This candle making technique is 300 years old.  

It really won’t matter who documents it, if no one is around with the passion to build them =\

Unless you choose to pick up the skill you're just talking hun

@@sweetiemageetie7805 oh god lmao get off the internet and touch grass

@@gaaraofthefunk7163 unfortunately its cheaper to make industrialised candles… capitalism is a wonder

@@alal2192 I do that every day ma'am. If you don't want something to die, you must nourish it. Maybe you need to touch some grass? And I don't mean kiss my ass I mean go outside and live in this moment before you've lost every skill but scrolling. How weird that you got offended by my true statement 🙄

Anymore expensive and nobody'd buy it if you ask me. That's almost the entire daily wage.

In the US someone will probably sell it for 60 to 100

It is more than the daily minimum wage, which is ~$11

Someone needs to help her set up an Etsy. I’m only half kidding. We don’t know where she lives and whether or not they have good internet. It may be possible though!

@@virtuallifesocialexperienc4293 I think I just discovered my new side hustle

Beautiful!!!!!💜💜💜

No one is "up selling their art" you clown.. You really just created a whole fanfiction then got upset about it 🤣🤣

I definitely agree. They deserve to earn bank for their hard work!

They need someone there who has online skills and could help them get set up their online store and do it at a low cost or as a service. They could make a you tube video of it and help other small businesses like this one.

They always need a pimp

the wording of this is insanely funny to me because it implies that the woman isnt real, nor does she make real candles. like some sort of ai that makes digital candles

@@roadworkaheadyaisurehopeitdoes my words don’t imply that at all. What’s more likely here is that you’re not very good at comprehending what you read.

⁠​⁠@@__seeker__they have a genshin pfp of course they cant read

just because you do a lot of archaic dumb steps in a process doesnt automatically make the end product any better or more valuable for the customers

​@@DashzRight🤡

Why does she "deserve" a raise? 300 pesos PER CANDLE is a lot of money in Mexico, where the average wage is 500 pesos/day. She works for herself; if she wanted a "raise," she'd raise her prices, but no one in her village could afford to pay more.

​@@mitchellbaxter6314 This. I swear, most folk in these comments clearly don't have the slightest clue about economics or running a business, and are certainly clueless about how much it actually is down in Mexico.

So just because you OVERPAY for products that needs to happen elsewhere? No! Her prices are FAIR for her country. Just because you get screwed on prices doesn't men other people agree to that!

Its called inflation.

Who gonna raise her, you?

its one of the last people who does it by hand, no wait it aint one of the last people who knows how to just melt and shape wax. i learned that shit in a workshop in like second grade

@@silverwar360 you might’ve learned how to do that in second grade, however the video states that this specific technique dates back centuries ago, it’s handcrafted and goes way back and has more meaning then a second grade class 💀

​@@silverwar360 feels nice lying on the internet huh

@@silverwar360 She's from a third world country though, so we need to praise and appreciate her.

@@rxnmz Her technique is pointless. Lol. She could save that month of waiting and just buy some premade wax pellets in a bag. No one's running a profitable business with any sort of demand for products running at her abysmally slow pace that doesn't affect the end product in any positive way.

Its not

​@@Larsino2000 The time and skill is worth more than how much she and her family make if they were sold here in the USA she would have to charge more because she would have more overhead for an artist studio cost money in the USA or any country. I know you could not even get an American artist to do this and only charge $15.00. I knit, crochet, and other crafts and teach others I would not make any money if I sold a hand knit scarf for less than the price of my supplies. If she was paying American prices for her supplies she would be digging a hole.

@@loristrout4741 yea thats the point. Shes not in the USA. The money she gets per candle is expensive in her country. She makes 10x less but also her expenses are 10x less. Americans need to learn its not about America. Its like a new yorker talking about costs with someone from mississippi. Apples and oranges.

@@Larsino2000 so what 15$ a candle isn’t that bad that makes a good side hustle

@@grimbeatz learn to read.

oh thank god i was so sad abt 15 dollars she deserves at least a hundred

I want to go there so bad

Nope..China

@@srhpb8923Not really, Mexico mostly does things by hand, while china mostly uses machines to make things.

@@yahirpadilla5211 In rural areas its not as industrialized.

@@srhpb8923Mexico is superior

Fun fact about etsy, it is unsupported in alot of developing countries due to their change in policy couple years ago. Ironically enough, only developed countries can register to sell which goes against their very vision of inclusion of all small businesses. I'm unsure about Mexico tho

​@@beab8738looking around on etsy, it also seems to me like plenty of bigger companies are there. From what I heard from small businesses, they aren't very small business friendly (anymore) anyway. So while I'm pretty annoyed reading this info, it doesn't surprise me sadly.

Me too.🎉😂

I would totally hook her up with a shop online

I am infertile from eating scented candles

I wish they were able to revitalize this great art but sadly they are just a flame slowly extinguishing

I wasn't aware our art scene needed to be "revitalized" She's just making old candles, which is cool but far from unique It's not like there aren't hundreds of people just like her doing the same thing

@@malachistice8111 by hand and not as much work is put into it

Imagine if she could sell them online to the US clients and ship them to them... She would earn a good living... She needs to get socials so people could see them and she can price her artwork for more money cause it's worth more cause of the intensive labor n hard work, she deserves it... Hope some1 does help her

​​@XxKarlosxx XxxX its incredibly expensive to ship things you also need the money to keep up the website. Etsy takes quite a bit of your money as well. You need business license that need to be renewed yearly. The ability to print out labels. Remember 15 dollars is actually a lot. Shes not rich but life isn't always about that

Dude this video has 14 million views

among us

Can’t even drop a link

@@ArtWorks-bw5dbyes but i guarentee the majority will just forget about this in a day. it also doesn't particularly help the people in the video, because theyre not going to be getting more business from exposure. and i'm not really sure if they're recieving any of the money made off of this video. or they could've just commented that before the video went viral, or was talking about *before* this video existed, there wasn't a lot of recognition 🤷‍♂️

You got money, go buy some

And to keep traditions like this alive.

I'd love to learn from her but for gifts and personal use, i make candles sometimes but the kinds in containers, i upcycle empty and cleaned yogurt jars lol

Her story is she got beat by her alcoholic husband and she moved and makes these candles now.

Right ❤

I need to go

Do you know if they have any socials or online store for others to buy?

I thought this was Oaxaca! I just got back from a month long stay there, but I didn't get to see this lady. 🥲

Thank you for sharing her location. Wish the narrator had shared this info in her post. Viviana’s skill definitely deserves to be promoted!

Can you get her info so I can purchase a large amount? Can she ship them? To usa?❤

What is their site?

Where? They are gorgeous!!

Yep

We (americans) can easily buy these very candles. Unaware and ungrateful of your freedoms lol... Shit half the world isn't able to purchase these from a small vendor in mexico. Feasibly. Save the $30 on dogshit. And contact vivianna. Money spends real nice here in north america.

@@Indubitabl3 u missed the point, u have less healthy and most expensive basically everything

@@GoDemarci_ not a specialist but watched recently something about toxic gases released during burning of candles

@@GoDemarci_ most candles that have essential oils are dangerous and harmful to dogs

The fact that she has her family making worthless candles instead of apps is an actual crime.

@@jonathanhorvat2452 because thats what shes skilled in. Thats like asking a fashionista to work in a tech company.

@@Maariyakhan12 it's more like asking the sole proprietor of a candle factory to do better

But why doesn't she defend homosexual special rights ?

May not be a lot for us, but could be a lot for them. The local economy is important, can't just price it at 30 dollars a piece, where no-one earns enough to buy it

it would be some bs its a art to master

@@lilblackfish2009 The point is everything handmade by some people IS considered art, and when others handmake something, not so much

​@@lilblackfish2009lol exactly.

​@@lilblackfish2009shut up child

i wonder why? is it bc of the economy of where they live? or something else

Love you

Beuh

Stop overpaying for baseless bullsh*t. No wonder Only Fans is thriving. 😂😂😂

​@Unknown674.6corrupt how??

@Unknown674.6What? How is the first thing to go through your head when you see this: “we could mass produce that”????

she could sell them for more if she wanted to. nobody could buy them if she did tho

Se ela subir mais o preço ninguém compra mais........ Simplesmente a moeda que ela usa não e dólar e o peso mexicano

They must want the candles to be accessible to the wider market

We made them the same way in kindergarden. This couldnt be easier.

Why dont u send it too her then as u waste more than $15 every week on designer beer.

*cease to exist

​@danakircher6768 Now, you've policed her grammar, offer up something as honest as her comment was, or is that beyond you.

Thats all artists Thats everyone actually

No, she's correct. It looks bad when you can't spell synonyms correctly; it's a sure sign someone hasn't read a lot.@@jc-16.

I hope she does write down how she does it. A lot of skills have sadly been lost to time due to no records surviving till today and that leaves historians the awful task of having to reconstruct that specific skill from whatever there’s left. See also how long boats were built, or Damascus steel.

Those candles are worth more than 300 pesos.

​@redbunny22 Bro I'd pay 1,000s for that!!!! The time, the skill, the uniqueness, the intricacies they're masterpieces

​@@redbunny22Way more I'd say triple that.

@@Observer3588 por todo el trabajo que conlleva, no es nada fácil hacer estos trabajos de artesanías.

@@Thesilliestsillyman You should go to Mexico bro. The stuff you’ll see will amaze you. Real handmade things that would cost a fortune in the US go for pennies. It’s sad really they deserve a lot more.

Its not though that would probably on get you a few items everything is so expensive

Actually 300 pesos or 300Php is just a little over $5 Edit: i missed the "Mexican Village" part.

​@@mythickun2071they us mexican peso not Philippine peso. One Mexican peso is 3.30 php

Lol what. $300 pesos un méxico quite a bit? Have you even lived in Mexico?

ITS not a lot. The minimum daily wage is 207 pesos in the southern part mexico. 300 Is not that much money if we take into account the amount of time It takes to make those candles. I guess she sells a lot in order to make that job profitable.

im sorry to dissapoint you but they probably dont :(

Wait until the savage animals called Cartels find her

​@@akadreku7327grow up

​@@korwynze6288yet they're probably more content that someone whom has everything

And what part of this was gifted i totally missed the skill in something so utterly useless 😅

Would you pay $1-$5 more for an item made by talented, hardworking Americans rather than an imported good?

​@@tcjones4386Why do you want to start something? You're rude!!!

​@@tcjones4386American and hard working don't go in the same sentence haha

​@@tcjones4386 would you buy it if it was made by an American woman? or are you too afraid of "girl power"? (For those without context, this guy made a comment on another vid saying how "girl power isn't needed")

Would love to. What do you make?@@tcjones4386

It's not bad actually

That’s a lot there forsure also imagine working all day doing this at 15 dollars per in a third world country

Actually decent income in Mexico

Well... $15 is good over there.

Bruh, You can’t do what they do so stop commenting. Watch they beauty of wax and candle making and enjoy the audio visual sensation.

nobody cares

People will care when this knowledge becomes valuable again.

​@@stellviahohenheimpeople should care

No she doesnt

@@lauraeasley5313buddy the world is dying, African has never seen peace. Civilians are murdered everywhere, we do not care about flower candles

And she’s still working many ppl in Mexicos dream is to have their little store all they want to do is work and work and work

No you wouldn't.

@@Noah-rm5bu 😂 ikr

Who is stopping you. Go pay her

@@Noah-rm5bu lol , facts.

Right!? I wouldn’t think twice if she said these sell for $200. $15? Wow

Can you se how bringing a ton of Americans with gentrification is affecting the native Mexican population ? STOP GENTRIFICATION Mexico is not “Cheap” you earn in dollars and take away the patrimony that’s Mexican because Mexican people can’t afford it cause they earn in pesos! Don’t open them a store, stop moving to Mexico because it’s “cheap”

Absolutely. What a great thing to have in your house to tell people about

agreed agreed AGREED!

I believe she only makes and sells these to churches that use it for ceremonial purposes

Yes but one problem, how are you going to get decent internet out there, how are you going to show them how it works. Their are so many factors Americans have no idea about. I wish more Americans had better prospective cause it’s not that easy

Etsy would eat up 40% in fees. And anything posted there (like the bird candle) can't be sold anywhere else, even though you are the original creator. 😮‍💨

They would break in shipping. all the parts are hollow so they would have to be packed very carefully. they would never survive customes. someone would crush the birds and flowers.

@@violetopal6264 Yeah I’m not aware of how Etsy works, just that a lot of people use it, that’s why I also stated “something like that”, because I figured they probably have crazy fees or stipulations. I’m sure there’s probably something better out there, but essentially selling in an online store was the point I was tryna get at. Thanks for educating me on the Etsy stuff though, and I hope you have a splendid day/night. ^^

@@loristrout4741 I’ve ordered fragile stuff international, and sent fragile things internationally, never once had a problem. It’s all on how you package the product. ^^

you would still have to pay for shipping.

Mmm dirty candles...

@@nonterrestriaItheir not dirty. Their clean. Just because their made outside doesn’t mean their dirty. They actually purify the wax

That’s probably like the maximum she could charge for her market. To most it may seem underpriced but she live in a mexican village. Any higher and no one would buy them. If she start selling online tho it would be a different story

​@@kaenryuuart543 As a Mexican I can tell you... The reason we as a country are not further, is because our culture instills conformism, instead of ambition. They see no need to set up an online shop or travel more than needed to just survive. Americans would have created a whole cultural experience around it, made a random movie to promote it and exported it to the whole world. Mexico has the infrastructure to do this as well, but it's people, well, they don't have ambition. Thanks to the version of catholicism practiced down here: "Guadalupano". Where being hard working and poor is infinitely better than being tenacious and rich. That's why, being the slightest ambitious down here, makes you extremely well off, I can also tell you that from experience. Is a double sided sword...

well she has the benefit of living in a non capitalistic society. if it were being sold in america you could bet your house that same candle would be sold for $50 minimum

Dude she said it's 300 pesos that's a lot of money in mexico

@@TealAstronaut I know I'm saying overall she deserves more

She set the price

@@U-Gozoo nobody in mexico can afford more than $15

You could probably order some from her and pay her more than her asking price. Let her wage increase begin with you.

She has wealth. You just define it differently.

@lIIllIIlIIIllIlI yeah she has candle wealth

@@jonathanhorvat2452 The Jarden Corporation agreed to buy Yankee Candle for $1.75 billion in the fall of 2013 "Candle wealth"

@@nonterrestriaI I didn't know this Mexican lady was the owner of Yankee candle..you wouldn't think it to look at her house

@@jonathanhorvat2452 who said that?

I mean 300 pesos is a lot

300 pesos is quite a lot

i know right i would give her a minimum $100 usd just for one and i would be afraid to light it. shoot i would give her 100 usd just to ask can you show me how you do it

@@NoName-qf5on 300 pesos is equal to 17.86 US dollars as of 8/29/23

@@mahalokoka over here where I live, a construction worker makes 500 pesos a day busting his ass

Online would skyrocket her sales and she can up the price

Sometimes it's not about becoming rich, but to make a living. If more people would act this way, there could be enough for everyone. Or the rich could provide for the poor. Or the wealth could be distributed equaly. But what am I thinking... greed is so much better I guess...

@@thia-439 you don’t see the rich sharing and you don’t see economics getting better for others. Making it versus just surviving, one needs to expand. Don’t try to make others feel guilty for expanding their income when many are doing it. No, you’d rather see others being taken advantage of to prove your theory versus them becoming prosperous.

@@cac2821 She can raise her prices a bit for the tourists, but still keep things accessible for locals. This would increase her income without overwhelming her and ruining what she has

@@organicmagic8822 I stand by what I said. My background/ degrees are in Business Management and this woman could be prosperous. Don’t try to implement limitations on others for gains, that’s wrong. Do you see the work they all put into what they do? That woman does more work in one day than most Americans do in a week yet she barely reaps from her dedication. You have to imagine, what she is paid per candle, a portion of that goes back into more material, plus her expenses hence she’s barely making enough to eat. That’s the problem with society. I don’t see you telling a CEO how to run his company, why would you try to with this woman unless you are trying to help her? You’re definitely not trying to help her, no, you’re to worried about what comes out of other peoples pockets. That’s not how a good person works.

I hope this video connects her to others who can help her.

good made up story

even if it turns out to be not made up, i’d be wondering if she consented to you sharing her past with the internet

This is so fake. 😂 I just read her story and she did not live through a hard marriage, the husband actually fell ill and she did not travel to the cathedral in Mexico, she traveled to parts of Oaxaca to sell her candles to bring income so her and her kids could survive. But yea nice (fake) Story

If people are still buying, then they'll keep on doing that

That's marketing for ya.

Almost like Yankee Candles use a different form of currency.

@@lolrentz this idiots above doesn’t understand that. Even said “only 15 dollars” as if Mexicans pay in dollars

Do Americans really not understand currency?

AGREED!!!! I honor family tradition! This is beautiful!

These women need money instead of the greedy jews suffering a new war because they are greedy and lovers of themselves. Do not send money to Israel they have Malibu and Hollywood to send them money.

True artistry has generations of history. Looks like beeswax, and it is more expensive than parrafin. 🎉

F**k that. I have 1 life, I definitely will not spend it making candles.

Oh really

You want to spend $300 on candles?

​@Ian Parrish, and the problem is??? Not everyone is broke, you know

​@@Larcona_ 300 pesos, 15 dollars. That's a steal if you ask me, although it is ppconsiderd pricey in mexico

Cringe commet

No..they don't. She is doing just fine. But how racist of you to think that she needs your help just because she charges a fair price and lives in another country. Just..stop.

Like burning people at the stake and crucifixions

​@ericneely3028, nobody said anything about that kind of stuff. Don't be a jerk. You know what kind of stuff they were referring to.

All ppls heritage is interesting ppl them selves are truly what makes this world so special an also strange dangerous happy sad we forgot all the good an started to sort ppl into divisions then forgot all together

Finally found this comment. 😍

Thank God I'm not the only one

This is perfect!! Well said

What's name of this family's youtube channel ?? Please dear, replies me.

@@ravirajnakum4887 I was just suggesting that they should have one. I am not aware if they have one.

And an Etsy account to sell each piece for 100$!

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This is probably the most chronically online, gen z comment I have ever read. The reaction to artisan craft is that they should create a RU-vid channel? Seriously?

It's a pointlessly complex process that deserves to die out.

@randomusername5242 okay?... don't know why you think that but I think it deserves to live because it'd a cultural aspect that could brighten someone's day/wedding/date/adversity/etc

​@@randomusername5242So you're saying that an artform should die? You are sad person.

@@MelloriNoMori Yes, and thinking an art form should die doesn't make me sad at all.

​@randomusername5242 Yes, yes it does. To clarify, I was responding to what you said to @MelloriNoMori and that it DOES make you sad. If you don't like that particular form of art, then you don't have to look at it, problem solved

What are you going on about? Wtf does "storytelling hands" mean? You mean manual labor? Specialized craftsman? Did you wake up and decide to turn something random into a spiritual journey?

​@@dacksonfluxdamn, why so mad dude

​@@dacksonfluxDawg bro chill. 💀

​@dacksonflux life is an entire spiritual journey

@@dacksonfluxsomeone's jealous that someone else had poetic words to say about someone else. you're not the main character here, sit down.

Literally this candle making technique was taught to Mexicans by Spanish and German immigrants. You're welcome for your "culture"

@@bobsburgers6002 Bro 🤨

@@bobsburgers6002Ouch, man! (But damn if it didn’t make me LOL!)

I agree. I'm learning Spanish so I can move to Mexico. I will be visiting the country for the first time in October.

@@bobsburgers6002 all the white dudes in their mamas basement hating on hardworking Mexico is funny to watch 😂

With the cost of living in poor cities in Mexico, she’s doing pretty damn good.

just because you do a lot of archaic dumb steps in a process doesnt automatically make the end product any better or more valuable for the customers

Absolutely!❤🎉

That's nice, but she could probably use some cash, son.

The younger gen dont want to work anymore no one wants to do anything that might be even slightly hard

So true and yet sad because why wouldn't we want to teach our kids or grandkids the things we most remember and we wished we still had.

I was just going to say something similar as crymopar. The most amount of technology the world has ever had in the palm of our hands and it is wasted on a Generation that would rather do stupid dances on TIKTOK and chase worthless likes, than contribute to society. They act like they are special or owed something, just for being born. You can lead a horse to water, but the horse won't know there is water there because they are too busy with their face in their phone.

Thankfully I have grown to appreciate work, and nature. At only the ripe old age of Jr High School I adore the work almost anyone does (if it looks pretty or does something cool) and I especially adore this lady. I'm going to teach my future kids to cherish people like this as well

@@Daedalussy unfortunately, you are a dying breed. I am not as old as my wisdom portrays and not as young as I wish I was again. I turn 40 this year. I have had a job ever since I was 12. Before then, I helped my father do janitorial duties for a local church. I started that at 7 and half of the church was my responsibility every Saturday (about 3 hours of work per half). I never asked for compensation for my time and effort. The thought never crossed my mind. I thought that this was normal in life and I was helping out my family. Growing up, we were poorer than poor. I am the oldest of 4 kids. I learned from a young age, that I wasn't going to repeat the cycle. I looked, listened, and learned about every successful parent of my classmates and the least successful. I gathered that the more successful worked hard and usually had gone to college. The not so successful usually did a form of manual labor and didn't come across as hardworking or dependable. I made up my mind that I was going to be educated and work hard, but not a beast of burden because eventually, your body is going to fail you. If your livelihood depended on the strength of your back and some reason your back fails, you are screwed. It is better to work smarter, not harder. So, college and working hard was great for the late 90s - early 2000s. Then it flipped. The richest people were college dropouts. Blue collar work like the trades went from being snubbed at to in demand. One recipe for success that hasn't changed is hard work. If you can work hard in something you are passionate about, that is a bonus! Mark Twain said something like, "Find a job you enjoy doing and you will never work a day in your life." Best of luck Daedalus. If you want to know more of my wisdom, I have a lifetimes worth. I can share anecdotes and stories about how it is good to have an idea for what you want to do, but don't have too rigid of a plan. I can pass wisdom about more of my childhood and the kind of family man I wanted to be. The degradation of men by female hate groups and my advice to any future fathers. I can share stories and lessons of love and the fairer gender. I have funny stories from the Marine Corps, horror stories of War, and the challenges of adapting back to civilian life. I can share experiences as to why standardized Government Healthcare is a mistake and enough evidence to shut up the opposition. I plan on starting a RU-vid channel soon. Sharing my experiences, my failures, and my successes. It will be a chance to unload some that I have in 🧠 and maybe someone can learn something from my lessons.

It's just wax. Calm down.

I was thinking the same. Especially that she can lift her arms over her head to make these candles.

Tbh I’d love to just buy the wax from them. Last night best deal I could find was 50$ for 20lb of just wax, not even a candle. They’d be rich if they sold it by the big brick in the first pic

@@jakejake7162 do.... do you think they get the brick for free?

Be nice if she could do classes. The basics.

Is a tradition to teach the Next Generation and so on and so on to the next.

exactly

They probably wouldn't be making candles on dirt floors tho.

America?????? Study geography!!!, You fool!!!.

@@jimmygarcia-hu4xb fixed it boss 🤙

Its an old video. U can look it up

uuuf and once you learn from them how to do it you feel part of the tradition!

Right...😅