Fiji & New Caledonia: World's Weirdest Migration Patterns

How on Earth did Fiji and New Caledonia get some of the weirdest migration history of anywhere in Melanesia or the world? Today we're going to discuss a brief history of the Melanesians and their relation to other groups including the Polynesians, Europeans and other groups and just how two groups managed to get so far from home in these remote islands.
Please let me know your thoughts on these Melanesian islands and their unique demographic makeup and other aspects of their history, including the political strife, conflicts and developments that have shaped this region in recent years. Thanks for watching!
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[@rayanstar7]

I was always told in my family that my grand father’s uncle was deported from Algeria to New Caledonia by the army as he was a Kabyle résistant; we were able to find traces of our family name decades later... in New Caledonia! He stayed there and had a family, and now tons of little French-Caledonians bear our family name at the other end of the world!

[@mohammedtijani3749]

Big up to our Maghrebi brothers in the pacific

[@anotheraccount2052]

_ PorteDeStCloud so they are your 3rd cousins! That’s in my culture considered close family!

[@pisse3000]

_ PorteDeStCloud That's so cool! Glad things worked out well for him.

[@candag7389]

I would hate france

[@watitora]

What a trip from North Africa to the South Pacific lol,what’s a Kabyle resistant?

[@alalverson1603]

My family was well off in Madras, owned homes and rented them out. They were told that the streets were " painted in gold" in Fiji. So they left in the 1800's went to east Africa first ,then made their way to Fiji. When they got to Fiji they were put in indentured servitude. They worked their way out of that and moved to Seattle in the 1970's. There's a huge Fijian community in the greater Seattle area and in Vancouver Canada.

[@aolanikunisan]

I recently moved to Seattle and noticed that there are many Polynesians here but didn’t know that part of the history. You always learn something new.

[@alalverson1603]

@@aolanikunisan where did you move here from?

[@aolanikunisan]

@@alalverson1603 I moved from South Africa

[@distastefulvideos]

I learn so much from your channel.

[@wunderlichcatt4420]

🌾 *I МАSТURВА!ТЕ Т0 V!IDЕ0S !0N МY СH!АNNЕL! L00K!!* 🔞🔞

[@kirakira6981]

New-Caledonia is not a departement of France, it’s a special case actually: it is the only french territory considered a « collectivity with evolving status ». We have our own governement, our own laws, etc.. Even tho we are still part of France, and under its authority we are a very a autonomous country compared to other territories.

[@karalotamanicagi7483]

Very interesting,Now i know 👍👍🇫🇯🇫🇯

[@user-ry8sf4em9t]

Which passport you have French passport or Calidonian passport

[@omeromer9225]

No fuck french colonizer.... Proud KANAK MELANESIA 💙🇳🇨🌊

[@yamu413]

@@user-ry8sf4em9t French passport

[@user-ry8sf4em9t]

@@yamu413 👍👍 Interesting

[@PiousMoltar]

Took me a while to realise that by "poppin" you meant "Papuan".

[@johanna-hypatiacybeleia2465]

Yeah, it's 3 syllables: Pa-pu-an.

[@adityanawani8134]

PiousMoltar Mary PAPUANS?😂😂😂

[@daddyshrek7376]

Same

[@ramond.f4u212]

Genetic austronesia and melanesian is the oldest, Example in indonesia so many oldest human fossil, like javaman fossil 1,5 milion BC, megantropus erectus, homo sapien, paleo javanicus, mojokertoensis-frorensis, etc. And Indonesia so many human site like drawing cave 40.000 bc, pyramid gunung padang 22.000bc (miami lab), damar lindu16.000bc and gian pot 14.000bc in sulaweai, stoneheads, menhir and other..

[@faanengaaw7357]

Ahaha i have just noticed lol

[@revinhatol]

Finally, a video about Fiji! (and New Caledonia/FR) Vinaka!

[@budgetlifter]

British be like: hippity hoppity now thats my property

[@adityanawani8134]

Cheetos Not only their queen but also their native population.😂😂😂

[@thatindiandude4602]

@@adityanawani8134 well looking at london, I think you might get their wish.

[@adityanawani8134]

ThatIndian Dude Yeah bro.😎💪

[@budgetlifter]

@@adityanawani8134 lol no. They lost their empire, and thats good but genocidal fantasies are a little too crazy. Most colonial countries got their Independence and stand in their own feet now. Greetings from Germany (we always treated the few colonies we had good but still get invaded now)... everyone just should stay in theirw country and mind their business.

[@adityanawani8134]

Kampf KartoffelTM 1.No one has ANY genocidal fantasies.It is just that the law of cause and effect works as such. 2.That is very naive and a little hilarious to think so. Time is the greatest factor here! Time can change a group of 12 or 13 colonies into the superpower of the world. Similarly time can reduce a country with the a quarter of the world's GDP into a contributor of mere 2%. 3.If you seriously think that you were nice to colonies,I think you need to know a bit more.Know about the genocide in namibia. Add to that the genocide of jews,gypsies and russians.

[@thedreamweaver6514]

As a native Fijian... I approve this video 😉

[@ezhilarasikrishnan5408]

😊🙏

[@christophershirley3279]

What an interesting country you have. It’s definitely on my list of places to visit.

[@nofacevevo3546]

As ah

[@Tomenable]

Have you done a DNA test including GEDmatch calculators?

[@myopicthunder]

Yeah the only problem is the myth that Tongans named Fiji, they call it Fisi, Fijians call it Viti, English speakers derived Fiji from this somehow.

[@mexicanmuslim]

Can you make a video on the Japanese Ainu. Or the Basque peoples? There so unique and interesting!!

[@ChefRafi]

How To Vegan yes. I made two videos in Basque.

[@ronaldoseven4865]

What about the Non Indo-European languages in Europe such as Basque, Estonian, Finnish, Hungarian, Maltese and Turkish? Basque is unique since their language is not related to any other languages such as Spanish nor French. Modern Hungarian are consider Europeans, but their language is part of the Finno-Uralic group.

[@ChefRafi]

Clarke Road Trojans I made videos in Basque, Finnish, Maltese, Hungarian and Turkish. Not Ainu though.

[@terioze9]

The South West of France (Gascony, not just the French Basque country) is ethnically Basque but has been romanized. The words Gascon and Basque share the same etymology. The (ethnic) French are actually a mix of Gauls, Franks, Basques and Italics (in Provence).

[@unfortunatelynotatroll5798]

Chef Rafi's Awesome World I am Turk from Turkey and subscribed to your channel right now.

[@theambitious1271]

During the French colonial in Algeria, many Algerian people who resisted them were departed to this island because they were revolutionaries.

[@terioze9]

Est-ce que les Calédoniens d'origine nord-africaine sont considérés comme Blancs ?

[@TheFiresloth]

Je suppose qu'il faudra qu'ils se décident d'abord si ils sont arabes où berbères ^^

[@kasmeneyes2227]

@@terioze9 They tend to have more ties with the white people, yes for sure

[@imtheabsolute1161]

SydneyStreets There is so many white people in Algeria (maybe the majority are whites)

[@fritoss3437]

yeah we see the vidéo

[@ProximaCentauri88]

Before I wondered why some Pacific islanders have a name like "Indra". I hope you'll also shed a light to the Eskaya tribe of the Philippines. Their language, Eskaya, is so different morphophonemically compared to other Philippine languages. It is even considered a language isolate.

[@lilSaltee]

Where are the manchurians today? How many native americans are there today? Are west papuans, indonesians? Who are the biafrans? What is happening in bioko island? Where are the chagossians now?

[@sarksdhar3693]

I think he made a video on Chagos

[@avaevathornton9851]

During the Qing dynasty, a lot Manchus switched to speaking Mandarin and embraced Han (i.e. Chinese) culture, like many foreign invaders before them. After the Boxer Rebellion, the Qing allowed Han Ren to move to Manchuria, where they became the majority in just a few years. Since then, the Manchus have been almost completely absorbed into the Han population. I think there are about 10 people who still speak Manchu. And Manchuria is now a fully ethnically and politically integrated part of China. By the time I visited, the cultural legacy of the Europeans who came to Harbin in northern Manchuria to work on the railway (and escape the revolution across the border in Russia) was way more apparent than that of the Manchus who traditionally lived there.

[@avaevathornton9851]

In case you're wondering, these European settlers were almost all deported under Mao's regime, which left behind a nearly exclusively Han population living amongst ornate Russian buildings, and subsisting on a diet full of beer, bread, and German sausages, totally divorced from the rest of China's culinary traditions.

[@seankennedy5074]

risky hermawan In terms of being annexed and colonised by Indonesia, West Papua is Indonesian, but ethically , culturally and linguistically it is not. Many West Papuans resent Indonesian imperialism and resist it but are brutally oppressed. Indonesia is a nation based on imperialism and if you can any native West Papuan what they think they will strongly disagree with you.

[@seankennedy5074]

risky hermawan You sound like a true racist. "Your people"? How do you even know who my people are? Fact is I can guarantee that you are wrong in your ignorant and racist assumptions about me. Indonesia is the world's most brutal colonial power. Indonesia brutally invaded and colonised Timor Leste and proceeded to commit genocide on an industrial scale, just as you are now doing in West Papua, who's people DO NOT consider themselves Indonesian. You claim that the British "own" PNG, yet it is an independent nation and is not governed in any way by, or subject to the laws of any other country. Unlike West Papua which is owned, governed and colonised by Java. It is time for Indonesia to be subject to the same expectations that you seem to want to apply to others. *FREE WEST PAPUA!*

[@evilevan9687]

@Masaman I hope you get a chance to travel to some of these interesting places you cover someday, and get to meet some of these people and see the cultures first hand. Love your channel dude. Keep it up!

[@timsalter5505]

The French in New Caledonia are colonialist descendants, though some were not brought there by choice, like some of the ancestors of the Australian Brit-descendants. The Indians in Fiji were brought there by the Brits as low-status servants, and are like the Indians in Guyana, Trinidad & Tobago, and Jamaica. Yet native sentiment is stronger against the Indians in Fiji than it is against the French in New Caledonia, which I find interesting.

[@timsalter5505]

Makes sense. It doesn't matter that the Indians weren't forcible colonizers like the Europeans. Though the group came against their will, they dominated the economy, understandably causing resentment. A parallel I am hesitant to draw but will make anyways: during the time of the Roman Empire, the Jews were driven from Israel and settled in Europe, where they became a dominant minority, controlling much of the trade and economy. They, too, became resented in the countries they lived by the native population, and NOT just in Germany.

[@saurabhbanik7811]

Also you are forgetting the fact that Even though the French were colonisers, they were Christian colonisers. Whereas most of the Indo-Fijians were and still are non-Christian. Religious fanaticism divides people very easily.

[@terioze9]

@Saurabh Banik Go to New Caledonia. Only the Kanaks and the Polynesians (mainly from Wallis-and-Futuna) go to church. White Caledonians (29% of the population) are much less religious than White Australians.

[@nickp8670]

Kleco102 the natives wanna complain. But still laZy as fuk dont do shit to better them selfs Indiana dude they don’t like it smh the fukin narrow minded stupidity not all of them but most seen it at my own eyes lol they’ll never get ahead if the brought up thinking’s like it starts with the youth change there mind set and u have diff Fiji

[@itskingbfj5359]

N P ohh man why don’t you just read properly. why don’t you do research. Indians where low status people when they came to Fiji dumbass. We fucking evolved to being more educated and being the dominant one in the economy. You’re just embarrassing the rest of us indo Fijians. Stay off the computer and cook me some aloo baigan with roti.

[@zu5277]

The division between Indo-Fijians and iTaukei Fijians was caused by the British who knew that if the two groups joined forces they'd overthrow the british rulers. By turning us against one another they ensured that we would be too occupied fighting amongst ourselves rather than fighting the real enemy, those who colonized us and made us slaves. Divide and conquer they call it. We should reject this old mindset and move forward as one people, how we should be.

[@jeongsungmin2023]

Pre smart if u ask me

[@DJCole34]

Same thing happens in papua, once the media start showing the cruelty to the natives this massive landslide takes 2000 lives. I’m calling bs but no one wants to believe someone with nefarious intentions could’ve been behind this and the Indonesian involvement on the island.

[@afromolukker]

Was just in Fiji for around 5 months. It was amazing to see in areas near Lautoka there were settlements of iTaukei Fijians and Indo-Fijians settlrments one after another. You hear many know hints of Hindi and Fijian as well as speak English. It was interesting to see the whole diversity of the Pacific at Suva's University of the South Pacific where Melanesians, Micronesians, and Polynesians all came together and studied as one. It was so Diverse but a diversity you dont see in the USA. From Islanders to Indians to Koreans to Kiwi/Strayans.

[@etorawa9367]

But one thing you don't see is the hidden cultural, ethnic, linguistic and religious tensions. It's there and its real. The younger generation have become more socialable and acceptable of each others differences but don't let the smiles fool you bro. I'm a native Fijian and my best friend is Indian we used to talk about these issues as teenagers.

[@ev0kedjs919]

@@etorawa9367 bula brass I'm indo-fijian and my great grandmother was native fijian. I grew up in NZ alongside my best friend who is also native fijian we would do the same and talk about the issues that our people face at home but we also appreciated how far the cultures have come and dispite there being hidden tensions. Regardless of all this I'm just glad in my part of rakiraki where our village is, that everyone embraces each other and helps out with both sides of the culture. That is true Fiji through my eyes.

[@TheGuyNobodyReallyLikes]

I want be honest and make it clear to everyone that I am a true racist.

[@tabbs3]

@@TheGuyNobodyReallyLikes tf 3hrs ago lol

[@eparamaravinatata1220]

Here in the western part of Viti Levu we all cool. All races co exist.

[@HorribleOracle]

You and your videos are awesome! I find myself rewatching them often. And this leads me to suggest getting a better microphone!

[@dalton6963]

What a stunning episode of history of countries. Well done.

[@stevedavey9435]

Great information and well spoken

[@ultrak0w]

Great video as always. Are you studying ethnology or anthropology at university ?

[@barrytschirpig9328]

Its nice to have met people from both sides of these countries, whether in their home country or in Australia

[@nikeeddie9430]

Barry Tschirpig, I'm indigenous Fijian but I liv in Australia, I met this two beautiful people's in Aussie. One day I went to the city and it was crowded and something drw my attention so, in the thick of crowded I can see someone exactly looked like me. As a Fijian you will never let your people go past you until you say bula. I went straight to this couples n say bula and start speak Fijian to them, a couple of Fijian words to them n I realise that something wrong hia cos they didn't even say a single word n they just keep smiling at me. I stopped talking n I said ops, I better ask first. And they said they a from New Caledonia so, I was standing there in front of them feeling cold n embarrassing. And they said to me with a smile its ok we understand. So the hold day in the city i just keep saying to my self wow, that was very interesting cos when I first met them I though that was me inside them. Ha ha ha, from that day until today I feel that I'm not alone. Thanks God.

[@boratsagdiyev2374]

You should make a video on reunion island

[@terioze9]

Réunion island is probably one of the most interesting ethnic places in the world.

[@Karin-fj3eu]

Yes!

[@jackhopper255]

Nice video as always.

[@405boy4]

I love your channel man. You're very knowledgeable about the work you research. Now can I get a paid trip to this island? Lol

[@thibaut2060]

@Masaman There are few details you could add or correct. First, in NC the term "Caldoche" only refer to Caledonian of European descent which means those 2 terms are not synonyms. You said that kanaks were isolated before the European arrival. But that's not exactly true either. For those who lived in the main Island "La Grande Terre", that seems to be true. But it's not concerning the Loyalty islands, Lifou(Drehu), Maré(Nengone) and Ouvéa(Iaii) islands shared their lands with polynesians tribes from Samoa and Tonga. Those migration could be explained by an old polynesian custom called "Takava" which litteraly means "trip". In order to survive, they used to leave their archipelago to explore neighbouring islands. However we can only see this heritage in Ouvea island where one langage spoken is linked to the polynesian island of Wallis. This langage is called "faga-ouvea". That's all for me folks!

[@lemkaxrcuu]

Olé pour les précisions !

[@RevesAbsurdes1]

As a Caledonian, I can say that it is what I learn happened in my country ! Great video

[@ricardoguanipa8275]

love how this channels talks about Race, ethnicity and migration without any political hyperbolic from jared taylor fan boys

[@TKUA11]

Ricardo Guanipa are you saying they make good debaters ?

[@griffinberserk9295]

@@TKUA11 no but turn racist

[@rayenavar793]

This is one of my favourite channels I subscribe to.

[@DerFilc]

i suggest former yugoslavia and want to now, if croats, serbs, bosnians and so on are genetically different

[@hiroklobus87]

DerFilc this is genarly bad idea if he want peas in coment section.

[@sidimightbe3246]

There is, Bosnians have strong i2a Illyrian, with a hefty amount of ancient Egyptian and near eastern e1b1b and J2. Croats are the same thing, with about half the amount of brown and double the German r1b, which gets rarer as you move east. Serbs are the same as Bosnians but with less Illyrian

[@denizmetint.462]

__ SidImightbe Why is that?

[@sidimightbe3246]

Deniz Julian T. Look up the eupedia y dna country stats

[@bogdanjarosaw7532]

hiroklobus87 Woosh

[@jimseru]

I believe Cakobau wasn't defeated in any type of warfare by the white men & the Tongans when they tried to Military blockade him, he simply agreed to accept Christianity and used the Tongans & white men to help fight his wars & gain more territory & influece for his Kingdom.

[@Monoq_band]

Was interesting 🙏 thanks

[@wysesolomon4246]

Great Video! I would love to see you do one for Hawaii.

[@faanengaaw7357]

Im a Micronesian. Descended from a German whaler who passed thru Micronesian who eventually married an island girl & here i am.

[@Dracopol]

Interesting enough, but can you do a video on the most long-lived integral group who never mixed with others, possibly due to religious taboos, and who never moved anywhere?

[@leslieross7555]

Thank you, I have Melanesian ethnicity in my DNA and I really appreciate your vid -

[@tanvirislamfahim9679]

I am from Bangladesh . But i really wanna live there (new Caledonia or Fiji) and i found it so interesting .. thank you for such an informative video

[@jamaalthomas5808]

Interesting video.

[@xouxoful]

Thanks for the interesting topic. However, tout should note new caledonia has never been an oversea department (contrary to Guyane or Réunion for example). Si it's a bit less integrated to the French Republic.

[@thibaut2060]

New Caledonia is not a departemnt. It is a local government called "sui generis".

[@despaahana]

I was in the Fiji airport for layover in 2007 and again this last July and I could tell that over the last 11 years the Indians are emigrating. In 2007 saw only 1 Fijian. This last July, I'd say about a quarter were Fijian.

[@coreygeorge1874]

I’ve been to New Caledonia, It is quite a strange place, some people live in tin shacks right next to to the lyceè and then people who live in mansions just across the road.

[@hersirivarr1236]

Fiji is the same. Actual grass/tree huts next to sheet metal houses and massive beach hotels.

[@dubstepXpower]

@@hersirivarr1236 same with Philippines lol

[@Demographiaanthropology]

Is it me or are all Europeans in Oceania descend from prisoners?

[@seankennedy5074]

It's just you. New Zealand never had any penal colony system and only around 30% of British settlers in Australia were convicts. The rest were their jailers, the government administration and free settlers.

[@Demographiaanthropology]

But it is surprising how many prisoners were sent there

[@emabanuve3126]

lol. the ones that came to fiji was for trade, business

[@Demographiaanthropology]

yeah@kayemen415

[@alfiethebutler3805]

Listen and pay attention...did he stutter?

[@faanengaaw7357]

Peace & love from Micronesia❤️

[@rickybobby3454]

Probably one of the most looked over regions. Hopefully Caledonia will be 100% Independent and Fiji will figure out its conflict with its Indian origin community.

[@venascomedy8864]

🤘🏿 hopefully the natives of new caledonia will be independent

[@notyouraveragecomment1328]

I used to watch a program called"somewhere street" on NHK World, one episode was about nouméa new Caledonia During the show there were many new Caledonian from Algerians decent. I was really surprised

[@LechuKawaii]

Last time I was this early Elias Frahat wasnt you fan #1

[@isaialawaniyasana5209]

So much misinformation in this video. For one, Cakobau was never defeated by the Tongans. Also, Fiji had trade relations to Vanuatu and New Caledonia as well. There's also others.

[@Lokitai_reggae]

If the Indians arrived during cannibalism in Fiji that would be a different history

[@bruht9921]

Ahhahahah

[@freedom5773]

😂😂😂

[@emosijougavule2561]

🤣🤣🤣

[@robbiebalboa]

4:48 draw me like your Fijian tribal warriors.

[@deefed7973]

I've only met one Fijian here in Canada. In appearance looked East Indian, dark,but had blue eyes. he was also Catholic. very nice guy, interesting composure.

[@tanielawatta5342]

Dee Fed he is an Indian in ethnicity but fijian with association

[@samumoku5591]

100% blood and DNA of India mate!

[@mayena]

Why do Canada use the term East Indian?. There is no contemporary region called East Indies, would the better usage be Asian Indian/South Asian Indian?.

[@deefed7973]

@@mayena I mean no offence! East Indian is what we use!

[@lv2000]

DEE FED LOVES MAYENA MAYENA LOVES DEE FED

[@CBalderas]

I got to know a couple of very exotic people here where I live.. One for new caledonia, one from Mauritius, one from Seychelles and one from Burundi.... I know people from many other countries like Turkey, Iran, Italy all Latin Americans... Russia, Australia, Spain, France and well pretty much from everywhere... But I love when I get to know people from very remote and exotic places :P

[@ericcc4637]

Where are you from bro ? Nice content

[@laionemeihetahikoulakanate9515]

India,Fiji,Tonga and New Zealand come together we a Brothers from the beginning.

[@spacepopevii3284]

New Zealand? lol no thanks Pajeet

[@leaveme3559]

SpacePopeVII dude u have been going through this anti indian rant....but why?....does our success offend u that bad....why so jealous

[@barcak1912]

People from South Asia, Melanesia, Polynesia, Micronesia, Australia and New Zealand, we all kinda look similar. (not white people lol)

[@ev0kedjs919]

If you look at the earliest movements of mankind coming out of Africa you can see that the trail goes from Africa across south Asia through south east and around the Pacific islands all the way through to nz. Basically gone from Africa to India to Asian countries then landed at the Pacific islands

[@avaevathornton9851]

I was in Fiji and New Caledonia a few months ago. The ethnic make up is pretty surprising when you first hear about it. The indigenous culture is certainly a lot more apparent in Fiji. The South of New Caledonia really does feel like it could be Metropolitan France.

[@kasmeneyes2227]

If you go to New Caledonia, don't go to Nouméa, the natives consider this place like a shithole, you need to go on the islands or in the North, nature is much more beautiful

[@candag7389]

French colonialist nazis was worse then brits thats why

[@safuwanfauzi5014]

@@candag7389 yes French far more worst, French Polynesia or Tahiti, New Caledonia/Kanak and Wallis and Futuna must get indepedent from Colonist french, just give them, you come and bring The French settler in New Caledonia and made them minority, and when time to vote ofcoz pro-french are wining, while some native boycott the vote, White French are colonialist descendants must pack go home to French.

[@luca_ba3829]

@@safuwanfauzi5014 They are not colonialist descendants but they are ex-convict descendants!

[@safuwanfauzi5014]

@@luca_ba3829 it mean descendants of criminal and try to replace native. understand.

[@jamesgretsch4894]

Can you do a video on the Indian Untouchables please?

[@appiana4009]

He should do a video on the genetics between untouchables and gypsies considering gypsies may have been low caste indians who fled oppression from india into europe

[@valiumk.9489]

Since the word "Caledonia" sounds "too Greek", I had to look it up, and I've found that an area named Kaledon is mentioned in Homer's Iliad (~8th BC). What if ancient Greeks had actually reached Scotland? Considering their naval expertise, that doesn't sound so insane, besides they might have ended up there by accident. That would be cool and it would explain why we like Scots so much!! 😁 Thank you for another interesting video, I'm a new subscriber, and I have some more binging to do, bye!! 😊

[@thomasliangus]

Can you make a video about Mongol, Turk, and Russian?

[@velvetvic5862]

thomasliangus he has already

[@adamradziwill]

"Moscow (AsiaNews) - A recently published book has generated a lot of buzz in Russia. Titled The Great Batu Khan, founder of Russian Statehood (Великий хан Батый - основатель Российской государственности), the tome is by Gennady A. Tjundeshev (Haramos), a historian at Khakassia State University (in Asian Russia, where Tatar-Mongols hail from). Its publication has revived the memory of the times of the "Tartar yoke", when Russia was under Asian rule for more than two centuries, between the 13th and the 15th centuries. It has also inspired some comparisons, especially with President Putin, who was re-elected on 18 March and has acquired the status of tsar and great leader. The great Batu Khan was the grandson of Genghis Khan, who, in 1240, imposed the dominion of the so-called "Golden Horde" on the principalities of ancient Kievan Rus, which disappeared from history as a separate entity. The Tatars were defeated for the first time in 1380 in the Battle of Kulikovo. Dmitry Donskoj, Prince of Moscow, led the way inspired by Sergius of Radonezh. Eventually, the city of Kyiv (Kiev) was against itself by the 17th century, but Asian domination ended only in 1480 thanks to the great prince Ivan III, father of the ideology of Moscow as the Third Rome. According to Tjundeshev’s interpretation, Russia has never freed itself from the legacy of the Tatar Khans; instead, it has made it the basis of its civilisation and state organisation. The idea is not particularly new. Napoleon, contemplating Moscow burning in 1812 from the walls of the Kremlin, uttered his famous words: “Scratch a Russian, you find a Tatar”. Many historians recognise the importance of the rule of the Golden Horde in the development of Russian society. The word money, dénʹgi (деньги), comes from Mongolian and survives in the memory of the taxes that Russians had to pay to the Khans to obtain formal diplomas, Jarliq (ярлык), which today means label, price tag, in modern Russian. Thus, today’s Russia is more the offspring of the Golden Horde than Kievan Rus. Tsar Ivan the Terrible, who conquered the last Kazan khanate in the 1500s, incorporated the main Mongolian leaders into the Russian administration. The tsar of "Holy Russia", to whom many today compare the reigning president (Ivan IV and Putin IV), dropped out of government for a whole year, putting one of his Mongol khans, Simeon Bekbulatovich, in his place. On 19 April, in an interview with Radio Svoboda, Tjundeshev reiterated his thesis. "The Golden Horde introduced the imperial spirit to Russia, and Batu Khan was the true founder of Russian statehood [. . .]. The mindset of Russians is mainly Asian. Even if the population is of European stock, only a small minority think within European parameters. This is why,” says the Tatar scholar, “it is so difficult for Russians to learn to be free; they always need a strong hand to rule them.” “In the Russian Duma everyone always votes as the president wants, like in the Kurultáj of Genghis Khan. The founder of the Mongol Empire at the beginning of the 13th century was in reality a very advanced man for his time, able to adapt to different situations and different cultures, including religions. From the Tatars come nations such as China, India, Turkey and Russia, which embrace different faiths like Confucianism, Islam and Orthodox Christianity.”" Putin heir to the Mongol Grand Khans 1

[@matthewmann8969]

Melanesians, Papuans, Australian Aboriginals, Polynesians, And Micronesians may of had there own issues but it was not as harsh as what East Asians And Europeans have done

[@ekmalsukarno2302]

Masaman, are you still working on your video about the Hui people? Please respond to my comment.

[@Masaman]

Might combine the video topic with Uyghurs and other Chinese Muslims as well. We shall see.

[@ekmalsukarno2302]

Masaman But then your viewers cannot tell the difference between the Uyghur and Hui peoples. You have to make separate videos on each topic, so as to not confuse your viewers.

[@ttaa21]

Masaman I am Han but I am born in a northwestern Chinese city where around 10% of the people are Hui. If masaman needs any information while doing research on this topic, contact me cuz I can help!

[@3seven5seven1nine9]

EkmalSukarno Hey, who do you think we are? Buzz off m8

[@ekmalsukarno2302]

Ed Moritz I just want to get a response from Masaman, that's all.

[@alovioanidio9770]

Man, please, a new video about Brazil ethnic matters. That one fell into obscurity and was reduced to only one map.

[@premeesh3942]

LOVE THE VIDEO. KEEP THE WEALTH OF SHARING KNOWLEDGE ALIVE, PEACE and POSITIVE VIBRATIONS TO ALL READING THIS. I DO THINK THERE ARE SOME SLIGHT DEBATABLE POINTS IN THIS PRESENTATION - one point being regards to the fact that it was illegal for Indians and Native Fijians to integrate during the initial stages of indentured labour migration. It was established law that segregation must remain enforced over the complete population of the islands. .. "MAY GOD BLESS FIJI" as their national anthem asks, let the brightness and beauty of natural life shine and bestow new knowledge upon those unaware. KEEP LEARNING, BE RESPECTFUL, BE PROUD of your culture. LETS BRING ABOUT A POSITIVE, PROSPEROUS, PROGRESSIVE flowing VIBRATION upon this EARTH TO HELP US ALL. #peace #respect #life #love #truth #study #humanity #meditation #breathe #think #pride #happiness. (thanks to Masaman for this presentation, please continue with great content) Would love to connect online to exchange possible ideas and basically grow the network linking people across the globe).

[@nayankc2108]

Pls do a video on people of nepal

[@lemekid]

There is this misconception that all Indians in Fiji were brought into the country by the British through the indentured system. This is simply not true. Many Indians in Fiji came after the indentured system was abolished and their descendants have long ago outnumbered the girmityas, those that originally were brought in by the British through the indentured system. Those that came after were looking for a better life outside India to escape the caste system or simply to do business in Fiji and capitalize on the growing Indian population. The problem that happened and became a bone of contention for the indigenous Fijians was that the Indians have successfully used the plight of the girmityas to gain sympathy and attain political control even though most of them were not girmityas. This is what is lost in most discussions about the political tension in Fiji.

[@jacenath8197]

I disagree with this statement. The majority of the Indo-Fijians are descended from the girmityas who were brought by the British to work the sugarcane plantations in the islands. Indians were constantly coerced or forced into migrating out of their native country in order to work as labourers for the British and it was a terrible system. Some Indians did migrate later, but the vast majority are still descendants of the original labourers. The Indo-Fijians do not use this to "gain sympathy" as you have written; it is true that the way the Indians in Fiji were treated was terrible. There has always been a lot of contention between the I-Taukei and the Indo-Fijians because of cultural and ethnic differences, and during various coups, the I-Taukei used this to their advantage to cause racial tensions to increase. This is why the population of Indians decreased in Fiji significantly in the 20th century. There are faults on both sides.

[@lemekid]

@@nataliesugar2117 , many Indians migrated to Fiji after the indentured system was abolished. It's recorded in Fiji's history.

[@lemekid]

@@jacenath8197 , I know for a fact that after the indentured system was abolished, many Indians were still coerced into migrating to Fiji. I also know for a fact that even today, the dark trade of human trafficking still exist where some local Indo-Fijians are involved in coercing Indians and Pakistanis into migrating to Fiji. In the late 90s, a prominent Indo-Fijian businessman was charged for such a scheme where he was charging Pakistanis nationals upto $20K to migrate and quickly get citizenship in Fiji. There was another case as recently as about two years ago of similar nature.

[@rishaadhussein324]

@@lemekid Not many Indians left India after 1920, only a thousand Gujaratis left for Fiji in sight of a new trading area. Now, compare a thousand to sixty one thousand that arrived to a foreign land with no idea what they will actually do.

[@etorawa9367]

LOL, weilei too funny reading all these comments......Dou Bula!

[@tvk1316]

Bro Get Ur Fact Right on the Tongans My Great Great Great Grand Fathers defeated the Tongans on our shore in Matuku Island In The Lau Group

[@johanna-hypatiacybeleia2465]

Cakobau is pronounced ðakombau. Fijian orthography has some unexpected twists.

[@codebluek3430]

Good video but he definitely butchered the pronunciations. All in good faith 🤷🏾‍♂️

[@Ehinoa]

being hawaiian filipino and mexican, im learning about my ancestors and man we traveled

[@Demographiaanthropology]

Those are some strange migration patterns

[@erikellison1097]

Diversity truly is a strength.

[@vinu1505]

Actually, Indonesia, Malaysia, Fiji, Thai and Philippines., they have huge Indian origins. Ancient Cambodia has Angkorwat influenced by Indian and Thai has unseperabal Indian cultural bond. Earliest vysians of Philippines were known to have worshipped lord shiva that connect Indian culture. Many oceanic countries are Indian long lost brothers. God bless all!

[@myopicthunder]

The whole world had a monolithic culture before the flood they all understood their origin their gods and our place in the universe. Indians have some of that religion intact today, but not to say it originated from there. There were multiple huge kingdoms/civilizations, Tartaria in Europe, Cam empire in SEA in Indonesia theres pyramid twice the size of the Giza pyramid, the Egyptian, the Chinese have about 40 pyramids in one region, the South Americans, Babylonian, Sumerian and many more.

[@greatkaafir7478]

@@myopicthunder For You Sir kzbin.info/www/bejne/i5iviXSHjMuSe6c

[@vernicejillmagsino9603]

Only few Indians live in the Philippines the Famous is half Indian Miss Philippines Universe 2010 Venus Raj Mexico is Miss Universe

[@405boy4]

Masaman Can you do a channel of what gene pool or physical features you view of the Ancient Hebrews, dating back h thousands of years before the Birth of Christ? I know you may not get it 100% correct because those Hebrews/ Israelites did a lot of marrying outside of their own people meaning they probably had many separate physical features. I guess this would also vary between the original 12 tribes as well..

[@mohammedtlas203]

Please up the quality

[@terayres]

Interesting video and well researched,but to my knowledge New Caledonia was never a department of France, and the popular tendency to represent the ethnic breakdown as being French settlers vs the Kanaks is a simplification that overlooks some 40% of the population which is mixed blood.

[@garycollier6950]

Why do dark skin people around the world follow fake European Settlers religion. All the European missionaries were devils,not of God.

[@safuwanfauzi5014]

The French in New Caledonia are colonialist descendants, when time to vote for indepedent, the french white settler that become majority vote to stay, and kanak native just never get their own land back, it will be 2nd New Zealand

[@julians7268]

Human migration is so fascinating. It is amazing to see how we are all mixing, like how gas eventually will evenly disperse in a space. Do you believe that in the far future we will eventually become one homogeneous people with an almost indistinguishable genetic pool?

[@sweetjo717]

"Do you believe that in the far future we will eventually become one homogeneous people with an almost indistinguishable genetic pool? " Let's hope not. Differences are beautiful.

[@daddyshrek7376]

REPRESENT INDO- FIJIANS!!!!

[@user-zf5cd1lk3y]

Hey bro Do you like fijian indian 🖕🖕

[@lilSaltee]

What do you think native antarctic people would have looked like?

[@gheorghitaalsunculitei9146]

Carl Michael Bernabe he made a video a year ago

[@leaveme3559]

Carl Michael Bernabe white as fuck....they would resemble the complexion of my sperm

[@seankennedy5074]

He did make a video about it, but he never mentioned the Polynesian settlements on the sub-Antarctic Auckland Islands at 50 degrees south, and the potential for Polynesians to reach Antarctica. The fact that Polynesians were able to sail that far into the Southern Ocean establishes that Polynesians had the seafaring skills, and the adaptability, to reach and survive on mainland Antarctica. The two known Polynesian settlements date back firstly to the 13th century, as well as a later, short lived settlement attempt in 1842. If the Polynesian settlers had been able to successfully adapt to the sub-polar oceanic island environments they could have definitely reached Antarctica. After all, there are a number of islands between Auckland Islands and the coastline of Antarctica and the longest stretch of open ocean between islands is around 1000km. That sort of distance would have been easily navigable by Polynesians. The islands of the Southern Ocean are rich with fish, birds, seals and whales, so there would have been plenty of resources to exploit along the way until eventually reaching the Antarctic coastline and establishing a Polynesian culture there.

[@itsjustanapple5452]

They would be so white that their devil level would be over 9000.

[@kinisalavuki3957]

See thru

[@jimimased1894]

im from the first european born in new caledonia

[@chista9515]

Have you ever considered taking a dna test and sharing your results with us?

[@ansaif1976]

He is Armenian

[@chista9515]

Ahmed Saif I thought he was Persian

[@leaveme3559]

Chista he did say he had black relatives in his ancestory

[@xXxSkyViperxXx]

masaman has iranian, german, afro-american ancestry

[@Day23J1k]

He already did a DNA video

[@noqilewa1469]

cakobau is pronounced thakobau . c in Fijian is prounced th . this video is great

[@adamradziwill]

"Moscow (AsiaNews) - A recently published book has generated a lot of buzz in Russia. Titled The Great Batu Khan, founder of Russian Statehood (Великий хан Батый - основатель Российской государственности), the tome is by Gennady A. Tjundeshev (Haramos), a historian at Khakassia State University (in Asian Russia, where Tatar-Mongols hail from). Its publication has revived the memory of the times of the "Tartar yoke", when Russia was under Asian rule for more than two centuries, between the 13th and the 15th centuries. It has also inspired some comparisons, especially with President Putin, who was re-elected on 18 March and has acquired the status of tsar and great leader. The great Batu Khan was the grandson of Genghis Khan, who, in 1240, imposed the dominion of the so-called "Golden Horde" on the principalities of ancient Kievan Rus, which disappeared from history as a separate entity. The Tatars were defeated for the first time in 1380 in the Battle of Kulikovo. Dmitry Donskoj, Prince of Moscow, led the way inspired by Sergius of Radonezh. Eventually, the city of Kyiv (Kiev) was against itself by the 17th century, but Asian domination ended only in 1480 thanks to the great prince Ivan III, father of the ideology of Moscow as the Third Rome. According to Tjundeshev’s interpretation, Russia has never freed itself from the legacy of the Tatar Khans; instead, it has made it the basis of its civilisation and state organisation. The idea is not particularly new. Napoleon, contemplating Moscow burning in 1812 from the walls of the Kremlin, uttered his famous words: “Scratch a Russian, you find a Tatar”. Many historians recognise the importance of the rule of the Golden Horde in the development of Russian society. The word money, dénʹgi (деньги), comes from Mongolian and survives in the memory of the taxes that Russians had to pay to the Khans to obtain formal diplomas, Jarliq (ярлык), which today means label, price tag, in modern Russian. Thus, today’s Russia is more the offspring of the Golden Horde than Kievan Rus. Tsar Ivan the Terrible, who conquered the last Kazan khanate in the 1500s, incorporated the main Mongolian leaders into the Russian administration. The tsar of "Holy Russia", to whom many today compare the reigning president (Ivan IV and Putin IV), dropped out of government for a whole year, putting one of his Mongol khans, Simeon Bekbulatovich, in his place. On 19 April, in an interview with Radio Svoboda, Tjundeshev reiterated his thesis. "The Golden Horde introduced the imperial spirit to Russia, and Batu Khan was the true founder of Russian statehood [. . .]. The mindset of Russians is mainly Asian. Even if the population is of European stock, only a small minority think within European parameters. This is why,” says the Tatar scholar, “it is so difficult for Russians to learn to be free; they always need a strong hand to rule them.” “In the Russian Duma everyone always votes as the president wants, like in the Kurultáj of Genghis Khan. The founder of the Mongol Empire at the beginning of the 13th century was in reality a very advanced man for his time, able to adapt to different situations and different cultures, including religions. From the Tatars come nations such as China, India, Turkey and Russia, which embrace different faiths like Confucianism, Islam and Orthodox Christianity.”" Putin heir to the Mongol Grand Khans 1

[@Demographiaanthropology]

What random places to settle

[@jgill3881]

Can you make a video about Hong Kong ?

[@nav70921]

People from Fiji! Leave a like!

[@elhombredeoro955]

My love!

[@abrahamvinod9804]

do something about knnayans

[@keiriena4342]

Just a few things I'd like to make a commentary on. Cakobau is pronounced the-co(as in coconut)-bau not ka-ko-bau. The C's are more of a hard th- pronunciation. iTaukei is pronounced e-tau-kei not i-tau-kei although it's spelt that way. Viti Levu = v-t / vee-tee, le (as in let)-vu not vi-chi livu Vanua levu = va-nua not van-nua Tongan = tong-un not tong-gan Having grown up in Fiji, I'd say their English was more heavily influenced by the British as they were colonised by Great Britain after Ratu Cakobau ceded Fiji to them.

[@Isphanian]

Cook did NOT discover Hawaii.

[@laionemeihetahikoulakanate9515]

I'm watching am from there.

[@tarionmarsden157]

Can you do a video on the Lebanese-Americans? Please respond to my comment? (Not just Lebanese but Arab) thxs in advance Mansaman!

[@holoholohaolenokaoi2299]

@10:03 Academia sees problems? Or makes problems?

[@soleb542]

Do the video on my people the nubians

[@terioze9]

Restore the great Kingdom of Nubia! ARABS, GO BACK TO ARABIA!

[@soleb542]

terioze9 exactly fuck those guys btw a im not arab

[@Demographiaanthropology]

Funny how New Caledonia was settled by French of all people

[@aestheticusmaximus1039]

I believe it’s quite interesting that no matter where the Indian diaspora have settled they have remained homogeneous culturally/racially, does anyone have any ideas why? Note: I goofed up what I meant was most of the over seas diaspora that settled in large groups

[@cv4809]

Waka Flaka Interracial marriages are a taboo for Indians

[@aestheticusmaximus1039]

Constantine V well yeah but isn’t that the case for most cultures?

[@topcatseriosblack8396]

Truthfully they haven't the ones that leave are shunned by there families and take on other cultures as they can easily disguise themselves. If you check DNA you will see they have mingled just as much as other nations

[@topcatseriosblack8396]

@@sabhrestmanrocks No to marry darker was a step down it shows by who they marry when they go outside of race

[@aestheticusmaximus1039]

topcat seriosblack well yea but I meant the Indian diaspora after the miscegenation between the I.E and the Dravidians.

[@michaelluzius5704]

In Fijian, Ratu Cakobau's name is pronounced Thakombau.

[@duaruatolu9248]

Not really.

[@FunnyTv-kp7rq]

My man!

[@barraman.]

Omar Albarghouty My asian man

[@barraman.]

Panda Bear Yup

[@wunderlichcatt4420]

💟 *WAN9T ME? LO6OK, I MASTBATE NAK9ED,снеск5 снann2el* ⭕️

[@AbstractEntityJ]

How much mixing has there been between the whites and the natives in New Caledonia though? I feel the video didn't say much about this particular topic.

[@duaruatolu9248]

This is a good work of fiction... iTaukei here. Fascinating facts ... as real as the orcs or the hobbits, or bloody harry potty fooling around with his broom handle! LOL.

[@user-ze7kj2ux6j]

Ancient times Lutunasobasoba brought the circumcision culture tradition custom

[@adamradziwill]

New Caledonia without France - Papua New Guinea N2, France ´d bring emigrants from China, Poland , Vietnam and Mexico and close this question forever

[@ku3455]

I was thought in school that Fiji had lot of Indian population but wasn't aware of the cause for it.. thanks 😁

[@jeffondrement160]

Malayo-Polynesian, Taiwanese aborigines and Japonic people (cf. Ryukyuans) are also Pacific Islanders.