Thanks so much to all the Sri Lankan Geograpeeps that took part in this one, Sinhalese, Tamil and even a Moor! But most of all thanks JENIL for being our awesome Co-host. You were one of the most animated and fun people we've ever had on the show! Welcome to the original KANDY kingdom, #SriLanka. Oh! And check out Hannah's Filmography Now episode with Sri Lankans Sonath and Sonal for extra info!
🇱🇰 I have my profile picture background of Sigiriya Rock for 7yrs now. While looking for a room to stay (peak season and hotels are fully booked) a family offered their son's room for small fee. With free coconut and rock apple(?). In return I ate in their small canteen for dinner, bf and lunch. I give them a big tip which they are trying to give it back to me running in the street while on my way to taxi station. Very accommodating and hospitable people. ❤️❤️❤️ 🇵🇭
@@nisansalajayaweera9762 and you say about india 🙂kid india give 2.6B funds for Sri Lanka 😂😂and india not give money itself the thing is that your political letter ask india for money when IMF almost refuse 😂 Pay your loan mr.bankrupt
Yudi Maaf, Mau Koreksi. Itu Bendera 🇲🇨 Monako, Bukan Bendera 🇮🇩 Indonesia,,, 🇲🇨Monako Merahnya Gelap Dan Benderanya Lebar, Rasio Bendera 4:5,,,,, Sedangkan Bendera 🇮🇩 Indonesia Merahnya Cerah Dan Benderanya Panjang, Rasio Bendera 2:3.
@@guledosman8512 he is Sri Lankan. Probably Catholic which is why he didn't know it was called. However he should have simply googled it. He is cool but obviously not very well informed cus the video made another mistake which he didn't correct.
I'm not Sri Lankan. I''m Greek but I have to point out that there was no mentioning of Asia's 1st woman head of state who was Sri Lankan!!! I'm refering to Queen Anula who reigned Sri Lanka from 47 BC until 42 BC. She is also called "The black widow" of all times because during her 5 years on the throne she got married to 5 different men and she killed them all by using poison, just because she was also a notorious nymphomaniac that she was always targeting to the next hottest man available around her after getting bored with the man she already was with!!! That's a hell of a story that shouldn't be avoided to my opinion 😉👍
Also interestingly, during Ashoka and Indo-greek rule, there were ancient greek converts to Buddhism who travelled to Sri Lanka and paid homage and support to a stupa (a form of buddhist monument/edifice) created in the nation. Interesting link between Ancient SL and Greece. Ancient greeks called Sri Lanka Taprobane so they did know of its mysterious existence
Thamizh people did not like singhalese We are fighting only. I'm from Thamizh naadu only. One day thamizh naadu people attack sri lanka for that time We are weighting only.
Where do you live bro ? I mean where in india .. most of budhist live in ladakh .. But your name is not in ladakhi .. In which state , which city you live ?
@@vandematram4 it's not like most Buddhist live in ladakh only they live every part of India 🇮🇳. I'm from mumbai and my family is living here from three generations
@@prathmeshtate2009 i mean i live in rajasthan and i see many few budhist monarchies here .. I can find gurudwara , jain temples , mosque ( everywhere 😂) , few churches as well but i dont see budhist monarchies in rajasthan or northen india ( yes i know bodhgaya ) ..
@@vandematram4 in maharashtra almost 10% of population is buddhist ,,,,,, though we should not separate hindu , jain , sikkh and bauddha as they all have same history.... definitely you haven't i am just saying
මම අවුරුදු තුනක් බලන් හිටපු ඒ වීඩියෝ එක දැම්මාට ගොඩක් ස්තූතී.Thank you so much for putting up that video that I have been waiting for three years from sri lanka.
Srilanka just allowed china to make an entire chinese city in srilanka just like British took surat city from indian king in name of trade...... Believe it or not srilanka is slowly becoming china's economic colony.... After china took away humbantota port for 99 years from them.
You want to trigger a Sri Lankan? Call him an Indian. 😂 I watched a talk show where the guest and hosts were complaining about being mistaken for Indians abroad. And how we as Sri Lankans have to work extra hard to show we are not Indians, due to the stereotypes. Lol No hard feelings to Indians but I think, we love our own identity.
Sri Lankan men's cricket team in Cricket world cups... 2007 ODI WC - Runners up 2009 T20 WC - Runners up 2011 ODI WC - Runners up 2012 T20 WC - Runners up 2014 T20 WC -CHAMPIONS!
Love to Sri Lanka 🇱🇰 from Eritrea 🇪🇷 My little brother's nanny was Sri Lankan and she was like family to us, will always have love for Sri Lanka ❤ would love to visit one day😊
Happy to see a Maldivian. I search videos about how Maldivian people look at SL. But didn't find any videos. Saw some Maldivians spread hatred towards Sri Lanka in UA-cam comments. But now I can see there are friendly Maldivians as well.😁 Love from SL to our most closest ally Maldives.🇱🇰❤️🇲🇻
@@Desertfox18 I’ve also seen Sri Lankans hating on Maldives haha such people exist in every country. It’s better to ignore them. Most Maldivians have nothing against Sri Lanka
I have watched geography now since beginning when you do "A"letter countries.. I waited sooo long for this video because I am a Sri Lankan.. Its feeling proud when hearing about my country from your channel.. thank you for doing very beautiful perfect video.. love from Sri Lanka ❤️ 🇱🇰
my girl is sri lankan so I'm gonna tell her all the best things I learned from this and hopefully make her smile , thank u Paul and Jenil! love to all you sri lankans from scotland🇱🇰🏴
I have visited the Buddhist pilgrimage in India to almost all the significant sacred sites of worship in Bihar and UP...... May the noble trible gem bless you brother....🙏🏻😇☸️🇮🇳🇱🇰❣️❣️❣️❣️❣️
ALL THE BEST TO YOU, I have a sense of connection to your homeland in East India (Bihar and Odisha). It is where the ancestors of the Sinhalese people originate from during 6th century Kalinga period 😎 Bihar was home to one of the first Indian empire Magadha, Vajj was the first known republic in India (present day Bihar), Mauryan empire and Gupta empire had major ties to the region because of Pataliputra one of the best ancient cities of India, Buddha got enlightened in Bihar (Bodh Gaya) and hence is the holiest site of Buddhism. Nalanda university, one of India's greatest ancient institutions was in Bihar. Bihar is one of richest places of India and is underappreciated. More interesting than Delhi, Punjab and other Northern Indian regions in my opinion. All the best to Bihar and its people
I lived in Sri Lanka pre pandemic. I cannot speak highly enough about the people and culture the food and the country as a whole. (They do be havin some of the prettiest girls on earth 😉)
Yeah, my friend and I had a holiday planned to Sri Lanka for after we finished uni in 2019... needless to say it was prompty cancelled following easter bombings targetting christians and tourists
I’m the Lankan Moor from the video. Just wanted to say thanks Barbs for educating the World about 🇱🇰 because not many know about us tbh. Also for giving me the opportunity as a Moor to speak about our island. I just wanted to clear something up about my people because it can be confusing and unknown to many. The Moorish people in Sri Lanka are an actual ethnicity, not a branch of Tamils as shown in the pie graph. We came about during the arrival of Arab traders mainly from Yemen but also from other parts of the the Middle East and North Africa. These traders intermarried with Sinhalese women (and some Tamil) and that’s how us Moors came about. Now the reason as to why a lot of Moors speak Tamil is because the Arab traders did a lot of merchant work around the coastal areas of the island so Tamil was spoken to communicate with other traders in the northern parts of the Indian Ocean. Lots of Moors especially in Central, South and West parts of the island speak Sinhalese too. My family are mostly trilingual and some Moors speak Arabic. We speak a dialect of Tamil called Arwi too which has Arabic influence. Hope that clears it up Barbs 🙏🏽
Also you missed something. The moors brought women from south india (Tamil speaking reverts) to teach Quran to new Sri Lankan female converts . The Tamil is the language that is used for education and communication and that we have been carrying the legacy till date. Thanks brother if you're the man participated in that video.
@@rojieekanayake986 to be honest, not many know. And most of the people that know about Sri Lanka, they know it because Vasco da Gama did the route to India and other sailors exchanged stuff with your country. I know about Sri Lanka because I love Geography, and I also love your culture.
In Australia, we have a big Sri Lankan community that have been here for many years. Awesome community that have integrated into our culture magnificently. Beautiful people that have added big value to Australia.
Good to know though they probably moved at different times. The Sri Lankan Burghers who moved en masse in the 1960s & 70s would have easily integrated into Australian society while the boat Tamil refugees would have found integration much harder.
Sri Lanka Rosy Senanayake have won the first ever Mrs world competition. Sri Lanka have got the worlds first female prime minister Sirimavo Bandaranaike and also Jacqueline Fernandez is a Sri Lankan.
Love y'all Sri Lankans! Please take care in these hard times. Love from your sibling, India 🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳 PS. I've been to Sri Lanka before and Kandy is such a beautiful place alongside Negombo
Couldn't resist but to appreciate the efforts of the presenter Barbs for his pronunciation of Sri Lankan names and places. Sad to say some Sri Lankans nowadays don't do that. One more thing, Barbs was correct about "Dageba" , it wasn't a "Bodhiya" which means Bo Tree. The video was fantastic. Thanks
Reasons I like this channel he always tries pronouncing names the best he can As a dutchman I appreciated his effort of pronouncing dutch words in the Netherlands video
Adam’s Peak/Sri Pada (mentioned in the video), the mountain in the lower central region of the island near Ratnapura holds very significant importance to Christians, Muslims, Buddhists and Hindus. There is a large footprint on the top of the peak. Muslims and Christians believe this was where Adam the first ancestor and human set foot when he was exiled from heaven/Garden of Eden. Buddhists believe the footprint belongs to Buddha and Hindus believe it belongs to Lord Shiva. Many people make the ascent up Adam’s Peak every year in Sri Lanka to view the footprint. A major spot for tourists and locals.
Not gonna lie, I initially found Jenil a bit much. But he grew on me in like 2 minutes lol I wanna visit SL 🇱🇰 so badly! Its looks so cool. Like South Asia, but a little more laid back
@@TheAlpha608 We don't want any certificate from a fanatic Hindu about true Buddhism. There was not any hate speech against Hinduism in above main comment. He was just greeting Sri lankan Buddhists. If there is Buddhist hate Hinduism, you should consider him individually and answer him to abstain speaking against your religion. Why your a*s burnt largely on paying greeting to? How could you guarantee whole society as hater?
I love Sri Lanka after this video they are very similar to us in Egypt they are unique 🇪🇬👍🇱🇰May God protect them and bless them with security, peace and development
Fun fact: The music video for the Duran Duran song 'Save a Prayer' was filmed in Sri Lanka just a year before the civil war and they even noted some of the political tension when they were filming near a temple.
Was in Singapore 5 years ago.. had a srilankan friend there. After coming back to India within few months I heard the news about a train accident in srilanka which killed my srilankan friend and his younger brother. I still miss him sometimes..he was such a nice person.. RIP brother sashi🙏
@@junaid_ahsan_jareef Ok thanks you. I was wondering if the sinhalese or Tamil names of place or just names said in this video were easy for a Bengali speaker to pronounce?
This dude is the imposter/tout that first greets you when you land in a new country. Sleezy and annoying vibe. Barbs please vet people before getting them to the show. And a 'native' in an episode doesn't make it magically better.
@@CL-Lynn he has probably lived in the U.S for years now and just naturally developed an American accent and it's kind of hard to keep your old accent and it starts to slip away from you.
@@peepeetrain8755 RUBBISH! You won't lose your natural way of pronouncing in your mother tongue just because you start speaking other language on a day to day basis. I've lived in another place where they don't speak my mother tongue for 6 years, yet I did not develop any accent. Neither did any of the people I know have.
i visited Sri Lanka once, and the place we stayed at had a pool. On the other side of it was a monitor lizard, and my mother has a fear of reptiles so yeah she didn't go near the pool that often. I don't remember much of that trip since i was very young at the time but i love the nation, and i after quarantine ends i think me and my family will visit Sri Lanka again
Fun fact: The national epic of Portugal (Os Lusíadas) starts with mentioning Ceylon: "As armas e os barões assinalados Que da praia ocidental Lusitana Por mares nunca antes navegados Passaram além da Taprobana" "The barons and lights that from the westerly Lusitanian beach, through never before navigated seas, passed beyond Taprobana"
Oh thats something new. Even when I toured Portugal I was looking to find something that could mention their colonial gem. But I couldn't find anything
Yeah, finally it's out! I'm happy to have learned more about this country, srilankian people are the biggest foreign community of my hometown (my father LOVES them). Greatings from Italy 🇮🇹🤜🏻🤛🏻🇱🇰
@@Desertfox18 Naples, few KM south to Rome. Yeah, but she isn't the new mayor. What she won is a sit in the roman city council (in total there are 48 seats, her party got 6 of them). The new mayor is Roberto Gualtieri, who rappresent a coalition of center-left parties (29 seats in the city council)
People often believe that Sinhalese and Tamils are enemies, but I can confidently say that they are friends and even family. Tamils may have issues with the government, and Sinhalese may also have concerns. The proof is that there might be rude individuals among both Tamils and Sinhalese, but you will always find them standing up for each other. It's our shared history, and we should take pride in it. I'm not suggesting that Tamils are not allowed to celebrate Maaveerar Naal; of course, they can, as it is a must for all soldiers of the Tamil Tigers. I'm not sure if Sinhalese have similar celebrations, but if they do, it's great!
@景琰萧 Wow, I'll admit I'd never heard of that before. But I looked it up and apparently he was cleared of the rumor by the police who questioned him, and no one ever came forward accusing him of doing so. If I post the link in my comment UA-cam will delete the comment but it's free for anyone to search for.
28:40 you were talking about the spread of Buddhism to Sri Lanka from India. The monk responsible for that was Mahinda, the son of Emperor Ashoka and he was from Ujjain, India which is very close to my mother's hometown! I love Sri Lanka and their Buddhist culture 🇱🇰
@@kartikrajsingh1895 Bro..... Ashoka was from Pataliputra in magadh bihar.... His son mahendra and daughter Sanghmitra were born there only Ujjain was a provincial capital of Mauryan empire but it was based in bihar
Came to know Sri Lanka due to their Cricket team that had Aravida Din Silva and Asanta Gurushina (spelling): Those two names stuck with me as a kid despite not being a cricket fan. I need to taste your tea and compare with ours 🇱🇰 v 🇰🇪!
Hey you didn't mentioned the new year festival. That is one of the major cultural festivals in sri lanka. By the way talking about buddhism, the main buddhism festival is vesak poya day (which is today!)
Sinhala people are descendants of ancient Indians who migrated from Latha Kingdom of Gujarat and Trijunction of Odisha,Bihar and Bengal during Mauryan Period..Sinhala language is mix of Saurasheni Prakrit and Magadhi Prakrit.Sinhala language script came from South Indian Grantha/Pallava script..Even the dance of Sri Lanka is Mix of Odissi of Odisha and Chhau dance of Chota Nagpur Plateau..You can watch Sri Lankan Dance by Jacqueline Fernandez performed in IFFA Colombo..It's available on UA-cam..So you were Indian in the past..
Only partly though. Prince Vijaya married s queen from a native clan of the Helayas who inhabited the land. So we bear both blood and more mixtures later on
@@thotsapornpornchaijaroonsa7508 so what? You evaded answering my point that Buddhism originates from India and thus Lanka can never be defined as Buddhist. Furthermore that Buddhist population you cite only occupies 60% of the land area. 40% is occupied by Lankans who are Hindu, Christians and Muslims.
@@Eelamtruth Yes, I know that Buddhism originates from India and so what? The constitution of Sri Lanka states under Chapter II, Article 9, "The Republic of Sri Lanka shall give to Buddhism the high place in the hierarchy and accordingly it shall be the duty of the Head of State and Head of Government to protect and foster the Buddha Sasana. Sorry to make you unhappy. bye.
@@thotsapornpornchaijaroonsa7508 the fact Buddhism comes from India means it can only be a religion of India and not Lanka where Hinduism is already the native religion. What is written does not apply to Lanka as it declared independence in 1976. So Lanka which is a Tamil name can thus not be Buddhist as not a single Lankan person is Buddhist.
I'm so happy because foreigners are talking about my country. Sri Lanka has a traditional background. There are so many beautiful destinations in Sri Lanka.
@@heyygore We are eternally grateful for that. But it was not Indian Brahmins who destroyed Nalanda and Taxila- and frankly it doesn't matter who destroyed it. According to me, it's not the way of the Buddha to keep scores. What's important is that we have much of our Masters teachings, we in India want to bring it back and imbibe it- we have been thirsty for it for centuries. Please refrain from what appears to be irrational hatred and unsubstantiated claims.🙏
@@kusinara8936 well it's not hatred , that's shear truth , brahmins and upper Castrest ruined Indian , brutally humiliated Buddhist , untouchables , lower cast they have made false propaganda against Buddha's teaching,.
22:44 small mistake here. The 1996 world cup win wasn't the only one but rather the first one Sri Lanka won. Sri lanka has won a world cup in another format of the game called T20 which is the shortest international format. the 1996 world cup was a one day international which is the second shortest international format of the game.
Srilanka just allowed china to make an entire chinese city in srilanka just like British took surat city from indian king in name of trade...... Believe it or not srilanka is slowly becoming china's economic colony.... After china took away humbantota port for 99 years from them.
@@theycallmejoey283 Yeah tbh... We're constantly called 'Indian' even after telling people we're Sri Lankan... India is great but so is Sri Lanka you know? :)
@@Mad_Cha Probably... I mean, nothing wrong with being Indian, it's a great country. But we have our own unique identity that we're proud of so we tend to correct people when they call us 'Indian' :)
Thanks so much to all the Sri Lankan Geograpeeps that took part in this one, Sinhalese, Tamil and even a Moor! But most of all thanks JENIL for being our awesome Co-host. You were one of the most animated and fun people we've ever had on the show! Welcome to the original KANDY kingdom, #SriLanka.
Oh! And check out Hannah's Filmography Now episode with Sri Lankans Sonath and Sonal for extra info!
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🇱🇰 I have my profile picture background of Sigiriya Rock for 7yrs now. While looking for a room to stay (peak season and hotels are fully booked) a family offered their son's room for small fee. With free coconut and rock apple(?). In return I ate in their small canteen for dinner, bf and lunch. I give them a big tip which they are trying to give it back to me running in the street while on my way to taxi station. Very accommodating and hospitable people. ❤️❤️❤️ 🇵🇭
🙂🙏 ආයුබෝවන් !!!
U always welcome to SL..❤️
😮 wow, I can't believe it... ❤❤ visit here again... 😊😊
When Jenil joins your video, you become the guest.
His energy is infectious! He really elevated this episode, which was pretty good to begin with
He OWNED this episode! 🤣
Came to the comments to find this.
@@jay7bah me too
Yeah he was a ton of fun. Definitely appreciated his enthusiasm!
"It's time to learn Geography Now!" It never gets old and it's probably one of the best intros on UA-cam!
More like "It's time to learn Geography NOW!!" 😂
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Yes it’s better than any because all the others are just like look I got an insane intro
debatable
NOOOOWWW
Lemme say one thing.....
This man is proud of his country
Lots of love from India
we don't need it
@@nisansalajayaweera9762 bankruptcy 🙂🔫
@@nisansalajayaweera9762 and you say about india 🙂kid india give 2.6B funds for Sri Lanka 😂😂and india not give money itself the thing is that your political letter ask india for money when IMF almost refuse 😂
Pay your loan mr.bankrupt
@@nisansalajayaweera9762 Sri Lanka sucks
@@piyushsinghyadav shutup you goofy ahh ong fr fax no shot Indian
The Sri Lankan dude looks like he is about to rap faster than eminem in any minute now..
Love from India🇮🇳🇱🇰
lmao true
Hahaha ya
Haha yea
@@BadDictator lol. i know guy thinks hes ll cool j. constantly licking his lips n staring at the camera. found it uncomfortable
@@aj2480 Now that I think about it, you're right, it was uncomfortable lol.
Sri Lanka is such a beautiful country. I'd like to visit soon. Greeting From Indonesia 🇱🇰🇲🇨
You can visit soon 😛 welcome (ayubowan) 🙏
Yudi Maaf, Mau Koreksi. Itu Bendera 🇲🇨 Monako, Bukan Bendera 🇮🇩 Indonesia,,, 🇲🇨Monako Merahnya Gelap Dan Benderanya Lebar, Rasio Bendera 4:5,,,,, Sedangkan Bendera 🇮🇩 Indonesia Merahnya Cerah Dan Benderanya Panjang, Rasio Bendera 2:3.
@@achmadfachrurrozi1023 Iyanih, banyak yang sering ketukar Monaco ama Indonesia as far as I've seen.
Ayubowan welcome Asalam malikoom
Indonesia is in my bucket list ❤
The half dome thing is called "Dagaba" bro :-D 'Bodhiya" is the Tree (Bo-tree). What Barbs said is actually correct.
Yeah that part was embarrassing to watch. He should have googled it if he didn't know especially since he is representing SL 😂.
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You are correct
I don't think he is sri lankan
@@guledosman8512 he is Sri Lankan. Probably Catholic which is why he didn't know it was called. However he should have simply googled it. He is cool but obviously not very well informed cus the video made another mistake which he didn't correct.
Much love from Switzerland 🇨🇭❤️🇱🇰
Thank uuuu ❤
Thanks bro my dream country 😍😍
I'm not Sri Lankan.
I''m Greek but I have to point out that there was no mentioning of Asia's 1st woman head of state who was Sri Lankan!!!
I'm refering to Queen Anula who reigned Sri Lanka from 47 BC until 42 BC.
She is also called "The black widow" of all times because during her 5 years on the throne she got married to 5 different men and she killed them all by using poison, just because she was also a notorious nymphomaniac that she was always targeting to the next hottest man available around her after getting bored with the man she already was with!!!
That's a hell of a story that shouldn't be avoided to my opinion 😉👍
Yes.. ur right ...😁
amazed by your knowledge of sri lanka
got to stan Queen Anula
Not many srilankans posses this knowledge of History. Respect sir !
Also interestingly, during Ashoka and Indo-greek rule, there were ancient greek converts to Buddhism who travelled to Sri Lanka and paid homage and support to a stupa (a form of buddhist monument/edifice) created in the nation. Interesting link between Ancient SL and Greece. Ancient greeks called Sri Lanka Taprobane so they did know of its mysterious existence
Love and support to my Sri Lankan brothers and sisters
From India🇮🇳
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බොරු කියන්න එපා 😂😂
It's a joke,much love indian guys
@@freddy77. what you want to say ?
thank you
Thamizh people did not like singhalese
We are fighting only.
I'm from Thamizh naadu only.
One day thamizh naadu people attack sri lanka for that time We are weighting only.
Almost 3 years ago since I visited Sri Lanka with my family, love to sri lanka from Belgium🇱🇰🇧🇪
Thank you!!!
Thanks dude
Out of curiosity are you Flemish or Walloon?
Ja ja België
@@thomasverhoeven6088 zeker wel hahaha
Lots of love from Nepal 🇳🇵 I love srilanka because of Buddhism ☸❤ God bless you Buddha always 🙏❤
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Love from Sri Lanka as well
Then you should love india also because buddhism born in india🇮🇳😊
@@Sakshamsingh139 no. he was born in lumbini nepal. as a buddhist. though im converted
Wow, What a nice Country! Love Sri Lanka, greetings from Iran 🇱🇰🇮🇷
Love the culture of your country my guy, respects from Sri Lanka :)
Your country has a great history. Love from sri lanka 🇮🇷 🇱🇰
@@fedafedafeda5977 🇱🇰❤🇮🇷
Aryans 😄
❤️🙏 too from Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka beat us in the tea game? Unforgivable.
Okay, but seriously much love to you Sri Lankans
Love to Kenya, the home I grew up in, mizizi
There's no way though hehe ♥ 🇰🇪
Kenyans are some of the nicest people I’ve met
Much love from Sri Lanka🇱🇰❤️🇰🇪
What, do you know Assamese tea 🤣🤣
@@k.d8351 Assam tea doesn't compare in terms of exports ig
I am Indian Buddhist. And I love srilanka and specially we love malinga woohh ☺❤❤
Where do you live bro ? I mean where in india .. most of budhist live in ladakh ..
But your name is not in ladakhi ..
In which state , which city you live ?
@@vandematram4 it's not like most Buddhist live in ladakh only they live every part of India 🇮🇳.
I'm from mumbai and my family is living here from three generations
@@prathmeshtate2009 i mean i live in rajasthan and i see many few budhist monarchies here ..
I can find gurudwara , jain temples , mosque ( everywhere 😂) , few churches as well but i dont see budhist monarchies in rajasthan or northen india ( yes i know bodhgaya ) ..
@@prathmeshtate2009 me2 Buddhist from Nepal 🇳🇵🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼😇
@@vandematram4 in maharashtra almost 10% of population is buddhist ,,,,,, though we should not separate hindu , jain , sikkh and bauddha as they all have same history.... definitely you haven't i am just saying
Love to visit Sri Lanka one day. Greetings from Indonesia!!! 🇮🇩❤️🇱🇰
මම අවුරුදු තුනක් බලන් හිටපු ඒ වීඩියෝ එක දැම්මාට ගොඩක් ස්තූතී.Thank you so much for putting up that video that I have been waiting for three years from sri lanka.
Sri lanka looks cool! Love from phillippines
Sri Lankan among us
REMEMBER 2011 WC?? HAHAHAHAHAH
Amogus language 😳
@@dihydrogenmonoxide7600 we have another official language called 'tamil'
'இலங்கைக்கு வருக'
I'm an Indian, and throughout this video, I'm just smiling all the time, Respect and Love to all the Sri Lankans 💕🙌
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Srilanka just allowed china to make an entire chinese city in srilanka just like British took surat city from indian king in name of trade...... Believe it or not srilanka is slowly becoming china's economic colony.... After china took away humbantota port for 99 years from them.
@@परशुरामभक्त-स1ग bruh, I don't want to peek into the political things, I'm just talking about people and their culture 😁✌️
@@परशुरामभक्त-स1ग that's an internal matter for Sri Lankans. As far as I have met them, they are good people
Respect and love brother ❤
Love To Sri Lanka!
❤️
❤️😍😍😍❤️
🤘🇱🇰❤️🇲🇻
Eyyy what’s up my fellow islander 🙌
@@ashandesilva9455 wassup bro
You want to trigger a Sri Lankan? Call him an Indian.
😂
I watched a talk show where the guest and hosts were complaining about being mistaken for Indians abroad. And how we as Sri Lankans have to work extra hard to show we are not Indians, due to the stereotypes.
Lol
No hard feelings to Indians but I think, we love our own identity.
True lol
😂
@frododo True brother way more
All South Asians sometimes are called indian
Sri Lankan men's cricket team in Cricket world cups...
2007 ODI WC - Runners up
2009 T20 WC - Runners up
2011 ODI WC - Runners up
2012 T20 WC - Runners up
2014 T20 WC -CHAMPIONS!
1996 odi champions
From 2018. Losing streak.
No one cares about T20.
@@carncats07 You don't speak for everyone
@@ranukajayawardane8547 I speak for everyone who has a real appreciation for cricket.
Small Country, Big Hearts. Went there in 2017. Still my fav country.❤
Thank you from sri lanka 🇱🇰
Thank you from Sri Lanka
Thank u bro😍🌷
💓
Thanks brother
That Sri Lanka guy is filled with so much warm energy it makes me smile. American love to all the Sri Lankans 🇱🇰🇺🇸
Thank you! You made My day that’s very kind of you to say. Super happy you enjoyed it 😃🙏🏾
@@propaneakaj I'm so glad I made your day and thank you for replying 😁
JNil is authentically like this all the time. You will never frown when you’re around him!
Great to see Americans loving Sri lanka :D
@@rebekaprabashi6559 Your country is filled with rich culture and history
Hello Neighbors, I have known Lankans as humble and hard working people. Thousands of them actually work and live in Bangladesh. Love you guys.
Love to Sri Lanka from Nepal
Your fellow Buddhist brother🇳🇵❤🇱🇰
Lots of love from Sri Lanka to nepal
Iam a Muslim and iam a proud Sri lankan 🇱🇰💪
@@Letsgo12928 sri lanka is buddhist country !!!
@@janithjanith8954 i know, but muslim also make 10%.. 😂
My best friend is from Nepal
The 'hotel' thing is true for India too. Atleast in my state Kerala 😁
I was just gonna say that 😁
In the north too
Malayali food is really similar to Sri Lankan Tamil food!
Same for all of South Asia.
The older population across India always used and still use the word "hotel" to describe a cafe or a restaurant
Love to Sri Lanka 🇱🇰 from Eritrea 🇪🇷
My little brother's nanny was Sri Lankan and she was like family to us, will always have love for Sri Lanka ❤ would love to visit one day😊
Love eritrea from India 💕👌🏻😊
You have one of the richest histories in African and the world
Love Eritrea from 🇱🇰 ❤
In the past, due to Buddhism, Sri Lanka and Thailand was closed to each other
Yeah the culture and some words are quite similar to Thailand
Sri Lanka and New Zealand show the most sportsmanship when it comes to cricket. They behave like true gentlemen.
play a real sport
The one sport that unites most former British Colonies.
❤️
Search for Historyphile the DH on youtube. There's a nice video about Sri Lankan flag
@@WastedBananas like what?
Lots of love from bihar INDIA to all our Buddhist brothers and sisters
🇮🇳❣️🇱🇰🇯🇵🇹🇭🇳🇵🇧🇹🇲🇲🇲🇳🇰🇷🇸🇬🇻🇳🇰🇭🇹🇼🇱🇦
Well Japan is classified more of an secular. but does have a lot of Buddhists. Same with Korea.
Where is laos?🇱🇦🇮🇳 love
@@koumei1709 🇮🇳🧡🇱🇦
@@koumei1709
🇮🇳❣️🇱🇦🙏🏻☸️😇
@@minecraftstevethecommentco8799 japan is shinto
I am a simple Bangladeshi.
i see Sri Lanka I click (Brothers)
🇧🇩 🌸🌸🇱🇰
Love bangalidesh ❤
from srilanka 🇱🇰
We love Bangladesh bro..exept the Cricket team..😂😂😂
Search for Historyphile the DH, that channel has a nice video about Sri Lankan lion flag and ancient kingdoms
❤️
❤❤
Jenil be like "I'm not a rapper" through and through.
Love from Jordan!
Love Sri Lanka from Cambodia 🇰🇭🇱🇰
Love Cambodia from Sri Lanka 💜
👍
Love 🇰🇭Cambodia
❤️ Sri lanka from Cambodia 🇰🇭 🇱🇰 too
@@RJ-xe6dq sathou sathou sathou 💙🙏🏽☸️ love peace compassion to all living beings
Love to Sri Lanka from Maldives 🇲🇻❤️🇱🇰. The one country outside of home that feels like home to me!
I have met with maldivians in colombo. As a Sri Lankan I found it hard to distinguish maldivians from sri lankans.
Happy to see a Maldivian. I search videos about how Maldivian people look at SL. But didn't find any videos. Saw some Maldivians spread hatred towards Sri Lanka in UA-cam comments.
But now I can see there are friendly Maldivians as well.😁
Love from SL to our most closest ally Maldives.🇱🇰❤️🇲🇻
@@Desertfox18 I’ve also seen Sri Lankans hating on Maldives haha such people exist in every country. It’s better to ignore them. Most Maldivians have nothing against Sri Lanka
@@El-yo5zk 😁🇱🇰❤️🇲🇻 Thanks! We also love Maldives.
I have watched geography now since beginning when you do "A"letter countries.. I waited sooo long for this video because I am a Sri Lankan.. Its feeling proud when hearing about my country from your channel.. thank you for doing very beautiful perfect video.. love from Sri Lanka ❤️ 🇱🇰
Bro search Historyphile the DH and see their ancient kingdom story about Sri Lanka. Underrated.
@@NirajaLK that was dope 👌🏼
Me too😆😃
Hey !! Same here. I visit the channel and checking every single day for this one.
Love from INDIA 🇮🇳
How Jenil Proud about Sri Lanka, Love you Man
Love Sri Lanka from Yemen 🇾🇪❤️🇱🇰
💘💘💘 love to yemen from srilankan 💘💘💘
We love you too. May god ease the suffering of your people there. We went through a civil war too. We wish your people a pleasant future.
Love ure country ❤❤
@@GameEnz Tamils are still being targeted by the Sri Lankan government!
@@TamilEelam1 true! 💯
Ask Srilankans about Nidahas Trophy Final😊
Thanks for supporting India in the Finals.😁😍
Namo Namo Mata🇮🇳🇱🇰
💪🤗
❤
😂 Oh that final
nidahas trophy controversial af lol
my girl is sri lankan so I'm gonna tell her all the best things I learned from this and hopefully make her smile , thank u Paul and Jenil! love to all you sri lankans from scotland🇱🇰🏴
Glad you enjoyed it man 😃
How's Union going 😂
Scotland is also a beautiful country in the world 🔥💪 i love there heavy English pronounciation.
how do you handle the smell?
@@WastedBananas cause you don't fart there. We are lucky.
I was in Sri Lanka January 2022. I neber thought it to be that great. Please people all over the world, visit this pearl! Unbelivable beauty!
Budusaranai from BIHAR (vihara) 🙏🏻😇☸️🇮🇳🇱🇰❣️❣️❣️❣️❣️
Theruwansaranai🙏🏼 from 🇱🇰
I have visited the Buddhist pilgrimage in India to almost all the significant sacred sites of worship in Bihar and UP......
May the noble trible gem bless you brother....🙏🏻😇☸️🇮🇳🇱🇰❣️❣️❣️❣️❣️
ALL THE BEST TO YOU, I have a sense of connection to your homeland in East India (Bihar and Odisha). It is where the ancestors of the Sinhalese people originate from during 6th century Kalinga period 😎 Bihar was home to one of the first Indian empire Magadha, Vajj was the first known republic in India (present day Bihar), Mauryan empire and Gupta empire had major ties to the region because of Pataliputra one of the best ancient cities of India, Buddha got enlightened in Bihar (Bodh Gaya) and hence is the holiest site of Buddhism. Nalanda university, one of India's greatest ancient institutions was in Bihar.
Bihar is one of richest places of India and is underappreciated. More interesting than Delhi, Punjab and other Northern Indian regions in my opinion. All the best to Bihar and its people
🙏🙏🙏 namobuddaya ❤
@@nuwanmalalarathne91 did u visit Nepal? Love to my sri lankan brother
I lived in Sri Lanka pre pandemic. I cannot speak highly enough about the people and culture the food and the country as a whole.
(They do be havin some of the prettiest girls on earth 😉)
@@TheSuperBoyProject puszi
Sri Lanka is ew
@@TheSuperBoyProject agree
Yeah, my friend and I had a holiday planned to Sri Lanka for after we finished uni in 2019... needless to say it was prompty cancelled following easter bombings targetting christians and tourists
@@TheSuperBoyProject and where are you from Mr critical or other countries?
I’m the Lankan Moor from the video. Just wanted to say thanks Barbs for educating the World about 🇱🇰 because not many know about us tbh. Also for giving me the opportunity as a Moor to speak about our island. I just wanted to clear something up about my people because it can be confusing and unknown to many. The Moorish people in Sri Lanka are an actual ethnicity, not a branch of Tamils as shown in the pie graph. We came about during the arrival of Arab traders mainly from Yemen but also from other parts of the the Middle East and North Africa. These traders intermarried with Sinhalese women (and some Tamil) and that’s how us Moors came about. Now the reason as to why a lot of Moors speak Tamil is because the Arab traders did a lot of merchant work around the coastal areas of the island so Tamil was spoken to communicate with other traders in the northern parts of the Indian Ocean. Lots of Moors especially in Central, South and West parts of the island speak Sinhalese too. My family are mostly trilingual and some Moors speak Arabic. We speak a dialect of Tamil called Arwi too which has Arabic influence. Hope that clears it up Barbs 🙏🏽
Damn the mixing of cultures and religions are interesting
Also you missed something. The moors brought women from south india (Tamil speaking reverts) to teach Quran to new Sri Lankan female converts . The Tamil is the language that is used for education and communication and that we have been carrying the legacy till date. Thanks brother if you're the man participated in that video.
🙏. 🇱🇰 ❤
Why do you didn't mention about jacqueline fernandez also from 🇱🇰 if she saw this definitely will upset about that.
@@hasiWills1021 she will make him fired! so that's horrible
"Most importantly, we're NOT Indian"
- Jenil 2021
As a portuguese kid, I always wanted to know how "ceilão" is.
Much love from Portugal!
Are people in Portugal generally aware of Sri Lanka? ☺️ ( I only have one Portuguese friend and he didn’t seem to know, which is why I asked)
@@rojieekanayake986 to be honest, not many know. And most of the people that know about Sri Lanka, they know it because Vasco da Gama did the route to India and other sailors exchanged stuff with your country. I know about Sri Lanka because I love Geography, and I also love your culture.
Oh I see. Thanks for the info ☺️
Your fore fathers used to live here 😀
@@rojieekanayake986 We have a Sri Lankan community in Lisbon. I’ve met people from there.
In Australia, we have a big Sri Lankan community that have been here for many years.
Awesome community that have integrated into our culture magnificently.
Beautiful people that have added big value to Australia.
Good to know though they probably moved at different times. The Sri Lankan Burghers who moved en masse in the 1960s & 70s would have easily integrated into Australian society while the boat Tamil refugees would have found integration much harder.
Tamils , do you mean?
@@Manijkoi Both Tamils and Sinhalese
Yeah outside of Sri Lanka, Australia hosts the biggest population of Sri Lankans in the world.
Tnks
One of the most unique and interesting flags in the world: Sri Lanka
no
Butan too.
Nepal and bhutan : immatures
Most Serene Republic of Venice: "You dare challenge me, mortal"
@@mangnuuu my guy has nothing to do but hate on Sri Lanka huh?
Hey my beloved brother nation sri lanka 🇱🇰,
Take love from Pakistan 🇵🇰.
❤️
@@caaskumara1047 🇵🇰♥️🇱🇰
We love ❤️ 🇵🇰
@@slcodmobilefan9055 Thank you brother ❤️❤️❤️
Most importantly “ we’re not Indian”
ok br, fine fine lol,we love you though😂😂
You were one time😂
Mongolia applys too
Yessir
Looks like
Tourist in Sri Lanka: Tell me about yourself
Sri Lankan: (tells his name)
Took me a while😂😂
???? I didn't get it
@@ajaytiruvalla watch the video
@@ajaytiruvalla very long names
😂😂
Sri Lanka Rosy Senanayake have won the first ever Mrs world competition. Sri Lanka have got the worlds first female prime minister Sirimavo Bandaranaike and also Jacqueline Fernandez is a Sri Lankan.
@@gmusick6 I’m sorry I didn’t quite get that 😊🥲
Love y'all Sri Lankans! Please take care in these hard times. Love from your sibling, India 🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳
PS. I've been to Sri Lanka before and Kandy is such a beautiful place alongside Negombo
🙂🇱🇰❤🇮🇳
We love you, Sri Lanka! From the Philippines
🇱🇰♥️🇵🇭
Love pilipine ❤❤
From srilanka 🇱🇰 ❤
Love to Philippines and its people! I work with people from Philippines and they are some of the funniest and best people I have met there
Couldn't resist but to appreciate the efforts of the presenter Barbs for his pronunciation of Sri Lankan names and places. Sad to say some Sri Lankans nowadays don't do that. One more thing, Barbs was correct about "Dageba" , it wasn't a "Bodhiya" which means Bo Tree. The video was fantastic. Thanks
Reasons I like this channel he always tries pronouncing names the best he can
As a dutchman I appreciated his effort of pronouncing dutch words in the Netherlands video
Yeah
Yup.. Bards was right about Dageba. Bodhiya is the tree.
Studied with a lot of Sri Lankans in my college in Bangalore (brindavan college) in 2008
Love you guys :)
Jenil is definitely one of the best co-hosts I have seen so far, had to watch this vid again!
Adam’s Peak/Sri Pada (mentioned in the video), the mountain in the lower central region of the island near Ratnapura holds very significant importance to Christians, Muslims, Buddhists and Hindus. There is a large footprint on the top of the peak. Muslims and Christians believe this was where Adam the first ancestor and human set foot when he was exiled from heaven/Garden of Eden. Buddhists believe the footprint belongs to Buddha and Hindus believe it belongs to Lord Shiva. Many people make the ascent up Adam’s Peak every year in Sri Lanka to view the footprint. A major spot for tourists and locals.
Not gonna lie, I initially found Jenil a bit much. But he grew on me in like 2 minutes lol
I wanna visit SL 🇱🇰 so badly! Its looks so cool. Like South Asia, but a little more laid back
Budusaranai from BIHAR to all Sri Lankan brothers and sisters.
Buddhan Saranan Gachhami ☸️
🇮🇳🇮🇳❣️❣️🇱🇰🇱🇰❣️❣️☸️☸️
Budhu saranayi... 🙏🙏
@@TheAlpha608 i'm a sri lankan buddhist and i realy doubt it. think again :)
@@TheAlpha608 stop your hate against Buddhism. We Buddhist respect all religions not like you fanatic Hindus.
@Sam That was just answers to him to abuse us(Lu*dbedkar???). We don't care form of worship of Hindus.
@@TheAlpha608 We don't want any certificate from a fanatic Hindu about true Buddhism. There was not any hate speech against Hinduism in above main comment. He was just greeting Sri lankan Buddhists. If there is Buddhist hate Hinduism, you should consider him individually and answer him to abstain speaking against your religion. Why your a*s burnt largely on paying greeting to? How could you guarantee whole society as hater?
Even though im 1/2 SL and 1/2 IND….best part is “we are not indians”🤣🤣❤️🌝
Jenil killed it this video! Such a rich heritage with beautiful people, thanks for the hard work.
He’s a LEGEND!!! 🤩
I love Sri Lanka after this video they are very similar to us in Egypt they are unique 🇪🇬👍🇱🇰May God protect them and bless them with security, peace and development
Egypt ❤
From srilanka 🇱🇰
Fun fact: The music video for the Duran Duran song 'Save a Prayer' was filmed in Sri Lanka just a year before the civil war and they even noted some of the political tension when they were filming near a temple.
add 'Hungry like the wolf'
Indiana Jones 'Temple of Doom' was also filmed in SL.
They already mentioned Temple of Doom was filmed in Sri Lanka.
The most energetic guest ever
Love from Pakistan to Sri Lankans 🇵🇰♥️🇱🇰
They have one of the coolest rare flags 🇱🇰
Was in Singapore 5 years ago.. had a srilankan friend there. After coming back to India within few months I heard the news about a train accident in srilanka which killed my srilankan friend and his younger brother. I still miss him sometimes..he was such a nice person.. RIP brother sashi🙏
Lot's of love from Bangladesh 🇱🇰💜🇧🇩
Sri Lanka Matha , Apa Sri Lanka💜💜
Wow
Is their language intelligible for someone from Bengladesh?
@@waipalisrevenge3707 No
@@junaid_ahsan_jareef Ok thanks you.
I was wondering if the sinhalese or Tamil names of place or just names said in this video were easy for a Bengali speaker to pronounce?
dude, I love this guy's energy, legit one of your best guests ever
Love to sri lanka from india 🇮🇳❤️🇱🇰
Damn this dude loves where he's from.
Henry is that you? Do you watch geography now too? Lol how the heck did I find you
No he isn't. He speaks the name of the regions with an accent and not like a native.
This dude is the imposter/tout that first greets you when you land in a new country. Sleezy and annoying vibe. Barbs please vet people before getting them to the show. And a 'native' in an episode doesn't make it magically better.
@@CL-Lynn he has probably lived in the U.S for years now and just naturally developed an American accent and it's kind of hard to keep your old accent and it starts to slip away from you.
@@peepeetrain8755 RUBBISH! You won't lose your natural way of pronouncing in your mother tongue just because you start speaking other language on a day to day basis. I've lived in another place where they don't speak my mother tongue for 6 years, yet I did not develop any accent. Neither did any of the people I know have.
i visited Sri Lanka once, and the place we stayed at had a pool. On the other side of it was a monitor lizard, and my mother has a fear of reptiles so yeah she didn't go near the pool that often. I don't remember much of that trip since i was very young at the time but i love the nation, and i after quarantine ends i think me and my family will visit Sri Lanka again
I'm half Srilankan and half sudanese. So happy to know these information about this wonderful island❤️🇸🇩🇱🇰
Fun fact:
The national epic of Portugal (Os Lusíadas) starts with mentioning Ceylon:
"As armas e os barões assinalados
Que da praia ocidental Lusitana
Por mares nunca antes navegados
Passaram além da Taprobana"
"The barons and lights that from the westerly Lusitanian beach, through never before navigated seas, passed beyond Taprobana"
I instantly thought of that too whe mentioned it
Oh thats something new. Even when I toured Portugal I was looking to find something that could mention their colonial gem. But I couldn't find anything
Wow never knew that! I'll appreciate Portgual for that. Btw, Taprobane was what the Ancient Greeks called the island
Beautiful Sri Lanka 🌈🌱🌴🌵☀️🌺🍌🍇🍓🍉🍐🍍🌽🌦🇱🇰🇱🇰
Finally, I waited for so long for this and කෝ අපේ ලංකාවේ සෙට් එක 😁
දෙමුද සද්දයක් 😍😍😍✊
😁😁😁🇱🇰🥳🥳
😂🇱🇰
Let's goo
ආයුබෝවන්! 🤩
Love
Yeah, finally it's out! I'm happy to have learned more about this country, srilankian people are the biggest foreign community of my hometown (my father LOVES them). Greatings from Italy 🇮🇹🤜🏻🤛🏻🇱🇰
Love italy ❤❤
from 🇱🇰 ❤
Where do you live in Italy?
I just saw Benito Mussolini's granddaughter Rachelle Mussolini's Rome election winning.
@@Desertfox18
Naples, few KM south to Rome.
Yeah, but she isn't the new mayor. What she won is a sit in the roman city council (in total there are 48 seats, her party got 6 of them).
The new mayor is Roberto Gualtieri, who rappresent a coalition of center-left parties (29 seats in the city council)
People often believe that Sinhalese and Tamils are enemies, but I can confidently say that they are friends and even family. Tamils may have issues with the government, and Sinhalese may also have concerns. The proof is that there might be rude individuals among both Tamils and Sinhalese, but you will always find them standing up for each other. It's our shared history, and we should take pride in it. I'm not suggesting that Tamils are not allowed to celebrate Maaveerar Naal; of course, they can, as it is a must for all soldiers of the Tamil Tigers. I'm not sure if Sinhalese have similar celebrations, but if they do, it's great!
ah yes, one of the most underated countrires in the world is geting a spotlight
no , sri lanka is ew
@@mangnuuu what?
@@angryblueball ?
Sri lanka is nice
@@minera7595 no🤢
The Sri Lankan dude Jenil is a whole mood😂😉👊👍. Loving the energy👌🙌
Would love to visit Sri Lanka❤
Love from South Africa😉
He is a Chad love it
Yeah my country so beautiful welcome to Sri Lanka 🇱🇰
Oh wow. Its amazing to see you love sri lanka from a long way from here. love SA cricket team and a people.
❤️🙏 too from Sri Lanka
Love from pakistan
Arthur C. Clarke lived in Sri Lanka for more than 50 years. That was what piqued my interest in the island originally.
@景琰萧 Wow, I'll admit I'd never heard of that before. But I looked it up and apparently he was cleared of the rumor by the police who questioned him, and no one ever came forward accusing him of doing so. If I post the link in my comment UA-cam will delete the comment but it's free for anyone to search for.
As a full Sri Lankan, I LOVED this video and appreciate the work it took to make this!
From the UK!🇬🇧🏴🇱🇰
28:40 you were talking about the spread of Buddhism to Sri Lanka from India.
The monk responsible for that was Mahinda, the son of Emperor Ashoka and he was from Ujjain, India which is very close to my mother's hometown!
I love Sri Lanka and their Buddhist culture 🇱🇰
We love mahinda thero and love respect king ashoka ❤
Namobuddaya 🙏
@@hasiWills1021 🙏
18:18
hi brother i live in ujjain mp
@@kartikrajsingh1895
Bro..... Ashoka was from Pataliputra in magadh bihar.... His son mahendra and daughter Sanghmitra were born there only
Ujjain was a provincial capital of Mauryan empire but it was based in bihar
Came to know Sri Lanka due to their Cricket team that had Aravida Din Silva and Asanta Gurushina (spelling): Those two names stuck with me as a kid despite not being a cricket fan. I need to taste your tea and compare with ours 🇱🇰 v 🇰🇪!
Hey you didn't mentioned the new year festival. That is one of the major cultural festivals in sri lanka. By the way talking about buddhism, the main buddhism festival is vesak poya day (which is today!)
Greetings for Buddha Purnima
@Blue Vampire hope you have an enriching day of Vesak
@@jalabi99 thanks 🤗
Seems like this episode had unintentionally perfect timing.
@@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721 yea but they didn't mentioned it🤷 they mostly mentioned about tamil and hindu festivals.
Sinhala people are descendants of ancient Indians who migrated from Latha Kingdom of Gujarat and Trijunction of Odisha,Bihar and Bengal during Mauryan Period..Sinhala language is mix of Saurasheni Prakrit and Magadhi Prakrit.Sinhala language script came from South Indian Grantha/Pallava script..Even the dance of Sri Lanka is Mix of Odissi of Odisha and Chhau dance of Chota Nagpur Plateau..You can watch Sri Lankan Dance by Jacqueline Fernandez performed in IFFA Colombo..It's available on UA-cam..So you were Indian in the past..
Only partly though. Prince Vijaya married s queen from a native clan of the Helayas who inhabited the land. So we bear both blood and more mixtures later on
I love Sri Lanka because Sri Lanka is our fellow Buddhist country, Love from Thailand.
No Lanka is a Hindu nation. The native religion is Hinduism whilst Buddhism comes from India!
@@Eelamtruth 70.2% of Sri Lankans were Theravada Buddhists ja อีง่าว.
@@thotsapornpornchaijaroonsa7508 so what? You evaded answering my point that Buddhism originates from India and thus Lanka can never be defined as Buddhist. Furthermore that Buddhist population you cite only occupies 60% of the land area. 40% is occupied by Lankans who are Hindu, Christians and Muslims.
@@Eelamtruth Yes, I know that Buddhism originates from India and so what? The constitution of Sri Lanka states under Chapter II, Article 9, "The Republic of Sri Lanka shall give to Buddhism the high place in the hierarchy and accordingly it shall be the duty of the Head of State and Head of Government to protect and foster the Buddha Sasana. Sorry to make you unhappy. bye.
@@thotsapornpornchaijaroonsa7508 the fact Buddhism comes from India means it can only be a religion of India and not Lanka where Hinduism is already the native religion. What is written does not apply to Lanka as it declared independence in 1976. So Lanka which is a Tamil name can thus not be Buddhist as not a single Lankan person is Buddhist.
"Definitely not India "
Anyway we Sri Lankans still love you guys aside from politics.
🇱🇰❤️🇮🇳
We Indians love you too
Hate means politics shitty politics 😒
Love from India 🇮🇳
Love you too from India 🇮🇳
Same with us Bangladeshis, we love you guys!!
Cricket is what makes our countries together brother!❤️
Much love to Sri Lanka! 🇱🇰
From Malaysia 🇲🇾
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ස්තූතියි
Malaysian here dropping by too 🇲🇾
Thank you
Pooja podei sunni
I'm so happy because foreigners are talking about my country. Sri Lanka has a traditional background. There are so many beautiful destinations in Sri Lanka.
Thank you SL for keep the sapling of the Bodhi tree safe for centuries and giving us a sapling when the original was destroyed in Bodh Gaya ❤️
Namo budhdhaya..!
Love India from Sri Lanka..
That Bodhi tree is more valuable to us than our life😌🌳🙏
SL preserved every literature of Buddha and vipassana meditation , which destroyed by Indian brahmins.
@@heyygore We are eternally grateful for that. But it was not Indian Brahmins who destroyed Nalanda and Taxila- and frankly it doesn't matter who destroyed it. According to me, it's not the way of the Buddha to keep scores. What's important is that we have much of our Masters teachings, we in India want to bring it back and imbibe it- we have been thirsty for it for centuries. Please refrain from what appears to be irrational hatred and unsubstantiated claims.🙏
@@kusinara8936 well it's not hatred , that's shear truth , brahmins and upper Castrest ruined Indian , brutally humiliated Buddhist , untouchables , lower cast they have made false propaganda against Buddha's teaching,.
Would love to Visit one day
Love to Sri Lanka 🇱🇰❤️🇺🇦 from Ukraine
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God bless Ukrainians
GLAD! to see the geography now episode of our ally Sri Lanka
Love from Nepal❤💙
Love nepal ❤ from srilanka 🇱🇰
22:44 small mistake here. The 1996 world cup win wasn't the only one but rather the first one Sri Lanka won. Sri lanka has won a world cup in another format of the game called T20 which is the shortest international format. the 1996 world cup was a one day international which is the second shortest international format of the game.
Daghoba is called “Chaith-thiya”.
“Bhodiya” is something different!
Bodhiya kiyanne bo gahata ne?
Bodhiya means a sacred Bo tree.
looking for this comment...
Yeah.... I think he dsnt knw d@ cuz he's christian
Yeah
Love to Sri Lanka 🇱🇰🇱🇰🇱🇰
Love from Bangladesh 🇧🇩🇧🇩🇧🇩
i love Sri Lanka 🇱🇰 and it’s flag, it is so beautiful and interesting like the nation and people themselves, love from Juan Jonathan Garcia!
Srilanka just allowed china to make an entire chinese city in srilanka just like British took surat city from indian king in name of trade...... Believe it or not srilanka is slowly becoming china's economic colony.... After china took away humbantota port for 99 years from them.
Hello I am from srilanka and I am so happy hear comments like this.luv u so much
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Love USA ❤
from srilanka 🇱🇰
@@परशुरामभक्त-स1ग Sorry man just 25% belongs to China. I know India doesn't have money to build a that kind of city. Specially a city without slums.
Much love Sri Lanka 🇱🇰🇱🇰💜
Love from Sri Lanka 🇱🇰
Lots of love from Nepal Sri Lanka 🇳🇵♥️🇱🇰I'm Nepali Buddhist Buddha bless you all ☸️🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼😇
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Namoh buddhaya
"We Are NOT india" that's the best sentece in this video....
You should be.
You should've been but you are lucky
@@swap__yt no we never shouldn't and yes we're luck asf!
Well go and read about ancestors of sinhalese people
@@wbk5727 wtf dude. Go read about ancestors of India then. All Indians belong to Africa technically.
"We are *not* Indian..." Amen bruh!!! Every Sri Lankan ever!!!
True speaking from experience, i suppose
Maybe because we look similar. Indians love Srilanka. No hard feelings💟
@@theycallmejoey283 Yeah tbh... We're constantly called 'Indian' even after telling people we're Sri Lankan... India is great but so is Sri Lanka you know? :)
@@Mad_Cha Probably... I mean, nothing wrong with being Indian, it's a great country. But we have our own unique identity that we're proud of so we tend to correct people when they call us 'Indian' :)
@@mravina1614 I can understand. If I go to Sri Lanka, someone might mistake me for a Sri Lankan. I'm brown too!