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Not gonna lie, I think I've never seen any Indonesian documentation (on national television) of their own tribe this clear and transparent about the non-mainstream culture. Thank you and good job Sonny for taking over this documentation for the people of Indonesia and the world. I hope Indonesian tv is seeing your vid and spread it on news. Edit: so a lot of people misunderstanding something i said here. Firstly, the main point is not about the bugis tribe, but all the non-mainstream tribe on Indonesia. Secondly, it's not about sonny making tv show in Indonesia, but newscasting channel spreading sonny series so indonesian people can watch and know a few more thing about their own tribe.
Even we indonesian haven't got the chance to experience our very diverse culture like you did. I hope someday I can explore many parts of indonesia, and the cultures.
At minute 8:30......This is what makes Sonny deserving of an award. I will forever be his fan for his sacrifice in diving deep into unkown cultures. As an Indonesian, I had no idea these things are still around amazing lol
We don’t deserve Sonny. His passion, and his kindness when doing this is unmatchable. I’ve been watching this Indonesian series made by him and his team and I can’t be more grateful that you share our Indonesian culture to the reat of the world. Thank you Sonny!
nah; not in europe. if he would have come across any food like that in europe he would have talked plenty of shhyyt. he can stay in asian, he's been officially kicked out of the race.
@@marshareemullings2461 That's what I'm concerned about. Sonny is the best food reviewer ever and he is trying to judge the people whom he dines with. Not a good strategy. I want to see sonny in the past who tries anything and reviews without any bias.
I once read about Bissu in the Bugis Tribe society. Sadly in recent years, Bissu is always get discrimination and because of that their existence is slowly disappear. I thought their tradition is extinct completely because my Bugis friends rarely talking about them, maybe because they live in the city and not exposed to the ancient tradition. This video proved me wrong, you meet a very special person Sonny. Very excited to see your next adventure
the exist nowadays, but their number is low. im from Bone there was one living in our traditional house as a keeper and practicing traditional bugis ceremonial. she passed away year a go and havent heard that her student has taken her role. they exist the 5 of them
@@victoriousmale1430 so great to hear that. Saya kira sudah punah, sejarah suku Bugis merupakan salah satu sejarah lokal favorit saya selain sejarah suku minang, dayak, dan jawa walaupun saya sendiri kurang mendalaminya, mungkin kalau sudah lulus kuliah saya akan mempelajarinya lebih lanjut. Makasih mas sudah sharing.
I am from Johor Malaysia, had mix blood of Malay, Bugis and Chinese. I'm so happy looking at my roots culture and tradition. Hoping to experience the culture one day 🙏🏻
I’m recovering from surgery and I’ve been binging this show (both channels) for over a month now! I’m 5 days post-op and I only watched Sonny through the whole surgery experience. Pre-op, post-op and now home. I truly can’t explain how much of a part this show is to my daily life! It’s opened my eyes so much! I’ve wasted so much food but seeing what other cultures eat has made me be less picky if my greens aren’t perfect and I even ate some soft fat (not the hard part but I’ll get there) of a steak the other day! It was delicious! So THANK YOU BEFRS TEAM! You’re editors are superb and Sonny makes me laugh ALL THE TIME!!! Keep it up please don’t stop! As soon as we’re financially recovered from my surgery I’m going to become a patron!
Your story is so relatable.This show got me through my rough days of my surgery in February.now I'm hooked.i know how you feeling. Like my husband told me just look forward things will get better.😊. Thanks to this show it made me felt good like I'm traveling while at home.
Yes, it must be confusing for foreigners and fellow Muslims abroad. I am Indonesian, Sundanese, and Muslim. I am often confused about many things that are practiced even by my group. But I keep it to myself and vice versa. Instead of blowing up the differences, we emphasize what we have in common. Of course, I know about the Bugis people, but this is my first time hearing about the Bisu. Their food is mouth-watering for me. We have this dish with almost the same process as the eel soup, except we use catfish and slightly different spices. Yummy.
no it is not confusing for Muslims abroad. having 3rd gendered people is very very common in Pakistan. it is not unique to Indonesia only. we have gender X in Pakistan.
@@everythinggoes2969 yes I know it is confusing for a lot of people but they were generalizing in their comment. I was just saying that it is not as unique for Muslims as people think. Gender X societies exist in Pakistan, Bangladesh, Malaysia, Indonesia etc. And also Iran pays for your transition operations etc
My grandma often talks about these people, even cooks their cuisines for Idul Adha which I know of through my aunt. I am happy I get to see this Bugis village here. Thank you, Sonny
Facts. Bugis people are legendary warriors since millenia ago. They're known for their strength and bravery. Also they're experts of swimming, diving, ship building, and navigation. They were born to conquer the seas
@@strongperson359 The actual name (was) To Ugi referring to our first King who unified Bugis ethnic, his name was La Sattump(UGI) and as a Bugis myself I'm not quite sure who gave us the name Bugis LoL, one of the source it's the British in Singapore/Malay peninsula at the time call us Boogie man because lot of our ancestors was pirates in Malay peninsula
At around 10 minutes in, he's trying the fish surrounded by the local women. It's really great seeing their reactions. You can tell these are a lovely people full of humor and warmth.
i watched you 5 years ago when your channel was fairly new and was like 20k views in a month. hats off to you sir, you blew your channel to success. what a dedication.
One of the main reasons I like this channel is they cover a lot of info in a relatively short video. I’m not overly fond of 1 hour videos or even 30 minute ones. Just give me enough entertainment so that I can stay focused for 20 mins max and I’m happy
Sonny says, quote "I came here to seek understanding about a culture very different from my own but the reality is sometimes culture is messy, it's layered and it's confusing, as I leave this place all I know for certain there is no other quite like it". I wish more people can understand what he means. That, “this difference makes this world more beautiful than ever.”
Thank you for sharing the culture of the Bugis tribe, as additional information, bissu in several other Bugis areas have disappeared, so it's quite difficult to find or find them now, and all the food you eat from breakfast to the goat's head cooked in curry is the food I ate since I was little, it makes me miss my hometown. I really enjoy every video you make, keep it up sonny and team 🤘 A peace 🤘
Well if you're a muslim, of course you shouldn't meet them. What they're doing is Shirk and will certainly enter you to hell-fire. And they are certainly doing black magic which is also haram and kufur.
Great job Sonny. This episode really went beyond the food. You've really done a great job lately of exploring the cultures beyond just the food. I understand your time is very limited and it is just a snapshot, but it is very pleasurable to watch and learn. Obviously, the food is the primary story and gateway to the interaction, but I really appreciate you going beyond that. Thank you for the enjoyment and learning.
Most of those indonesiand foods are also available in the Island of Mindanao (Philippines) islam of mindanao and Indonesia along with both ethnic tribes share a common influence. Love your show ever since you started here in Philippines.
Indonesian are filipino austronesian bloodline we sailed to there islands not the other way around that why we share austronesian language as a filipino i can understand Javanese language
@@jareedmareed6711 i can understand it by broken words but i cant even understand ilocano or visaya or rhe other filipino austronesian languages only tagalog Indonesian are austronesian people we sailed 3000 years ago there not the other way around when an Indonesian take DNA it shows. Filipino 50 percent and thai and cambodian might be from the cham people get a life
@@alochoa7057 I guess the javanese words you know are of the sanskrit. archeological proves show Java has been the centre power in the archipelago. Never heard of any from Mindanau.
woah.. i never knew that the traditional buginese acknowledge 5 gender in their culture... and i lived just 5 hours from the place for 23 years... never thought that a foreigner will be the one that told me about my own culture... THANK YOU SOO MUCH FOR THE CONTENT SONNY
I love that your show is mostly about the people and their culture. Not just food. Keep it up Sonny! Such a unique thing yal are doing. Hope your diarrhea heals lol
Way more educational than I was expecting! Thanks for the info on an ancient culture I had no idea was so relevant to todays western society. Well done and tastefully handled. Cheers
What do you mean by relevant to today's Western society? Other than their concept of gender which has been ingrained as part of their culture. While the West only started to adopt this concept which wasn't part of their culture.
@@PokeTwilight The point is that transgender people have always exist and exist in every culture...Native Americans called them Two Spirit. The difference is only how much or how little each culture represses them and forces them to adhere to gender binaries. The west traditionally would literally kill people for being transgender. Now it's becoming more accepting and certain people have a huge problem with that (like you, probably). This tribe is a good example of what happens when you let people just be who are they. Nobody is forcing someone in this tribe to be a man who dresses like a woman if they don't want to, and vice versa.
That showed Islam right there, tolerance, not forcing their beliefs with violence. They have their teaching, and they spread it, teach it to people. But whether people can 100% follow it or not. It's their own Personal and God relation. Not for Moslem or other people to judge. Nice food and culture documentary as always. Really the best ever food review show🔥🔥🔥
Sonny and the team, you are the goat! Thankyou for making these kind of videos thats not only focusing just on the food, but the culture and history too. Big big respect from me
It's not just u.. as a singaporean muslim i'm also confuse.. But my hat's to u for trying to understand and always respect different culture..👍👍👍 #aPeace
Hello Sony and to the whole team!! I just want to congratulate you all !! What an excellent job everyone , I still remember all those videos you made before you even got a 500k subscribers, I am the one of those first subscriber of this chanel , and I am so happy that you all made it this far!! ❤️God bless and more success you all deserved it .
@@mernkanthri3941 if being proper forest people makes the Indonesians better humans than that itself is OK rather than following anything that is detrimental to their beautiful way of life.
Love watching your videos Sonny, not only because of the food journey you take us through but the exposure you give us to into the lives and culture of so many people
Sonny, you are a kind, open-minded, and respectful individual. You are showing sides even Indonesians don't know about, I hope Indonesia can be as open-minded as you are in the future.
Absolutely your best side shown here. How you’ve grown since I first started watching you in your first videos all those years ago to now, you should hold yourself high in how respectful, intuitive, entertaining, not ignorant and passionate. Best video yet.
Sonny…..I have to know…..Did the Bisu cure you? Once again, thank you for taking us on this most amazing journey and sharing the traditions, religion, the local food(s), and the people, of this part of Indonesia that I didn’t even know existed. ❤
I wanted to ask too! But saw your comment before I went to comment myself. I wanted to comment: but did your diarrhea get cured?? 🤷♀️ So I decided to react to your comment. Though I might still comment myself. That way maybe he has more of a chance to see it. We people need to know! Lol
@@Melon_Cloud ……Right?!? Inquiring minds definitely NEED to know! I wish Sonny would’ve touched upon the reasoning for the saliva on the eyebrows a bit more. ☺️
Of course it didnt cure. This type of "magical healers" are common in south asia/south east asia. They " treat " all sorts of Diseases and but what cures is time, endurance, clean and careful living+eating for few days.
Ok, so this episode was sooooooooooo weird and I'm all for it!!! Not only did I get educated about different elements within a religion, different names for genders and how they associate themselves, but the food looks so YUMMY! 😋🤤 I absolutely LOVED this episode! 🖤🖤🖤 Edited to add that when I mentioned the episode was weird, I'm in NO way, shape, form or fashion, saying that the people, their religion, the way they label and see themselves, or the food are weird. I was just stating that it's weird because it's mostly things I've never seen or heard of before. 🖤
Our ancestor's pure belief and tradition was supposed to be animism just like the people that live in pacific islands While the traditions and ideas in indonesia right now are already mixed and imported from india (especially hinduism).. This is still just sulawesi.. You will be more shocked to see the traditions that against islam in java, sumatera. Especially javanese and sundanese people.. There many many of them who still being strong believer for the traditional beliefs even though they are moslems or christians
Being a son of a Bugis Father and Javanese mom is the best thing ever for me, enjoying the multi-cultural food in any big event is something that i've always waiting for.
Two thumbs up to Sonny and the crew... thank you for taking me to places that are new to my knowledge that they exist because most of the time I hear only about Bali or Jakarta. And this time about the 5 gender community... stay safe and I hope that you will be healed by that ritual...😊
Sonny, I enjoy so much learning more about my own country from you. Our social science teachers never taught us about this tribe in Indonesia that acknowledges 5 genders...
sounds painful tho.. i only got ecoli once and i was broken for months.. he probably has been chuggin probiotics for years tho... that and rest only thing to help me. got like persistent inflammation thing, .. sure the continued expore wont help him, but if it ever normalized, i am sure his gut would be pretty strong!
I love watching Sonny's food show because it's educational, informative and inspiring this Man respectfully ask the people about their culture, religion and way of life before cooking and breaking bread wit them, keep up the beautiful World travels and keep bringing culture awareness n people together, Fly safe Bro',
The term "boogeyman" is actually from the word "Bugis man". They were pirates who would raid Dutch vessels at night during colonial times. They'd wear all black, smear coal all over their face, and raid Dutch vessels at night. Dutch parents started telling their misbehaving kids "you better behave or the bugi man will get you". Then when the Dutch settled in New Amsterdam (New York now) it became "boogeyman".
Sonny you took this video on different level, in a good way for sure! That's a great food and cultural documentary, 16 minutes are not enough (ohh come on BEFRS 😂). Tbh i didn't even know if 5 genders concept exist in Bugis because local television won't show it, an eye opening for us. Greeting from Java!
Trans woman here. I've known of the five-gender system among the Bugis people since I saw them on a National Geographic documentary as a teenager in the 2000s. Glad to see Sonny touch on this. 🏳⚧ Also, the food looks tasty.
@@DarDarBinks1986 me too! It needs to be discussed more and everywhere! There are too many people killing themselves because they're having to keep their orientation to themselves or they tell people who they thought they could trust, only for those people to betray them or even worse, hurt them! There are too many closed minded people in this world and it needs to change drastically!
Its amazing how you guys go in-depth with the research! Even the back ground score is also heavy metal-ish. Since many indonesians are metalheads, even the PM Joko 😂
In Islam there are only two gender classifications, women and men, but in Bugis, I don't know if it really exists, because I'm also a Bugis, but I don't know this but maybe that's true because maybe the bugis there are still original bugis so there are differences. Ohhh one more thing MALUNRA means tasty.
There 3 genders in Islam. The third one is Khunsa. The ones who naturally have two genitals at the same time since the day they're born. Go study about it for more information about khunsa.
he started out as a youtuber andrew zimmern and now hes the best travel show. Loves how he immerse himself into the peoples culture, traditions, religions, and helps expose us viewers to different people.
Kudos Sonny, you’ve discovered a great way to entertain us while also educating us about all these various unique cultures and awesome people… this is some National Geographic level videos.
Sonny is a legend😂 bro! I bet he can’t wait to run out of the room to wash his face after spit rubbing healing on his face, but he managed to sit there with a “straight” face for the respect
I gotta say I get super grossed out by a lot of things shown on this channel but all of these dishes really made me want to be there. They looked amazing the Goat and the Boxfish were done so well I just need to try those.
The Boxfish called Kudu Kudu in Sulawesi, it has latin name Ostracion Cubicus. The price of this fish is expensive in restaurant and for me the taste of fried kudu kudu fish like chicken.
i love that a video like this both educates people that may have a closed off mindset to gender outside the binary in a quick and lighthearted way, and is also just its regular own funny food show that showcases cultures around the world. some people may not agree with gender politics but we all need to acknowledge that people like this exist in many cultures❤
Man, this brings back fond memories of past adventures.....and indeed, the people are fascinating and one can't learn everything in a day...I spend weeks and still find the life fascinating....
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bit of a scam imo
Hey 👋🏽... did the diarrhea go away??
@@derrick8780 how so?
@@lengeschandran109, it's not recognized by the government. u just buy a piece of generated paper.
Not gonna lie, I think I've never seen any Indonesian documentation (on national television) of their own tribe this clear and transparent about the non-mainstream culture. Thank you and good job Sonny for taking over this documentation for the people of Indonesia and the world. I hope Indonesian tv is seeing your vid and spread it on news.
Edit: so a lot of people misunderstanding something i said here. Firstly, the main point is not about the bugis tribe, but all the non-mainstream tribe on Indonesia. Secondly, it's not about sonny making tv show in Indonesia, but newscasting channel spreading sonny series so indonesian people can watch and know a few more thing about their own tribe.
Coba ke channel Mitologi Bumi Sulawesi Om, disitu ada video ttg Bissu ini
@@tripsantai7257 national television
Nda akan masuk tv karena rating nya kurang
Panji petualang ?
@@oxNth youtube channel actually
Even we indonesian haven't got the chance to experience our very diverse culture like you did. I hope someday I can explore many parts of indonesia, and the cultures.
@@visionkrewmusik6472 we are a big country, and very expensive to traveling around the province
@@adnanraushandio3053 wow!!!🔥
@@visionkrewmusik6472 indonesia has 17,000 islands.only the rich and the tourists can travel across indonesia
@@indiopeninsulares6723 I am watching documentarys 🤗 so awesome!
@@visionkrewmusik6472 ticket to Singapore more cheap than east indonesia like Bali,Lombok or west papua
I love the way Sonny is so enthusiastic and respectful of other peoples’ food, culture and traditions! Truly inspiring.
The dudes got an iron stomach. He almost never gags or makes a face in front of other people, very polite
Right?
I agree 💯! 🖤
Sure..
@@peaceleader7315 🤣🤣🤣 troll! 🤡
As a Bugis, Thank you very much for having Dange, Barongko and other traditional cuisine there! Big respect for you Sonny!
At minute 8:30......This is what makes Sonny deserving of an award. I will forever be his fan for his sacrifice in diving deep into unkown cultures. As an Indonesian, I had no idea these things are still around amazing lol
😂😂😂😂
We don’t deserve Sonny. His passion, and his kindness when doing this is unmatchable. I’ve been watching this Indonesian series made by him and his team and I can’t be more grateful that you share our Indonesian culture to the reat of the world. Thank you Sonny!
We deserve him and more🤗❤️
Down bad huh? 😂
@@Kyle-zh4mq oh please! A compliment doesn't mean someone is "down bad"! 🙄
I like the dude, really. But let's not forget he is on screen, off screen I'm sure he have is faults as everyone 😆
Don't tell me WTF or who TF I deserve. You motherfu😡🤬🤬😡🤬😡😡🤬😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡🤬🤬🤬
It doesn't matter where sonny goes he's always respectful and blends so well in every culture and tribe🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰
nah; not in europe. if he would have come across any food like that in europe he would have talked plenty of shhyyt. he can stay in asian, he's been officially kicked out of the race.
@@jess1223 yes its for views but he still does it respectfully enough to not be cringe
Technically he doesn't blend anywhere. He sticks out no matter where he's standing. 😆
😂he pays extremely poor people. Of course they will like him.
@@marshareemullings2461 That's what I'm concerned about. Sonny is the best food reviewer ever and he is trying to judge the people whom he dines with. Not a good strategy. I want to see sonny in the past who tries anything and reviews without any bias.
I once read about Bissu in the Bugis Tribe society. Sadly in recent years, Bissu is always get discrimination and because of that their existence is slowly disappear. I thought their tradition is extinct completely because my Bugis friends rarely talking about them, maybe because they live in the city and not exposed to the ancient tradition. This video proved me wrong, you meet a very special person Sonny. Very excited to see your next adventure
the exist nowadays, but their number is low. im from Bone there was one living in our traditional house as a keeper and practicing traditional bugis ceremonial. she passed away year a go and havent heard that her student has taken her role. they exist the 5 of them
@@victoriousmale1430 so great to hear that. Saya kira sudah punah, sejarah suku Bugis merupakan salah satu sejarah lokal favorit saya selain sejarah suku minang, dayak, dan jawa walaupun saya sendiri kurang mendalaminya, mungkin kalau sudah lulus kuliah saya akan mempelajarinya lebih lanjut. Makasih mas sudah sharing.
Because of religion. 😊
This was so good!!! Thanks Sonny & team for exposing us to more than just Bali & Jakarta. Indonesia has such a diverse culture
Get a life
I am from Johor Malaysia, had mix blood of Malay, Bugis and Chinese. I'm so happy looking at my roots culture and tradition. Hoping to experience the culture one day 🙏🏻
This is eye opening even to me as Indonesian. Thank you for coming to this place and sharing the culture to the world
I’m recovering from surgery and I’ve been binging this show (both channels) for over a month now! I’m 5 days post-op and I only watched Sonny through the whole surgery experience. Pre-op, post-op and now home.
I truly can’t explain how much of a part this show is to my daily life! It’s opened my eyes so much! I’ve wasted so much food but seeing what other cultures eat has made me be less picky if my greens aren’t perfect and I even ate some soft fat (not the hard part but I’ll get there) of a steak the other day! It was delicious!
So THANK YOU BEFRS TEAM! You’re editors are superb and Sonny makes me laugh ALL THE TIME!!! Keep it up please don’t stop! As soon as we’re financially recovered from my surgery I’m going to become a patron!
Your story is so relatable.This show got me through my rough days of my surgery in February.now I'm hooked.i know how you feeling. Like my husband told me just look forward things will get better.😊. Thanks to this show it made me felt good like I'm traveling while at home.
get well soon g
Get well soon. BTW, the reason a rib eye steak is the best cut is because of the fat. Fat is flavor my friend ;)
Beterschap! Groeten uit Nederland
Hope your recovery continues to go smoothly! 🖤🖤🖤
Yes, it must be confusing for foreigners and fellow Muslims abroad. I am Indonesian, Sundanese, and Muslim. I am often confused about many things that are practiced even by my group. But I keep it to myself and vice versa. Instead of blowing up the differences, we emphasize what we have in common.
Of course, I know about the Bugis people, but this is my first time hearing about the Bisu. Their food is mouth-watering for me. We have this dish with almost the same process as the eel soup, except we use catfish and slightly different spices. Yummy.
no it is not confusing for Muslims abroad. having 3rd gendered people is very very common in Pakistan. it is not unique to Indonesia only. we have gender X in Pakistan.
@@shahrukhkhan8307 It is confusing dide, Pakistan is just one country.
@@everythinggoes2969 yes I know it is confusing for a lot of people but they were generalizing in their comment. I was just saying that it is not as unique for Muslims as people think. Gender X societies exist in Pakistan, Bangladesh, Malaysia, Indonesia etc. And also Iran pays for your transition operations etc
@@shahrukhkhan8307 wow really?
@@TheLani13 No, this is haram in Islam
My grandma often talks about these people, even cooks their cuisines for Idul Adha which I know of through my aunt. I am happy I get to see this Bugis village here. Thank you, Sonny
Facts. Bugis people are legendary warriors since millenia ago. They're known for their strength and bravery. Also they're experts of swimming, diving, ship building, and navigation.
They were born to conquer the seas
I love it when he explains so much about the culture along with food!!
I'm American, but have traveled in Indonesia and have long been fascinated by the Bugis. Thanks, Sonny!
Hey! Just a bit of confused is it Bugis or Buddhist? Thanks to clarity 👌
@@strongperson359 The Bugis. It's one of 300 something of tribes exist in Indonesia. So yes, Bugis is a tribe, NOT to be confused with Buddhist(s) ☺️
@@amaliapramesalia4739 alright thanks! To be honest first time I heard this that's why ☺️.thanks dear.
Obama footsteps?
@@strongperson359 The actual name (was) To Ugi referring to our first King who unified Bugis ethnic, his name was La Sattump(UGI) and as a Bugis myself I'm not quite sure who gave us the name Bugis LoL, one of the source it's the British in Singapore/Malay peninsula at the time call us Boogie man because lot of our ancestors was pirates in Malay peninsula
As Indonesian I learned a lot from this video series of Indonesia by BEFRS. Thank you 🙏. Amazing videos!! #WonderfulIndonesia
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its start from sumatra island to java and now sulawesi.. i think next video some tribe in maluku island or borneo
jadi sebelum ada video ini ente gak pernah belajar kah 🗿
they missed east nusa tenggara 😢😢😢
@@ramlan1460 dipelajaran mana kamu mempelajari kalo gender itu ada 5 🗿🗿🗿
@@borisfernandez5267 geografi nusantara 🗿🗿🗿🗿🗿🗿🗿🗿🗿🗿🗿🗿🗿🗿🗿🗿🗿🗿🗿🗿🗿🗿
At around 10 minutes in, he's trying the fish surrounded by the local women. It's really great seeing their reactions. You can tell these are a lovely people full of humor and warmth.
i watched you 5 years ago when your channel was fairly new and was like 20k views in a month. hats off to you sir, you blew your channel to success. what a dedication.
It's amazing that this food show is not just a food show and we learn alot of different cultures and traditions as well
We can see in the comments thruout this series that Indonesia can be so foreign n exotic even to Indonesian themselves. Mind-blowing diversity
because most of indonesians live in big cities
One of the main reasons I like this channel is they cover a lot of info in a relatively short video. I’m not overly fond of 1 hour videos or even 30 minute ones. Just give me enough entertainment so that I can stay focused for 20 mins max and I’m happy
Sonny says, quote "I came here to seek understanding about a culture very different from my own but the reality is sometimes culture is messy, it's layered and it's confusing, as I leave this place all I know for certain there is no other quite like it". I wish more people can understand what he means. That, “this difference makes this world more beautiful than ever.”
He also said "i think that Bisu is addicted to cigarettes" lol
No
Thank you for sharing the culture of the Bugis tribe, as additional information, bissu in several other Bugis areas have disappeared, so it's quite difficult to find or find them now, and all the food you eat from breakfast to the goat's head cooked in curry is the food I ate since I was little, it makes me miss my hometown. I really enjoy every video you make, keep it up sonny and team 🤘 A peace 🤘
Well if you're a muslim, of course you shouldn't meet them. What they're doing is Shirk and will certainly enter you to hell-fire. And they are certainly doing black magic which is also haram and kufur.
Great job Sonny. This episode really went beyond the food. You've really done a great job lately of exploring the cultures beyond just the food. I understand your time is very limited and it is just a snapshot, but it is very pleasurable to watch and learn.
Obviously, the food is the primary story and gateway to the interaction, but I really appreciate you going beyond that.
Thank you for the enjoyment and learning.
Most of those indonesiand foods are also available in the Island of Mindanao (Philippines) islam of mindanao and Indonesia along with both ethnic tribes share a common influence. Love your show ever since you started here in Philippines.
Are you muslim from Mindanao?
Indonesian are filipino austronesian bloodline we sailed to there islands not the other way around that why we share austronesian language as a filipino i can understand Javanese language
@@alochoa7057 you are exagerating. even the neighbouring tribe could not completely understand Javanese.
@@jareedmareed6711 i can understand it by broken words but i cant even understand ilocano or visaya or rhe other filipino austronesian languages only tagalog Indonesian are austronesian people we sailed 3000 years ago there not the other way around when an Indonesian take DNA it shows. Filipino 50 percent and thai and cambodian might be from the cham people get a life
@@alochoa7057 I guess the javanese words you know are of the sanskrit. archeological proves show Java has been the centre power in the archipelago. Never heard of any from Mindanau.
woah.. i never knew that the traditional buginese acknowledge 5 gender in their culture... and i lived just 5 hours from the place for 23 years... never thought that a foreigner will be the one that told me about my own culture... THANK YOU SOO MUCH FOR THE CONTENT SONNY
Sonny is natural......always a pleasure watching him.
Thanks A Lot Sonny
For Exploring Our Buginese Culture and Food
I love that your show is mostly about the people and their culture. Not just food. Keep it up Sonny! Such a unique thing yal are doing. Hope your diarrhea heals lol
Way more educational than I was expecting! Thanks for the info on an ancient culture I had no idea was so relevant to todays western society. Well done and tastefully handled. Cheers
Yep, it's almost like western culture is regressing to these weird, paganistic gender beliefs...
What do you mean by relevant to today's Western society? Other than their concept of gender which has been ingrained as part of their culture. While the West only started to adopt this concept which wasn't part of their culture.
@@PokeTwilight The point is that transgender people have always exist and exist in every culture...Native Americans called them Two Spirit. The difference is only how much or how little each culture represses them and forces them to adhere to gender binaries. The west traditionally would literally kill people for being transgender. Now it's becoming more accepting and certain people have a huge problem with that (like you, probably). This tribe is a good example of what happens when you let people just be who are they. Nobody is forcing someone in this tribe to be a man who dresses like a woman if they don't want to, and vice versa.
That showed Islam right there, tolerance, not forcing their beliefs with violence. They have their teaching, and they spread it, teach it to people. But whether people can 100% follow it or not. It's their own Personal and God relation. Not for Moslem or other people to judge.
Nice food and culture documentary as always. Really the best ever food review show🔥🔥🔥
Brilliant episode. As a regular traveller to Indonesia, this was so educational. Thank you Sonny and team!
Sonny and the team, you are the goat! Thankyou for making these kind of videos thats not only focusing just on the food, but the culture and history too. Big big respect from me
It's not just u.. as a singaporean muslim i'm also confuse.. But my hat's to u for trying to understand and always respect different culture..👍👍👍 #aPeace
Yes Bugis people have a big presence in Singapore since the old era.
@noah you mean boy in thumbnail
Hello Sony and to the whole team!! I just want to congratulate you all !! What an excellent job everyone , I still remember all those videos you made before you even got a 500k subscribers, I am the one of those first subscriber of this chanel , and I am so happy that you all made it this far!! ❤️God bless and more success you all deserved it .
Thanks!
My man Sonny has endured the squirts for literal years now just as a by-product of giving us our entertainment. What a guy!
As Indonesian i never know this tradition but now i know and more like woah my country really really rich with tradition and tolerance so yeah 👍
No problem sometime we dont even know our urban village head
its start from sumatra island to java and now sulawesi.. i think next video some tribe in maluku island or borneo
Indonesia is really beautiful and tolerant. I really wish the people maintain this harmony and be happy and peaceful. Namaste from India.
Indonesians are not proper muslims. They are like forest people. Please follow islam like described in Quaran.
@@mernkanthri3941 if being proper forest people makes the Indonesians better humans than that itself is OK rather than following anything that is detrimental to their beautiful way of life.
Love watching your videos Sonny, not only because of the food journey you take us through but the exposure you give us to into the lives and culture of so many people
Good job Sonny, thank you for introducing bugis people to the world 😊
Sonny, you are a kind, open-minded, and respectful individual. You are showing sides even Indonesians don't know about, I hope Indonesia can be as open-minded as you are in the future.
Absolutely your best side shown here. How you’ve grown since I first started watching you in your first videos all those years ago to now, you should hold yourself high in how respectful, intuitive, entertaining, not ignorant and passionate. Best video yet.
Once more, this leaves us wanting to learn more about the culture. Great job Sonny & team!
My fav part is the saliva from the smokiest mouth onto Sonny's eyebrow for his diarrhea healing! 🤣😂
Sonny…..I have to know…..Did the Bisu cure you? Once again, thank you for taking us on this most amazing journey and sharing the traditions, religion, the local food(s), and the people, of this part of Indonesia that I didn’t even know existed. ❤
I wanted to ask too! But saw your comment before I went to comment myself. I wanted to comment: but did your diarrhea get cured?? 🤷♀️
So I decided to react to your comment. Though I might still comment myself. That way maybe he has more of a chance to see it. We people need to know! Lol
@@Melon_Cloud ……Right?!? Inquiring minds definitely NEED to know! I wish Sonny would’ve touched upon the reasoning for the saliva on the eyebrows a bit more. ☺️
@@Melon_Cloud Sonny needs the Bisu to cure his fear of eating cucumber lol
Of course it didnt cure. This type of "magical healers" are common in south asia/south east asia. They " treat " all sorts of Diseases and but what cures is time, endurance, clean and careful living+eating for few days.
Sonny needs to take a daily probiotic to fix his diarrhea.
Ok, so this episode was sooooooooooo weird and I'm all for it!!! Not only did I get educated about different elements within a religion, different names for genders and how they associate themselves, but the food looks so YUMMY! 😋🤤 I absolutely LOVED this episode! 🖤🖤🖤
Edited to add that when I mentioned the episode was weird, I'm in NO way, shape, form or fashion, saying that the people, their religion, the way they label and see themselves, or the food are weird. I was just stating that it's weird because it's mostly things I've never seen or heard of before. 🖤
No need to explaining hard we understand ✌️
@@nyomanraiartaguna5030 🖤🖤🖤 sadly, some people will rip me apart for saying that. Thank you!!! 🖤🖤🖤
@@sarahboothe1731 love u
@@bajingloncat756 🖤🖤🖤
Our ancestor's pure belief and tradition was supposed to be animism just like the people that live in pacific islands
While the traditions and ideas in indonesia right now are already mixed and imported from india (especially hinduism).. This is still just sulawesi.. You will be more shocked to see the traditions that against islam in java, sumatera. Especially javanese and sundanese people.. There many many of them who still being strong believer for the traditional beliefs even though they are moslems or christians
Being a son of a Bugis Father and Javanese mom is the best thing ever for me, enjoying the multi-cultural food in any big event is something that i've always waiting for.
Two thumbs up to Sonny and the crew... thank you for taking me to places that are new to my knowledge that they exist because most of the time I hear only about Bali or Jakarta. And this time about the 5 gender community... stay safe and I hope that you will be healed by that ritual...😊
Sonny, you are leaps and bounds ahead of other travel channels. I've learned so much from your travels. Thank you so much.
The team that put together this video is hilarious. I love the sound effects, editing...so funny!
I will simply say, you guys on BEFRS are the real GOAT.
Sonny, I enjoy so much learning more about my own country from you. Our social science teachers never taught us about this tribe in Indonesia that acknowledges 5 genders...
Sonny: "I've been shitting my guts out for the past several years."
Also Sonny: "I've been drinking booze like a fish for the last several years."
i did not expect to be read like this on a calm wednesday evening
sounds painful tho.. i only got ecoli once and i was broken for months..
he probably has been chuggin probiotics for years tho... that and rest only thing to help me. got like persistent inflammation thing, .. sure the continued expore wont help him, but if it ever normalized, i am sure his gut would be pretty strong!
I love watching Sonny's food show because it's educational, informative and inspiring this Man respectfully ask the people about their culture, religion and way of life before cooking and breaking bread wit them, keep up the beautiful World travels and keep bringing culture awareness n people together, Fly safe Bro',
I've read about different cultures recognizing different genders but hadn't seen such an awesome and personal video like this!!
terima kasih Kaka Sonny sudah berkunjung di negara Saya Indonesia.
Terima kasih telah berkunjung dikampung kami
Bugis Segeri 🙏🙏🙏
The term "boogeyman" is actually from the word "Bugis man". They were pirates who would raid Dutch vessels at night during colonial times. They'd wear all black, smear coal all over their face, and raid Dutch vessels at night. Dutch parents started telling their misbehaving kids "you better behave or the bugi man will get you". Then when the Dutch settled in New Amsterdam (New York now) it became "boogeyman".
Boogeyman or boogeywoman?!
Sonny you took this video on different level, in a good way for sure! That's a great food and cultural documentary, 16 minutes are not enough (ohh come on BEFRS 😂). Tbh i didn't even know if 5 genders concept exist in Bugis because local television won't show it, an eye opening for us. Greeting from Java!
Trans woman here. I've known of the five-gender system among the Bugis people since I saw them on a National Geographic documentary as a teenager in the 2000s. Glad to see Sonny touch on this. 🏳⚧
Also, the food looks tasty.
@@DarDarBinks1986 me too! It needs to be discussed more and everywhere! There are too many people killing themselves because they're having to keep their orientation to themselves or they tell people who they thought they could trust, only for those people to betray them or even worse, hurt them! There are too many closed minded people in this world and it needs to change drastically!
@@sarahboothe1731 We LGBTQ+ people have existed as long as people at large have existed.
Thank you for visiting our country 🇮🇩😍
That seasoning is 🔥… Food looks spectacular and yummy 🤤
These people and their culture are beautiful!
The music during the goat head wrapping scene was absolutely amazing😅
The most diverse country🇮🇩❤
Its amazing how you guys go in-depth with the research! Even the back ground score is also heavy metal-ish. Since many indonesians are metalheads, even the PM Joko 😂
Awww this is amazing, i can’t believe you visited bugis... fantastic show sony... thank you 🙏
Sonny has a iron stomach as it is with this new blessing he will be UNSTOPPABLE!!
The Bisu & Bugis ways are so genuine and peaceful. It’s beautiful how they are very accepting of their own people no Mayer how they are born.
Thank you sonny for your five year sacrifice not all heroes wear capes ...
You're not the only one confusing. Add me into it 😅. Seeing this episode, it taught me one of our culture that has not been published anywhere.
It's actually published, there's a book about that actually
Indonesian here and from Java island, i just love what we have as a citizen.
Unity In Diversity 😊
In Islam there are only two gender classifications, women and men, but in Bugis, I don't know if it really exists, because I'm also a Bugis, but I don't know this but maybe that's true because maybe the bugis there are still original bugis so there are differences. Ohhh one more thing MALUNRA means tasty.
There 3 genders in Islam. The third one is Khunsa. The ones who naturally have two genitals at the same time since the day they're born. Go study about it for more information about khunsa.
Thanks Sonny bring this beautiful videos
I was living in bugis tribe and this video bring a beautiful memories
Hi! I love your show so much!! Love ❤️❤️
Very interested in the different ethnic groups of Indonesia. So excited to see the Bugis people!!
Such unique food items in Indonesia, thank you for sharing, well done segment, I appreciate and enjoyed this video content..
at 9:58 she said "de' u poji iya'" it means "i don't like it" 😅 and then she said "mape'je" it means "salty" maybe that's why she doesn't like it 😅
Sonny! Great job being compassionate and doing your best to understand. You set the mood for your channel and lead well in the world! Thank you.
this is one of the best episodes so far in BEFRS! Hats off Sonny!
Sonny thank you for doing what you do!! We love you 😍
I really love this show.🎉🎉🎉 watching from Maldives 🇲🇻
he started out as a youtuber andrew zimmern and now hes the best travel show. Loves how he immerse himself into the peoples culture, traditions, religions, and helps expose us viewers to different people.
Thank you Mr Sonny for visiting Maddo Village. let's go barru 💪💪
I LOVE THIS SHOW MORE THAN EVER. SONNY PLEASE TRAVEL TO Rural Azerbaijan AND MEET THAT GUY WHO DOES WILDERNESS COOKING AND EAT WITH HIM
Mark wiens just did that
Kudos Sonny, you’ve discovered a great way to entertain us while also educating us about all these various unique cultures and awesome people… this is some National Geographic level videos.
Thank you for sharing your travels and stories. Interesting slices of life, Sir. I am gravitating towards your Asian stories.
You're doing much better than geography books. Terima kasih
i end up on this channel over and over again. idk what it is but it makes me happy to watch it. ✌️
Best facial expression award goes to box fish lady
Dari semua kue di indonesia saya paling suka kue kue bugis😍
Sonny is a legend😂 bro! I bet he can’t wait to run out of the room to wash his face after spit rubbing healing on his face, but he managed to sit there with a “straight” face for the respect
as a Bugis myself, yeah I know all 😀thanks for coming n introducing our culture
My family originated from Bugis! Tho most of my families no longer able to speak Bugis but I know some people who do! -from Selangor Malaysia
I gotta say I get super grossed out by a lot of things shown on this channel but all of these dishes really made me want to be there. They looked amazing the Goat and the Boxfish were done so well I just need to try those.
The Boxfish called Kudu Kudu in Sulawesi, it has latin name Ostracion Cubicus. The price of this fish is expensive in restaurant and for me the taste of fried kudu kudu fish like chicken.
i love that a video like this both educates people that may have a closed off mindset to gender outside the binary in a quick and lighthearted way, and is also just its regular own funny food show that showcases cultures around the world. some people may not agree with gender politics but we all need to acknowledge that people like this exist in many cultures❤
Beautiful village, exotic cuisine and an ecclectic mix of beliefs. Excellent video 👍
Man, this brings back fond memories of past adventures.....and indeed, the people are fascinating and one can't learn everything in a day...I spend weeks and still find the life fascinating....
9:34 love the face of lady looking at Suuny like a dinosaur.
This man is a legend 😊