The History of the Three Guyanas

[@3amDayDreamer]

I’m from Guyana🇬🇾🇬🇾🇬🇾🇬🇾🇬🇾. Shout out to my fellow Guyanese and our neighbor Suriname 🇸🇷 🇸🇷🇸🇷, fellow South Americans, and Caribbeans. Much love ❤️ ❤️❤️❤️

[@v.t.8752]

Love 💘 from 🇧🇧Barbados 🇧🇧!

[@doranoora2657]

Good evening my fellows and neighbour Guayana. Greetings straight out of Suriname 🇸🇷🇸🇷🇸🇷🇸🇷

[@rasil8518]

Love from suriname

[@rayyork962]

Jjnm. jm] 4mp

[@beasttheboy]

🇸🇷

[@excitingtoursthoughtheguia8324]

Thank you for telling the wold about us we need this kind of recognition, we have a pristine rainforest and beautiful people and rich culture with delicious mixed flavors food 🇸🇷🇬🇾🇲🇫

[@archdornan3068]

Oh

[@omarjawhary887]

🇬🇫 french Guyana flag

[@FloweijFR]

@@omarjawhary887 yea , my motherland

[@toshporter4074]

Barbera and energetic you are so right its already happened I'm living in Guyana so I know. The Cuban ,Venezuelan and Brazilian are taking over My beautiful country Guyana. 🇬🇾

[@dwightglunder8566]

@Energetic Coach you are right.The world needs an other way to prosper. You need wood to build a house,oil to drive your car.There are solutions for all of that but the world persist to use their old ways just to make money, destroing the forest,the land and the seas.Energy can be harvested trough so many ways nowadays,still they agree to do it the old fashioned way,just to have money comming inn despite the cries and tears of mother earth.Greetings from Suriname

[@avnc9903]

Any Guyanese?🇬🇾

[@TorontoHighGuy]

Yo

[@darrendarshan1984]

💯🇬🇾

[@garybuckley7798]

Here 🇬🇾🇬🇾

[@joshuagrant4659]

Yea

[@ulandookwah7104]

yeah man

[@ElizondoAbelardo]

People wonder why these little countries/territories aren't united without realizing that this small area is actually one of the most diverse areas in the Americas.

[@fernandop8146]

"These peoples were so alike that the europeans thought they were the indistinguishable" Also europeans: "Asians are all the same".

[@nickloss2377]

@@fernandop8146 he's talking about the indigenous peoples that lived there.. just like they did in North America, they were all "Indians" to the Europeans even though they were many tribes and nations. even though the current makeup is very multicultural in this area, there is still a lot of racial segregation, and cultural differences that will has created much division. Suriname and Guyana for instance engaged in border disputes for a long time and only recently have been looking to improve relations. Venezuela seems to think that half of Guyana belongs to them even after multiple border treaties were signed under British rule..

[@fernandop8146]

@@nickloss2377 My critic is that the europeans think they are indistinguishable because they don't care about these people, same for asians, it's not because these people were "alike".

[@mpforeverunlimited]

@@fernandop8146 Europeans say that because the term 'oriental' got PCd out of existence and now Asian has replaced orient. When people say Asian they aren't talking about India or the middle east. They're talking about Japan, China, Vietnam, Korea etc. And those countries do have a degree of similarity between them, both in culture and the people's appearance

[@celestialnavigator3116]

It's not small. Guyana alone is bigger than England.

[@walterlv01]

I've always been fascinated by these 3 - culturally it is as if they are an extension of the Caribbean Islands onto the South American continent because they are absolutely nothing like any of the other countries there.

[@alfiex6667]

True lmao

[@amazonwarrior7126]

you really talk bull shit, Guyana has its own culture, nothing like the caribbean,axcept for trini, so is Brazil like venezuela or Venezuela like Peru so you talk bull shit, no countrys are alike,so keep your crap to your self.

[@amazonwarrior7126]

walter this is terible, we are different? is there hope for us? yes we are like west indians, our country is so small that we walk around it in one day,but we have gotten happy now as all the south Americians have written about us ,hurah hurah kzbin.info/www/bejne/fHi2mYuogJyMbM0

[@amazonwarrior-wf7kl]

walterlv01, you would make that observation, because you dont know nothing about the culture of Guyana or Surinam,so you make a stupid assumption. SO whats common between Brazil and Bolovia? or Peru an Argentia? only langauge nothing else,

[@tanyalogan5839]

They are actually similar to the other countries especially in foods

[@kingdomofgarvin3432]

I am from Trinidad and Tobago but i love Guyana 🇹🇹 🇬🇾

[@imgonnatellmom3245]

I am from Guyana but I love Trinidad as well 😃

[@kellybrown685]

I love Trin8dad and Tobago!

[@davesmith8280]

But which Guyana?

[@teacheschem]

@@davesmith8280 - Only one of them spelled like that!

[@davesmith8280]

@@teacheschem it’s was a joke

[@monojakennedy_3758]

The three Guineas in Africa were also called French Guinea, Portuguese Guinea and Spanish Guinea

[@justinamusyoka4986]

Our lands were up for grabs by the oppressors.

[@Prodigious1One]

Cool.

[@ronjayrose9706]

Don't forget Papua New Guinea

[@danshakuimo]

@@ronjayrose9706 But thats not in africa

[@brownbbydoll1777]

Very true

[@mistertjon]

Nice to see a docu about my country 🇸🇷

[@wanneerde8854]

Suriname is een heel mooi land

[@vodkasimmons7915]

Fawaka

[@mistertjon]

@@vodkasimmons7915 rustig mang 👍🏽

[@beasttheboy]

🇸🇷

[@anndouglas81]

I feel so happy that our country's is being recognized I'm a proud that I'm a guyanese and I love country so much 🇬🇾 one love

[@rohanedmonson]

Big up di Guyanese people dem! 🇯🇲

[@sledgegdonmusic9111]

Must🇬🇾

[@tigger7719]

❤one love🇸🇷🇸🇷🇸🇷🇸🇷🇸🇷

[@beasttheboy]

@@tigger7719 🇸🇷

[@gambitwarrior]

Nuff respek to di Guyanese people dem 🇬🇾

[@catman1304]

Big ups to you my brother 🇬🇾

[@gtgbrb.Chad.v1b]

i was so happy to see some one to speak about MY COUNTRY GUYANA

[@sergio93900]

I'm happy too. I'm from Rio, Brazil and we don't know much about our neighboors.

[@sledgegdonmusic9111]

Must🇬🇾

[@gtgbrb.Chad.v1b]

@@sergio93900 lol Brazil is like Guyana's personal trainer

[@sergio93900]

@@gtgbrb.Chad.v1b 😀

[@eduardomoraes2650]

The Brazilian state of Amapá (or Brazilian Guiana as the video puts it) did rebelled and declared itself an independent Republic around 1885, but wasn't recognized, the french occupied it and then returned it to Brazil, after arbitration by Switzerland.

[@Osei592]

Wow… Gracias bro!!!

[@jayrockstedy9890]

Interesting!

[@BrazilianDaftPunkFan]

@@Osei592 *Brazil doesn't speak spanish*

[@shauncameron8390]

@@BrazilianDaftPunkFan But Portuguese.

[@tiagobaptista3082]

@@shauncameron8390 Yes, but that sentence above is not in Portuguese, but in Spanish. They are two different languages, although they are somewhat similar.

[@SheldonY14]

2:19 Dutch Guiana was never the name of Suriname. It was a collection of Dutch colonies: Berbice, Demerara, Pomeroon and Suriname. When the British took over the first three, they merged them into the colony of British Guiana. However Suriname was always the name of the country since its establishment. It was informally called Dutch Guiana, to distinguish it from the British, French, Portuguese and Spanish Guiana. See the link: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_Surinam 3:37 the first immigrants to come where the Dutch Farmers, then in 1853 the Chinese and Madeiran (Portugese) labor workers. Slavery ended in 1863 and in 1873 the first Indians came. In 1894 the first Javanese came and around that same period the Lebanese came. The Lebanese we're not workers, just merchants who came by them selves. There still are Amerindian people and don't forget 13.3% is mixed too. The Afro-Surinamese are divided in the Creoles, whose culture is a blend of the African, Dutch and Jewish culture. They came out of slavery. The Maroons still have their African roots and live largely in the interior of suriname. However you are part of the small group of people who really documented the history of Suriname the best. Many people never talk about the Javanese, Chinese, Lebanese and Europeans in my country. They don't know that there are two types of Afro Surinamese. So good job and thanks!

[@Thats_quite_cool]

Interesting! Thanks for the added information!

[@kravenian1491]

Are the Javanese still preserve the culture?

[@tahirghoerahoe8246]

@@kravenian1491 yes and also the east indians

[@MsAmakura]

Quoting Wikipedia is not the greatest source to substantiate your claim 😳

[@SheldonY14]

@@MsAmakura I live in Suriname and I learned it during the history lessons. The intro of this old documentary by the Dutch of when the queen visited also mentions the name: kzbin.info/www/bejne/ZpWliHyjrrB9oZY. The first sentence after that you can hear the Dutch man finishing it off with Suriname. This old map of Suriname also mentions the name: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nieuwe_specialkaart_van_de_colonie_Suriname_(1801)_-_Blad_A.jpg On the top of this picture, you can see the sentence ending with Suriname, only the "S" is a "Z":images4.persgroep.net/rcs/QesJQv9LCW7_vrKWBNeoH7_pdiA/diocontent/149857870/_fitwidth/763?appId=93a17a8fd81db0de025c8abd1cca1279&quality=0.8 This old map mentions the colony of Berbice in Dutch: fedora.digitalcommonwealth.org/fedora/objects/commonwealth:6t053s25p/datastreams/access800/content This one mentions Demerara: upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Kaart_van_de_Colonie_Demerary_1786.jpg/1200px-Kaart_van_de_Colonie_Demerary_1786.jpg And this one mentions Pomeroon: upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Pomeroon_1773.png/250px-Pomeroon_1773.png

[@randysingh6548]

I am from Guyana. I never visit suriname and french guyana. I now live in canada. When i go back to guyana for vacation i will visit those places. Guyana is a tropical beauty.

[@amazonwarrior-wf7kl]

Hay Randy, you Guyanese? it hard to believe, dont you know how to spell french Guiana, since when its French Guyana?

[@riazedn4728]

@@amazonwarrior-wf7kli am Suriname and i would also say French Guyana.

[@alexanderealley9992]

Hey!!! Someone is finally giving these countries credit! Beautiful countries with awesome people!

[@ronnieastro2179]

Love and shoutouts to all my people from guyana, french guyana and my own country surinam! I live in Holland but Surinam is where my heart is! Would love to go there again but the laws around the corona virus makes it impossible. 🇸🇷 🇸🇷 🇸🇷

[@cardenasr.2898]

The three South American nations (though French Guiana is not a country per se) that most South Americans don't know anything about.

[@ieatvampires8559]

Well in surinam its dutch and there it is Suriname Guyana Frans guyana Frans is dutch for france ofc

[@9delta988]

Well it's understandable because these regions have more in common with the caribbean than latin america.

[@gabrielcastro6193]

I know the three of them, I'm from Manaus, Amazonas. But, I know nothing about the culture and people that live there, I just know about it's formation history :/

[@Nutty151]

Because they are outside the Hispano-sphere. The other South Americans can't relate to them that much.

[@Nutty151]

@Black Spadez I think you can say French Guiana literally IS France. So France is not only located in Europe, but also in South America as strange as that sounds.

[@lakramjaggai6084]

lmao we usually say it as GUY - ANA

[@stingerranger4942]

🤣🤣I know right

[@SebastiansFacts]

I'm Romanian, and by default I tend to pronounce things as they sound in Romanian. Believe me, I didn't even realize how I said Guyana.

[@michaelcrenshaw4586]

Bruuuhh!!!!!

[@kastaway-mtx]

Everyone in Guyana says it that way, Guy-Ana. But outside of Guyana I've heard it pronounced multiple ways. The most popular being Gweana. Also, a lot of people think Guyana is located in Africa, confusing it with Guinea a country located in West Africa (which also has many different ethnicity's). If you asked Americans to list countries in South America, almost none will mention Guyana, let alone know it exists.

[@lakramjaggai6084]

@@kastaway-mtx not knowing Guyana existed is a thing of the past , as of recently ... ppl also confuse Guyana with Ghana in africa

[@objectively50]

Suriname is underrated. We helped win the the first and second world war (Bauxite production for planes, guns etc.) and delivered elite sporters to the world (Edgar Davids, Tyrone spong, Jairzinho Rozenstruik etc.) amongst many things.🇸🇷🇸🇷🇸🇷

[@mahalallel2012]

You forgot to mention Clarence Seedorf, the only player to win three Champions League with 3 different clubs.

[@objectively50]

@@mahalallel2012 Facts!!

[@thedoc225ify]

Do they have national football teams?

[@rasil8518]

Yes

[@thedoc225ify]

@@rasil8518 I just found out day before when they play Jamaica. Respect to Concacaf region

[@geraldinemurrell-abery644]

Thank you for the commentary: it was informative and interesting and admittedly it is the first time that I have heard this clear and concise overview about the History of the Three Guyanas: originally spelled Guianas.. The latter name had its origin in Amerindian culture and was translated as 'the land of many waters'. Clearly you have researched this topic and have offered an overview about the origins of these areas. I trust that you will offer more information about these countries' historical development. Thanks.

[@SebastiansFacts]

Geraldine, thank you for this appreciation. I have to admit, it feels good when I get it right and people enjoy these videos.

[@rojioyama248]

Very interesting information on a lesser known part of South America.I will do more investigation on my own. Thanks for your work.

[@sushicat3576]

Voice isn't very interesting to listen to, but making a history video takes a lot of work, so I can appreciate this.

[@SebastiansFacts]

Thank you for that :)

[@die8218]

That’s so mean

[@sushicat3576]

@@die8218 I just said that I appreciated it, didn't I? I don't have to like everything about it and constructive criticism can be good.

[@michaelkojocarter4762]

@Ignacio Peñafiel Urzúa It is better...but now a little too fast.

[@GeslerDavidAvalo]

Thanks for sharing this video. There’s so little known about these 3 great countries of our region. Greetings from Dominican Republic 🇩🇴

[@familygash7500]

Guyana is a lovely country. I've even heard that the grape-juice there is so good that it's literally to die for.

[@CarlitoGio]

My pups is from Guyana, mum is from England, grandma is from Italy and grandad from Ireland and fiance Ecuadorian. Its a crazy mix

[@laurens678]

Fun fact: Surinamese population speaks better Dutch than the Dutch Antilles, which is still part of the Netherlands. Suriname Dutch or Surinaams-Nederlands is an officialy recognized dialect of Dutch.🇸🇷🤝

[@michaelallen4104]

De hartelijke groeten uit Curaçao 🇨🇼 !

[@laurens678]

@@michaelallen4104 groeten terug naar het mooie Curaçao!🇨🇼🤝🇳🇱 Op de Antillen spreken jullie ook mooi Nederlands :) maar de meesten spreken Papiamento als ik het goed heb.

[@michaelallen4104]

@@laurens678 Klopt. We spreken in het dagelijkse leven hier op Curacao minder Nederlands dan in Suriname.

[@vodkasimmons7915]

Sranan Tongo?

[@syafasmo4565]

ahahah dat is zooo waar!!! ik versta nederlanders niet eens..

[@MA-yh2ko]

As a descendant of 🇯🇲 Maroons, nice to learn of more of our freedom warriors.

[@sledgegdonmusic9111]

✌🏼🇬🇾

[@francescajb3645]

Same. In terms of other information and being a descendant.

[@kuls43]

0:15 he should have marked Brazilian Guyana as Portuguese Guyana.

[@abasskalalatom8476]

Akan🇬🇭😌

[@amazonwarrior7126]

in uk they have a cake called macroons which I like to eat when I am there, did the Macroons call them selves after the buiscuit?

[@lisa23245]

Yes thank you for sharing beautiful Guyana 🇬🇾🇬🇾🇬🇾

[@skeletonkeysproductionskp]

Very very interesting!! Expanded my limited knowledge on the Guianas

[@niclkousnandlall1755]

My beautiful country Guyana 🇬🇾❤️🙏

[@candycakes7921]

Guyana 🇬🇾

[@BucketListTravellers]

Really interesting learning about this region. I didn't realise how ethnically diverse these countries were.

[@amazonwarrior7126]

yes and venezuela you will find only white people, and in Brazil you will finf only white people,in Pereu you will find only whites, in fact all of south America only in Guyana you will find different people, When venezulians come to Guyana we can always tell as they re as white as snow.

[@shauncameron8390]

@@amazonwarrior7126 Brazil is the 3rd whitest country in the world.

[@amazonwarrior-wf7kl]

You should travel to Brazil

[@BucketListTravellers]

@@amazonwarrior-wf7kl we've been to Brazil once before, but we're keen to go again!

[@amazonwarrior-wf7kl]

@@BucketListTravellers well thats good, but many Brazilians come and live in Guyana, the starving ,most currupt and incompetent country in the world, where one etnic group kill another etnic group on a daily basis 10 murders day ,where hundreds are on the rubbish heap trying to eat, yet the Brezilians want to live here I wonder why?

[@Westindiangyal1111]

All my family members are from british Guiana, now Guyana. I was born in Guyana british west indies. My beautiful country❤️

[@lauriedaniels1452]

I am from Bermuda, but my late grandmother was from Georgetown, Guyana, and told us lots of stories about her homeland. I want to visit one day.

[@sonnycheeba4536]

What is the difference???

[@amazonwarrior7126]

island spice,you silly, every one knows the name of Guyana before it was Guyana,so why you telling us this? you think we stupid?

[@amazonwarrior-wf7kl]

carribgirl1007 old lady did we not know it was british before? do Venezulians say it was a spanish colony before?

[@Westindiangyal1111]

​@@amazonwarrior7126your ego must be pretty massive if you believe you are everyone. Just because you may, does not mean others do. If my words stirred something up in you too bad.

[@thetea3903]

Proud to be Surinamese-Indian 🇮🇳🇸🇷

[@chestersabajo5527]

Ik ben ook Indian,Arawak Indian🚩🕉🛕🔱

[@mikebell2750]

Thank you, I just learned something new about this part of South America that I didn’t know before.

[@Emily_Moonlight26200]

Lucky you I live in guyana reply my comment if you have any questions I can try to help

[@Sebastian_Aravena]

Even to the people of the same continent, we know nothing about guyanas. Greetings from Chile.

[@ailecdreifuss8627]

I believe is big generalisation to say that all people from the Americans do not know a thing from Guyana.

[@Sebastian_Aravena]

@@ailecdreifuss8627 Believe me, sadly, it's kinda true.

[@marcwatson6063]

@@ailecdreifuss8627 most

[@dreadedland540]

@@Sebastian_Aravena Greetings from surinam

[@rsingh769]

Greetings from Guyana and I have been to Chile, thanks to SERNAGEONIM

[@marchiciosuridinho719]

Waar zijn me Surinamers 🇸🇷🇸🇷🇸🇷

[@margrietmargriet9729]

🙋 hierzo me schat!!

[@kusurii3962]

🇸🇷🇸🇷🇸🇷

[@ranishbalak]

Jajaaaa!!!!! 🇸🇷🇸🇷🇸🇷

[@ld9124]

hierrr

[@avarasmussen9337]

Living in the U.S... but in and out Surinamese 🇸🇷 ..!! We have the most diverse Cuisine of the entire South America (Creoolse Pom and Pastei, Bruine Bonen met Rijst, etc..), (Hindostaanse Roti, Somosa, etc.), (Javaanse Bamie, Nasi-Goreng, Telo, Petjil, Sate), (Chinese Fatjong, Moksi-Meti, etc), (Boslandcreolen:...Cassave, Dried Fish, Peanut Soup), (Indianen:... Kwak, Avocados, Hot Pepper Soup, Varied Cocoa Drinks). My mother was born in Cayenne and growing up spoke French and Dutch at home. In College took up Spanish and Portuguese and in Middle School, High School learned English. Most Surinamese speak a combination of 6 languages... at least 2 of them depending on the inherited etniticity and the general native language... Sranan Tongo. We are RICH in Culture. Traveled to Guayana as well and spent lots of vacations growing up in French Guayana, Cayenne. Great Countries... Peaceful People.

[@justinamusyoka4986]

Great History,💕❤ from Kenya 🇰🇪

[@chaljen]

We have a kenian word in our creole, chowma/tjuma meaning burning. Surinamese lingua franca/ pidgin language. this maroon language is called Saramaccan.

[@VictorFursov]

Thank you for interesting review. Best wishes!

[@neilberry8248]

Thank for sharing your videos with us love take care be safe bless up

[@SebastiansFacts]

Thank you for watching. I'm glad you liked it. Love & Peace!

[@MrHaagsesjonny1]

Holland/Netherlands was one the last countries to abolish slavery! Slaves in Surinam got their freedom back on 1st July, 1863. When Dutch colony Surinam got it's independence on 25 Nov. 1975 a lot of Surinamese people tried their luck before this date and flew over to The Netherlands. Most Surinamese people (with Dutch passport) start their new live in the south-east part of Amsterdam (Amstedam Zuidoost).....In Suriname, Keti Koti is also called the Day of Freedoms or 'Emancipation Day'. Keti Koti literally means 'broken chains'. Dressed in traditional clothing, Surinamese and Antilleans celebrate that on July 1, 1863 the chains of their enslaved ancestors were broken. Only after much deliberation, official commemorations have been held since 2009 at the National Monument to Slavery in Amsterdam's Oosterpark. But to date, the Dutch government has refused to officially apologize for its slavery past. As a result, the dark past of the Netherlands is not clearly portrayed in school history textbooks. ggrrrrrr....

[@shazeedalindemann2337]

Thank you, I learned things I never knew. I'm guyanese and would like one day to visit Dutch Guyana

[@SebastiansFacts]

These are the kinds of comments that make me smile and feel good. I'm glad you liked the video, Shazeeda.

[@shazeedalindemann2337]

@@SebastiansFacts keep up the good work 🙏❤

[@anujmohan6528]

Now its called Suriname

[@troylisaac9667]

Well there were 4 Guiana Venezuelan. Spanish Guiana Guyana. British Guiana Suriname. Dutch Guiana French Guiana. French Guiana

[@surinameparamaribo5691]

Amapa - Portugese Guiana

[@robertmelbourne8837]

Some truth and a lot of incorrect information. Most people viewing this will not go do the research to verify if its accurate. What ship did these so called African Slaves came on? which port did they leave from Africa? Who are the people? When did all of this happened? I have yet to find the answers to those but I did find out that not all Black people are from Africa. The people that they say are African Slaves that started the plantation is incorrect. Who are the Portuguese? Who are the Dutch/ British/French? They're not White, dont believe the hype. If Every single White men and women in America trace their History it leads back to Indentured Servitudes. Native American/Aboriginals/Europeans were in the Plantations not Africans.

[@yb__ty]

My background is guyanese so this must be interesting

[@JustSomeone553]

Hi neighbour, I am Surinaamese

[@yb__ty]

@@JustSomeone553 hi neighbour :D

[@dreadedland540]

@@yb__ty Hello another surinamese here

[@yb__ty]

@@dreadedland540 hello neighbor

[@dreadedland540]

@DIORDOL VON GIOHEIM Eh,maybe

[@winstonbachan8372]

French Guyana was established by Algerian prisoners during the French revolution war with Algeria, the same as Australia, with British prisoners, I am from Guyana 🇬🇾 I have friends from Algeria, who's father died in the French war when he was 2 years old he told me about French Guyana, Suriname and Guyana will be connected by a bridge, to bring its people together 🇬🇾💓🇸🇷

[@amazonwarrior7126]

since when french guiana has become Guyana?

[@dandun30]

very interesting thank you

[@SebastiansFacts]

I think so too. Awesome to see I'm not alone!

[@yonathanmengistu731]

Nice video, pretty informative. Would be cool if all five Guianas came together as one country. Would be one of the most culturally dynamic places on the planet. Not sure how thrilled Brazil, Venezuela, and France would be tho lol.

[@mrm7676]

soon my brother, soon we just need a strong leader to unify them all into one

[@jeremiahhutson4149]

These countries are so different that it would cause problems they speak different languages drive on different side of the road those countries individually are very diverse

[@PrinceWalacra]

I hope the countries will take care of their precious nature and diversity in humanity.

[@amazonwarrior7126]

well unless europe pays us we will cut down all the trees

[@jamaul1391]

As a Guyanese, I am intrigued myself

[@Crazy_Humorous]

Thank you for making a video about my lovely county! Any Surinamese people in here?

[@RoccosVideos]

This is a fascinating area. I'd love to visit. Thanks for this fun and informative video. New friend here.

[@BocchiSensei]

The Baltic Region of South America

[@FuShengAlex]

Great comparison.....but thankfully without the brutal Soviet rule!

[@beasttheboy]

😂🇸🇷

[@robertofeldmann3765]

@@FuShengAlex Exactly, Only the French one in French Guyana, and the British and Dutch economic domination, in Guyana and Suriname.

[@Freedmoon44]

@@robertofeldmann3765 exept french guyana considers themselves french and wants to stay instead of leaving like the baltics (at least as far as i know). And considering their very very low pop even to suriname, its obvious that even if independant they would still rely on european investment more than their neighbor

[@Bramro12]

Funny you say that i’m from surinam and i got baltic blood

[@familytreenutshistorygenealogy]

Loved this one. Sharing history is a passion of ours too!

[@Whuditlooklike]

Did he just tell us at the end of the video to leave comments "downstairs" 😂

[@SebastiansFacts]

Yup :D

[@andreiadacosta8460]

It was not mentioned that all those three territories had once belonged to Brazil...couldn't believe it until I saw it on a document at the Guyana Museum...anyone who can clarify this?

[@Chessica450-m3d]

Yes!

[@DigitalIslandboy]

The geography of the area is South America's "Guianas Shield". en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guiana_Shield

[@carlos.jimenez]

Great history content. Just forgot to mention the strong Oil Exploration activity in Guyana which will change the economy of this area.

[@ron-waynehoekstra7007]

We lived in Suriname for 5 years ( 65-70 ) as had my dad as a child with his family too . The Hoekstra family name still known quit well in Paramaribo . and it is Guy-Ana . Not Giuy-Ana in pronunciation .My parents had a lot to do with government house when first was Hein en Kaatje DeVries governor and then Premier Jopi Pengel .

[@helensbeautyworld]

thats a long time ago. the name hoekstra sound familiar my foster mom told me lots of old time stories. she died in 2018 at the age of 101.

[@makonaima1]

@@helensbeautyworld When i was in primary school i remember someone named Johan Pengel tried to invade us.

[@moladiver6817]

Guy still doesn't say much because it all depends on where you're from. Ask any French how they pronounce Guy. Guy is a rather common French name. I'm Dutch and we pronounce Guyana the French way. The English adaptation isn't that natural for us. Sorry. 😉

[@riazedn4728]

@@moladiver6817in Suriname zeggen wij gewoon Frans Guyana met een niet al te harde G

[@lolamanny1011]

Well said and well spoken!

[@altaraybarskacan8942]

İ am from Turkey 🇹🇷,i want to see all the Guianas.Magical lands!

[@flawyerlawyertv7454]

The three underrated countries of South America.

[@kevinhindman9943]

If only they taught this in American schools. Most kids think that Slavery only took place in America, as in USA. loved the video.

[@fernandop8146]

Actually the countries that are considered enslavers are the colonizers, not the colonies. First in the ranking was Portugal, second UK and the third one was france

[@fernandop8146]

@Treavor Alvardo Yeah, I didn't say there wasn't slavery in the Americas. I know there was slavery in the Americas. What i meant is that the europeans were the biggest promoters of slavery in the Americas. UK sent slaves to USA, Portugal sent slaves to Brazil, etc. They were the biggest enslavers. If you had good education then show it. Respect the others, I didn't answered you in any way, I don't know you and you attacked me without giving me the chance to explain the things you didn't understand about my message.

[@fernandop8146]

@Treavor Alvardo of course slavery is nothing new, but the dimension slavery had on the colonization is something incomparable to any other thing.

[@angelicadickson8666]

@@fernandop8146 The US did not exist at the time slavery started in the new world. I would think that most people would know that.

[@fernandop8146]

@@angelicadickson8666 Don't be pedant, please.

[@carldindial5369]

Cayenne, French guiana 🇬🇫 , here. Big up to all brothers and sisters in GT, Paramaribo.

[@Chessica450-m3d]

Yes❤!!!! Big ups!!!

[@omraniramnath6738]

#OneLove ❤#OnePeople❤ #OneNation🙏❤🙏#Guyana 🇬🇾 #Respect Always

[@jsmndljanakpur2773]

From Kathmandu Nepal 🇳🇵🙏🇳🇵

[@omraniramnath6738]

@@jsmndljanakpur2773 Happy New Year 🙏 God Bless Always #StayAmazing

[@donnalobiondo7850]

With out oil you Guyanese got helped from all over the world stop being ungrateful 😒

[@marktourtellotte1336]

Very well done, my brother!

[@SebastiansFacts]

Thank you!

[@jaishreeoutram2136]

Nice to know this... I'm guyanese

[@zootsootful]

(3:20) There were (are?) Maroons in Jamaica as well, in their "Cockpit Country".

[@brianpeters5996]

I’m Guyanese I have family in Jamaica i never seen mi say anything is possible

[@mimienmelmiya8121]

Dont mind his pronounces...the word he uses is related to guava ( fruit ) .Greetzzz from sunny Su 💕

[@deborahanglin8373]

Great video. Thanks.

[@hensleydjojodikromo754]

Like als je van Suriname bent

[@tonygalano6825]

French Guilana is not a colony of.France. It is just as much a part of France as Alaska and Hawaii are part.of the USA

[@kingkong7882]

I am from Trini but love Guyana more. 🇬🇾🇬🇾🇬🇾

[@MrTonytocs]

Oh you’re one of those born to illegal Guyanese parents in Trinidad right

[@francescajb3645]

Interesting. What exactly do you like more than Trinidad?

[@Koji-Alistair]

@@MrTonytocs That's a very big assumption

[@Chessica450-m3d]

It's always a reverse!! As a Guyanese WE LOVE YALL BACK MORE!! WE LOVE EACH OTHER SO MUCH THAT WE WANT TO MESH AND BE EACH OTHER LITERALLY!! WE FAMILY!! TRINI PPL ARE THE NICEST KINDEST!! IT'S LIKE WE CAN'T STOP VISITING EACH OTHER AND JUST SMH WE'RE COUSINS SND SIBLINGS ❤❤❤❤ T&T & GT FOREVER!!!! 🇬🇾🇹🇹 I can't wait to visit Trinidad and see my aunts and uncles and get me some delicious royal castle!! THANK YOU GUYS FOR COMING TO GUYANA AND GIVING US YOUR DELICIOUS ROYAL CASTLE!! YALL FOODS 😋! I CAN GO ON!!! 😂❤ THE FEELING KS MUTUAL SWEETHEART ❤WE LOVE YALL

[@patrickmusgrove2876]

Very interesting report. Thank god

[@SebastiansFacts]

Thanks. I'm glad you liked it.

[@ParamariboCloser]

The Creole language in Jamaica has a lot of similarities with Sranang Tongo. You can follow a lot of conversations in Jamaica. Does the Guyanese Creole language also have similarities with Sranang Tongo? Anyone? ✌️❤️🇸🇷

[@DRmisse]

There is sranang tongo in French guiana too. 💕☺

[@ParamariboCloser]

@@DRmisse nice to know. Thx. 👍

[@aurelea2153]

Yes!! For example, in French Guiana Creole we say "blada" to talk about a close male friend (a kind of "brother")

[@ParamariboCloser]

@@aurelea2153 nice!! We say "brada". Thanks for your answer! ❤

[@aurelea2153]

@@ParamariboCloser you're welcome 😊

[@Furdoo]

7:29 It's not the only country outside of Europe where the majority of people speak Dutch. In Aruba and Curacao most people speak it too.

[@bluepawn]

One of the most diverse places in the world ? What should I say to my town of 20 000 people in switzerland called Renens ? We have about 210 different languages spoken daily... We have a little free library where you can give your family books so other families can get them for free and actually I think there s 216 languages books found in that library.

[@sobrevalorado]

Switzerland, that prodigy of democracy and world solidarity...

[@katzwhite5962]

Renens sounds like a cool place. Visited Switzerland once, Geneva, many , many years ago. Had nice time.

[@Blaqjaqshellaq]

In addition to Guyana and Suriname, a majority of Paraguayans speak a non-Latin language: the indigenous language Guarani.

[@sobrevalorado]

A majority of Paraguayans speak TOO a non Latin language....

[@RabiesCrackero]

Nice video on the historical background, however no mention at all about the oil boom in Guyana and Suriname. You must have missed that since 2019 Guyana is the fastest growing economy in the world!

[@Anna_kandy]

Lol, no it ain't. 🤣 locals don't share that sentiment boo

[@MichaelFerto-su7hp]

....Since I live in/on the Queens South Ozone Park/ Richmond Hill border, for around fifty five years; and lived through a Caribbean/West Indian migration to this area, that has taken place within the last thirty years or so; I find this information very interesting........They are even officially calling this area, little Guyana.......Anyway the natural forest part of this video, kind of made me think of my tree's up coming wedding this spring.....Shecame got intimately involved, with a tree named Hecame, a few months ago .....The branches of the trees, sometimes disattach from the trees, during rough weather...... Some get stuck in the trees, and are a little intangled; but eventually come down over time.......A risky situation for creatures and people walking by .....So I usually get my tools and ladder, and take down dangling branches.......Hecame and me became friends, and I let him date my tree Shecame......This spring, when Shecame grows her green leaves wedding dress in, she will have a wonderful wedding............This will be an incredible artwork, so stay tuned everyone.........

[@richardp1592]

Parabéns pelo vídeo! Sou Brasileiro e muita gente no mundo e até aqui na América Latina acham quem na América do Sul só se fala Espanhol e Português. Mas é bom mesmo fortalecer que também se falam em países vizinhos o Inglês,Francês e Holandês. Fora outras línguas como o Guarani (junto do espanhol no Paraguai) e diversas línguas e dialetos indígenas mas que estão se perdendo infelizmente. 🇧🇷

[@Chessica450-m3d]

❤️

[@DEUTER-mu4yl]

Perfect, great !!!

[@matthewmann8969]

The Spanish, Portuguese, French, And Italians really did lots of misplacing I am shocked the Romanians also did not join in to tag team

[@Smartone0202]

Great video!

[@in_wino_veritas]

Yes. Why are there just 3 of them snd not 5? Why can't the part of Brazil which is in closer proximity to the Guyanas than to Brazil be a state named Portuguese Guyana. Or why can't they create a country out of a eastern strip of Venezuela (right next to the Guyanas) and call it Spanish Guiana? Why are those just 3 different countries when it could have been 5?

[@AridChannelOfficialSG]

The 2 guianas you mentioned were already part of a larger colony. The only reason why Guyana, Suriname and French Guiana (France) are there as I is is because they were the only small chunks of land they can find, as most were taken by the Spanish and Portuguese. The Spanish and Portuguese did not see the need to create separate viceroyalties or colonies for the Guianas since the viceroyalties containing the Spanish and Portuguese Guianas were sufficient in size and did not need to be further subdivided.

[@positubebangla8215]

How to get visa from tbilisi, Georgia.

[@michaelkersting2536]

Very informative .

[@Lobonikk]

One thing to correct here...Guyana and Suriname are not the only countries in South America in which a non-Latin based language is widely spoken. Paraguay, with its almost universal Guaraní, has to be on the list. Probably Bolivia too. Otherwise, this is a great video!

[@tube.brasil]

No, in Bolivia they speak quechua but mostly Spanish. Completely different language.

[@Lobonikk]

@@tube.brasil I don’t know how that makes my comment wrong. In Bolivia, there are many official languages, including Quechua, Aymara, Guarani, and Spanish. The point is that the video is incorrect in saying that Guyana and Suriname are the only countries in South America in which a non-Latin language is widely spoken.

[@sobrevalorado]

@@Lobonikk you don't write as good and clear as you think, dude

[@Lobonikk]

@@sobrevalorado I’m not sure why you feel a need to criticize me here... The video says that Guyana and Suriname are the only two countries in South America “where a non-Latin-based language is widely spoken.” That’s not true. Is that simple and clear enough for you?

[@Lobonikk]

@@prod.drewuplife3575 The video said that Guyana and Suriname are the only countries in South America where non-Latin languages are widely spoken. There’s no denying that Guaraní is widely spoken in Paraguay. (UN data states that 90% of Paraguayans speak Guaraní,, US State Department says it’s at least 80%. It’s known to be a bilingual nation.)

[@Nikioko]

Actually there were five originally. Spanish Guayana is now part of Venezuela and Portuguese Guayana is now part of Brazil.

[@eduardo_ferrugem]

What they don´t tell on this video is how hot mus be the weather in these places

[@hlynnkeith9334]

9:50 "They (French Guyana) are the largest economy of the Guyanas, and the eleventh largest in South America." There are only thirteen countries in South America.

[@erikheddergott5514]

They do as far as i know Football in FIFA Tournaments nor in Southamerican Tournaments. Can somebody tell me more?

[@karenpratt1735]

finally i vid recommended on guyana my country what took u so long utube

[@catman1304]

Who currently lives in Guyana? Please share with us how it is living out there? How’s the crime rate etc?

[@ucus5342]

My grand parents moved to Suriname (Paramaribo) in the late 70s. They said that people around them either speak Javanese or Takitaki..

[@kusurii3962]

Also dutch :)

[@tahirghoerahoe8246]

And sarnami

[@SheldonY14]

Taki Taki is a derogatory term. It's called Sranantongo.

[@ucus5342]

@@SheldonY14 Thank you - "tangi".. (the only word I know).

[@grownmantravels]

My dad came to London from Guyana in the 60s & married my mum (a white English).....for years my brother, sister and I knew we looked different to others, only to later in life, embrace our mixed ethnicity and mix with all other races we meet. I’m going to visit Georgetown one day with my wife, who’s from a tiny village in Lincolnshire 🙂✈️⏰🙏

[@_itskamm]

Big up to the GT massive !

[@miaquinn5791]

I was born in British Guyana. We lived in a British colony so English is all we spoke, I want to say leonora estate. Left in 1965.

[@renehopkinson5079]

I grew up in Leonora

[@navinsukhoo1935]

My country Guyana. How did you pronounce it like that. It sounds so funny

[@MrLowrevia]

Burnham started with Guy

[@LMartin242]

My fellow Tainos/Arawaks! Hello from The Bahamas 🇧🇸🇧🇸🇧🇸

[@UnluckyCantaloupe4]

Why didn't you cover Amapá ?

[@cornflakes6219]

I’m surinamese🇸🇷 myself and don’t like people associating us with the Dutch. don’t like it that we also speak there language and people thinking that we don’t have our own language. We do have our own language, it’s called surinamese

[@SebastiansFacts]

I hope you understand I wasn't insinuating anything. I just presented some facts, but I'm by no means denying the existence of Surinamese culture.