec 08, 2011
ChinenyeN:

HERE


thanks
Re: Bwiti Religion - Gabons Return To Paganism! (watch Bbc Documentary) by ifyalways(f): 7:18am On Dec 08, 2011
^You tried it and it worked?The videos ain't showing here.

@Topic,what are they celebrating or worshipping?
Re: Bwiti Religion - Gabons Return To Paganism! (watch Bbc Documentary) by anonymous6(f): 3:11pm On Dec 08, 2011
ifyalways:

^You tried it and it worked?The videos ain't showing here.

@Topic,what are they celebrating or worshipping?


yes, after ChinenyeN reposed it I can see the videos and watch, I haven't finished watching it though
Re: Bwiti Religion - Gabons Return To Paganism! (watch Bbc Documentary) by PAGAN9JA(m): 1:44pm On Dec 09, 2011
i am sorry fellow brothers and sisters. this was the first time i post videos and i dont know to do it properly. i just copied the embed link into the insert flash brackets and i altered the size.
heres the links for those who couldnt see it:

PART 1:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f6-O9FWKhwU
PART 2:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1nTOsWiquOQ&feature=related
PART 3:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzBzW4n9VcM&feature=related
PART 4:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8Hm6jfUngo&feature=related
PART 5:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WrGEwtTEyWQ&feature=related
PART 6:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M00VbPOHbmE&feature=related
PART 7:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JPKQRVFezHQ&feature=related

I give my thanks to ChinenyeN for reposting proper videos.

ifyalways:

^You tried it and it worked?The videos ain't showing here.

@Topic,what are they celebrating or worshipping?


Madame, either try ChinenyeN's videos or my above links.

This video is about Bwiti Religion of Gabon. It is one of the official religions there and originated with the Babongo peoples. Most Babongo and other related Mebenga such as the Aka, Baka, Gyale and Kola peoples are Pagan Animist. But only Babonga practice Bwiti. (Aka, Baka peoples worship Djengi, forest guardian and they have some of the most skilled traditional healers in all Africa).
Bwiti is also being adopted by Fang and Mitsogo peoples.

It gained extensive revival in the 1960's, just around 40 years after introduction of christianity because Gabon peoples were not gaining spiritual satisfaction out of christianity. However most of the Bwiti practiced in the cities is not the pure version since it is syncretized with christian elements and gives only partial spirituality. Therefore, this whiteman in the BBC documentary wants to find out REAL BWITI RElIGION by travelling into the jungles of Gabon were he meets Babongo peoples.

This video is a documentary on one of their initiation rituals with the use of Iboga Root Bark ( a halucenogen), to cleanse the soul through extensive hallucination which involves bringing back past misdeeds and wrondoings that were comitted and evils that were seen/done, from the subconcious mind, back into the conscious mind and to deal with them and banish them forever. It is like giving new life to the  soul. The experience is painful, yet rewarding. Even the whiteman realises the power of Bwiti after experiencing it.


Note: the video also shows us glimpses into the lifestyle of the Babongo peoples. You will notice how despite all the rural backwardness, these peoples live a very happy and contented life in harmony with nature, plants and animals.
This content lifestyle must be reintroduced in Nigeria by bringing back our true religions from the depths of the jungles, bush and villages,  to the cities so that everyone bears good fruit.
Re: Bwiti Religion - Gabons Return To Paganism! (watch Bbc Documentary) by igbo2011(m): 2:01pm On Dec 09, 2011
This is good, Chiristianity brings a bunch of people praying all day waiting for sky daddy to save them, and Islam creates sects like Boko Haram that kill evryone who isn't muslim. Both of these religions are holding Nigeria back.

Atleast if people are Christian, they should worship the true version of Jesus not the white washed version. Chrsitianity turned Africans into worshippers of white people, the same people who are stealing resources and causing problems today and for the past 500 years.

Re: Bwiti Religion - Gabons Return To Paganism! (watch Bbc Documentary) by Nobody: 9:20pm On Dec 09, 2011
Even if dem never change the goddamned book before, i don't think anybody really needs it. Atleast not Africans.
Re: Bwiti Religion - Gabons Return To Paganism! (watch Bbc Documentary) by anonymous6(f): 1:39am On Dec 10, 2011
interesting documentary
Re: Bwiti Religion - Gabons Return To Paganism! (watch Bbc Documentary) by PAGAN9JA(m): 4:43am On Dec 10, 2011
kwangi:

Even if dem never change the goddamned book before, i don't think anybody really needs it. Atleast not Africans.


we need it only to burn it. cool
Re: Bwiti Religion - Gabons Return To Paganism! (watch Bbc Documentary) by Nobody: 9:47am On Dec 10, 2011
PAGAN 9JA:


we need it only to burn it. cool
I don't understand why our people can't come to the realisation that these foreign religions are unproductive to us or any spiritually minded person for that matter, abi dem think say speaking in 'tongues' follow? Lol
Re: Bwiti Religion - Gabons Return To Paganism! (watch Bbc Documentary) by PAGAN9JA(m): 6:47pm On Dec 10, 2011
brother our people all brainwashed. atleast you Yoruba, Igbo, etc have some scope to return back, but my people Haussa are very stubborn. they are immersed in islam and it will be difficult to purify them. they are all brainwashed. very few Maguzawa Pagan like me are left and we need to come up soon before it is too late.


islam and christianity are spoiling our nation both by wealth, loss of life and by destroying our tribes and our cultures.

on one side, greedy pastor are collecting tithes and extorion money to buy private jets, palace, etc, on other side boko haram is killing 1000s of peoples. in between we suffer. all because of foreigners. angry angry angry angry


this slave mentality[b] MUST BE REMOVED[/b]. IT MUST BE BEATEN OUT. angry

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Re: Bwiti Religion - Gabons Return To Paganism! (watch Bbc Documentary) by ifyalways(f): 9:35am On Dec 11, 2011
I was able to watch the videos.

Interesting stuff
Re: Bwiti Religion - Gabons Return To Paganism! (watch Bbc Documentary) by Nobody: 11:56pm On Aug 12, 2012
very interesting ..keep the good job

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