How Mountains Of Worm Cocoons Are Turned Into Expensive Silk In Vietnam | Big Business 

Looked like cheese curls to me.

The thumbnail makes it look like it fr

I know right

Same bro

Same😂

It is the mindset. Mostly young people gain knowledge and come back to help organize. That is good gray matter investment there.

This industry should have died together with the others that involve the killing and exploitation of non human animals. There are so many other things that can be done by leaving these individuals alone!

💰 is love.

@@Alinax99 don’t feel bad for the silkworms because they wouldn’t exist in Vietnam at all in this climate without humans

@@Alinax99 Let me guess you're a vegan

SOME of them do, you have to check the descriptions closely as they often aren't nice blue links, but text of the address you have to copy and paste. I bought something from the Etsy store of the Ukrainian family making rugs for instance.

They gave the name of the village in the description. Don't expect these remote villages to have a web presence.

​@@dusscode they now do.

​@@dusscodeThey could still do better to credit the people they are documenting. It's respectful to show them that recognition, and the bare minimum after they let the cameras in there at all and interfere with their work.

It’s a 3rd world country. I doubt they have a number you can call haha. Let them be.

thats so cool

I remember our school convinent store were selling bags of mulberry leaves when the school science class where teaching about silkworms. They were not cheap. School is shady AF.

It’s ridiculous that they would have that program and not provide the food as part of it

​@@mintqoand sad

My school is a little different. Especially bright students were segregated into a class of their own, and only they got to dissect frogs.

yessss

Props to her she is a very very shrewd and has good business acumen

Yes, very impressive lady.

I have to agree, from Vietnamese students that I had, they have entrepreneurial blood in them and woman where more business oriented ...💁🏻‍♀️

Or another example of the rich taking advantage of poor?

@@siddhita22 yup did it all the time. You can also cut out what ever shape you want out of cardboard, and then put the worms on it when they ready to spin their caccoon, then they will fill that whole piece of cardboard fill of silk.

@@bluebird5361 I'm raising silkworms currently, and you can feed them different stuff. You just need to also feed them mulberry leaves/chow. They won't eat other stuff if they still have mulberry left, so I usually alternate, and they do just fine. They'll eat carrots, lettuce, etc, though I haven't tried beetroot yet. Should give that a go

For some reason I pictured you driving around with a container of the worms looking for trees to graze them on like a psycho.

Do you know what the leAves are that they are feeding the worms or should I say crops?

@@bluebird5361 "Fresh beetroot leaves can also be a good alternative to offer your silkworms. Your worms might get a reddish tinge when they eat these foods for more than two days. Silkworms that are near the pupae stage will also spin pink or reddish silk when they are fed beetroot leaves at this stage." "They will not eat wet, bruised or wilted leaves. They can survive on lettuce or beetroot leaves, but a diet of this alone will mean that they don't produce a good quality silk."

I found you

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hmm 07

"Kind soul" she wanted money, she wouldnt have done this if it didnt make her money

@Roach ofc, she needs money to live too, but what she did help the village profits from it and keeping the tradition alive

they KILL THE WORMS THAT TURN INTO BUTTERFLYS! How are they kind souls?

Totally agree

It’s too bad she isn’t treated or paid like a hero 😞

Very True

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@@pinkchaos. she is very rich...what you talking about?

Vietnam could be better if the people stopped throwing garbage everywhere they go. They’re literally wreaking havoc the environment.

@@nocancelcultureaccepted9316 sure because people from your country have never thrashed the streets before, and sure throwing trash onto the streets is the reason Vietnam being in the position it is in rn. I'm not saying throwing trash is not a bad thing but coming in here acting all high and mighty, claiming not throwing trash somehow would save the whole country is just...weird!

@@nocancelcultureaccepted9316 Just nearly a century ago, we Vietnamese didn't know what plastic is, back then we wrapped food with banana leaves and contained cattle using bamboo made case. Then modernization and globalization came and it happened too quickly that people 's mind didn't catch up with it. Older generations like my dad or my grandfather,for them throwing trash on the street is a bad habit that eaten into their blood. They know it is wrong but their hand just do it anyway before the brain can process. However people from younger generation like me would glad to get rid of that harmful habit forever.

ok communist

@@nocancelcultureaccepted9316 like we the US didn't ship trash to Vietnam to dispose. Sure, their mannerisms are questionable, but first world countries were a part of it. I can say it because I'm Vietnamese residing in the US. And I know the tea.

Real community leader.

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@@itsok2bwhiteendanti-whiteh548 I mean that is only your opinion XD

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"collaborative", "stabilized" the price. Is it another name for cartel and price fixing? Price went from min 3 to over 100 according to the video.

Thank you for your insightful comment.

In the west we have sewing machines where you can adjust the tension of the machine to sew silk. Is this not the case in Vietnam?

It's a beautiful craft and silk is such an amazing fabric. Here's hoping the world can get off the teat of polyester fast fashion and use more natural fibres.

where is your family buisness located?

@Repent and believe in Jesus Christ What does this statement do with producing silk? Did anyone do anything Bad?

I totally agree 👍👍👍 always the middle man gets the gains.. workers suffer

@@tonyhussey3610 Because the middleman is a necessity.

@@tuckerbugeater ain't no middle man if the workers don't work ! Of course you need a middle man..I never said otherwise..but it's normally never a fair deal for the people doing the graft.. Craftspeople have the burden on average damaging thier health with the jobs they do.. not to mention the years of experience.. Middle man's job should be to get the best price for the product and share that with the craftsperson so they can improve the process and have a comfortable life.. Just my humble opinion..

This is due to communism in Vietnam. Support communism in your own country!

@@tuckerbugeater Nobody's denying that. But clearly there's an imbalance OP is addressing

Hoàng hậu đó tên là ai thế bạn? Là người Việt nhưng chưa được nghe bao giờ.

@@pxh6129 Tôi nghĩ rằng một phép ẩn dụ đã được sử dụng. ... tương tự như truyện Cô bé lọ lem.

@@pxh6129 Nguyên phi Ỷ Lan, nhưng đối với truyện cổ tích lưu truyền dân gian thì cũng chỉ là suy đoán có cơ sở của bên sử học thôi. Nói chắc 100% thì không dám đâu

lmao, silk was invented by china not vietnam. 4000 years ago? haha earliest example of silk and silk looms was found in china 6000 years ago!

@@lyin4rmu No one wants to hear about China, just stay behind your wall.

Long love communism. Great comrades here in Vietnam

silkworm moths can't actually fly, so sad to say that they didn't actually fly off, they were eaten by birds or something else if they vanished

Silkworms have to eat their way out of their cocoon and that hole means the cocoon can't be used for fabric production. Silkworm moths can't eat (they have no mouths) and only live for around a week... just long enough to mate, lay eggs and die.

@@mehere8038 I actually don't remeber quite well as it was around 5 years ago. They might have died or gotten eaten :(

@@jayandjeff5749 yeah silkworms don't actually exist outside of captivity its sort of like most our other domesticated breeds we altered them so much with breeding they no longer have the ability to fly and thus survive in the wild

Wow, finally! So glad to read this. If only this could people do in their business too. Produce and not harm the animal.

Either way, I don't think their method is a waste. The video stated that part of the process involves specialists who breed the silk worms, so you can ensure quality on that front. Even though the kill the pupae, it's also a part of their local cuisine.

Yes I watched the video. And still thinking the same, glad to know that there is a way of doing it without boiling poor animal alive.

@@Sounds_from_Studio_Be They can still be eat by others bugs so they aren't safe, the bees are eating them.

@@Sounds_from_Studio_Be There are worm friendly silks that just use the cocoons after the silk worms have chewed out of them, the strands end up shorter and less usable, but still quite workable. As for these worms at least, the people who raise them eat them, it's a vital part of protein in their diet. Since humans can't eat mulberry leaves and the silk worms can, it's a way to feed the human animals who would be lacking protein otherwise.

@Flower7 yeah, I know, eating them is so delicious, don't you agree >:)

@Flower7 i love bugs, so delicious, no?

Your traditions will die lol.

Did they survive?

@@entertainme7523 They turned into some crazy looking moths and we let them go underneath the Mulberry Tree.

By any chance, did you go to school in California? My second grade teacher did the same project.

@@SnowyCountryChicken yup, sure did. I grew up in Covina CA.

@@agoodballet I grew up in Stockton, CA and there were mulberry trees on the grounds of my elementary school. My second grade teacher collected silkworms and mulberry leaves, put them in cardboard boxes. Our class saw the worms eat and eat for weeks, then spin themselves into cocoons. In early June, each student was invited to take cocoons home. I recall that the white ones were female and the gold ones were male. My uncle squashed the male cocoon by accident. He didn't know what it was. I was very upset. The female came out of her cocoon during the summer, but she had no one to mate with, so she passed away without reproducing.

Heck yeah

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Do you produce any silk? If you are then I can give you perfect environment

@@brucewayne5916 🧐🥵

@@brucewayne5916 😂😂

No you aren't, the worms are useful unlike you

Your comment is among the few that restores my faith in humanity.

True man, I don't understand how can people see past that and still wear silk, the world is cruel🤦‍♀️

Or eaten. Life goes on

@@dhanhyaa I hope you understand that they can't actually fly and ppl won't raise them if they're useless which will lead to them going extinct.

Thank you for saying so. I don’t think most people know or care how cruel it is.

and boiling them alive

And boiling them to retrieve the silk

@@mohsinpatel1053 good soup 😂

Sure🌚

There's no excuse for cruelty to animals in 2023 and onward. No excuse.

Absolutely. Boiling and destroying millions of beautiful creatures only for a stupid sweater or scarf or whatever. Luckily our planet is shaking up to wipe out humans for good so the rest of the species can thrive and evolve.

@@MaximilianoSchneider i know right like Insect Abuse Needs To End!

@@GachaBoyStarPower in the whole post only 2 people saw this as a monstrosity.

@@MaximilianoSchneider oh ok

Just for next time, comments are now $0.03 Inflation, war.. yada yada.

Actually...the embodiment of smooth is "Satin" which is a weaving technique. Silk is a protein fiber which can be woven into different kinds of fabrics.

@@damianlopez7630 Buying 3 pairs of satin underwear doesn't make you an expert.

@@PushyPawn Oh Damn...I knew it...Another smart ass. I work with Fabrics You Silly. I have 33 years of experience. It's not because I bought 3 pairs of satin "underwear" "so now I'm an expert". I'm an expert because I studied about fabrics for over 30 years!!! That is why. Now... Why Does the comments section have to be filled with smArt aleks.

Plastic is cheaper

Silk clothes are still made. You are just not ready to pay for it :)

@@mirroredvoid8394 its also killing everything even you and me.

@@appakbeats5867 no but thats because its a small market if we ramp things back up it will be cheap. Hell way beck before plastic it was kinda cheap it wasn't to uncommon to see a commoner waring one. Now oh boy almost nobody can afford them why to small of production for the demand we have for clothing now.

silk outfit still exist, problem is as you can see it is very costly to make even one outfit out of silk

Those brows are antennae :)

Allen, I don't think there's a kid who hasn't - including me. When I was in kindergarten the nun who was in charge of us actually demonstrated it - perfectly!

Buddhist monk thought of it

by touching it and realizing how soft it is?

First person's exact thoughts: "Damn moths keep eating my clothes??!! I make clothes out of your babies!! - Hey that turned out pretty well. Imma be rich""

@@lurkingarachnid7475 , Not Buđish monk, it was in China and has nothing to do with the monk.

If I remember right, it was an empress in China that discovered it by playing with a cocoon that fell into her lap one day.

Makes you wonder who's making all that money off their hard work because it doesn't look like its them.

How about silkworms? They are literally boiled alive! These people may very well find something else to do that does not involve the killing or exploitation of non-human animals!

@@Alinax99 what do you suggest we do then. Limit ourselves to extinction? Get a grip

@@Alinax99 Yeah the term “without killing” is only in your imagination world Go touch grass

@@Alinax99 unless you are vegan or else you don’t have the right to say that. Plus it is their choice.

You're an idiot 💓 boiling animals alive is a horrible thing and every tradition that involves unnecessary animal cruelty needs to DISAPPEAR in this day and age. It should stay IN THE PAST! There are plenty of natural fibres that don't involve killing anything. I'm sure that young people will move on from things like these and they'll disappear in a few decades. If not... maybe another pandemic is in order 💖 humans deserve it

Think of the poor live boiled silkworms

@@Alinax99 Think about the farmers who starve without those boiled silkworms.

@@Maymei99 there are many people in poverty who do not kill or exploit non-human animals, so doing so is simply a selfish choice that has nothing to do with real needs! Plus there is always a solution that does not harm anyone, you just need to really want it

@@Alinax99 Now go over there and give them the solution since it has "nothing to do with real needs"

@@Alinax99 if you really want it, figure it out and teach them. Go ahead, figure out how to feed and house 100 people. Then 1000. Then 10000. Then figure out how to do 100,000. Even if you managed to do that, you only need to do that entire thing another 70,000 times and you can end animal cruelty. Like you said, the answer is out there. You can figure it out if you want it bad enough. Either do that or stfu.

I would like to see if I still find it beautiful, amazing, fantastic and wonderful if you were in the place of the silkworms that are boiled alive

Silk is original in vietnam..not china..

That’s fake information. No historical evidence of the claim of 4000 years.

@@johnbrookhaven7134 Don’t be silly. I am Vietnamese and we never claim that silk is from Vietnam. The best silk is still Chinese silk, not Vietnamese silk.

Wasn't Vietnam founded in 939 AD? Pretty sure It was under the rule of china before that.

Do you work for the tourism beureu, or a specific town's chamber of commerce? People don't write things like "Vietnam is a beautiful place full of friendly innovative people" unless they are paid to write such things.

Well I guess you’ve been proven wrong. I wish I got paid to talk about travel or cultures from other countries, but I just travel a lot and appreciate the people and places that give me life long enriching memories. Sorry to burst your bubble!

@@samuelmuldoon4839 you don’t need to work in the tourism bureau to write things like that bruh

@@samuelmuldoon4839 cope lmao

@@bluebird5361 see above statement, I know because I have done it. Don't believe everything you read on the internet. Feed your silkworms cabbage or beetroot and see if I am telling the truth :)

Boil insects for profit