Pettah, Sri Lanka 'Street Life' circa 1983

A Slice of Life!
People going about their business of the streets of Sri Lanka in the 1980's.
Market stalls selling all types of food and goods, Street Food, shoe making, changing tyres on bikes and cars with crude tools, horse and cart transporting goods and cars and vans.
Also a visit to:-
Sri Dalada Maligawa or the Temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic is a Buddhist temple in the city of Kandy, Sri Lanka.

[@rogmeonrn719]

Roads without tuk tuks. How peaceful

[@ajaj9655]

And Indian bikes too😅

[@IsuruSKumarasinghe]

Tuktuk is a real deadly piece of shit came from India thanks to corrupted politicians in Sri Lanka

[@Shortshub-yt-by-T]

@@ajaj9655 yessss

[@ThivankaVithanage]

I was born in the 1990 and I wish if I can go back to this rich and simple times. Thank you for sharing this video. We've lost our way of live with the advancement of technology and politics I believe. This is so beautiful!

[@janithaumayanga5329]

Same here bro. Always old is gold🎉❤

[@user-if2kq8nh8m]

Lol you are surely mistaken, Sri Lanka was a lawless POS back then, remember 1983 Black July? 71' and the 89 JVP insurrections? The whole civil war? IPKF fighting in the north? R. Premadasa's and JR's state sponsored assassinations? And the entire economic crisis from around the mid 60's to early 80's where food was rationed? Not to say that Sri Lanka is a heaven nowadays but at least now death, destruction and famine isn't commonplace. Ceylon's real glory days were quite likely before the 11th Century, better wish for those time haha.

[@DiciplinedNasa]

Nah you won't, 80s was a complete mess. JVP insurrection, black July etc .those times weren't pretty.

[@chinghis5266]

No matter what, I believe we have things much easier compared to these people. We might have complex lives due to technological advancements, but most of these people didn't even have basic necessities. They look like walking skeletons.

[@eshanhansana6895]

​@@DiciplinedNasa I thought the same

[@shaneperera-rj2ls]

I remember these streets exactly like in this video. Me and my mum used to comb the market looking for fruit and veg. I hated going through the manning market mud pools. But now it brings back happy memories of my mum. Thanks for posting this video.

[@sanathkavindika691]

ඒ කාලේ බඩක් තියන පිරිමියෙක් හොයාගන්නවත් නෑ දැන් බඩ නැති එකෙක් හොයාගන්නවත් නෑ

[@rukshandezoysa6171]

😂😂😂

[@ranasinhemuththettugenayan2433]

දැන් කාලයේ මේ ස්තාන වලම වීඩියෝ එකකුත් හදලා දාලා තිවුනා නම් බඩාලාගේ ප්‍රතිශතය සසදා බලන්න පුලුවන්

[@RuwanChinthaka723]

😆👍👍👍👍

[@ranjithnimal566]

😊😊😊😊😊

[@Chronicles_of_life99]

සුපිරි කතාව❤

[@s.lpeoplelifet.v]

අද වෙන්දි මෙතන ඉන්න අය ගෙන් වැඩි දෙනක් ජිවිතයෙන් සමු අර ගෙන ....😢😢😢

[@ashenadeesha21]

@@dicelk ape achchi innawa

[@ashenadeesha21]

@@dicelk 2024 - 1983 = 41 years

[@khanzada121s]

THANKS FOR POSTING AND KEEP RECORDED OUR OLD DAYS

[@abeerahamed193]

Wait, what?

[@guwani01]

මොරිස් මය්නර් ටැක්සි: 3 වීලර් නැහැ

[@flyme2009]

i was born in 1980 look at my country now still the same economy crises no improvement. thanks for sharing the video this is priceless

[@mackenzierough]

I'm so glad that you enjoyed this movie,

[@thamalsuraweera3000]

I Bron in 89...always ❤this simply life..we lost this life...thx for sharing 🙏

[@ahafeel]

I remember similar scenes from the 80s and very early 90s... Memories of a time long ago

[@sparrowhawk2112]

Thank you for sharing this valuable video. Days from the past.

[@mackenzierough]

My pleasure

[@nipunajayaram1617]

thank you for sharing this memories.

[@mackenzierough]

Glad you enjoyed it.

[@prajapakse3611]

Great quality video! Thanks for sharing ❤

[@manidu437]

1980 හා 2024 අතර ලොකු වෙනසක් නැ නෙද ?

[@850Tech]

Ow Video quality witharak wenas wei. anith ewa thibba wage mai

[@sanjeewaherath7086]

මේ රටේ ඉන්න gobba හැත්ත තාමත් තේරුම් අරන් නැ para deshapaluwo රට wikunan kana හැටි. 😢😢😢

[@shashikaprabhashwara5190]

Thanks for recording and sharing our old motherland.

[@mackenzierough]

My pleasure!

[@dineshkawijerathna1468]

IM Glad that you posting

[@mackenzierough]

My pleasure

[@kumaresinhakelum812]

Thanks our all politicians still we are enjoying same bus after even 44 years.

[@reshairo]

And to the people who elected them to power

[@thusithkathaluwage5470]

wow what a classic video clip !. unfortunately our politicians did not do anything to the country even though the country has a great history. Thanks for posting and if you have more clips please upload. better if you can specify where each place is and the day and time.

[@TikiriAndCo]

Valuable footage! Tha ks for posting. Not much has changed in Colombo Pettah.. except zero child vendors now.

[@udayamendis1956]

Thank you for preserving the past

[@PIXELvoiz]

Wow amazing capture! Thank you so much!

[@mr.specialclips9000]

wonderful footage.. you somehow feel times then were peaceful.. easy go life. btw the black car at 8.18 looks awesome..

[@mackenzierough]

Thank you I'm glad that you enjoyed my home movie.

[@ChannaJayamuni]

wow, this melted my eyes. thanks for sharing.

[@mackenzierough]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@prashanshan7125]

Thanks for posting..!

[@NevinduSilva]

Beautiful video. Thanks for sharing 🙏

[@mackenzierough]

Thanks for visiting

[@dinoddewmila4690]

කවුද දැක්කේ බඩූ මිල අඩු කරනු කියලා විරෝධතාවක්.

[@DR-wp9ol]

Thank you for sharing this amazing video ❤️!!! I hope people in thi🫂video are lived and loved peacefully

[@mackenzierough]

Glad you enjoyed it.

[@flatitata]

Beautiful

[@anugreenlife7541]

Thank you for your video 🎉🎉

[@heransd]

Pretty muxh the same. So much for the development

[@Kokoyoyo992]

Thanks man.. thanks

[@mackenzierough]

Happy to help, glad that you enjoyed it.

[@AMWE-gh7ti]

Great to watch this.

[@shriyacooray783]

Great clip....really enjoyed ..

[@slwide7507]

අන්තිම හරිය දළදා පෙරහැර කාලේ මහනුවර. අනිත් තැන් නම් රටේ වෙන පළාත් වගේ.

[@sanborn2010]

look how clean pettah is

[@sanithuyumeth6333]

it still is

[@PehesaraFernando]

You blind or something ?

[@kirusanth]

People were active and healthy unlike now.

[@Bro-l3d]

මුස්ලිම් උන් පේන්නවත් නෑ ඒකට දැන් ගියොත් අරාබිය වගේ😂

[@charithsilva9236]

David gram stores still was there

[@isuruthiwanka2595]

Still Siri Lanka in stone age broh.. And Never change 7:10

[@sanjeewaherath7086]

thank you for sharing these valuable memories. I was born in 1983 in Kandy. the present situation is also the same. the governance have sucked all the treasures from the people. people are still very poor. but the governors are very rich. but the stupid people of this island are still haven't realised the truth.

[@mackenzierough]

I'm so glad that you enjoyed this home movie,

[@tharindufernandokotiyaofficial]

මේ 1980 නෙවෙයි . මේ 1994 වගේ කාලේ . මොකද 32 ශ්‍රි 4DR සහා 28 ශ්‍රි ලොරියක් මේකේ තියෙනවා . ❤

[@mackenzierough]

Thanks I will update.

[@manithrupasinghe8744]

Machn echchara langa wenna bahane. Aluth style eke wahana thibbema na

[@roshannicey4212]

Great 👍💯

[@mackenzierough]

Thanks

[@Rishad-h2j]

❤good food good life Srilanka 🇱🇰 😊👍👍👍

[@dineshsampath6974]

colombo maning market those days.. and kandey ... thanks lot for this video realy interesting. 👍💐🙏

[@rgalajayasena]

This is after 1980 maybe 83 - 84 I can see 7 Sri vehicles and Lanser Box model cars

[@mackenzierough]

Thanks I have updated to circa 1983.

[@sadikeeniftikar3153]

Before 83, after 83 riots during that time David gram and so many shops are burnt, 83 Violence

[@indikaperera717]

Always ❤️ srilanka.

[@sujeevadealwis5513]

Towards the end where the elephant was, is not Pettah, it’s Kandy, the hill capital.

[@YoonusRazzak-qi2ng]

How the people's was so happy before internet

[@IsuruSKumarasinghe]

Oh yeah falling to politicians traps cuz theres no source to get true information

[@ragjnmusic8765]

where are you seeing happiness in this video? it's people have zero quality of life.

[@deepdeep4629]

thank you Mackenzie.

[@ThilinaAd]

these people wouldn't have had any idea on what's about to come in the dark ages of 88-89, even 83 " kalu juliya"

[@hidden-tb8kf]

Peaceful SRI LANKA❤

[@SanjanaRanasingha]

when Freddie Mercury was alive and there were no three wheelers

[@DashingAmar-kb8zq]

Please come again 😢

[@druviceylontea6304]

Great to see this old video of Sri Lanka. In which year was this captured as it says 80's? Btw what was the video camera you used for this as cameras were not common during that time.

[@MilrujPereira]

My Birth Place 1960

[@kushantherath6100]

Wow😮

[@Subo65]

1980 නවීන වාහන තිිබුණා මෙම වීඩියෝව 1967-1970 ඒකක්

[@PathumRajapaksha-ps7gf]

නිකං හිතට දුවන්න ඉඩදුන්නහම මගෙ හිතට ආවේ.... නිගම්බො කැන්ඩි ජැෆ්නා⁣ ගෝල් කළම්බු පෙට්ටාහ් "ඇඩ්ම්ස්" පීක් ශ්‍රී ලාංකික අනන්‍යතාව

[@Somethingforeducation]

3 wheel 🛺 නැතුව කොච්චර හොදට පාරෙ වාහන යනවද? ❤😮

[@charitharox]

Nothing much has changed.. the roads still get flooded, the streets are still dirty and our people are still poor. God, I hate this country.

[@reedgomes9246]

You know very well it has changed a lot. Be serious

[@ඇස්තටික්]

රඹු කැටේට වතුර පිරිලා බොලව්😁

[@IdunilBandara-rj9uf]

Singapore of Asia Wonder of Asia

[@Lifelineayurveda]

Later part is not pettah colombo ...its Kandy

[@Rishad-h2j]

Golden Years😊 🌟🌟🌟🌟🇱🇰🫡

[@EmoryPlayz]

i live in sri lanka

[@adriandesilva1125]

Thank you for the very good quality video. However, by the attire (flared pants) of the Caucasian people and some locals in the vdo, this does not look like 1983. It's probably mid to late 70's.

[@mackenzierough]

Thanks for the tip.

[@achalahanwella5709]

ගෙවුන අවුරුදු 45ට හැම දේම වෙනස් වෙලා ඇදුමේ පැලදුමේ ඉඳන් ....

[@cutetiny6144]

32ට

[@alex_m_p_s3072]

@@cutetiny614441*

[@nisanka]

Pettah and Kandy!

[@ranjanrathnathunga3758]

Motor bike දැක්කෙ නැහැ

[@dilrukshijayalath877]

Lankawe issara shakthimath karaththa thibuna dan engineer kiyala inna kalakanni geyak hadanna danne na watak hadanna danne na kanu kapanna danna bona wathura wahala danawa wahaleta ulu kata danna kalin karanna one de danne na duppath minihata wen karana salli walin horakam karala thamange acct eka full karagannawa mun jathi jathi duppath wenawa horakama pala denne ehemayi

[@morenmore8968]

❤❤❤

[@nipunajayaram1617]

A kale idanma ape rate minissu patta dukak widala tiyenne . Politicyanlai ratai jathyai pennala huran kaddi agamika nayokayo agama wikunana kala.

[@MrChanitha]

So we think these people could have Voted sensibly and with reason at that time. Western civilization was already hundreds of years ahead at this time.

[@menakajayathunga-hl3nh]

මේක 1980 වෙන්න බැහැ. මම හිතන්නේ 1970 විතර. 1980 වෙද්දී පිටකොටුව මීට වඩා දියුනුයි. වාහන සහ කඩවීදියත්.

[@mackenzierough]

Thanks updated, circa 1974.

[@nisanka]

Please come again!

[@nuwanpradeep7154]

බලන්න මිනිසුන් ගෙ මුහුනවල් වල තියෙන සතුට.පර දේශපාලන පක්ෂ රට විනාශ කෙරුවා

[@RuwanChinthaka723]

Nodakin kariya me kale JR pako 😆🤪🤑😜

[@JinasiriNissanka]

Dan uge golaya kagena kagena yanawa rata iwarawenakalma.

[@RuwanChinthaka723]

@@JinasiriNissanka anik pakalath ehemai 🤑🤪😛

[@ScepticusHistoricus]

ත්‍රී වීල් හුචක්කු නෑ

[@ChathushkaRanawaka]

Almost Zero Plastic

[@MadhuKallingalthodi]

This is from 1970s or 80s most likely

[@mackenzierough]

Which is it then 80's or 70's?

[@MadhuKallingalthodi]

@@mackenzierough late 70s or early 80s

[@mackenzierough]

@@MadhuKallingalthodi Thanks I will update.

[@dahampasala4734]

❤🇱🇰👍

[@anvermohideen9896]

Pettah 1980 mada hada 2024 mada apita kota uda

[@JinasiriNissanka]

ජරාවම කාපු රගේ තමයි, විශේෂයෙන් දේශපාලනඥයොයි පොලිස් කාරයොයි. පිට්සර ලමයි දැක්කම දුක හිතෙනවා. මුන් රට කුට්ටි පිටින් ගිලපු එකමතමයි හේතුව.

[@st-bk5tq]

ප🇱🇰💓

[@ppwithaweewee9403]

TBH nothing much has changed, just high rise buildings, newer cars, marginally sanitation improvements. Politicians was and still be stealing from the middle and poor giving it to their higher class friends who keep them in power. The tight grip religious leaders got on people is also gotten worst. That's why Sri Lanka was and is still a breeding ground for religious corruption with space for new radical religions like Jehovah and Jerome's begin. People are way too blind and has so much faith in religion. Forget culture, religion and history. Work towards improving oneself. Think over everything. But that's too much to ask from a Sri Lankan.

[@julianfogarty2243]

Was this filmed in Kandy?

[@mackenzierough]

Sorry don't know, I would like to know though.

[@julianfogarty2243]

@@mackenzierough well I was there five years ago and the ornate white building looks like the Temple of the Tooth in Kandy.

[@mackenzierough]

@@julianfogarty2243 Thanks I'm away at present I will check it with Google lens when I get back.

[@mackenzierough]

Yes thanks you are correct it is Sri Dalada Maligawa or the Temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic is a Buddhist temple in the city of Kandy, Sri Lanka.

[@julianfogarty2243]

@@mackenzierough brilliant, thanks for that. Great footage. I loved Sri Lanka when I was there, such a beautiful country.

[@eshikaudayanawanigasekara]

හප්පා 😢

[@anugreenlife7541]

ආයේ නැගිටිමු

[@darrellpradeep3177]

This is not Kandy City. This is Pettah near gas pass/ old town hall

[@mackenzierough]

Thanks, I will update.

[@thusithkathaluwage5470]

@@mackenzierough The video clip is first shows the Pettah old dutch town hall with sea street and Prince of wales street (gass pass), but second part it very clearly Kandy Sacred Tooth Relic temple and Kandy bus stand and also in somewhere in Monaragala.

[@yakdehiarachchigeravindra9421]

මළ ජූලියයි!🤨 ලී ක්වාන් යූ සිංගප්පූරුව කොළඹ වගේ කරනව කිව්වෙ...?!! දැං සිංගප්පූරුව මේ වගේ වෙන්න ඇති නෙහ්ඃ 😂😂😂

[@Ahamed.24]

Could not spot a single ‘fat’ person.

[@penduloustesticularis1202]

Looks like hell.

[@jhonpreston8982]

ok so it always has been a shit hole... even in the 80sss

[@reedgomes9246]

Sri Lanka looks completely different now, it's a lot more developed. What are you talking about? You sound racist.

[@user-jt3dw6vv4x]

Of course in the 1980s, Sri Lanka was less developed. Today, it's far more developed and it looks nothing like what you see in the video. There always has to be one person that's racist. Stop being racist ffs!

[@user-jt3dw6vv4x]

Stop being racist ffs! Of course Sri Lanka was less developed in the 1980s, it's a lot more developed now and looks nothing like what you see in the video. Get educated ffs!

[@user-jt3dw6vv4x]

CUhjnfe

[@user-jt3dw6vv4x]

Sri Lanka was less developed in the 1980s, it's a lot more developed today. It looks nothing like what is seen in the video. My gosh, stop being racist ffs. Why are ppl of a certain origin always racist? Stop it!