Some of the STRANGEST / UNIQUE diasporas around the world

[@GeographyNow]

FILLER WEEK! Just an interesting topic I thought I'd dive into. This world has a lot of unique "social pockets" that pop up randomly where you least expect them. What are some of the world's most unique diaspora communities in your opinion? GO!

[@Iamacronix]

love your videos

[@xaph5575]

This comment is 8 minutes old, but the video only just uploaded hmmmmmmm

[@prezmrmthegreatiinnovative3235]

yalls should make a discord server and a 2nd channel when you finish all of the current nations and call it: GEOGRAPGHY THEN

[@appy01-y5z]

*Siddis* black community from Africa in India They were settled in India centuries ago Even the state of gujrat had a black king in history.

[@Dreamliner-qb5pu]

Definitely fascinating is the ethnic Koreans of central Asia (Koryo-saram) in countries such as Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, etc as many were deported there by Stalin. They are a quite prominent/large minority in these countries (Wikipedia says there are about 500,000) and the cultures have met in interesting ways. For example, "Korean carrot salad" or "morkovcha" has become a key part of Central Asian cuisine and is inspired by Koryo-saram making Kimchi with carrots when they did not have Napa cabbage (배추).

[@simonedeblom]

There’s a Swedish village in Ukraine called ”Gammalsvenskby” which in Swedish means ”old Swedish village”. They were originally a Swedish minority group on the island of Dagö in Estonia, and were deported to Ukraine by the Russian queen Catherine the Great in 1782

[@dmitrievakate8320]

Yea, now it's called Zmiivka (Зміївка). Unfortunately, they are currently under the Russian occupation as Zmiivka is a part of Kherson region.

[@simonedeblom]

@@dmitrievakate8320 I’m sad to hear that!

[@damirimamagic5064]

It’s sad though how the village has almost completely died out these days.

[@pietrojenkins6901]

In 100yrs Sweden will be having a large Swedish -Somali population given how these people bread large families.

[@shannonstrobel6727]

That's how my dad's family ended up in Ukraine (Volga Region) as "Germans from Russia". Another of Catherine's immigration policies to 'develop' the region.

[@abebrosiczki637]

WE DEFINITELY WANT A PART 2!!

[@JaredtheRabbit]

Same here

[@children1233]

Very good

[@manolakisferguson]

Yes. I'm Greek/Irish so the whole world is my diaspora.

[@ishubetterthanyou1582]

An entire series would be good.

[@carstrucks9641]

No

[@bokoe7469]

The Patagonia Welsh are pretty interesting, many signs in the area are both in Spanish and in Welsh

[@eckligt]

Yep, I came here to suggest the same!

[@AlekseyPack]

They're like half Spanish? tell me more please

[@whipasnaper]

@@AlekseyPack they moved there to protect their Welsh heritage in the 1860-1900 I believe

[@a1.ghost.]

Yes. Many of their descendants have Welsh surnames such as Jones

[@AlekseyPack]

Thanks for the knowledge!

[@nikhilduttsundaraj7109]

There is a small but historically significant Armenian community in Singapore. There is an Armenian Street near which the Armenian Church stands, and one of Singapore's most historic luxury hotels, the Raffles Hotel, was started by Armenian businessmen (the Sarkies Brothers) in the late 19th century. Singapore's national flower, a breed of Orchid called the Vanda Miss Joaquim, was named after a 19th century Armenian botanist who lived in Singapore and first bred that flower. You may also want to explore the Cape Malay people/culture/cuisine of South Africa or the Indo-Fijian community (though they're pretty numerous for a minority). Recently came across your channel and love the content, keep doing what you're doing!

[@Soyuz2578]

You're kidding me??? I'm an Armenian who migrated to Australia as a child, but I've NEVER heard of this and I've been to Singapore several times!!!

[@wayneparry4284]

@@Soyuz2578 There's also an Armenian neighbourhood in nearby Penang (Malaysia) where Armenians settled and it is now a historical centre that the locals know as Armenia Street.

[@adamnarfeldt5177]

I’m a part of the Lebanese Sierra Leonean diaspora. My family has been there since the early 1900s and late 1880s. My great grandad landed in Freetown (Sierra Leone) by accident after he got off the boat to Colombia to early 😂. But our community is still very vibrant and we have close ties with our motherland of Lebanon but still have huge fondness to our new homes in west Africa. We call Sierra Leone : Mama Salone as she took care of us through many hardships. It’s very nice you made a video about the Ivorian diaspora though but it would be cool if you made one about the Sierra Leonean diaspora as it is quite small and not well known but still has a very intriguing story to tell.

[@khan-key1623]

As a huge fan of SL I knew about Lebanese diaspora there and that many businesses are owned by Lebanese people in Salone. I have a question for you about religious affiliation of Lebanese people in Sierra Leone. Are there any predominant religuous groups among them? Do you have Lebanese friends or relatives who converted to the new faith or switched to the other denomination of their own religion?

[@paulf3999]

I imagine he was to shy to ask the captain if this was colombia yet

[@manuelrivera7101]

Hey Adam, my family is also lebanese from sierra leone! your story sounds very similar to ours. my family lived in freetown too, and they had businesses. maybe our families know each other?

[@adamnarfeldt5177]

@@manuelrivera7101 what’s ur surname my family might know you! My name is Duncan or bedridden.

[@adamnarfeldt5177]

@@khan-key1623 predominant religious group is Shia. I don’t have Lebanese friends that recently converted i do however have a lot of family and friends whose family converted to Shia Islam a couple hundred years ago.

[@PeoplecallmeLucifer]

two other communities you might be interested in: Tarara. The Croat-Maori mixed origin people of New Zealand Koryo Saram- Korean decedent people in Kazakhstan and Russia

[@eneaganh6319]

Croat-Maori What the

[@jubbybrab]

Isn’t Lorde like Croat-New Zealander or something?

[@PeoplecallmeLucifer]

@@jubbybrab I think so

[@EnchantedAnn]

Omg I actually met a Korean-Russian gentleman years ago! He was so chill and so worldly in currents affairs

[@zeitgeistx5239]

Koryo Saram is more so Uzbek and less so Russian.

[@eljamaicano1]

There is a small Laotian community in Argentina, they were brought as refugees during the vietnam war and today there is around 2-5,000 of them

[@jgee8421]

Also very small number of Punjabi’s .. maybe few hundred in Argentina

[@consumerisms]

@@jgee8421 Their descendants probably number more than 2,000, as the name Singh remains not uncommon in Salta and other areas of northwestern Argentina.

[@children1233]

Very good 👍

[@khrystynakhrystal]

There's this really old German dude in Argentina

[@rijadmuric7619]

Palestinians in Chile

[@alexandermayfield1436]

HELL YEAH, IM SO GLAD YOU MENTIONED THE MARSHALLESE AND SPRINGDALE, AR. been living here all my life and grew up around other marshallese kids. they're incredible people, very kind and close knit. we'll even have the president of the marshall islands coming all the way out of because of how big of a presense and large of an impact they have in our community. i always get incredibly giddy and proud whenever anybody mentions it and how strange it is that they settled in the middle of nowhere

[@devonmunn5728]

There's also Marshallese communities in Oklahoma, Iowa and even Minnesota

[@alexandermayfield1436]

@@devonmunn5728 i figured there'd be communities in oklahoma, but im surprised at iowa and minnesota, very interesting

[@devonmunn5728]

@@alexandermayfield1436 Yeah I'm Iowa Marshallese communities are prevalent in Dubuque, Waterloo and even Sioux City as well as having a presence in Storm Lake. In Minnesota they are mainly found in Milan which is notable for the Marshallese community

[@trianglearchives5776]

I think out of all diasporas in the world, the strangest and most obscure one HANDS DOWN are the Malagasy in Peru. There’s actually a significant community of them there

[@profrodrigomtz02]

An interesting one. In Chipilo, Mexico, there's a Venetian (from Venice) diaspora that still speak their mother language Veneto, instead of standard Italian (they also speak Spanish, of course)

[@crisistian_]

Same in Brazil (mainly in the Espirito Santo state)

[@riograndedosulball248]

@@crisistian_ Veneto is most spoken in the South, tho

[@user_ejg943jtv0tjt]

Isn't Veneto the province they come from?

[@omzy8700]

@@riograndedosulball248 Veneto is actually in north of Italy ,it is a region in north Italy ,the speak the Veneto dialect that’s what he most likely meant .I was born in there .

[@matthewackermanaski9687]

PORCO DIO VECIO

[@teobsantos100]

The fact that there are more Japanese people in São Paulo, Brazil, then in any other place of the world outside Japan is pretty interesting, specially since it is on the literal opposite side of the globe. Since I grew up there, I always found it normal, but since I moved to Europe, every time I mention to any of my European friends that they MUST try the São Paulo-Sushi when they go there, they always look confused and ask me why the hell the Japanese community is so big and strong in such a random place haha

[@a.p.5825]

Worth noting that there aren't many "Japanese" people left, just the diaspora from immigration that ended long ago. Most of them are also mixed now and wouldn't stand out as looking Japanese. The USA has far more actual Japanese nationals and about the same size diaspora total as Brazil.

[@ddwkc]

Also, lot of Okinawan community there. Even thou they are mixed with the Japanese there, some consider themselves different from the Japanese. They preserved their own culture and language while their homeland got basically assimilated (maybe not at the same extend as Hokkaido with the Ainu). I met some who would even get a bit pissed to be confused as Japanese there. They do have a very amicable relationship with the Japanese there.

[@g__e__o]

@@a.p.5825 Actually there still is, specially in smaller cities in the state of São Paulo and Paraná.

[@gpgara]

Same thing in Peru.

[@consumerisms]

@@a.p.5825 This isn't entirely true, there are still many people who "look Japanese". For example, look at any video of Liberdade, the Japanese neighborhood of Sao Paulo. There are also many full to half Japanese descendants in the hinterlands of Sao Paulo state and northern Parana, and also some in Manaus. The community was relatively endogamous for generations and mixing has only occurred in the past few generations. This is because Brazilian Japanese immigrants often brought their entire family, meaning there was often enough Japanese women which meant less mixing. Mexican and Peruvian Japanese descendants on the other hand, while in still many cases "looking Japanese" are far more mixed; as the vast majority of contract laborers in those countries were men.

[@Based_egg_consumer]

I’m from Arkansas and yes, the Tyson chicken Marshallese are a pretty significant minority community in my state. Nice to hear them get a shout out!

[@anawkwardsweetpotato4728]

"Tyson Chicken Marshallese" almost sounds like a subgroup of Marshallese xD

[@pookiesis1465]

Hey,I was born in Pine Bluff,we lived in a spot in Pine Bluff called Packing-Town. I live in Little Rock now,but have family in Hot Springs

[@SerenoTrevor]

You briefly mentioned it in the Portugal episode, but the Portuguese community in Hawaii is super interesting. Hawaiian sweet bread, malassadas, and the ukulele are all Portuguese creations. There is also a shrine down the road from a Catholic Church in the neighborhood of Kalihi that is a replica of a similar shrine in Madeira, the home island of most of the Portuguese immigrants to Hawaii.

[@bibiana761]

the portuguese are protestand emigrated in hawaii because are forbiiden in portugal years ago.

[@alexdelpiero2296]

@@bibiana761 there are no Portuguese protestants

[@bibiana761]

@@alexdelpiero2296 in the past yes, many prostestant living in Europe 500 years ago but most of them are expelled in the Usa, like for example the hugonots in France, this protestant are killed and expelled by French catholic.

[@SerenoTrevor]

@@bibiana761 I don't think that was the case during the initial wave of migration in the late 1800s. The bulk of the Portuguese migrants came to Hawaii from Madeira and later the Azores as endentured servants on US-owned sugar plantations. My great great great grandparents and their kids (the youngest being my great great grandmother who was 5 months old at the time) were among the forst 180 migrants from Madeira to Hawaii in 1878. The majority were Catholic and that's why a lot of Catholic churches in Hawaii have Portuguese names or are named after churches in Madeira. The church in my grandpa's neighborhood in Kalihi Valley on Oahu was built by the Portuguese migrants and it's called Our Lady of the Mount (Nossa Senhora do Monte) after a church in Madeira that still exists!

[@bibiana761]

@@SerenoTrevor Maybe the Portuguese become protestant in Hawaii, they have changed their religion because actually i know they are protestant/evangelical. The Brazil too today has a big percentage of evangelical

[@everyoneshadadrink4987]

There’s a notable Welsh speaking community in the middle of Argentina

[@DynDdoniol]

He already covered it

[@DynDdoniol]

He already covered it

[@Baller474]

@@DynDdoniol when tell me

[@julianr4375]

Wowmao

[@appy01-y5z]

*Siddis* black community from Africa in India They were settled in India centuries ago Even the state of gujrat had a black king in history.

[@Peecamarke]

I was surprised when I first learned about this amazing

[@ZwiebelDude]

Not realy a big minority group but I currently live in Japan and I was surprised to meet 2 familys from azerbaijan who have a small restaurant here. Not the kind of people I would expect in this country but it was a nice surprise

[@chad2522]

Azerbaijanis in Japan? That's got to be tough to learn Japanese

[@itsytyt5192]

Hh

[@caralhoguy]

@@ahmeth.k.2566 turan moment

[@seabap5673]

@@ahmeth.k.2566 🧢 Japanese is a language isolate

[@israelilocal]

my father used to travel a lot for work and he spoke very poor English however he says that everywhere he went including Japan Korea singapore and India aswell as western Europe and Canada he always found Moroccans to speak with

[@qbel4255]

In Poland we have a pretty significant Vietnamese community that goes under the radar

[@Zymo3614]

POLISH VIETNAMESE!! THEY HAVE A COMMUNITY OF POLISH VIETNAMESE?!??! OMG!!! 2 OF MY FAVORITE COUNTRY HAVE THEIR OWN COMMUNITY, WHAAAATTTT!!

[@Bln-f9u]

Same in Berlin, and other former GDR states.

[@Pigraider268]

There are many Chinese people as well especially in Cracow

[@guardianofthehill]

@@Zymo3614 Simple explanation: Communism. Vietnam and Poland both have a communist past, so there was a lot of foreign exchanges, vietnamese people studiyng in Poland, etc. Same thing happened in East Germany too. It isn't even limited to Vietnamese people though. North Koreans, people from Mozambique, Mongolia, China, and countless other former and current communist countries moved between each other. Nowadays the descendants of these expats mostly run restaurants for foreign food, chinese medicine shops and other shops.

[@Zymo3614]

@@guardianofthehill Ohhhh, yeah that make sense

[@RandomGuy-rc6vd]

Another interesting one: there are 200000 Germans and 110000 Koreans living in Kazakhstan. Like many other ex-USSR minority groups, they were deported there during Joseph Stalin rule. As a Kazakh, I’m really proud that our ancestors helped these people to survive, my great-grandparents shared their house, food, etc. with deported people

[@dominykasjonasblynas9312]

Yeah I found out about that as well when I googled Viktor Tsois heritage, due to his last name sounding korean. (I'm Lithuanian)

[@friedhelmpfeifer885]

Also ca. 300.000 Germans in Russia, I'm German from Siberia xD

[@fredthegnome489]

I think he may had mentioned it in his Namibia video, but there are White Germans in the country from the colonial age of Germany in the 1880s and they still exist in the country to this day with a population of at least several thousand people.

[@mcsnipeer777]

Yes, it's a very intresting topic, my own 2nd great grandfather was half-german and half-greek and was deported to Kazakhstan during Stalins rule.

[@masehoart7569]

@@fredthegnome489 Oh well, you cannot compare this to Germans in Khazakstan or Afro-Abkhazians. Namibia (back then German South West) is the bloodiest chapter in German colonial history

[@PPPeter_Official]

I love strange facts like this! Inject more of this into my veins, please!!

[@wowza1928]

PPPeter commented on this video and no one noticed

[@mobo7420]

The largest Japanese community in continental Europe is in the German city of Düsseldorf, where they established a base after WW2. Apparently, there had been a Japanese delegation to the German empire around 1900, and they were treated so well in Düsseldorf back then, that they decided to set up shop there. (Also, of curse, Düsseldorf has good river/road/train infrastructure and is close to important markets). The little Tokyo in Düsseldorf is a really cool place.

[@piloul3538]

The most surprising diaspora in France are the Hmongs in French Guiana's tropical rainforest. They arrived after the 2 Vietnam Wars (French and US). They are a few thousands, they still live a traditional lifestyle in specific villages. They specialized in vegetable production and are known for the high quality and yield of their organic veggies.

[@piloul3538]

@Landon And you are... ?

[@brandonsookdeo5883]

Nice mention !

[@jasonremy1627]

There's a sizable Indian-descent community in Belize. I had a tour guide who was of Indian descent and he told us all about how during British Empire days, lots of people from India migrated to Belize.

[@blinx999]

Germanic Menonites in Belize too!

[@syamalchatterji801]

@@blinx999 There is a village in Himachal Pradesh in India where the people speak ancient Greek. Their forefathers might have settled in India around 2000 years back.

[@andrewrobinson2565]

The British Empire installed bureaucrats from the Indian subcontinent to manage the civil service in most of its African and Caribbean colonies.

[@sklaWlivE]

@@andrewrobinson2565 That's one of the reasons pre-Independance Ghandi was practising law in South Africa.

[@andrewrobinson2565]

@@sklaWlivE Indeed. I think he went under Mohandas K. Gandhi. 👍☮️❤️

[@krunoslavkovacec1842]

One of my favourite geography topics. All the niche ethnic communities worldwide. German Romanians, Croatian Italians, Brazilian Italians... incredible what the history of emmigration and cultural exchange made the world so colourful.

[@crisistian_]

Brazilian Italians is for noobs, Lithuania Brazilians is for real pros

[@krunoslavkovacec1842]

@@crisistian_ Somali Serbs and Native American Croats

[@miaa.4068]

@@krunoslavkovacec1842 croatan is the name of a native american group, they're not from croatia lol

[@riograndedosulball248]

@@crisistian_ take the Finnish-Brazilians of western Rio Grande then!

[@canaufaciu]

@@riograndedosulball248 most surprising are Finnish-Brazilians from Penedo, in the mountains of Rio de Janeiro

[@MelvisVelour]

You could do a whole episode on the Lebanese diaspora - I'm Cuban/Lebanese (born in Lebanon) but have relatives who are all sorts of combinations of Carribbean and South American countries and Lebanon. Interestingly, in the late 70s after we came to America before the war, I went out to Johnstown, PA for a funeral and met my relatives there who were descended from those who left in the 20s after the Ottoman Empire collapsed and it was amazing to hear how they held on to an archaic version of the local dialect. Often I'd be sitting there trying to decypher what they were saying with the Western PA speech pattern on top of it and realize "OH! That's what that means..." It's similar to the French Canadian community in Maine and to a lesser extent in New Hampshire who are also hanging on to the archaic French their ancestors brought with them.

[@divyadas8500]

Great Video! Other groups I can think of are: - Armenians in India (especially Kolkata) - Jews in South India (Kerala) - Jews in China - Tatars in the Baltic states, Finland, and Poland - Albanians in Southern Italy - Cape Malays in South Africa - African Americans in Liberia - Yemenite Arabs in Indonesia

[@sikanuasamanjit3014]

Albania was colonised by Italy.

[@TyrannoNoddy]

One diaspora group that always gets me is the Javanese in Suriname. I think you discussed this in the Suriname episode, but I'm just here like "huh so South East Asians with a significant presence in South America". Brought over as cheap labour by the Dutch and all that. For others, on the topic of South America, another that surprises me is that southern Chile apparently has a lot of Croatians? From what I know, they were introduced as part of a program to bring in Europeans (places like Valdivia had so many Germans they even had signs in German for example) to colonise the southern part of South America, which wasn't conquered yet because the Mapuche were able to resist invaders (something they're apparently pretty good at, they also stopped Inca expansion). I also saw a comment mentioning the Welsh Argentines too, that was also quite interesting. I'm actually Australian though so I'd try to think of more here, but because of our position in the world, honestly anyone could be here and I wouldn't be surprised. Probably the most interesting thing I can recall is that some Aboriginal communities mixed with Chinese and Jewish communities to some degree? Like, banding together against discrimination those groups would face and finding common ground sort of thing, and growing closer through that.

[@galaquiz3762]

Luis Boric, the father of current Chilean preaident Gabriel Boric, is a descendent of Croats

[@EnchantedAnn]

I met a South African of Javanese decent on the bus once here in the states and the whole time I talked to him I could not bring myself to ask, then eventually he just shared… same scenario in Suriname happening in South Africa

[@franciscamoena6666]

Yes!! Croats in the very south of chile (patagonia) as well as in the north. Because of the heritage i was able to obtain my croatian citizenship. And as you said, it is very interesting the european migration of late 1800/early 1900 and the conected history they share with mapuches. My history teacher remarked that indeed, some mapuches still have blue eyes to this day, given by the german genes.

[@ashkitt7719]

The phenomenon of Chinese and Jewish communities mixing is also why it's a Jewish-American tradition to eat Chinese food on Christmas Day.

[@krunoslavkovacec1842]

Yeah, there's a lot of Crpats in sluth America. In Punta Arenas there is a monument to Croats in the form of a big, metal Crpatian Coat of arms. Croats in general have communities in many countries.

[@raceris7309]

Here in Lithuania, we also have some a couple thousand Muslims (or more accurately, Crimean Tatars) who were brought in the 14th century for their prized combat abilities. They still continue to exist here hundreds of years later, mostly near the capital and north of Lithuania.

[@crisistian_]

Lithuania has an even more curious Brazilian community which makes absolutely no sense

[@ak5659]

Poland has/had a large number of them as well. Most of them lived in eastern Poland which the Soviets took in 1945. Only the western most part (15-20%?) of where they lived remains in Poland today. The story is that each small village had one catholic church, one orthodox church, one Jewish temple, & one mosque. Each religion represented about 25% of the population and none were fanatic. Intermarriage was common and by WWII roughly half the families were mixed. Apparently it wasn't unusual for families to go to two houses of worship. N.B. This is my own summary of what I've read in various places over the years.

[@ak5659]

Agreed. If you look at the past 600 years you'll see that Poland and Lithuania have always been more diverse and accepting of minorities than most people think.

[@ren2871]

@@ak5659 yes unless they were Jewish.

[@JohnDoe-wi2hy]

In Belarus too (near border with Lithuania). They even used Arabic alphabet to record texts in Eastern Slavic/Old Belarussian language

[@crak6776]

The town of Gort in the west of Ireland has a huge Brazilian community. Because of an Irish meat factory in Brazil that closed and moved to Gort. Guangzhou, China has a large African community in the districts of Xiaobei and Sanlitun.

[@uzairwaziri3681]

So fascinating. We have an African an Indian Mohajir (native urdu speakers) ethnic group in Pakistan. One which came some 400 years ago and the other more recently in 1947. It would be nice to see a video on these ethnically unique groups as well. .

[@TonksMoriarty]

If I had a nickel for every time this week that I was reminded that the Polish Haitians exist, I would now have two nickels, which is not a lot, but weird it happened twice.

[@Dave-gw6wh]

There are Polish in Haïti, now you have 3 nickels 😁

[@hilarylawrence4588]

@@Dave-gw6wh My husband, who is from Poland himself, told me about the Polish Haitians, but I'd heard about them years ago because I read about a voodoo queen in New York whose last name was Kowalski. She was from that community in Haiti.

[@Dave-gw6wh]

@@hilarylawrence4588 haha thanks for sharing, would be an awesome idea for a sitcom, a voodoo Queen named Kowalski in Central NY

[@hilarylawrence4588]

@@Dave-gw6wh Her name's Alourdes Kowalski, there's some amazingly long book about her which I read in high school or as a young adult.

[@hilarylawrence4588]

P.S. Just looked her up and heard she died in 2020, but she was born in 1933, so she was old.

[@cpruinhxg]

I am from Abkhazia. We have an employee in our office who is a descendant of the African Abash family. This is the surname they got in Abkhazia. As far as I know, his mother was from this family. I have also met other representatives of the African Abkhaz, and they have retained their characteristic features in their appearance.

[@ha8er463]

Деиқәаҵәома?

[@syedputrasyedabubakar2007]

This is interesting, a viewpoint from the primary source.

[@cpruinhxg]

@@ha8er463 Деиқәацәоп, аха африкантә ауаа дреиҧшуп уҳәар ҟалом.

[@ajayrall]

@@cpruinhxg Hi Cpruinhxg, do you speak Abkhaz? I am trying to spread awareness of the Abkhaz language. If it is okay with you, do you think you could help me with a few very short Abkhaz lyric and English translations, please? I will credit you for your help. I would really appreciate it :)

[@anonymousforever88]

hmmm what do u think of Georgians?

[@nancybergau4587]

1982ish I traveled to Madura Island near Surabaya, East Java Indonesia and met an Indonesian fellow who was Jewish ! He mentioned the community was very small- most had emigrated to Australia post independence. There was an abandoned synagog in the middle of Surabaya and at the now defunct Pinguin antiques shop nearby I found a miniture (toy ?) set of ritual utensils that included a tiny minorah... apparently there was a large community of lense makers living there in Surabaya during colonial times... I wondered if they were connected to the community in Singapore...

[@y2k21]

I'm originally from Oklahoma and that's where I met Marshallese people for the first time. I was at a program called Job Corps and I met a bunch of Marshallese people who wore baggy clothes and listened to hip Hop. At first I didn't think they really knew a lot about their own culture because of the things they would talk about, but one day I was sitting with them in the gazebo and the girl showed up with a ukulele and started playing a song from the Marshall Islands and every one of them started singing the song. It was a really amazing moment seeing these kids dressed in baggy clothes that always listen to hip Hop just start singing this old song they all knew by heart.

[@y2k21]

@Bear Bear Man I can tell you the history of the Marshall Islands, Wales, Northern Ireland, Corinth, Isle of Man, England, Scotland, The isles, Britain, Basque, Carib, Sabir, Marathi, Telegu, Sengu, Chicken sandwich! Basically, I can tell you about almost any part of the world and give you a deep dive into most of the culture and history of the people in that area as well as what the largest cities would be in most cases. So the last opinion I want to here is from the guy who would say "Russia invaded Georgia? But Russia has never invaded the United States?" 🤦🪦⚰️

[@y2k21]

@Bear Bear Why does You Tube keep deleting all of your comments? No. This beach lifestyle has gone to my head.

[@y2k21]

@Bear Bear You're deleting your comments? Why?

[@y2k21]

@Bear Bear Your first comments have disappeared.

[@y2k21]

@Bear Bear They have. You're wrong.

[@CoconutPanels]

I've recently learned about Texan Silesian community. Silesians speak a particular dialect/language in Poland. Apparently Texan Silesians have mixed Silesian and English. I think it wasq mentioned in GN, but there are Chinese in Kenya that claim to be the descendants of Chinese explorers on Zheng He ship during the Ming Dynasty. In Poland there's a single town Wilamowice that speaks a Germanic language. They're said to be German dialect, but then use their own spelling standard so it's more like a language of its own.

[@hilarylawrence4588]

One of my neighbors is a Silesian-German. His mother's family was from Silesia. Good man.

[@Marco-hm7oj]

maybe not a huge minority but a small island in the southern part of the Atlantic Ocean called Tristan da Cunha has an Italian minority, specifically Genovese. 2 out of the 8 last names present on the island are Genovese

[@gabrielescaduto4808]

Raccontami la storia pls

[@hilarylawrence4588]

I know about Tristan da Cunha. I used to email the governor of the time between 1997 and 2000 or so. Nice guy. He sent me stamps and postcards once. He wasn't one of the Italians, though.

[@gheorghitaalsunculitei9146]

"Serbian Botswanans also have two Serbian Orthodox churches in Gaborone, the church of Saint Sava and the church of Saint Nicholas, construction of which began in 2016. The Saint Sava Orthodox Church operates a school for Serbian Botswanans to teach children the Serbian language and culture." Source: Wikipedia

[@obakengsekga5323]

Damn I'm a motswana and I didn't know about this till today

[@terejosh13]

so modern missionaries

[@theonly6359]

Wow 😯 I am Motswana from South Africa 🇿🇦 and it is the first time hearing about Serbian Batswana wow 😮. By the way I love Serbians

[@dominicjohnson310]

@@theonly6359 how did you learn about Serbians?

[@theonly6359]

@@dominicjohnson310 by visiting Serbia 🇷🇸 and reading about their history with nato

[@miz_logo_lee]

I find the Czechoslovakian community in Texas quite fascinating in regards to Texas culture, especially how kolaches (a delicious sweet or savory, danish-like pastry) are to Texans what bagels are to New Yorkers. Something you grab when everyone has to work on the weekend, etc.

[@seiph80]

Ah yes, West!

[@children1233]

Very good 👍

[@greatwolf5372]

Kolaches in Texas refer to the sausage roll, no?

[@miz_logo_lee]

@@greatwolf5372 yes, and they can be sweet as well (fruit filling).

[@solgerWhyIsThereAnAtItLooksBad]

@@greatwolf5372 we use it for both

[@funkybassss]

So nice to see you talking about the Algerians in New-Caledonia, I am myself from New-Caledonia and from a village where there is one of the few mosques in the territory. I wasn't expecting this at all! Keep doing your videos, I love these!

[@roberths7282]

Gurro, in the Italian region of Piedmont, is populated by the descendants of Scottish soldiers. According to local legend, they arrived in the village after fleeing the Battle of Pavia, which took place from 1521 to 1526, with severe blizzards forcing many of them to relinquish their travels and settle there in the hills.

[@hilarylawrence4588]

My husband is from Poland and says there were plenty of Scottish people who migrated to Poland during the Highland Clearances. He thinks his dad's mother could have been a descendant but is not sure. Her maiden name was Wardal, which we believe to be either Vardahl (Norwgian) or Wardell (Scottish) .

[@orriharaldsson5800]

The Western Icelanders are a fascinating diaspora of people that emigrated from Iceland in the years 1875 up until WWI. Most went to Canada and settled on the shore of lake Winnipeg. The colony was named New Iceland. This was rather unusual for western emigration from Europe because most other Europeans went to the US. Of course many Icelanders also immigrated to the United States, particularly the Upper Midwest.

[@jgee8421]

The polish in Iceland too could be one

[@children1233]

Very good 👍

[@harkmi3]

European immigration to Canada was unusual? There were over 1 million Europeans who moved to Canada during that period so perhaps not so exceptional.

[@orriharaldsson5800]

@@harkmi3 No, I meant the fact that a majority of the people who emigrated from Iceland went to Canada. Not that Canadian immigration in general during this period was unusual.

[@rolfdaswalross]

Theres a huge German diaspora in northern Kazakhstan, they came to be because Katherine the Great of Russia invited German settlers in the 18th century to settle the newly conquered steppe nomads lands, so many Germans settled around the Volga, before WW2 started, there even was a Volga German Soviet Republic within Russia there, when the war started Stalin deported them to Kazakhstan out of fear of collaboration with the German invaders

[@franbalcal]

The Chinese Community in Peru is HUGE biggest in the Latin America, been there for over a 100 years and well integrated. Same for the Japanese, the second biggest after Brazil. Also some Austrian town in the Andes where they still have Oktoberfest celebrations. Chile has many croatians, Agentinian Welsh, Germans of Southern Brazil and Paraguay, Mennonites in Bolivia. Panama also had many asians. The Indians of Guayana, the Javanese of Suriname, the Hmong in French Guyana. Svalbard the islands in the Arctic that belongs to Norway has a sizeable Thai community. When i was there I thought they were innuit then realised the innuit never reached that far in other travels ive seen the Polish Village in Turkey, the Turkish town in Lithuania. Armenian neighbourhoods in Malaysia and Singapore. Somalis in Sweden, Vietnamese in Texas (and in Poland), Indians in Greece, ancient albanian speaking villages in Italy. Slovaks in Serbia, The filipinos in the middle east, Polynesians in Utah, What bout double diaspora, so virtually all Peruvian citizens living in Iran are Peruvian women who married Iranian men they met while living in Japan.

[@LEEWAY8]

My old neighbourhood in Vancouver had a Chinese-Peruvian grocery store and church. Took me a few months to figure out what was going on

[@paulinaruiz928]

Correction: Panama HAS (present tense) many Asians including Chinese, Indians (from India), and Japanese just to name a few

[@gj1234567899999]

Filipinos are everywhere. There are 4 million Filipinos in USA. Lots of Filipinos in Japan, Middle East, and europe as well.

[@franbalcal]

@@gj1234567899999 Yeah they love to move to rich countries, they'd NEVER go to a middle or low income country to like invest or open an business like the Lebanese, Chinese or even Indians might do.

[@SangitA]

Indians in Greece?? Can u tell me more

[@BoringExtrovert]

I live in Korea. One Korean diaspora group is Koreans in Cuba. Basically, they wanted a better life, went to Mexico before realizing it's a good idea to go to Cuba.

[@Duda286]

In Brazil there's a ton of japanese people, specially in Maringá and Londrina, it's about 7% of those cities's population :D There's also a lot of them in Sao Paulo but, they're more spread out over there. I'd say specially in the Liberdade neighborhood, but also in the metropolitan cities of Mogi Das Cruzes and Suzano.

[@bmhhmm5146]

Who can marry a foreign guy?

[@keatonlusk3693]

One thing that surprised me about Alaska when I went up there is how culturally diverse it was. So many different people groups from all over the world. Also, another diaspora group that is somewhat shocking to me are the Hmong people that live in Minnesota. I’ve heard there are a lot that live there. Thanks for the awesome content as always!

[@Grimmes12]

There are actually Marshallese people in Alaska check it out Peter Santanello on KZbin

[@devonmunn5728]

There's also a significant Pacific Islander community in Alaska. I looked up one of them and it said that Samoans immigrated to Alaska because of economic opportunities and the cool climate is good for the elders

[@wankawanka3053]

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[@tobyevans2474]

More infamous than famous, one of the police officers that participated in the murder of George Floyd was Hmong.

[@adedamolamartins3810]

@@tobyevans2474 I was about to say that. His name is officer Tho Thao

[@iskambillordu]

there's a polish village in turkey,istanbul. they came during ww2 as refugees and settled there. most of their grandsons still knows polish language.village is called polinezköy(polish village).

[@mobo7420]

It's a suburb of Istanbul named Polonezköy/Adampol and the refugees came much earlier than WW2 - it was after an uprising against the Russians in the 19th century! There is a church and a graveyard there. It's interesting to look at the gravestones, because before the 1920s the names are written in Polish, but after the Turkish language reform, they use Turkish spelling. (so Kaczmarek would become Kaçmarek for instance). I used to live next to Polonezköy for a while.

[@gerdforster883]

Turkey also used to have a small german minority, living in and around one or two villages in Anatolia. They also got there via the german diaspora in the Russian Empire. However, they have now either assimilated fully into turkish society or moved to Germany. The last man who still spoke their dialect died about ten years ago, if I remember correctly.

[@ak5659]

From what little I've read and observed (being half Polish myself) Polish immigrant anywhwere tend to integrate very quickly into the dominant society but hold onto the language longer than other groups. I'm half Polish and third generation born in the US and I speak the language halfway decently.

[@mobo7420]

@@ak5659 Well, the Poles who worked in the Ruhr region in Germany around 1900 got pretty much assimilated by the mid 20th century so that nowadays names like "Kaminski" don't register as "foreign" in some parts of Germany

[@spastheghost]

Whenever you run out of countries for the regular videos keep doing these “filler week” videos, they are so interesting

[@martintuma9974]

He also should expand shorter videos about early-covered countries.

[@spastheghost]

@@martintuma9974 agreed

[@AbiSaysThings]

Mine is similar but a bit less exciting than the Marshallese one, in my hometown (Bedford, UK) about a third of the population is of Italian heritage because there was a brickworks nearby that recruited workers from Southern Italy after WWII.

[@Sirinwara]

I've met many oddly placed groups but the ones I was most fascinated with was the blossoming Orthodox Jewish community in Higher Broughton, Salford. They live about 5 miles north from Old Trafford, the whole area has high walls and they generally do not mix with outsiders. They have their own kosher shops, barber shops, schools, markets and all. I worked for one of them guys and he was actually quite nice.

[@BlackZWolf]

I'm myself the result of several diasporas intermixing in Brazil. Portuguese, Spanish, Italian, African... And my cousins have Lebanese, Syrian and Japanese blood as well. Almost all of my ancestors arrived in Brazil around 120 years ago.

[@campones...]

Como a maioria de nós, nossas famílias estão aqui a menos de 140 anos

[@mackmaster100]

My hometown Södertälje here in Sweden has a large Syrian ortodox and Assyrian diaspora since the 70s. They operate many of the restaurants in town. There is also a lot of people from India and Iran who have moved here due to work related immigration. The international corporations Scania and Astra Zeneca is stationed here.

[@ssg0yli672]

Pretending like multiculturalism has been good for Sweden 🤦😳😔

[@juanjoramirez01]

My favorite videos are actually filler week, especially the ones that explain regions/country subdivisions. Please consider doing those again, a lot of interesting country subdivisions are yet to be covered such as Mexico, Italy, China

[@mofoftriangle]

Mexico subdivisions would be awesome!

[@martintuma9974]

Czechia too

[@maxcrc]

The Japanese in Constanza, a mountain town of Dominican Republic. But i guess there are so many...today i learnt few more thanks to you and i suscribed to your channel. a must for a geography lover.

[@holakfun8243]

If you do a part 2 you should 100% mention the large amounts of Vietnamese people in the Czech Republic and Slovakia

[@devonmunn5728]

There's also Mongolians in the Czech Republic

[@capitalistpig1967]

Yeah, in my neighbourhood there's about five Vietnamese restaurant a.

[@martintuma9974]

In my town (about 2000 people), there are two Vietnamese-owned shops.

[@soviwave]

i went to slovakia last summer i did notice many vietnamese people, i had no idea there were a large amount there! cool info

[@zouzoudeparis1354]

Tina Trahn is Czeck Vietnamese. A very good singer.

[@AleksandarT10]

Great topic! Would be great to hear more stories like this

[@skp8748]

Ruined by the OBVIOUSLY incorrect information

[@wackyruss]

I recently moved to Benin, Africa to work as a teacher in the international school. There are tons of Lebanese here in Benin in Cotonou City. They operate the smaller convenient stores and markets. Also some of them teach English as well.

[@Soulxxxreaper]

Ye ye BUT WHY TF DIDNT MY LEBANESE ANCESTORS GO TO SOME PLACE IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE, THEY LITTERALY STAYED IN THE SAME COUNTRY

[@Soulxxxreaper]

@@lologege5466 they are all ded

[@Boom38119]

I'm from Nigeria and Julius-Berger is the largest contractor for the Nigerian government and they're Lebanese owned and they've been in Nigeria since the 60's/70's. Besides that, Nigerians overwhelmingly run their own economy. There is one Lebanese owned media channel but the rest are Nigerian owned.

[@lologege5466]

@@Boom38119 How many Nigerian do own a media or a big company in Lebanon?

[@tomkatt8274]

@@lologege5466 every country is for everyone. every country should embrace multiculturalism.

[@saqibaboo426]

There are quite a few Chinese, white, Indian, and Arab communities in Kenya. There’s a town on the coast inhabited by retired Italians called Malindi. A lot of rich history involving the Portuguese and Arabs. The locals there also speak Italian

[@jackg.3187]

Until the 1980s one of the university systems in West Virginia used to have an agreement with Syrian universities to do medical student exchanges. To this day there are still a number of Syrian doctors practicing there, many who stayed and married into local Appalachian families. Most of them are older now but I always found it interesting.

[@devonmunn5728]

There's also a notable Kuwaiti diaspora in West Virginia as well

[@makisdumbexistence]

As someone that is from a pretty obscure diaspora i was really excited for you to make this video and i was kind of sad that you didnt include the massive amount of germans in south brazil since both of my parents come from there and i was born in germany but the other diasporas were also really cool and i liked your video a lot hope you make more of these cause theyre great

[@Argacyan]

A whole video could be done about Germans around the globe alone. I'm of partial Sudetengerman descent, this summer I was in Kyrgyzstan where you can find German stuff, etc.

[@toreb61]

The germans In south america is pretty well known and not that obscure, still cool tho

[@CherryJuli]

@@Argacyan one of my best friends is from Kyrgyzstan and she also has German roots. Her parents and her emigrated to Germany in the 90s like many other people from the former Soviet Union with German roots.

[@chad2522]

Your grandparents or great grandparent might have some questionable back rounds

[@MsMimo07]

I would not call this a diaspora at all. Im from southern Brazil and I have mainly German heritage but we usually have almost no cultural connection to Germany. We just speak Portuguese like everybody else. I dont really know how to explain this but having German heritage doesnt make u different from the rest of the population because the descendents of the Germans are just the average Brazilians in this part of the country and there are a lot of them.

[@Epic_Amir_Hamza]

Definitely wanna see more of these Unusual Diaspora videos. Like the Welsh in Argentina. In regards to my own British Bangladeshi background its unsurprising for a Bangladeshi to be in the UK. Whats surprisingly to me is Bangladeshi diaspora in countries like Seirra Leone, Palau, Poland and Italy. Id like to know the stories behind them

[@crisistian_]

Imho the Hindi/Tamil/Sinhalese/Bengali communities in Italy are not that uncommon: they were assumed as either manual labors in cattle and chicken farms in Pianura Padana in early 1990s (starting with the Hindis) or as housemaids for the rich people. Then they grew up in size and developed their italo-Indian subcontinental cultures. As much as I've seen so many Sinhalese Italians talk in regional dialects way better than us, the natives The same thing is nowadays occurring with subsaharian people, especially Senegalese and Ghanian people

[@Flbari]

In Italy they sell roses, Spawn with umbrellas when it starts to rain or have small shops that close late in the night or never close. I always confuse them with Indians or Sri Lanka to be honest

[@rickenfatania]

I was watching Simon Reeves in the Americas and apparently many are flying to Mexico and Central America to try and get into the USA.

[@PaulAllen6304]

Don't forget Greece. Also the uniqueness is Bangladeshis don't usually bring their families. It's mostly the men who work and send the money back home. And for the most part, they donot mix with the locals(may be the cultural identity is too strong), interracial marriage is out of question. It's like reverse colonialism, it's the same thing white colonialists did 2 centuries back...and I am sternly against it. When u go to a country, embrace it, instead of trying to change it. P.S. - I am a Bengali myself.

[@orikarin714]

The Jewish community in India is fascinating, if you make a part 2 be sure to include them.

[@jamesconnolly5164]

I think this video was about unexpected diasporas. Jews live everywhere. That's actually a core part of their identity.

[@aagamjain1395]

yeah the Bnei Menashe

[@tomkatt8274]

@@jamesconnolly5164 its areligion. everybody can become a part of it. why stop at humanity?

[@juliecarnevali5534]

Love this!! I’ve been looking for a video like this forever keep making more

[@joaoleal2380]

Suggestions for future diaspora/randomness: 1. Patagonian Welsh 2. Koreans and Jewish People in Central Asia 3. The Irish - Cherokee Friendship 4. Hmong people in French Guyana 5. Javanese people in Suriname/Guyana 6. Chinese in Cuba 7. The Muslim failed coup d'état in Trinidad and Tobago 8. Garifuna People 9. Italo-Somalis/Italo-Eritreans 10. Turkish in Libya 11. The KKK backed attempted coup in Dominica 12. Serbians in Botswana

[@ShawarmaBrother_]

In the Indian city of Kolkata, the 'Kabuliwalas' are a community of Afghans whose ancestors migrated in the early 1900s. Most of them marry within the community and follow a pretty distinct Afghan culture.

[@EnchantedAnn]

I was just about to write about the large Buddhist statues etched in mountains of Afghanistan…. I wonder if the history is connected somehow? I wonder if Genghis Khan Empire plays any role at all

[@ShawarmaBrother_]

@@EnchantedAnn Genghis Khan plays a major role in North Sou-Asian History. The Hazaras of the Frontier province are said to be his descendants, and most of them converted to Buddhism before the arrival of Islam

[@caralhoguy]

Interesting that you made the thumbnail about the Afro-Abkhazians. The main reason why I clicked. It really is unexpected to see that there was a diaspora of Africans in the Caucasus mountains long before the Information Age and the village they were mainly in is called “Adzyubzha”

[@welcometonebalia]

Thanks for the video. One small addendum regarding deportation in New-Caledonia, it wasn't specific to this war in Algeria, it was used commonly for political repression at the time, a lot of Communards were deported there roughly at the same moment. Kind of a French adaptation of the British Botany Bay thing.

[@azariahspence8551]

Thanks for the video! I learned so much today

[@delancyj67]

There is a community of Greeks living in The Bahamas. They originally came to work in the sponge industry but now own many restaurants.

[@lisabelliveau5804]

The history of New Bedford, Massachusetts is truly interesting, with many Cape Verdeans and other nationalities ending up there from the whaling industry.

[@magaaliii]

I’m of Capeverdean descent (but born and raised in Europe) and all the Capeverdeans I know, including myself, have some type of family member living in that area of the US!

[@cocoaorange1]

I heard about the large Portuguese population there.

[@devonmunn5728]

@@cocoaorange1 Yes. In New England (especially in Massachusetts, Connecticut and Rhode Island) There is also of Portuguese speaking people from places like Cape Verde, Brazil and of course Portugal. I also watched a show earlier this year set in Rhode Island and I want to visit it. I'm attracted to places that are very diverse

[@madisonm1310]

I live near New Bedford and there are a lot of Cape Verdeans here. Also Azoreans and other Portuguese-speaking countries.

[@crisistian_]

@magaaliii Cape Verdeans in Luxembourg is another crazy story. Because of the specific place. While Portuguese moved between France, Switzerland, Luxembourg and Germany like leopard's spots, Cape Verdeans moved around Dudelange and settled there

[@Cadmann778]

The Marshall Islands have less than 10 permanent diplomatic missions, and one of them is a Consulate in Springdale Arkansas. It's also worth noting that the Marshall Islands has bout 60,000 citizens, so Arkansas has a diaspora of about 1/4 the size of the home nation.

[@Realitycheck18]

There is the "Siddi" community in the Indian state of Karnataka and a lot more in Pakistan, who are of African origin. Basically afro indians. They are descendants of Bantu ppl in Africa. A Siddi person got representation in Karnataka state assembly for the first time in 2020.

[@lorddiegocosta3307]

didn't know they were also in India, in Pakistan they are rather well integrated into society. course they look different to locals but with the extreme tanning that many locals suffer in the Sindh sun they blend in rather well. do you know what religion the indian ones are?

[@GenericUsername1388]

South Africa has a Portuguese diaspora community of about half a million people and I am one of them 😁👍

[@anyalovegood]

There's a community of Slovenians in Argentina, I remember learning about it in school

[@antoniosertich]

A lot of Europeans have went to Argentina

[@sahahorria]

I was really expecting to hear about the Magyarabs of Sudan 🇭🇺🇸🇩

[@MrLeemurman]

The Lebanese have had ties to Africa for millenia, as the Phoenicians would travel out of the Mediterranean and down the coast of West Africa to trade. Though of course none of them would actually settle there until the eras mentioned in the video. Also, in the Sudan episode, I remember a comment mentioned the "Maygarabians" or something like that. Basically, they're Hungarians that settled in Sudan and mixed with the Arabs. Thought I would mention it.

[@corvusglaive4804]

Oh yeah...forgot about that 😂

[@KennDrumm]

When I was staying in Iceland (central Reykjavík) for a few months I was surprised to meet a good number of Filipino and Vietnamese people and a few Nepalese too.

[@kip741]

Tbf I just feel like south and southeast asians are everywhere probably just due to how large their populations are.

[@ppppppppp64]

@@kip741 I don’t think it’s due to the populations. I think it’s due to their underdevelopment. People from poor nations have absolutely no care where they move to as long as it’s better than their home nation, and it’s easy for them to move to

[@crisistian_]

Filipino people are quite common in Northern Europe too nowadays. They mainly go up there from countries such as Italy and Spain

[@MoHammed-rr1bk]

@@ppppppppp64 sounds very easy for a philipino to move to Iceland 😮 In Germany are for example are not many of them in between all the groups of immigrants

[@michellea5415]

Make part 2 of this video. Good vid, well researched! ❤️

[@AlexandergAg-cj5mf]

01:39 ~ 04:31 Afro-Abkhasians 04:31 ~ 06:47 Lebanese-Ivorians 06:47 ~ 08:24 Algerians In New Caledonia 08:24 ~ 10:37 Micronesians In Springdale, Arkansas

[@robthetraveler1099]

There's a Southeast Asian community (I believe Laotian) in the Texas Panhandle, especially in the small town of Dumas and the much tinier town of Cactus. Really, really unusual for small-town Texas.

[@devonmunn5728]

I looked up Cactus and it said the diaspora is Burmese

[@moon_fake]

I thought Indonesians in Suriname, Hungarians in Sudan or Croats in Chile are already the weirdest. Guess I was wrong

[@milonga_]

There’s a Latvian settlement in Brazil called "Varpa". It’s pretty cool

[@Roossii]

Monte Verde southern Minas has also latvian community

[@campones...]

@@Roossii moro do lado de Monte Verde e não sabia dessa

[@Roossii]

@@campones... é que o Monte Verde foi colonizado por letãs e alemães ainda tem descendente desse povo lá. Abraços de Uberlândia MG 👍🏻

[@campones...]

@@Roossii nós alemães eu estava ligado por causa da arquitetura tanto de Monte Verde quanto de Camanducaia, mas os letães eu não sabia, pois a maioria da região é descendente tanto de italianos quanto de galegos e outros espanhois

[@hilarylawrence4588]

Wow.... my mom's maternal grandfather was born in Riga in 1878.

[@BloodShot578]

Not that it would have worked for this video since you were focusing on smaller, more niche diasporas, but I’ve always found it interesting that Brazil has such a relatively large Japanese diaspora with over a million people!

[@oliviahunter2821]

I work in a school district in Kansas that has a lot of Micronesian students (from Federated States of Micronesia). I’ve always found it interesting how they came to settle in Middle America from some small Pacific islands!

[@Dhi_Bee]

The Koryo-saram (people who are of Korean descent) that live in Ukraine (Vitalii Kim who’s governor of one of the oblasts & also Oleksandr Sin who used to be mayor of Zaporizhzhia). Some also live in other parts of the former USSR too, specifically Russia.

[@vonPeterhof]

The current mayor of Tallinn, Mihhail Kõlvart, is of Koryo-saram descent on his mother's side, and thus may well be the first ever Korean-descended mayor of an EU capital city.

[@RogersMgmtGroup]

Iranians make up a significant and visible community in North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. While you can also find Iranians in other parts of the province, the concentration in this one suburb of Vancouver is remarkable

[@PrincessLockette]

There's a lot of chinese and koreans in Vancouver too

[@OHHnoYOUdidntMAN]

So that's where the Iranian baddies are at 🤔

[@EpicB]

They also have a presence in Coquitlam too.

[@ashdog126]

On my dad's side I descend from a community of Portuguese Macaronesians (Azoreans, Madeirans, and Cape Verdeans) who came to Hawaii in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. They're actually the ones who introduced the ukulele to Hawaii

[@lovejones2179]

Nice i love cabo verde gorgeous people

[@Buzzygirl63]

I LOVE these videos of super-obscure topics!

[@vince6252]

Really cool video, thanks Barbs.

[@Pigraider268]

That's really interesting video. Can we expect part 2 in a future? :)

[@moomoo2214]

Another interesting one is about the Indians in the West Indies + Northern South America. It's easily overlooked since we Indians are everywhere now 😅 but many of this diaspora have families present there since the British brought indentured labourers from India to work in the plantations.

[@devonmunn5728]

Yeah I have send some stuff about the Santa Rosa First Peoples Community in Trinidad and Tobago as well as the Kalinago people in Dominica

[@zephicharles9559]

🇮🇳 in Trinidad are not the same as the kalingos of Dominica who are native to south America 🇩🇲

[@camtra18]

I am one of the Indian and Black mixed people in Jamaica, there is a lot of us. My mom's dad was Indian and his grandparents came to Jamaica, grandpa would have been 100 now if he was alive. Plus my Godfather is Chinese Jamaican, he's not mixed but his kids are. His family came over a little after the Indians.

[@EnchantedAnn]

I’m so glad you doing this , they other day I learned there’s a family of ancient Albanians of African decent who trace their roots to Chad

[@despaahana]

My church has a Marshallese extension in Springdale and I've wondered how that happened. Thanks for that!

[@tg-mz8uc]

Super fun topic, there is so many random mixture of people groups in the world. You should check out the Magyarab people. Nilotic Hungarians.

[@nick-kk5iz]

Other examples can be: German speaking Menonite communities in Mexico with people mostly of Austrian origin, the Siddi tribe of African origin in India and Welsh communities in South American countries like Argentina who speak the welsh language.

[@fumanchu4785]

This is NOT actual German. Also these people are religious fanatics (less than the Amish, but still...), that is why they left Germany 100 years ago.

[@bibiana761]

@@fumanchu4785 yes they are from central Germany and they are religious and closed.

[@hilarylawrence4588]

@@fumanchu4785 More than a hundred years ago....more like 200. My mom's mother came from Poland 101 years ago. Also many of the Mennonites who lived in Europe outside of Germany got kicked out of wherever they lived and sent back to Germany after World War II.

[@sapphicharlotte]

I'm from Albany, NY, and I've met a surprisingly large amount of Albanians (from Albania). Not too sure if that was intentional

[@ppppppppp64]

The strangest group I’ve ever met in upstate New York was a family from Madagascar. Strangest thing I have ever seen. This was in the middle of nowhere in upstate New York too

[@JIopemUncym]

There's quite large group of Bohemian-Moravian (Czechs) in the Texas. In 1930-1960s there were even some Czech-Texas country bands.

[@masterofnations1]

Much needed video.

[@gagetolinwrites6845]

I don't know a ton about them; but I always found the Fijian Hindi diaspora to be super interesting. Enough to have their own brand of the Hindi language.

[@patricklestro5637]

I'm from Fiji. Yes, their presence and culture really adds to my country's diversity. We even have foods that combine a mixture of curry and local menus.

[@misterx1342]

I’m a part of a strange diaspora community, I’m Anglo-South Africa. We are descendants of British settlers from the colonial times. We make up 30% of South Africa’s white population. We still practice a lot of British customs like tea time (especially among the older generation) and Sunday roasts. The Anglo-South African English dialect is based off a combination posh northern English and rural southern English.

[@anvithrai4133]

Is it really strange? South Africa is a part of the Commonwealth so I assume finding Anglo-africans in RSA is not the strange. Am I wrong to assume? Just curious here

[@ledernierutopiste]

lmao how is this strange ? It's common knowledge that white south african are either dutch or anglo

[@misterx1342]

@@anvithrai4133 I've met so many people including British people who were surprised that I spoke English instead of Afrikaans. One guy even said, "There is no Anglo-South African Wikipedia page therefore you are just an Afrikaner" which made no sense.

[@anvithrai4133]

@@misterx1342 wow what a strange experience you had... I bet most of them are Americans hahahaha... Well thanks for clarifying

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