Exotic GUYANESE INDIGENOUS FOOD Traditional VILLAGE in JUNGLES of GUYANA!

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After a few days exploring Georgetown, Guyana, I headed south to visit an indigenous village to dive deep into the local culture and, of course, try some of the local cuisine!
My guide Stacey from Visit Guyana and I headed to Moraikobai, which is a village in the rainforest, roughly 4 hours southeast of the capital. It took an hour-long drive and a two- to three-hour ride on a speedboat to get to the Hubudee Eco Lodge, which has two rooms.
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We’d get to see some indigenous people make cassava bread, tuma (a fish dish), and cassareep (the main ingredient in pepperpot) being made. There, we met Gary, our local guide, who took us to see a local woman scraping the skin off the cassava roots and washing them. Then, they grate it and place it in a wicker contraption that extracts the liquid!
They extract the juice to dry the cassava out enough. They then put it over a fire to completely dry it out and crumble it into a powder, which they then place on a tawa over a fire. Then, they boil the cassava juice to get rid of the cyanide in it. Then, it reduces to form cassareep.
They also made quinches, which is made up of the cassava powder patties folded around shredded reddish coconut. You can also boil the cassava juice to make a soup called tuma, which contains wiri wiri peppers and smoked fish.
The quinches were toasty and had a nice crunch. I loved the fresh cassava and coconut! Then, it was time for lunch at the lodge. We stopped at a hubudee tree, where Gary pulled down some fruit that you peel with your teeth to get to the meat. It’s pretty sweet but it doesn’t contain much meat because there’s a large seed inside.
We had two types of tuma (one smoked, one fresh), a hard cassava bread, a soft cassava bread, and a pine drink for lunch. The cassava bread absorbs the cassava juice quickly. The cassava juice is a little spicy and smoky!
The best part of the smoked fish was the skin. It was delicious! Then, we crushed some of the wiri wiri pepper into the tuma with the cassava. It was such a unique flavor. I’d never had anything like it! The wiri wiri pepper was spicy!
The fresh fish was bony but very buttery. The fresh pine juice was also very nice and not too sweet. It was really refreshing!
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My name is David Hoffmann. Since starting David’s Been Here in 2008, I have traveled to over 1,300 destinations in 92 countries to experience and document unique cultures on my KZbin channel, travel blog, and social media.
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[@moredavidsbeenhere]

Truly incredible video. Such a unique and amazing culture, and the food actually looked delicious as well. Truly an adventure!

[@BeingRocky]

Much love ❤️ and respect my brother, if you’re ever in Orlando Florida, we would love to do a collaboration, my KZbin channel is Being Rocky, take care and best regards

[@user-iz8lc5kn9f]

Hey David, Ivory coast does the same with the cassava, but the finished product is called Attieke ,they steamed it so you eat that with grilled chicken or fish with diced tomatoes, onions with hot sauce, yummy.

[@ngassamssika2173]

I grew up in Tanzania, and we certainly grow and eat cassava, but have never thought there could be so much use of cassava and all those different delicious dishes and drinks ...mmmhhhhhh yummmy!

[@ganeshsookram4287]

The diversity of this country through it foods from the first Indigenous people to African, East Indian, European, Chinese and the blend of all these cultures together make this country a biodiversity indeed.

[@Davidsbeenhere]

Yes this place is so amazing! Can’t wait for you guys to see all the videos!!!

[@ismayramudith8446]

My husband and myself used to teach and live among the amerindians so we know all about them ,the way they live their culture and many more.❤️

[@turanalli9418]

This is definitely a place to visit..,If or whenever I come to/Guyana.., The journey is amazing/And.., The actual place is a total/Organic experience.., The food/They people..,The culture etc.., This is an incredible experience with our beautiful indigenous people.., Amazing Video.., Thanks Guys..

[@shakeela70]

Thank you for showing my beautiful country. Watching from Trinidad.

[@vskumarmediboyina9485]

Greetings from India.Thank you so much for showing us wonderful recipies around the globe.

[@johnnyxx2500]

interesting that in the Volta Region of Ghana in West Africa, the natives use very identical equipment techniques for grating and sieving of cassava.

[@Tiacocoa]

I AM HAPPY TO SEE ANOTHER PART OF THIS COUNTRY I WOULD LOVE TO VISIT GUYANA

[@alwinsimpson]

David you look like you had so much fun!!! I'm so proud of you for visiting guyana!!

[@karminiparsan9256]

What a gorgeous surrounding...nature at its best. Thank you David..for bringing unknown Guyanese culture to us. Facinating country 🤗🤗👍👍

[@Davidsbeenhere]

❤❤❤❤ I am trying my best so many more countries to explore!!

[@AussieAngeS]

The process of making the cassava bread was so cool! They work hard for their food that’s for sure.

[@tomyhh]

so cool!

[@golstarlooks]

Thank you for visiting my country and showing our cultures. I grew up in the interior, a place call Mabura. You should visit there. I live in Canada now, but I'm Guyanese-born and bred. 👍❤💯.

[@Davidsbeenhere]

Amazing bro! Thank you so much!!

[@MrRoop45]

Me too. Great food!

[@islynmercurius3338]

David and friend are enjoying your tour and eats in Guyana I am learning so much about Guyana different regions the people are friendly ☺️ you have a good tour guide and his explanation way to go David Job well done take in the knowledge back to the states 😃 thanks for sharing my friend

[@Davidsbeenhere]

No thank you! I appreciate this country and it’s people ❤❤❤

[@BeingRocky]

So happy you enjoyed our beautiful Guyana 🇬🇾 my brother, if you’re ever in Orlando Florida, we would love ❤️ to do a collaboration with you, best regards

[@jeanbastien9424]

One of the best thing about Guyana is the food. Every family party has a combo of African, indigenous, Indian and Chinese food to enjoy.

[@Most-high101]

Guyana is special because its got an island vibe but also has jungle vibes

[@reenapulchan5347]

Another great video David and Stacy. This was so educational for me especially learning how casareep is made and indigenous Guyanese food and places. Stacy is also a great host and very knowledgeable.

[@ShabanandHailey]

yes she is ..very lively and she explains well.

[@Davidsbeenhere]

Yes she is! We had a great experience deep it he jungle ❤

[@staceyRahaman]

Thank u❤

[@StreetFoodSection]

The village is so peaceful ❤️

[@jon1552]

Been enjoying all the guyana videos! Keep them going!

[@alwinsimpson]

Stacy did a great job being with you David and explaining everything

[@staceyRahaman]

Thank u

[@jaisinghpriya50]

Wow you aren’t missing out on anything on your visit to Guyana David. So happy to see you visited our indigenous people and you love their food. love it ❤🇬🇾

[@phoebefrancis3388]

I come to see the videos religiously every morning... love your content

[@Davidsbeenhere]

Oh thank you so much ❤❤❤ there are a bunch more to go ❤

[@saretafernandes3879]

Now you definitely make me want to go home for some of that fresh fruits and food from organic sources . I have cassava bread in my cupboard but I know it's definitely better freshly made. 💖😃

[@ShabanandHailey]

The scenery was just out of this World so peaceful just natural....the river ..trees ...the boat ride on the river ...cassava bread and cassareep makung process was a great lesson for me. Also the food was so natural,healthy...Just simply amazing. Just enjoyed watching. Thanks David stay safe.

[@tomyhh]

yes it looks amazing!!

[@JudyT868]

Shabana: I don't know if you are old enough to remember that we used to use a grater like that in Trinidad to grate coconut and cassava, the only difference was that it was curved instead of being flat. We also made that cassava bread. David had it in Tobago. These are all things I am still familiar with. Hope to catch you on ' live'. I have to go out but I should be back in time.🇹🇹🇨🇦

[@SevenHunnid]

I do food videos while high af on my KZbin channel. I’m more raw & authentic than most on here ☝️😮

[@ShabanandHailey]

@@JudyT868 My mom remembers...hope to see you there too...

[@JudyT868]

Shabana: is David on live today

[@yowalton4748]

Wow! This is absolutely amazing to watch, so authentic and intriguing. I was born in Guyana and never had the opportunity to see and experience the natural rich culture and foods you are enjoying 😉. I am on my way to Beautiful Guyana. Thanks David 👍 🙏 🇬🇾 But I'm 😞 sorry! I wouldn't try the Tacoma worm.. You are brave..Guyana has to been #1 on your list .. 🏆

[@sandysbackyardfoodtravelvl3726]

Good morning.. watching 👀

[@elizabeth16598ee]

Amazing food and to see how the cassava is turned into bread was amazing and the sauce for the pepper pot. Really good food that was prepared. Lovely people as always. To be in a quiet village must have been very nice experience ♥

[@sharonbudhu8975]

I love my Country Guyana OMG my mouth water is 🤤🤤🤤🤤🤤🤤🤤🤤🤤🤤🤤🤤beautiful GUYANA 💯🇬🇾🇨🇦

[@RickyMahabir]

David, Keep up the great job exploring!

[@Davidsbeenhere]

Always dude!

[@kr22100]

It's the nature that gets me. Wonderful scenery. Thanks Dave.

[@dianneknowles4782]

Beautiful place and beautiful friendly people. With delicious food. 😍😋

[@Facts.Are.Straight]

Awesome Uplifting vlog. I enjoy watching the Native's life and cooking. Thx!

[@gooniebush]

Another great video. Thank you for sharing this experience with us.

[@georgestuart8175]

Great videos, David.I have been awaiting this series, for a long time.We constructed the kitchen,and bath areas for the lodge.Keep doing these great videos!!

[@gurudattshiwdat4550]

Great video on the indigenous people. Very insightful on the culture.

[@rajeshsieuraj1759]

I think the local guide gave the best explanations

[@jennyally2585]

To the person who was saying that you insert a knife between the cassava skin and flesh and it will peel easily I agree . However whenever you are greating cassava by hand you don't peel it you scrape it . If it is peeled it will become too smooth and slippery to manage on that type of greater , and you will end up greating your hands instead .

[@shameenamohamed853]

Thank you for the videos love them enjoying it looking forward for more videos

[@liveinlove5958]

Very enjoyable and seeing how they made the bread with methods of old. extraordinary..much love..one love..respect.

[@suecolbert1047]

I Miss Home, and All of These Traditonal Foods, from South America! I Cried, as I Watched and Reminisced, on Good Old Tumes! Quite A Fascinating Lovely Video, on Fresh, and Simple, Home Made Foods!

[@MS-tc2fs]

Phenomenal content!!

[@vp1980127]

Another great video!! Keep up the great work

[@DdShevanii]

I knew he would love the drink😁

[@Davidsbeenhere]

Sure did!

[@faridadundas418]

That's the original tuma just pepper and salt.doesnt need onion garlic cubes etc. And that's very tasty with the cassava water .

[@oghype8107]

This man an the girl from visit Guyana is a beautiful couple

[@Davidsbeenhere]

Amazing team! ❤

[@tomyhh]

amazing David!!

[@WARVIATION]

truly one of the last unexplored paradises on earth. would love to visit some of the other regions. only ever been to Linden in my whole life other than Georgetown

[@lisas.1681]

Great episode - peaceful and simple - wish I could taste the quinches 😊. Very enlightening with the work involved to get pure cassareep 😮

[@JudyT868]

Well David, this was a nice adventure for you. I am glad that you enjoyed it. You ate a smaller version of the cassava bread in Tobago. And here's a tip for peeling the cassava: cassava (yucca) has a skin that all you have to do is to make a cut length-ways and put the knife in between the cassava flesh and the skin and peel it off sideways. That way the cassava skin comes off with no wasteage. And here's another tip for cooking rice. Rice also has arsenic, so in order to get rid of some of it, pour hot water over it, rinse it and then cook accordingly. I hope that all of my tips help. Been doing a lot of research myself. Catch you all on the 'live' later. Hopefully.🇹🇹🇨🇦

[@christinechance7663]

IT WAS AMAZING &VERY INTERESTING WATCHING THEM MAKE THE CASSAVA JUST INCREDIBLE I CANNOT BELIEVE IT!!!THE FRESH JUICE &THE BREAD JUST AWESOME AND STACEY IS JUST A PLEASURE!!!!GREAT JOB DAVID !!!!ANOTHER OUTSTANDING VIDEO!!!!JUST LOVE YOU!!!👍🥰💙😘😍🤩🤗❤💥

[@tomyhh]

awesome!!

[@dianepersaud8348]

David, you went up the Mahaicony River where I was born. The Amerindian village is up the end of the river..miles up. I can't believe you are there. Makes me think of all the memories up there. My brother still farms rice half way up the river..all farming area. Happy travels.

[@CravenMoorhead888]

Our gorgeous land, this is awesome

[@nomadbanda9562]

Wow lovely

[@j.m.rsrthelli1767]

Super nice!!!

[@andyphagoo8886]

I would definitely love to do a trip like that... love from Toronto Canada.

[@johnnycrepaul547]

I like the coconut bread and the pine apple juice.

[@shqa574]

When my dad brought Cassava bread from Guyana, we would toast it on the stove, and add butter. It was delicious. I don't remember quinches, but it looked delicious.

[@OSS-bf4qv]

Looks delicious 😋😋

[@kyoshiaiko5854]

Another bomb video! I have to visit 😅❤

[@subratabose2960]

Excellent

[@satiesankar7280]

Awesome.

[@mohamedhaniff8417]

Nice I love it

[@tinysue5411]

Looks very delicious

[@2075vj]

You did it again David made me hungry. Lol. Let me go find some food. I need to gain a couple of pounds anyway so this is working for me. Thanks for sharing.😊😋 I put my family onto your hot sauce. When they came by they really liked it so I sent them the link to get it on Amazon.

[@CravenMoorhead888]

This makes me miss my village man

[@davidnoname6278]

My beautiful country, oh how I miss you.

[@stephenfigaro4869]

I am from Trinidad and I love cassava and I do say that meal looks delicious.pecavandvlove from TNT.

[@suddie1215]

I wish you would have emphasized that most of the people in this video are the indigenous people who are collectively called Amerindians; there are still at least nine distinct tribes of Amerindians in Guyana. My father worked in Rupununi so I spent a fair amount of time with the Macushi.

[@JudyT868]

Nunya Bizness: some people are not going to like my comments but although David is about food, the hosts put so much emphasis on it that they forget about the history and culture, things that are of interest to David as well. The culture tends to be so complex that sometimes it needs to be explained but I am not seeing much of that, YET. I know that there is more to come, so let's see eh🇹🇹🇨🇦

[@carolking8835]

@@JudyT868 .... While I can see both you and Nunya's point of views as being valid, we as Caribbean folks have to remember that the main objectives of David and other vloggers are really to showcase foods in various parts of the world. And while he can give a brief overview of the cultural backgrounds, these channels are not history or geography channels even though his travels are about movement and world society in the art of food preparation and tasting/consumption. Additionally, there are matters of time constraints and editing, sponsorship and subscription/viewership and most importantly, whenever you delve deeply into cultural backgrounds it can quickly become political and oftentimes religious topics which is to heavy of a matter for a food channel. Have you noticed that the traditional non-travel food channels stick closely to the main point of food preparation and tasting so as to avoid offending any one group? In fairness to David this 🇬🇾 trip is one of his best adventure in the Davidbeenhere series. You have a blessed day ✌ 🇺🇸🇹🇹🇺🇲🗽

[@JudyT868]

@@carolking8835 : I understand completely what you are saying but part of David's mission statement is that he is not only interested in the food but also in the history and culture and customs of the places he visits. I was upset that the hosts in Trinidad put so much emphasis on the food, that they failed to relate the history and culture of it. Every country and island are so rich in history that we need to learn about, since in my day, we didn't learn much about (the 1950s and 1960s). So I see your point. No argument here. And besides, the two things that we have to be careful about today are politics and religion but it doesn't have to be about that. After all, we all came from somewhere. So no arguments here. We could agree, disagree or agree to disagree but that's what makes it interesting conversation. Have a great day and weekend wherever you are.🇹🇹🇨🇦

[@carolking8835]

@@JudyT868 .... Thanks for your response which shows that we are like-minded in our points of views and that's a good thing. I do believe that David has incorporated a little history, culture, custom as well as geography in his 🇬🇾 series. Look at the details of the cooking methods used in this particular vlog as well as in the other vlogs especially when the president cooked for David. There were explanations of the ultimate goals of food to table for consumption and the expansion of their economy and ecology. Are you aware that the Caribbean Union countries are considering joining forces with Guyana 🇬🇾 to use their lands 🇬🇾 and farm stock where Guyana will produce and the other islands will engage in the joint venture farming and trade thereby keeping the economies stable and within the Caribbean region. There were trade conferences and meetings both in 🇬🇾 and 🇹🇹 held earlier in this year with attendance by many countries. I am a firm believer in keeping abreast with what is happening in our homelands and who better to explain and pass on our culture than US. David and people like Mark and many many others are good for global exposure but WE THE PEOPLE are the stewards of our history. I was born in the generation of Dr. Eric Eustice Williams (3 years old) telling the children of T&T that, 'You carry the future of Trinidad and Tobago in your school bags." And everyday since I have learned and passed on our culture and history as well as other Caribbean countries history to anyone who will listen here in the States or anywhere I go. That is our job. Let us not rely to heavily upon outside narrators to describe US when we know WE or at least should know WE. A perfect example of folks understanding their history are the Italians. On Monday 10/11/22 we celebrate Columbus Day and there are huge parades all over America with people of Italian descent celebrating with huge ships and floats representing the Pinta, the Nina and the Santa Maria which set sail from Spain on behalf of the Spanish monarchy to rhe new world. Yet the Italians celebrate Columbus as he was a son of their soil, born in the city of Genoa, Italy in 1451. Yet his mission was in the name of the Spanish crown. We learned all of this in our West Indian history books along with the stories of the Maroons of Jamaica and other islands especially of the heroes Paul Bogel and Queen Nanny, Maroon slaves of 🇯🇲 and Kofi or Cuffy 🇬🇾 rebellious slave. History learned and understood of ourselves is is righteous thing. Have a blessed weekend.

[@JudyT868]

@@carolking8835 I like to be provocative in my comments so that people would think about what they have to say. I love intelligent conversation and you prove that by what you wrote. Some people just write one or two lines but if we provided more info, maybe then it would be all worth it. So on that note, have yourself a wonderful weekend.🇹🇹🇨🇦

[@bigmama5048]

amazing how garri making in GHANNA is similar it all goes to prove that they never forgot the recipes passed down from their ancestral homes in West Africa, David that's the soup you ate with fufu in Ghana called light soup

[@aliahnina]

lol I love the biodegradable throw!

[@najibhourany6025]

Womderfull

[@nphipps9406]

cocorite, when you eat the flesh crack the seed with a hard instrument to get the jelly. it just like coconut jelly when harden.

[@hafeezkhan1067]

It's their country and their culture and freedom also rights to the land is 100% protected.

[@orainefreestyleadventures]

U need to do a jamaica video bro 🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲

[@Davidsbeenhere]

I need to!

[@orainefreestyleadventures]

Let me know when u going I'm in nyc but I'm from Jamaica I can be ur guide...keep up the good work bro

[@user-fm4mh6vi5q]

though we have plenty of casawa roots our people don't have idea to make flour out of it. Our part of the world where i am in south asia we never had experience of casawa flour and never tested. Wow its look delicious.

[@walkwithhaniyeh]

Nice

[@ingridbee9192]

Abosoultly beautiful to see. Im enjoying this series.

[@JudyT868]

Ingrid Bee: HAPPY BIRTHDAY 🥳🎉🎂🍧🙏🇹🇹🇨🇦

[@ingridbee9192]

@@JudyT868 thank you my dear. 💕

[@JudyT868]

@@ingridbee9192 👍

[@ShabanandHailey]

Happy Birthday Ingrid,...Wish you everything good now and always...stay safe, Peace.

[@ingridbee9192]

@@ShabanandHailey Thank you so much 💕

[@yogeshsukhdeo4837]

❤️💚💛🇬🇾

[@cathy4206]

I did exactly what you did there. My family is from Guyana, and our extended family is from the Wapishana tribe in the Rupununi. You have to try turtle meat and piranha.

[@sandrashivrattan1915]

A love qunches 😋😋

[@woljay9362]

Wow Guyanese have more similarities with their neighbors than I thought. In Venezuela we eat this too and its called Casabe and actually archaeological evidence from thousands of years ago was found near Merida (Venezuela).

[@stacygray7470]

Great videos, there is just a need for some more lighting on the people (so their faces can be seen clearer). But, I love the culture of my people, Guyanese, being highlighted 🥰

[@jonamedina3708]

Guy said Wash the casava in clean water and the water was brown dirty😂😂😂🤩

[@bigmamat6523]

He had this in Surinam already, peprewatra.

[@litomoh4212]

Nothing unique here, sorry but the food is on par with all carribean countries and yes they all had a fair share of indigenos ppl.

[@ziggyfamily1966]

I just want to say thanks to David for visiting Guyana ❤… But seriously why Stacy hands always have to be in the man plate when she has her own , just a bad image omg 🤦🏽 mek Guyanese look bad like if we ain’t get table manners .

[@adha2870]

EXACTLY!

[@chesagrant4878]

I was wondering the same!

[@1inabillion]

Stacy is back 🥰

[@Thecornerr]

Exactly like in Suriname

[@windsorpierre9637]

David did you eat any black /white pudding? While you was there?

[@rrrajlive]

14:57 she's into you David, don't break her 💔

[@naruto73syfy]

👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿

[@imkadosh]

Casava is native to America, but these guyanans have learn pretty well the indigenous ways of dealing with the “poisonus” compounds of cassava. Cuba and South America make these tortillas and they can be preserved for years.

[@cathy4206]

after you drain out the cassava, and put it in the sifter, the cassava will make your hands so soft and smooth. I'm telling you it's best hand cream..lol

[@jaybirdlady1407]

Cocorite is almost extinct ad difficult to find now in Big Market, they need to stop cutting down the trees. Star Apples are almost becoming extinct also. Beautiful Guyana my home.

[@Sherirose1]

Love the video. How can we book for the ubedee eco Lodge. Isn't that kukrit? Don't eat too many. You will get diarrhoea. 😂🤣

[@naddiasanichara3863]

You know people on fasting good

[@nabimuhammad7899]

#StopHazaraGenocide

[@ronfraser2267]

Beautiful welcome to real Guyana that's the best part in Guyana

[@adha2870]

Seriously she needs to keep her hands in her plate. No manners.

[@joed9908]

Gurl no one learns you, they teach you.