The Muisca: Legends of Gold (subtitulos en español)

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  @adrianvilla6191 · 2 years ago

  As a Colombian, thank you very much for the video. There is so much mystery around Muisca history, partially because, as you said, all written sources come from the Spanish. Additionally, the formation of the Colombian nation state in the 19th Century brought the attention of many intellectuals, who wanted to establish a national myth in a similar way that happened in Mexico or Peru with the Aztec and Inca Empires. Although this interest was the seed of future archaeological research, in my opinion this also led to some degree of mystification of the Muisca legacy, compensating the gaps of written history with speculation and modern tales, that might or might not coincide with the Muisca cosmogony and mythology. <br><br>That being said, there&apos;s one version of the story of zipa Tisquesusa that I really like. The story tells that he went to the oracle in Ubaque (ca. 50 km to the east of modern Bogotá). Ubaque prophesied that Tisquesusa would die drowned in his own blood after being assaulted by a foreigner. When Tisquesusa found out the Spanish were coming, he hid himself. A spanish soldier eventually found him and killed him, in order to steal his golden ornaments, without knowing that he was the Zipa, one of the most important chiefs of the Muisca. ... I know this story has that &quot;self fulfilling prophecy&quot; element, so common in Greek mythology, so it might be made up or be a mash-up of other stories, but I really like it and I&apos;d like to believe it&apos;s true.

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• EC

  @ecocodex4431 · 2 years ago

  And my dyslexic butt over here like &quot;THE MUSICA!?!?!&quot;🎶💃

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• FA

  @faustovrz · 2 years ago

  At least cocaine was not the first thing about Colombia that comes to mind. <br>As a Muisca descendant that was a relief!

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  @pozzowon · 2 years ago

  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SW32RtilBWQ&amp;t=13">0:13</a> excellent and very precise introduction. Heck even in Venezuela we didn&apos;t learn anything about next door Colombia.<br>My head exploded when I visited the National Museum in Bogotá and saw 10,000 years of history

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• RA

  @RanaRene2022 · 2 years ago

  Thank you very much for covering the Muisca! &nbsp;My wife is from Bogotá and, as you said, you don’t hear about them much outside of Colombia. It’s interesting how they traded salt for gold. I’m sure you have lots of suggestions for episodes, but I’ll throw a few out there:<br>-The San Agustín culture<br>-The Kogi people of the Sierra Nevadas

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• MI

  @michaelanderson2166 · 2 years ago

  The casting was explained incorrectly: the wax is used to make the mold. While firing the mold, the wax melts out leaving a void for the molten metal. The metal and wax don’t touch. It would be a very poor pour if it did.

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• DI

  @diegospangler9701 · 2 years ago

  Muisca native here thank you for your video.

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  @fernandoborrego2187 · 2 years ago

  I would just like to thank you for your videos. In all of history youtube, there are so few channels dedicated to pre-columbian people, and this is the best channel I have found by far, you present the information clearly, properly sourced, and in a manner that is extremely easy to understand. This is an amazing channel and my first recommendation for English speakers for an introduction to pre-columbian peoples. I also really appreciate the way you treat the American continent as a whole, giving this much needed context. I would love some episodes about Argentina, but I especially recommend about the Tupi-Guaraní cultural complex, they are a really interesting people and the tropical Americas have domesticated all sorts of crops we now consider global, from peanuts to manioc to papaya and of course, yerba mate. Saludos desde el sur!

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  @rasapplepipe · 2 years ago (edited)

  Thank you for covering this Chibcha culture. The way I understood the legend of El Dorado was that an old ruler would sacrifice himself on a raft filled with gold jade emeralds tobacco and coca leaves perhaps also yopo and he would drown in that lake under the weight of all his treasure. Also he had gold skin but also a huge gold nose ring,gold earrings ,gold bracelets, gold anklets and, gold necklaces.

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• SH

  @shroomer952 · 2 years ago

  Thank you for this video. I recently lost a very old friend who was a Muiska musician, and now thanks to you I know even more about the history of his people!

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• LA

  @latronqui · 2 years ago

  This channel is GOLD

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• RJ

  @RJP1824 · 2 years ago

  Woke my wife and 7 kids up for this drop

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