Take time to learn about this place. You know you Vanu- WANT-TU! *(explosion) For real though, this was a fun one. Thanks to all the Vanuatuans that helped! OH and get a GN figurine at www.Figime.com!
Stop pretending like you know America when you don’t and never will. Everything you wrote in that comment about Americans is wrong. You’re offending us Americans.
@@anonymoususer8895 Why do some Americans have this complex where they think every Aussie, European, Canadian, etc hates them and "lives rent free in their head"? To be honest, all you're really doing is giving other people ammo to insult your nation further
Vanuatu used to be my favorite place to order unscheduled (I.e. prescription-only, non-controlled substances) medication from, but I’ve since found better sources. Friendship ended with -MUDASIR- VANUATU, now -SALMAN- INDIA is my best friend.
I knew about Vanuatu because it is a member of the British Commonwealth and they had representatives and athletes at the 1994 Commonwealth Games in my home town of Victoria, Canada. I also knew about the American base on Santo from WWII history. That's about it before now.
23:53 That's also true for people in Ishigaki, Okinawa where I live. The most ancient folklore teaches that people once lived at the foot of the mountains in the middle of the island, not on the coast.
Melanesia in general has a crazy linguistic and cultural diversity, even New Guinea where one might think it would have less since it's one big island, has over a thousand languages and as many different cultures.
Living on the east coast of Australia, been fortunate to visit this beautiful country a number of times. But my most recent trip was cancelled due to a cyclone, classic Vanuatu. The people are amazing, the snorkeling is off the scale, the island scenery is stunning and... They actually grow amazing coffee. It's a fantastic country
That's an episode I've been looking forward to. :) As a New Caledonian, I grew up with Vanuatu being seen as the neighbour with similar cultures and languages. :) Good job, as usual! Vanuatu rocks.
I actually have heard of this country before. Back in 2007, while using the Wii Forecast Channel and listening to the beautiful music, I noticed several points over the Pacific, those being the Oceanic nations, including Vanuatu. I learned the capital was Port Vila there. I went on Wikipedia and looked up more things, like the Oceanic regions and flags. Also, this was on a season of Survivor that I never watched. The Oceanic nations fascinate me because people don't talk about them unless it's about WWII.
I am a Taiwanese that now live in Fiji now. Although never been to Vanuatu, and it’s far away from Taiwan. I heard something( mostly about sharing the Kava culture together) about it when I am in Fiji, and I feel so interest about it. Thanks for introducing such a beautiful country. ❤🇻🇺
@@NguyenTran-mf9gjI respect your political view. But did you notice, every time you guys try to correct others just make thing more weird. I mean we all know Hawaii is part of USA. However, when someone comments:” I am Hawaiian, I really love your country”, no one will shout and say :”you mean the American which live in islands that belongs to USA?” So you guys trying to correct a peaceful and non-political comment maybe just make things more skeptical. Try to be mature and be cool, bro.
Been patiently waiting for this episode for 5 years. We've gone through 5 catastrophic cyclones, 2 volcano evacuations and a lot of disasters but we're still standing and smiling to the world 😊 Resilient nation 🇻🇺 Thanks again for the episode. Now I can sleep in peace knowing Geography Now has finaaaaally did the episode for my country 👏🏾
Does anyone else remember Vanuatu from the Leap Pad reader? It’s such a huge memory for me. I thought everyone knew Vanuatu because Leap Pad made it seem like it was an accessible easy place to go.
Not only have I heard of Vanuatu, my aunt and uncle used to live there. While they were there, there was a massive typhoon (I think in the 80s or 90s) and their house was destroyed around them. They survived by huddling in a small cupboard, which was the only bit of the house left still standing. Very dramatic.
Proud to say I have been to this beautiful country! Way less touristy, it's highly recommended for those who aren't going on vacation just to lounge around at a hotel! This is for the adventure lover
Awesome Episode! Learned a ton! For me one of the weirdest parts of Vanuatu's history is when American Libertarians tried to help split off some of the country to make a tax haven in the 80's shortly before they got independence. Would have been an odd timeline if they succeeded!
The closer it gets to Zimbabwe the stronger the feeling of dread. I’ve been with Geography Now since the ‘C’ countries were being uploaded and it now saddens me to see it so close to ending
I've been here since 'B' countries (specifically Brunei) back in late August 2015 and I agree with you as well. All good things come to a end at some point. Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened. 😭😭😭
Great video Barbie! Been watching your videos since you uploaded the Albania video and always loved videos about lesser known countries the most. It is incredible what you and your team achieved during all the years!
I'm A Ni-Van Residing on Shefa Province From The Island Of Efate I've Been A Ni-Van For 24years Now (All My Life Since My Birth) Suprinsingly Im Already 10 Minutes Into This Video Cause Some Of Those Things Thats He's Explaining I've Never Known... Thankyou Very Much For Taking Your Time To Make This Video And Make The World Know Of Vanuatu.. 🇻🇺💯♥️♥️♥️💯🇻🇺
I'm not sure if anyone is gonna see this but kinda still wanna post it here. It was in 2010 at Shanghai's World Expo. Me, an elementary schooler, and my mom were wandering around at the "Pacific Countries United Pavillion", and we bumped into the Vanuatu section in the very corner. It was a small place with only some pictures of the country and very few visitors, compared to some larger sections with fancy animal specimen. And only two staffs were there, one Vanuatuan and one Chinese assistant. They saw us walking into their section, and passionately handed a bag of gifts to me. I expressed my gratitude, but I didn't stay in that section or even talk to them. However, when I returned home, I discovered with surprise that there were a full set of fish postal stamps, a banner of their national flag, and a little book introducing their country. I felt guilty for not even talking to them, listening to their intro, or maybe just exhibit more curiosity. I started learning by myself more about the country, and have always wanted to visit the country. I just want to let the Vanuatuan girl at Shanghai Expo 2010 know that she has spread very positive image into a Chinese boy's heart, and let anyone from Vanuatu know that you have a friend who's passionate about your country in China. Thank you!
@@Bob-sx5ueAustronesian is an umbrella term for most of the island peoples of SE Asia and the South Pacific, Melanesians are a subset of this. xcluding the bulk of PNG, their languages are largely related to each other to various degrees.
I'm glad you took time to talk about appropriate souvenirs. Also, a lot of the souvenirs you see in the shops actually come from Bali, but have "Vanuatu" painted on them.
Including Norfolk Island in Melanesia is a strange one. The island was uninhabited at the time of British settlement but appears to have been inhabited at some point before then by Polynesians. Then there is the Polynesian influence it has now with the Tahitian wives of the Bounty mutineers forming a unique culture.
@@budawang77 according to Wikipedia it says there may have been Melanesian artefacts found but yeah, if anything Norfolk Island is part of Polynesia. Wouldn't be a huge issue if it hadn't specifically been mentioned.
Beautiful country and beautiful people. Low income/wealth but incredibly happy despite - many of them spend time in Australia working seasonal jobs to support their families back home
Greetings from Vanuatu🇻🇺 I'm a Gen z born , And I think , respectfully,; 'Enemy ' is a strong word . Well for me any way , being a new generation ni-van . I'm an enemy of meaningless killings . Be it for any nations Group. I'd protest and pray for 🇮🇩 , example if ( God forbid) if ,something bad happens to Her ; when the less are not being heard about ,and their blood is being silence for justice . That's the enemy . Not seeing eye to eye in a peaceful way. Thats the true enemy,, ( When Human Life is No longer Valued) ,but at least thats me 🙏🤝Prosperity to you 🇮🇩🤝🇻🇺✨️
Absolutely love Vanuatu, and it's people, have been there 4 times. You forgot to mention the close relationship Vanuatu has with New Zealand, there are a number of ex-pat Kiwis living in Vanuatu, and I am certain that most Ni- Vanuatu would prefer the company of Kiwis rather than Aussies.
I've been to Vanuatu 🇻🇺. I arrived the day after an eruption and port Villa was covered in black powder! The currency at the time was coloured beads you wore around your neck. I saw most of the island and some neighbouring also.
Started watching this series on the Central African Republic video when I was 14, and I can’t believe it’s almost finished. These videos are great and just keep getting better.
Thanks for all the years of hard work barbs. I enjoy every episode since i started to watch GN ca. around the Germany Episode. Love the gluten skit today bc its very accurate haha. Much love towards LA !
Fun fact: Espirito Santo island once almost became a free country with american backing under the name of Vemerana with a cool blue-green flag that almost led to a small scale civil war...
Actually, I do know about the country, I used to study it when I was a senior in high school (I had a weird obsession with Oceanic countries when I was in high school). I love its culture and flag!
I totally agree with your intro. I made a comment in your community section yesterday about not knowing about it and the weirdos on the internet found a way to be offended over the slightest thing as usual. I literally said ''no shade'' but that didn't stop them.
This is so cool, I picked up a bit of interest in geography a few months back and learned all the countries (or 193 UN members) on a website called Seterra (old school, nothing flashy but is perfect). So now I see this video uploaded and I'm like Vanuata? I know where that is, I know what's next to it and therefor I now watch this video to learn more about Vanuatu. If I didn't learn all these countries recently I think I would just skipped it. So learning....is fun? Someone should've told me that before I dropped out of high school lmao.
Before this video if I’m going to be honest, all I knew about Vanuatu was that it is in Oceania, it’s an island nation, and that it’s capital is Port Vila.
OMG! I'm getting so excited b/c since I found this site I've been waiting for 3 years for Venezuela and we're on one country away - Vatican City, then Venezuela!
0:50 I know its flag immediately by heart, its name by heart, its next door to New Caledonia and the Solomon Islands, and is sometimes considered to have one of the more hostile attitudes toward people coming to visit/vacation there of the Pacific/Polynesian island chains, for which I've never cared about myself and been somewhat hesitant to believe. I don't know why, but I've always been drawn to Vanuatu throughout my adult life. Maybe its because they're so unknown by even many geography nerds. Their flag is one of my own personal favorites. I genuinely do not see much if any differences between Polynesian and Melanesian peoples and cultures, so to me, they're all just Polynesian, plus poly meaning more than one/multiple further backs that choice up. I had no idea the Hebrides was Vanuatu! See, that's new to me!
Very interesting, thanks ! For the friendzone segment, New Caledonia is still a part of France, so techniiically France is the best friend of Vanuatu !
I love how far these videos have come; when it first started tbey would be like 10 to 15 minutes long and would include the flag. Now the vids can be over 25 minutes long without the flag. Its funny, the Australia video was about 10 minutes and vanuatu is 31 minutes. It just shows how far Geography Now has come.
Each second in this video represents 167 people. Each second in the video about Germany represents 91595 people. I am not jealous. That’s just a fact. I’m not jealous by any means!!! 😂 Awesome vid as always!! Love from good old Germany 🇻🇺 🇩🇪
As someone who studies both biology and linguistics, I have made lists of languages in all of Oceania. There are only 125 extant (still living) languages in Vanuatu. As for the species, Vanuatu actually has quite a lot of species entirely endemic to the islands, some of my favorite actually being lichen species. Edit: I should also point out that there is no such thing as that "Vanuatu Iguana". That's a Fiji Iguana that was brought to Vanuatu and they live there now, but Fiji is very adamant on keeping its native iguanas in Fiji.
Ok, answering the question about what I know about Vanuatu, before watching the video (and without Googling). It is an island nation in the Western Pacific, south of Solomon Islands and west of Fiji. It is comprised of several volcanic islands, including Espiritu Santu and Tanna. Tanna has an active volcano which is a tourist attraction. The capital city is Port Vila, which is a tourist hub and cruise ships dock there. The people are Melanesian. Not sure of the population, but I would guess less than 100,000. I think it was a French colony at one time. One of the traditional activities of Vanuatu people is jumping from a tower with a rope made of vines attached to their ankles. This was adapted by AJ Hackett, a New Zealander, to become bungie jumping. There is a remote village on Vanuatu where the people worship Prince Phillip (as in Queen Elizabeth's husband) as a god. I think another region of Vanuatu does the same regarding Captain Cook and many of the villagers there name their children "Captain Cook". How did I go?
about right but populations is now 200,000 ... Captain Cook is not true but Prince Philip is true and then another remote community is attached to the USA
I remember first learning of Vanuatu in my anthropology class in college, when my professor showed us pictures of the native Vanatuans with blonde hair, she made it clear to me and my class that "they are not Hispanics".
The New Hebrides Condominium was known sarcastically as the New Hebrides "Pandemonium" because the dual system with overlapping instututions created endless disputes over jurisdiction between the British and the French. But as neither side wanted to give up its influence to the other, so the Condominum was kept in place.
I noticed you didn’t explain the meaning of the flag: Vanuatu means- “our land” in Shefa province language. Red- blood Green- the islands Yellow - Christianity Black- skin color Namele leaf- peace Pigs task- customs & traditions The ‘Y’ shape in the middle of the flag- the shape of the islands
Funnily enough I had actually first hearrd about Vanuatu about twenty years ago when i was about 4-5 years old. I had this leapfrog pad that would you could interacted with by tapping words and pictures with an attached pen. This one book I had for it was called "Search the City" and it starts with a woman named Tanna from Vanuatu who travels across the world to meet her friend, Santo. It's so cool seeing this video now though, because while I heard about Vanuatu and knew where it was in the world, I admittedly didn't know much else aside from it being very seismically and volcanically active. I would have never known that the two main characters from that leapfrog book I read twenty years ago were actually named after two islands in Vanuatu!
Oh boy, I've been looking so forward to this episode. The last Pacific Island country! ~3:24 ~ 3:34 Ok, I *know* it sounds crazy, but this part gave me such deja vu, I could *swear* that I had seen it *well* before 5 days ago (I'm watching this video & leaving this comment 5 days after its release). Maybe I saw it in a dream before, I dunno. 9:18 That was stinkin' awesome. Just... awesome. (Also, I *knew* Noah was Quicksilver!)
17:00 whilst they drive on the right the majority of cars have the steering wheel on the right due to easy access of cars from Australia, New Zealand, & Japan
Been watching your channel since like you started it. seems like you’re slowly getting closer to the end, will you then do unofficially recognised nations? Mars geography?
I'm from Vanuatu. There's this fun little thing I heard growing up about why we drive on the right side of the road. The first vehicle to ever arrive here was French so both governments kinda agreed on driving on the right side of the road.
Take time to learn about this place. You know you Vanu- WANT-TU! *(explosion) For real though, this was a fun one. Thanks to all the Vanuatuans that helped!
OH and get a GN figurine at www.Figime.com!
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id like to see a series on former nations like USSR,russian empire british empire etc
Sad but cool how theres 5 episodes left, the journey has been great.
Great job Barbs for the many years you made this, I hope you can create some new series on countries after it is over!
Love your videos!💚
Make sure to visit Vanuatu one day, guys! Beautiful country and lots of kava for sure !! 🇻🇺 🇺🇿
And thank YOU for traveling there and getting footage for this episode Jackie boy!
@@GeographyNowwill you do Vatican City or Venezuela in the next episode?
@ChrisFan890 Venezuala. He said he will do the Vatican after Zimbabwe
useless fact: meanwhile in Czechia, káva means coffee
@@Kid222that is the same with the majority of Slavic
As an Australian, it is super easy to get to so a lot of aussies go there for vacation. Just like Americans go to caribbean islands due to proximity.
@@anonymoususer8895 he didnt even say anything negative, he just made a comparison xdd
There are other countries for you Aussies to obsess over. Like China, Russia, even Burundi for crying out loud. And yet you choose America.
Stop pretending like you know America when you don’t and never will. Everything you wrote in that comment about Americans is wrong. You’re offending us Americans.
Canadians go to Caribbean islands due to their warm climate.
@@anonymoususer8895 Why do some Americans have this complex where they think every Aussie, European, Canadian, etc hates them and "lives rent free in their head"? To be honest, all you're really doing is giving other people ammo to insult your nation further
Ahhh, Vanuatu. As an Australian, this will always be my favourite holiday destination.
Vanuatu used to be my favorite place to order unscheduled (I.e. prescription-only, non-controlled substances) medication from, but I’ve since found better sources. Friendship ended with -MUDASIR- VANUATU, now -SALMAN- INDIA is my best friend.
@@AcidlibLol
It’s crazy how much comfort and nostalgia that little jingle brings me. It makes me feel happy and cozy
Nothing like a fresh Geography Now video in the morning
real talk
I love the smell of geography in the morning!
or night
Isnt now morning un USA lol? They share in europeans time 😂
Only five more!!
I knew about Vanuatu because it is a member of the British Commonwealth and they had representatives and athletes at the 1994 Commonwealth Games in my home town of Victoria, Canada. I also knew about the American base on Santo from WWII history. That's about it before now.
23:53 That's also true for people in Ishigaki, Okinawa where I live. The most ancient folklore teaches that people once lived at the foot of the mountains in the middle of the island, not on the coast.
Vanuatu has a huge linguistic and cultural diversity for its population size.
It's the most linguistically dense country in the world.
Melanesia in general has a crazy linguistic and cultural diversity, even New Guinea where one might think it would have less since it's one big island, has over a thousand languages and as many different cultures.
Living on the east coast of Australia, been fortunate to visit this beautiful country a number of times. But my most recent trip was cancelled due to a cyclone, classic Vanuatu.
The people are amazing, the snorkeling is off the scale, the island scenery is stunning and... They actually grow amazing coffee. It's a fantastic country
best coffee and chocolate also should try the steak and fish
Vanuatu: *has influence from British and French*
St. Lucia: Hey we should hang out sometimes
I've been dreading the Venezuela episode for years now... I trust Barbs will do justice to our most recent history
I think a certain pale redhead might have some s*** to say in that episode
That Guyana bullying should help delay the episode now lol. Maybe Nicolas watches Barbs and wants to delay him from having an episode out
Regardless, it'll probably be the most controversial of all Latin American countries video in this channel 😓
That's an episode I've been looking forward to. :) As a New Caledonian, I grew up with Vanuatu being seen as the neighbour with similar cultures and languages. :) Good job, as usual! Vanuatu rocks.
I love Vanuatu! Port Vila is apparently where all the Aussies go if they don't want to go to New Zealand 😂 It's definitely well worth the trip!
I actually have heard of this country before. Back in 2007, while using the Wii Forecast Channel and listening to the beautiful music, I noticed several points over the Pacific, those being the Oceanic nations, including Vanuatu. I learned the capital was Port Vila there. I went on Wikipedia and looked up more things, like the Oceanic regions and flags. Also, this was on a season of Survivor that I never watched. The Oceanic nations fascinate me because people don't talk about them unless it's about WWII.
I think Vanuatu's flag is actually pretty good. it's underated
It reminds me of South Africa’s flag.
I AGREE!!! I will always recognize the V or Y !!!
Yes
bfdi fans reckgnising the pfp
100 th like less go and ur right
Vanuata 🇻🇺 is a lovely country with loving people living there.❤️
Vanuatu is so remote that I'm proud to say that I once met a frenchman who actually spent time in Vanuatu!
Every geography teacher on Earth should subscribe to your channel.
This is probably the episode where I've had the most "OH, so THAT's where that's from!" moments out of all. Very cool country.
Such a shame to be out of Oceania for the show now. Loved learning about this region
I am a Taiwanese that now live in Fiji now.
Although never been to Vanuatu, and it’s far away from Taiwan. I heard something( mostly about sharing the Kava culture together) about it when I am in Fiji, and I feel so interest about it.
Thanks for introducing such a beautiful country.
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As a Fijian,I can tell you they have the strongest kava of the whole Pacific nation followed by micronesian
Taiwanese? You mean Chinese who live on the island called Taiwan - an island that belong to China? 🤣
@@NguyenTran-mf9gj Bu that logic, Vietnam is China.
@@NguyenTran-mf9gjI respect your political view.
But did you notice, every time you guys try to correct others just make thing more weird.
I mean we all know Hawaii is part of USA. However, when someone comments:” I am Hawaiian, I really love your country”, no one will shout and say :”you mean the American which live in islands that belongs to USA?”
So you guys trying to correct a peaceful and non-political comment maybe just make things more skeptical.
Try to be mature and be cool, bro.
Its crazy how much your channel has grown. Love your videos barbs.
Been patiently waiting for this episode for 5 years. We've gone through 5 catastrophic cyclones, 2 volcano evacuations and a lot of disasters but we're still standing and smiling to the world 😊 Resilient nation 🇻🇺 Thanks again for the episode. Now I can sleep in peace knowing Geography Now has finaaaaally did the episode for my country 👏🏾
23:36 you guys roasting each other is and will always be my favorite part of the episodes 😆
Does anyone else remember Vanuatu from the Leap Pad reader? It’s such a huge memory for me. I thought everyone knew Vanuatu because Leap Pad made it seem like it was an accessible easy place to go.
Love from the United States of America to Vanuatu! 🇺🇸❤️🇻🇺
Not only have I heard of Vanuatu, my aunt and uncle used to live there. While they were there, there was a massive typhoon (I think in the 80s or 90s) and their house was destroyed around them. They survived by huddling in a small cupboard, which was the only bit of the house left still standing. Very dramatic.
Love Vanuatu from Australia. I’ll promise to travel there sometime in the near future.
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Proud to say I have been to this beautiful country! Way less touristy, it's highly recommended for those who aren't going on vacation just to lounge around at a hotel! This is for the adventure lover
An Uzbek went to Vanuatu for this episode? Amazing!
Awesome Episode! Learned a ton! For me one of the weirdest parts of Vanuatu's history is when American Libertarians tried to help split off some of the country to make a tax haven in the 80's shortly before they got independence. Would have been an odd timeline if they succeeded!
Praying to Vanuatu after a serious earthquake, sent from the Philippines.
The closer it gets to Zimbabwe the stronger the feeling of dread.
I’ve been with Geography Now since the ‘C’ countries were being uploaded and it now saddens me to see it so close to ending
I remember when his content was languages and was so Happy to see it through. Although it's about to end
I've been here since 'G' and i agree with you its very dreadful knowing it'll end after 6 countries
I've been here since 'B' countries (specifically Brunei) back in late August 2015 and I agree with you as well. All good things come to a end at some point. Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened.
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he's going to do regions and unrecognized countries after, there was a video
and then he will redo A-E episodes
Keith totally should have done Hannah's segment. Would've been epic.
I was expecting this as well, but Art is still a gem lol
Hannah probably should've done Art's segment in return
Great video Barbie! Been watching your videos since you uploaded the Albania video and always loved videos about lesser known countries the most. It is incredible what you and your team achieved during all the years!
Love Vanuatu from Australia 🇦🇺❤🇻🇺
Cool. 🇦🇺🩷🇻🇺
I'm A Ni-Van Residing on Shefa Province From The Island Of Efate I've Been A Ni-Van For 24years Now (All My Life Since My Birth) Suprinsingly Im Already 10 Minutes Into This Video Cause Some Of Those Things Thats He's Explaining I've Never Known... Thankyou Very Much For Taking Your Time To Make This Video And Make The World Know Of Vanuatu..
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I'm not sure if anyone is gonna see this but kinda still wanna post it here. It was in 2010 at Shanghai's World Expo. Me, an elementary schooler, and my mom were wandering around at the "Pacific Countries United Pavillion", and we bumped into the Vanuatu section in the very corner. It was a small place with only some pictures of the country and very few visitors, compared to some larger sections with fancy animal specimen. And only two staffs were there, one Vanuatuan and one Chinese assistant. They saw us walking into their section, and passionately handed a bag of gifts to me. I expressed my gratitude, but I didn't stay in that section or even talk to them. However, when I returned home, I discovered with surprise that there were a full set of fish postal stamps, a banner of their national flag, and a little book introducing their country.
I felt guilty for not even talking to them, listening to their intro, or maybe just exhibit more curiosity. I started learning by myself more about the country, and have always wanted to visit the country. I just want to let the Vanuatuan girl at Shanghai Expo 2010 know that she has spread very positive image into a Chinese boy's heart, and let anyone from Vanuatu know that you have a friend who's passionate about your country in China. Thank you!
Love Vanuatu from Philippines, fellow Austronesian country 🇵🇭❤🇻🇺
Its melanesian
Its complicated
@@Bob-sx5ueAustronesian is an umbrella term for most of the island peoples of SE Asia and the South Pacific, Melanesians are a subset of this.
xcluding the bulk of PNG, their languages are largely related to each other to various degrees.
I'm glad you took time to talk about appropriate souvenirs. Also, a lot of the souvenirs you see in the shops actually come from Bali, but have "Vanuatu" painted on them.
Including Norfolk Island in Melanesia is a strange one. The island was uninhabited at the time of British settlement but appears to have been inhabited at some point before then by Polynesians. Then there is the Polynesian influence it has now with the Tahitian wives of the Bounty mutineers forming a unique culture.
Yes, I'm not sure why Norfolk Island is included in Melanesia. Maybe it was once inhabited by Melanesians?
@@budawang77 according to Wikipedia it says there may have been Melanesian artefacts found but yeah, if anything Norfolk Island is part of Polynesia.
Wouldn't be a huge issue if it hadn't specifically been mentioned.
Beautiful country and beautiful people. Low income/wealth but incredibly happy despite - many of them spend time in Australia working seasonal jobs to support their families back home
I didn't know my country has relation with Vanuatu! What an awesome and underrated country, I'd love to visit it some day
Greetings and love to Vanuatu
From a citizen of your state enemy Indonesia
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hidup main pb
Yeah vanuatu is just 0.001% of Indonesia and soon will be sinking. 😅
@@mroke8647YOU ARE UNDER THE JUDGEMENT OF THE MOST HIGH. INCLUDUNG YOUR COUNTRY FOR WHAT YOU DID TO HIS OWN CHOSEN PEOPLE.
Greetings from Vanuatu🇻🇺 I'm a Gen z born ,
And I think , respectfully,; 'Enemy ' is a strong word .
Well for me any way , being a new generation ni-van .
I'm an enemy of meaningless killings . Be it for any nations Group. I'd protest and pray for 🇮🇩 , example if ( God forbid) if ,something bad happens to Her ; when the less are not being heard about ,and their blood is being silence for justice . That's the enemy . Not seeing eye to eye in a peaceful way. Thats the true enemy,, ( When Human Life is No longer Valued) ,but at least thats me 🙏🤝Prosperity to you 🇮🇩🤝🇻🇺✨️
Absolutely love Vanuatu, and it's people, have been there 4 times. You forgot to mention the close relationship Vanuatu has with New Zealand, there are a number of ex-pat Kiwis living in Vanuatu, and I am certain that most Ni- Vanuatu would prefer the company of Kiwis rather than Aussies.
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I've been to Vanuatu 🇻🇺. I arrived the day after an eruption and port Villa was covered in black powder! The currency at the time was coloured beads you wore around your neck. I saw most of the island and some neighbouring also.
Started watching this series on the Central African Republic video when I was 14, and I can’t believe it’s almost finished.
These videos are great and just keep getting better.
Astonishing video. Great team work and information density, while managing top-level entertainment. Keep it up
Thanks for all the years of hard work barbs. I enjoy every episode since i started to watch GN ca. around the Germany Episode. Love the gluten skit today bc its very accurate haha. Much love towards LA !
He’s in Canada! Not LA.
Fun fact: Espirito Santo island once almost became a free country with american backing under the name of Vemerana with a cool blue-green flag that almost led to a small scale civil war...
About 15 years ago I started seeing some supercars in my country (Serbia) with Vanuatu license plates. 😮
It's a criminal tax haven lmao
that is weird, Vanuatu does not give out number plates
Love from Indonesia to all Vanuatu people! 🇻🇺🇮🇩
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Season 9 of Survivor was in Vanuatu and there was an earthquake that season. Very interesting to link that to the Geography. Nice!
Yeah. And another powerful quake just rocked it within this hour
Everything I knew about Vanuatu was because of this Survivor season
@@juliusnepos6013 we are used to earthquakes ...
@@jorgejuarez946 Survivor was on the main island of Efate ... there are another 70 islands 🙂
Happy to learn this series still exists. Just happened to be interested in learning about this place and was greeted with a familiar face
Actually, I do know about the country, I used to study it when I was a senior in high school (I had a weird obsession with Oceanic countries when I was in high school). I love its culture and flag!
come visit.. you'll be amazed at what locals know without going to school at all
I totally agree with your intro. I made a comment in your community section yesterday about not knowing about it and the weirdos on the internet found a way to be offended over the slightest thing as usual. I literally said ''no shade'' but that didn't stop them.
This is so cool, I picked up a bit of interest in geography a few months back and learned all the countries (or 193 UN members) on a website called Seterra (old school, nothing flashy but is perfect). So now I see this video uploaded and I'm like Vanuata? I know where that is, I know what's next to it and therefor I now watch this video to learn more about Vanuatu. If I didn't learn all these countries recently I think I would just skipped it. So learning....is fun? Someone should've told me that before I dropped out of high school lmao.
Before this video if I’m going to be honest, all I knew about Vanuatu was that it is in Oceania, it’s an island nation, and that it’s capital is Port Vila.
Their national bird's name "Vanuatu Megapode" literally means "Bigfoot", lol.
Honestly, the only reason I know about Vanuatu is because as a californianI have those earthquake alert apps and there's almost always a quake there
OMG! I'm getting so excited b/c since I found this site I've been waiting for 3 years for Venezuela and we're on one country away - Vatican City, then Venezuela!
In Port Vila, there's also one of the University of South Pacific campuses, an interesting intergovernmental institution.
Have been watching from the Bangladesh video, amazing journey cant believe we are almosta at the end 🇻🇺🇧🇩
This seems like one of the most unique countries. A very interesting video.
Vanuatu, been waiting for this episode for a long time now. ❤😂
Much love from PNG.
0:50 I know its flag immediately by heart, its name by heart, its next door to New Caledonia and the Solomon Islands, and is sometimes considered to have one of the more hostile attitudes toward people coming to visit/vacation there of the Pacific/Polynesian island chains, for which I've never cared about myself and been somewhat hesitant to believe. I don't know why, but I've always been drawn to Vanuatu throughout my adult life. Maybe its because they're so unknown by even many geography nerds. Their flag is one of my own personal favorites.
I genuinely do not see much if any differences between Polynesian and Melanesian peoples and cultures, so to me, they're all just Polynesian, plus poly meaning more than one/multiple further backs that choice up.
I had no idea the Hebrides was Vanuatu! See, that's new to me!
This show has been so helpful, because it helps me with geography.I really needed that information.💖💝
Surprisingly well researched and entertaining.
I am so excited, as a long time fan from Venezuela I have been waiting for my country to come to the show for years.
Very interesting, thanks ! For the friendzone segment, New Caledonia is still a part of France, so techniiically France is the best friend of Vanuatu !
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That river is bigger than THE Joradan river (well, not as long as it, but much much wider).
I love how far these videos have come; when it first started tbey would be like 10 to 15 minutes long and would include the flag. Now the vids can be over 25 minutes long without the flag. Its funny, the Australia video was about 10 minutes and vanuatu is 31 minutes. It just shows how far Geography Now has come.
I know we hate each other because of West Papua
but I respect you guys 🇮🇩🤝🇻🇺
Respect to our Indonesians brothers and sisters ❤
@@Sunspear2 respect to you too brother
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Plus I get an advantage since I am Christian
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Each second in this video represents 167 people. Each second in the video about Germany represents 91595 people. I am not jealous. That’s just a fact. I’m not jealous by any means!!! 😂
Awesome vid as always!!
Love from good old Germany 🇻🇺 🇩🇪
No notable people segment? Was hoping Brian Kaltak would get a mention, Vanuatu’s football team captain who’s doing really well in the A-League
Final 5
Venezuela, Vietnam, Yemen, Zambia, and Zimbabwe
As someone who studies both biology and linguistics, I have made lists of languages in all of Oceania. There are only 125 extant (still living) languages in Vanuatu. As for the species, Vanuatu actually has quite a lot of species entirely endemic to the islands, some of my favorite actually being lichen species.
Edit: I should also point out that there is no such thing as that "Vanuatu Iguana". That's a Fiji Iguana that was brought to Vanuatu and they live there now, but Fiji is very adamant on keeping its native iguanas in Fiji.
Wow, this Jakie boy turned out to be very wholesome.
Ok, answering the question about what I know about Vanuatu, before watching the video (and without Googling). It is an island nation in the Western Pacific, south of Solomon Islands and west of Fiji. It is comprised of several volcanic islands, including Espiritu Santu and Tanna. Tanna has an active volcano which is a tourist attraction. The capital city is Port Vila, which is a tourist hub and cruise ships dock there. The people are Melanesian. Not sure of the population, but I would guess less than 100,000. I think it was a French colony at one time. One of the traditional activities of Vanuatu people is jumping from a tower with a rope made of vines attached to their ankles. This was adapted by AJ Hackett, a New Zealander, to become bungie jumping. There is a remote village on Vanuatu where the people worship Prince Phillip (as in Queen Elizabeth's husband) as a god. I think another region of Vanuatu does the same regarding Captain Cook and many of the villagers there name their children "Captain Cook". How did I go?
about right but populations is now 200,000 ... Captain Cook is not true but Prince Philip is true and then another remote community is attached to the USA
As an Australian, I would love to visit all the Pacific Island nations!
Real paradise I love my country. Always smile people 😊😊
I remember first learning of Vanuatu in my anthropology class in college, when my professor showed us pictures of the native Vanatuans with blonde hair, she made it clear to me and my class that "they are not Hispanics".
I've been waiting for the Venezuela episode for years now, literally. I'm very excited about your next episode.
I knew 4 things about Vanuatu before this episode:
1. The capital is Port Vila
2. The flag
3. The famous bungee jumping
4. Survivor Vanuatu SLAPPED
1:25 WRONG Red Line Melanisea... Its Include Australia, Moluccas Arc (Indonesia), Timor Arc (Indonesia)
All I know about Vanuatu is that kava comes from there 🇻🇺
The New Hebrides Condominium was known sarcastically as the New Hebrides "Pandemonium" because the dual system with overlapping instututions created endless disputes over jurisdiction between the British and the French. But as neither side wanted to give up its influence to the other, so the Condominum was kept in place.
I noticed you didn’t explain the meaning of the flag:
Vanuatu means- “our land” in Shefa province language.
Red- blood
Green- the islands
Yellow - Christianity
Black- skin color
Namele leaf- peace
Pigs task- customs & traditions
The ‘Y’ shape in the middle of the flag- the shape of the islands
Because he’s going to do that in its own separate episode like he’s been doing for quite a while now
VANUATU MEANS ETERNAL LAND.
Funnily enough I had actually first hearrd about Vanuatu about twenty years ago when i was about 4-5 years old. I had this leapfrog pad that would you could interacted with by tapping words and pictures with an attached pen. This one book I had for it was called "Search the City" and it starts with a woman named Tanna from Vanuatu who travels across the world to meet her friend, Santo. It's so cool seeing this video now though, because while I heard about Vanuatu and knew where it was in the world, I admittedly didn't know much else aside from it being very seismically and volcanically active. I would have never known that the two main characters from that leapfrog book I read twenty years ago were actually named after two islands in Vanuatu!
0:01 Jokes on you, I'm obsessed with all island countries 🇻🇺🏝
Oh boy, I've been looking so forward to this episode. The last Pacific Island country!
~3:24 ~ 3:34 Ok, I *know* it sounds crazy, but this part gave me such deja vu, I could *swear* that I had seen it *well* before 5 days ago (I'm watching this video & leaving this comment 5 days after its release). Maybe I saw it in a dream before, I dunno.
9:18 That was stinkin' awesome. Just... awesome. (Also, I *knew* Noah was Quicksilver!)
Great video! Loved it! One day I´ll visit Vanuatu
17:00 whilst they drive on the right the majority of cars have the steering wheel on the right due to easy access of cars from Australia, New Zealand, & Japan
So sad that this series is reaching the end, but love from Canada
Cant be much left Venezuela Vietnam Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe?
Been watching your channel since like you started it. seems like you’re slowly getting closer to the end, will you then do unofficially recognised nations? Mars geography?
Yk if the country's biggest problem is the fact that Natural Disasters happen, than Vanuatu must be a pretty swell place.
Kava is great. There are kava bars where I live in the SF Bay Area
Been there while working cruise ships! Great place!
I'm from Vanuatu. There's this fun little thing I heard growing up about why we drive on the right side of the road. The first vehicle to ever arrive here was French so both governments kinda agreed on driving on the right side of the road.