I'm Indian Guyanese and my wife is Indian Gujarati from Kenya. We share the Hindu faith and traditions and basic Indian outlook on life, family education etc. Our children have the best of both worlds. From my side, the food which is a combination of ethnic Indian (curry, roti, dhal, etc) mixed with African (salt fish, plantain, pepper pot) language (my parents never lost their accents and manner of speaking). When we first started dating my wife used to ask me for translations for what my parents said. She's used to it now. From my wife's side, the food (vegetarian) language (Hindi and Gujarati) and Garba. I am glad my children have been able to experience both Indian and Guyanese traditions through both sets of grandparents and my wife and I.
Hey Joe.. I'm an Indian and it's amazing to know that you still follow these traditions, I'm very curious in knowing and interacting with indo carribeans , would you mind having a friendly chat sometime!! If YES!! pls do drop ur email id or send me a mail chethuborn1996@gmail.com Would be very curious to know about these things, plz do reply PS: I tried to do all research on Google but couldn't find any satisfactory info, so thought that a one to one interaction would be helpful!! Thank you!! 😊😊😊
Moonxoxo hey.. thanks , its great to hear from you.. but how do we contact ? Anyways this +919740093864 is my WhatsApp number or my facebook is Chethan Aradhya, but that might me tough to find among a lot of people!! Instagram is @chethan_aradhya7 , I hope that's enough to contact me!! Thanks!!
I've never seen so many people get butthurt over this innocent girl answering the questions of her viewers and expressing what she knows based on her upbringing. And they're all Guyanese people. How do you get offended by someone else's life? Telling her to "get educated"? Educate yourself to understand everyone's different. Is she supposed to be an expert on the whole country just so you can sleep well at night? Like gtfo.
Nobody's offended. I think they're all just asking her to get more familiarized with her heritage. It's a part of her life and from this video we can tell that she's a bit under informed about it. Like she said, "there's no right way to be brought up" but there's a wrong way and it includes a lack of knowing where you come from. Put aside the negativity and let's all just live together happily.
Guyana is easier to get to than India it is only 5 hrs away by plane from NYC. It is actually a lot like the other carribean Islands although it is in South America.
i am Pakistani but US Born most of my friends are Guyanese my dad was born in India my mom from Pakistan i was born in Queens NYC most who are born in the US we kinda lost lol
Same but as a Indian who was born in Canada while my dad was originated in India both of us mostly grew up here mostly with Caribbean people coming from Guyana to Trinidad and Jamaica so I also feel lost as well tbh lol
SrK K not entirely. The Caribbean/Guyana etc is a mix. You could be mainly indo-Guyanese and still have some Afro-Caribbean, Portuguese etc inside you and visa versa a lot of Afro-Caribbean’s have some Indian chinese etc inside them but can still be predominantly black/African. In other words, the people in the Caribbean are a little different/unique to people from their respective lands from where they came so she should be allowed to embrace that unique side of her.
I am talking about the people who never mixed with other races. The 100% looking indians from UP. Just because your religion, culture ,name etc changed does not mean your ethnicity changed. Your dna matches 100% with the indians from up/ bihar in india. Lets not mix nationality with your ethnicity. So again IF your ethnicity isnt mixed your ethnicity is Indian( english) , hindustani ( urdu) . The ones who did mixed are partial indian.
Rawl R identity , nationality, feeling etc is guyanese i agree. But your ethnicity is Indian( or partial). You cannot deny that. Just do a dna heritage test.
I would like to clarify: 1) Since my Mother is Guyanese, I am as well- it's my heritage. 2) Just because I am mixed does not mean I do not know about one culture or the other. They both make me who I am and everyone is brought up differently. There is no "right" way to be brought up. 3) By saying Guyana is hard to get to, I mean it is still expensive for me personally and there is a lot that you have to do to prepare to go to South America. This is just the reality. So far I have been lucky enough to go to India but of course I would love to go to Guyana! It just happened that I was able to go to India first. *** please be respectful in the comments. some things may offend others ***
Soni Kohli I'm was born here in Canada but that never really stopped me from learning where my parents are form (both parents r form Guyana ). give me a thumbs up if u r form Canada but u luv Chutney soca music!
As an Indo-Guyanese American, I can say you were very much misinformed about the country the history you're speaking about, a little advice get familiar first before you speak about a county you never visited 1. There are six races, and we are proud to be called Guyanese. 2. There are about five airlines currently fly there with many other options of connections and accommodations ....Take the time to Google the country and its rich history....Please!!!
Bibi Meerza exactly makes me wonder if she just indian .... and she said how indian guyanese are from indian erm incorrect they are actually native red Indian
Only One Amen to that!Guyana is also inhabited by people of mixed races/ ethnicities as I am.The racial discord/disharmony was ramped up the politicians mostly black- the PNC against the PPP mostly East Indian political party. But there was always racism as in many countries of the world. We were a former colony of the British Empire from whom our language,customs,education, religion and judicial system came from. With the additional input from unique cultures of the races present. The British brought people of very different and distinct cultures,religions and languages to form the people of the colony. Blacks as slaves until emancipation. East Indians as indentured slaves to work the sugar and rice plantations.They would remain until today the two main races in Guyana.And all the rivalries/ hatreds would centre around these groups.White and Chinese would be the the largely ignored minority.Except the white people English and Portuguese would be part of the ruling class of the colony until independence when they forced to leave. The East Indians would prosper to mostly leave the plantations to succeed at all levels of society as the White and Chinese. Some blacks were successful in colonial society in business,judicial, medical and education system.But not as much as the races above. So of course there were problems from time to time. The British were able to keep the lid on the occasions of rioting,looting,killing etc.But sometimes had to bring in troops and declare martial law.This was predominantly for Afro-Guyanese as has happened in other countries for perceived or real discrimination/ ill treatment. Independence was won from the British by the efforts of LFS Burnham a lawyer and Dr.Cheddi Jagan a dentist by training. The USA would favour LFS Burnham as Dr.Jagan espoused Socialism/Marxism and the plan to take the control of foreign controlled industries- bauxite and sugar. An internal self government of Dr. Jagan would be overthrown by the British and American governments. LFS Burnham would be installed and he would begin a brutal,corrupt and racist government that only give opportunities at all levels of government to mostly black people. Also the suspension of free and fair elections LFS Burnham would carry out the plan of Dr.Jagan to nationalise some of the foreign controlled industries.He would then be isolated by the West and forced to trade with the Eastern Block. Poverty,lawlessness,corruption,suspension of free and fair elections,crime,racially motivated violence against the East Indian population would continue until today. Elections would return eventually return about the late 80's and early 90's under pressure of the USA. But the above problems would persist the crime, corruption,the racial disharmony/ violence against East Indians. The drug trade would become the economy of the country with the failure of sugar,rice and bauxite industries. Some of us were able to treat each other well across the divide of race and politics.I am proud of my heritage as other people are proud if theirs. May God help all peoples to live in harmony,tolerance,love,respect and understanding.
Why attack the girl? Her father is from India so why he would make it a priority to take his family to Guyana where he has no family? Besides that... many people who have parents that are both Guyanese never returned to Guyana because of the sick crime.
Jodhan Beshaan you from Guyana? The sick crime? What we do have crime but we don’t have no sick crime. Guyana could ever got more crime than The USA or India? NEVER. Don’t judge it until you come here for yourself
No to be rude or anything, But in my opinion you need to research a little more about Guyana or ask your mommy or maybe you should just buy a ticket and take a plane ride there, cause its easily accessible. And you're not from India or Guyana, you were born in the states.
Hey guys! I'm a medical student! I'm from India and I've lived in Guyana for about 2 years now, the next 6 months is my last sadly. :( The two years that I've stayed I've had one of the best years so far! I just wanted thank all the Guyanese people for being so nice and warm! I've had some pretty nasty encounters but overall the good takes over! Thank you all for being so hospitable!
I am Indian from Fiji island but in California from past 25 years and I back every year to visit. But never been to India because I don't know anyone there. But will visit some day 😊
(Insert Owner of youtube page name here) you sound dumb AF! Just beacusw guyana is deemwd a third world country doesn't mean is, we have resources that are not recorded and can be used; however it's being taken put of tje country unkown government. Whatever they're teaching your ass over there they meed to stop because you're making yourself sound like and idiot rass
The best part is when she said the kitchen cabinets have so many spices it's like we're in a store. The same with my family; we are Punjabi from Pakistan.
Indians were brought from India to Guyana and were called East Indians to prevent a confusion with the American Indians and the Amerindian (Natives of Guyana) Today almost 90% of the East Indians in Guyana continue to follow their Indian roots by celebrating Diwali, Holi. They also eat traditional Indian food in their daily diets and even fast. The are many who are Muslims too and do the same. The Indian Dhal and Curry is still their number one dish.
u for get the different types of rite lol... I'm Guyanese and my ancestors from India... first group to arrive under the British was 1838... long time.. last ship of Indians going back to India was around 1954.. I know a lil bit Hindi.. this I was fluent so I could understand the music fully and speak... I love history too.. I always wanted to visit the mother land.. I'm sure I will sooner than later tho 😉
Most guyanese dont speak or understand hindi...is it true?......thats what i have read and come across on the internet...it is surprising to know that you know hindi...how come ?
We didn't migrate here our fore parent were forced to come here through slavery or indenture labour, but the amerindians were here first before the European
Indentured labor when someone signs a contract to work for a fixed number of years for a set price. I think the contract was 5 Years. That’s what Indians entered into in Guyana. They were not “forced” to go to Guyana, they volunteered because they were told they can get work and it’s a better land. After 5 years it was expensive to go back (some did) and some purchased land and settled down and had a family. Does that sound like slavery? Granted they were not treated good by their bosses as their bosses were use to managing black slaves and treated the Indian workers similarly but they were not slaves, they were free.
@Mr Lex Exactly, I was born in America to parents who are both Indo-Guyanese. USA is my homeland NOT Guyana. I respect the country and the culture of my elders has helped shaped who I am, but I am American above and beyond anything else. I look hispanic or indian, and will have people come up to me on the street and start speaking spanish, or hindu, and I have to say I only speak English lol.
Hey Soni Kholi I am Indo-Guyanese and I think your mother is too. My great great grandfather and grandmother left British India and head to British Guiana (Guyana) on the South American continent as Indentured servants aka paid sugar workers aka paid farmers with a 5 year contract which included a free returned trip to British India. On the contracts the were registered as EAST INDIAN. After the five-year contract was up they were given their FREE return tickets to India but they joined over 100,000 others and decided to stay in Guyana voluntarily. They were offered 1-2 miles of lands to do farming on the British colony because the freed African slaves were not interested in any form of farming. The land was a jungle and without any machine or electric tools they cleared it and made it the farm-land you see across Guyana today. Approximately 75,000 returned to India. Today...there are 139,000 Guyanese of Indian ethnicity living in Guyana while some 200,000 plus migrated to USA, Canada and UK, some are Hindus, Muslims, and Christians. Just like South African, Fiji, & Trinidad they are recognized as INDO...meaning of Indian Ethnicity. For decades Guyana has a Indian Consulate and recently India built a huge monument in Guyana to recognize the Indians living in Guyana and keeping their Indian culture with pride.
@Jodhan Beshaan The story about the immigration of Indians to Guyana is exactly the same as the immigration of Indians to Suriname. Also in Surinam the released slaves no longer wanted to work on the plantations and therefore immigrants from India and Indonesia brought Java to Suriname. They too were allowed to return to their motherland after 5 years of working on the plantations. The trip back to India / Indonesia was paid for them. However, most chose to stay in Suriname. They were given a piece of land as a reward, which they first had to make suitable for agriculture. It was very hard work. Both men and women have made every piece of wild land into farmland with hand tools and oxen / bulls. I am proud of my great great-grandparents. Thanks to their hard work I am now what I am.
I'm Indian but second generation Malaysian by nationality (I hope that makes sense)!!! I get the whole spice cabinet thing my mom uses an extra fridge to store her own homemade masala mixes and stuff!
I'm Guyanese and African American! My Guyanese family is Hindu so I know a little about that culture. I LOVE LOVE LOVE Guyanese Mithai and also gulab jamun!!!
Some people erroneously call people of Guyana WEST INDIANS when Guyana is on the South American continent. Guyana is a country that has 6 races of people. The Africans, Indians, Portuguese, Chinese etc. They are about 15% of mixed races ( mixed with either one or more of the races) They are South Americans but only play cricket for West Indies and no other sport. One stand out cricketer is Shivnarine Chanderpaul!
It is easy to go to Guyana I was three times my husband is indo guyanese I am Peruvian and american citizenship Guyana. A very beautiful country in South america.
I respect what you are doing, but when it comes to speaking about where you are you need to do more research. it would be more nice if your mom teach you about Guyana. I was born in Guyana and grew up in Canada.
not pure Indian sir....we dont really have pure races in our country. The only way you'll find someone from a pure Indian decent is if they came from India recently. Guyana is an epitome of interracial marriages.
I am pure indian race from guyana. All of my 100 's family are pure indian hindus too. Yes, there are some interracial marriages. We are a very small beautiful country with rich cultural diversity. there are many many pure indians - am proud to be one from hindu background.
the only people that emigrated to guyana were the colonial masters and that ' little african' influence you mentioned you obviously don't know that africans have been in guyana for over 400 years
brandis younge preach the gospel. I'm so tired of everybody trying to erase African culture from the picture when blacks in Guyana at one point outnumbered everybody and are now only the second largest group population wise. African influence is written all over the country from the reggae calypso soca music. The food the dance the folk stories the vernacular all African in heritage. Yes Indian culture is also prevalent but it by no means represents the dominant Guyanese identity.
A proud Guyanese 🇬🇾here it's always a pleasure to meet my ppl , If this was was a test you fail😊,however take some time and read/study Guyana and its people and culture .
Tracey sookdoo, there isn't much information about indo carribeans even on the internet, there might be some info but for someone who wants to know clearly, there is no information, I think only way someone can learn is by having a direct conversation with someone from the native place! And unfortunately there seems no indo carribeans interested to share things to the people who are interested!! And ya I'm a Indian , who is very interested in learning about the indo carribeans, but couldn't find satisfactory info on Google!!
Hahahahhahahahah hahahahahhah half of my family is in guyana Georgetown, i born and brought up in nigeria..!! guess we are on same boat, but somehow last year i went back to india to search my forefathers and found them in u.p..!! Planning to get my Indian nationality back..!! Anyways you dey nice video oo..!! Love from same boat.!!
Hi this comment is not related to this video. I want to know the process of finding my roots or foreparents in u.p too. Could you send me more info. Thanks Iiiooohhh@aol.com
I'm Sri-Lankan / Maldivian.. both tiny little islands lool... but anyways I loved your video!! n dont listen to the haterz, you definantly got one new sub! :D
Guyana is not hard to get to and there's a lot not a little bit of African culture there. You have no idea about Guyanese history and it's sad. The African presence there is extremely strong as at one point blacks made up the largest population there. Learn about the Cuffy statue. The reggae and soca music there is African in tradition. This whole video is about East Indian culture as far as I'm concerned. You didn't focus on the diversity of Guyana that makes its culture unique.
the ethnicity tag says Guyanese and East Indian so I would expect you to cover both ethnicities equally and you didn't highlight Guyanese culture in an honest and accurate manner. Oh and India is a very large third world country so I don't appreciate the downplaying of Guyana as some backwards underdeveloped region when Guyana is enormously rich in natural resources such as gold bauxite sugar rice etc. and many impoverished East Indians have acquired a lot of wealth upon their immigration to Guyana. Again, a simple effort to learn about your homeland is not a bad idea.. Like I said, I'm Guyanese born and raised for several years.
john Doe - She probably made mistakes out of ignorance, like others pointed out and even she admitted. However, your downplaying of India was deliberate and petty. People do not appreciate that either. You could have simply educated her, like you did afterwards. Now I will educate you. India used to be a Third World country until the 1990s when everything changed. India is in the G6 and P6 now. That means it is within the top 6 richest/wealthiest countries in the World and top 6 most powerful countries in the World. India has the most billionaires (measured in USD) of any country in the World. India has nuclear missiles, nuclear power stations, nuclear defence system, space rockets, satellites, etc., and one of the World's largest armies. India covers a large area and has many natural resources as well. Remember, it is called the Sub-Continent.
You shouldnt say third world country when you are talking about Guyana, bc India is also considered "third world country" and you went there. We say developed country and developing country. I am from Brazil and say third world country is very offensive and archaic .
South Asian &South American , OFFICIAL, ALL IN ONE. OMG I LOVE IT.!! Im white ethnicially, German-Irish, Romanian -Hungarian type, but was adopted by Arab Muslim in my Teena year's. All my life that most I can recall I remember much Islamic influence, About 8 yr. Ago, much of the Iraq war, has left me feelings of bitter/sweet, feelings turned against Islamic due to ISIS, and so I've allowed myself , at Wich I am surprisingly happy , to delve into Shaiva Siddhnanta , and been learning so much amazing and awsome knowledge. I actually since I was a kid was intrigued by ethnicially , and even wanted to study cultural anthropology as a child lol, especially for Asian and African cultures lol
Soni, I admire your video and adore your objectives. Keep up the positive aspects coming - as you have been doing. All Guyanese must be proud of you: East Indians, Africans, Portuguese, Chinese, Amerindians, and the other human beings of mixed ethnicity.
this girl needs to be educated about the world and Guyana she reminds me of those indians that go to the USA then when they go back to Guyana the dont know what a crab or hassar is
Many Guyanese is changing their beliefs and religion for more simple beliefs. But History will never change and only the strong will carry this tradition on .
Your indian 100 percent indian in Ethnicity. But your contry of birthday is USA. Your not mix you cant be Half south american when you were not born there nor is to where your race orginated from you even said you never been there. Also guyana is very easy to get to from JKF Airport.
You can take Delta or Caribbean Airlines. Guyana is a mixed country learn about the culture Guyana has Africans, Chinese, Amerindians learn about those cultures not just Indian
One People, One Nation, One Destiny... It is easy to get to Guyana and Guyana has 6 different nationalities which they are very proud of. My mom (rip) she was Guyanese... Although I have never been to the country I do know she was from an area from New Amsterdam, and she came to NYC in the 70s. Nani is still alive I may go ask her some questions :-). I know this video is old but hopefully you had found more information. :-)
I smell arrogance. Also people 👨👨👦 who don't deserve to live on this beautiful planet rather than having cultural or regional bias towards each other.. Anyway peace and positivity ! Cheers to Life.!!
Bethani Koveanna - You are a typical ignorant, hateful and racist black Guyanese. India is in the G6 and P6 now. That means it is within the top 6 richest/wealthiest countries in the World and top 6 most powerful countries in the World. India has the most billionaires (measured in USD) of any country in the World. India has nuclear missiles, nuclear power stations, nuclear defence system, space rockets, satellites, etc., and one of the World's largest armies. What does Guyana have except ignorant, hateful, racist blacks who are jealous of Indians like you?
Hey I am Guyanese. Both of my parents are from there and they actually really had me dive into the culture even tho I was born in America as well. I wish you knew more about it because I get where you're coming from it may seem similar to the Indian culture but in my opinion that's probably because you're Hindu. So religion aside.. it's completely different we have a carribbean culture and I love our dialect of Guyanese creole. The food is similar.... But at the same time completely different lol it doesn't taste the same we use different spices to cook.
No disrespect.. you don’t seem to know where Guyana is or what it’s about ... your mother didn’t immigrate from India ??? Our fort parents are from India.. make sure you do your research before making a videos like this . You seem to be offending many people.
Wow..I feel so proud having my Guyanese people and Indians mix together...this is a very amazing thing to me because I love u❤btw I'm watching from Guyana and I love my culture....u should visit someday its a really beautiful country😘❤
I was born and raised and still spend about 6 months of the year in India I can say most parts of India are more third world than Guyana . I haven't been to Guyana seen in youtube only but I am pretty well read
I am half Indian half Argentinian. I adopted my mother's religion and name but my father's culture I am living in India for 6 years but sadly I can't get Indian citizenship unless I drop argentinean citizenship which I will never do.
Guyanese is not an Ethnic background in regards to Indians. If your mom is of Indian ethnic background then you are of Indian ethnicity including your dad.
I like your story. I'm I'm 4th generation guyanese of punjabi heritage. Most guyanese Indians came from Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Bengal/Bihar and Madras/andhra pradesh. It reflects in their Foods under customs, particularly India religious practices. March of the priests or pujari's performs the rituals based on Awadhi and Panjabi norms. Much of the culture is predominantly Hindu influenced due to a majority of Indians. Hanuman pooja (jandi) is commonplace.
You are full Punjabi? I thought punjabis were a very tiny amount. They were some Guyanese that came from KPK, M.P, Gujarat, Maharashtra Orissa and Bengal.
I like your video and I hope that you will take the opportunity to learn more about your history, I am Guyanese , and I have lived in India. There is so much you missed from both cultures. Your mom is from a very diverse nation with a rich history. Guyana is the only english speaking nation on the entire continent.So there is much for you to be proud of. Learn as much as you can , you will love it . Blessings
You’ve given all the information about Guyanese Indians in a nutshell. Awesome video. I’m looking forward to a trip to Guyana + Suriname + Trinidad & Tobago. Is Guyana safe for travel anyway??
Don't wanna be disrespectful, but yooo... don't beat up on guyana, try to do some research next time. Guyana isn't hard to get to..... lol anyways nice tho....
I was also born in Manhattan in New York and am Indo-Guyanese by heritage. You seem to know more about India rather than Guyana. I don't blame you for not knowing too much about Guyana, I have the impression that your mother doesn't really talk about it or that you never really asked (in no way do I mean to offend you or her. I don't mean this in a rude nor mean way. I'm just saying, based on this video, it seems she didn't teach you much about Guyana nor did you maybe ask her about it, but thats just an assumption). Yes, research could of been done as well, but its alright! I'll help to inform you a bit, 'cause America doesn't teach you about Guyana in school anyways, so maybe this comment can help you learn a thing or two about the country now. First things first, there are 7 kinds of people in Guyana: one of the largest being the Indo-Guyanese. The Indians in Guyana were "indentured servants," thats what they want you to believe, but they were straight up slaves, just as the Africans were. They were tricked, kidnapped, and sold into slavery in Guyana. Africans came first though, they're the other largest group. (You should really watch the movie Guiana 1838, it gives you some information about the history of slavery in Guyana, and in my opinion it was a really good entertaining movie/documentary hybrid). I'm not going to give a full history lesson here, but there's also Chinese, Portuguese, British, Dutch, and natives called Amerindians. So we Guyanese have different looks to us having so much different groups and mixing, but we're all Guyanese nonetheless. Seeing that we're more focussed on the Indo-Guyanese people, "coolie" (racial slur referring to the Indians) workers were from northern and southern India, so if they were able to speak their mother language it would be some people speaking in Hindi and some in Tamil, even Bhojpuri as well. We all still semi speak our mother languages for religious reasons, some better than others, but not necessarily fluently. Definitely cannot read nor write in Hindi nor Tamil ect. Guyana was a British colony so every one basically lost their native tongue to speak, read, and write in English. However Guyana has its own dialect/language called Creolese or Guyanese Creole. Its broken English with barrowed words of different languages like Hindi in it. Its widely spoken throughout the Caribbean, but each West Indian country has its own spin to it, for example: Jamaican Patois(Patwah). Next, yeah your alter room could kinda represent Guyana in a way seeing that a large portion of the population is of Indian descent, so a lot of them have a Hindu based religion but not everyone is Hindu. The reason I'm saying Hindu based religion is because there are different denominations so to say. There are Aryan Hindus, who use Hindi as their language for prayer, but don't use murtis(idols)/alter rooms in their house nor mandir. They do rituals differently compared to other Hindu sects. Then there are the Madrasi Hindus who use Tamil not Hindi and worship Madrasi Gods which are also the same as regular Hindu Gods, but just by different avatars and names in some cases. They have alter rooms filled with murtis, but different rituals than Santana and Aryan Hindus. Santana is more well known typical Hindi based Hinduism. They have their set of rituals that differ from Madrasi and Aryan Hindus. They pray to murtis and have alter rooms as well. All 3 denominations I mentioned essentially worship the same God, they just have different rituals and languages from one another. Hinduism differs in Guyana versus India because unlike India the caste system isn't applied. In my opinion the caste system isn't even a part of the Hindu religion, it's more so a social/cultural aspect. Anyways, I digress. Not all Indo-Guyanese people are Hindu, theres also Muslims and Christians. Guyana is really interesting once you start to learn about its rich history and culture :).
Yash Sharma Thanks. There's a huge population of people with Indian descent in the Caribbean. Most are in Guyana and Trinidad & Tobago, even in Jamaica, as well as many other countries in the Caribbean and South America. All these countries have a similar history 'cause they were all under British rule at the same time and gain independence around the same time as well. Thats why our cultures are so similiar in the West Indies. However, it's been a well over 150 years ago since the first Indian slaves/"indentured servants" were brought over.
We didn't migrate here ,our fore parent were forced to come here either through slavery or indenture labour, but there were the ameri dian who were here before us or the European.
how dear you to say that african are immigrants??? did you never hear about slavery??? common fam... i am indian to but from Surinam(e). Nickerie. Only 15 minutes with the boat.
I'm pretty much just like you, only both of my parents are from Guyana. And sometimes I also feel like it's hard to explain stuff, even though I should know most of these things, I just don't. Cause if I say one little thing to a guyanese person they'd get it, they'd understand what I mean. But if I say the same thing to an American person there would be so much explaining to do. And I'm just like, "Boii, I never thought I would have to explain something so much!" And I also can't even speak my own language, yeah, it's kinda sad. I don't even know what I'm supposed to speak, like dialect i guess. My older relatives, like grandmothers and stuff, they speak indian, or hindi i think. But it's fully hindi, or like not the primary thing i guess. And now I'm sad whenever my friends can talk to each other in thieir own language and I can't because I have no one. Even if I did i wouldn't be able to speak to them because ik nothing. So yeah that's me. Holy crap this has been a lng comment......OK bye now :D
Love from London my grandparents were born in India my parents were born in Pakistan I was born in London. I can speak punjabi and understand urdu and Hindi take care sister
The vast majority of black people in Guyana are not immigrants nor are most of them of such descent. They arrived in Guyana as enslaved peoples from Africa brought by the British during the colonization of the country. Please choose your words wisely.
Bihari. Not Punjabi. All the migration took place from the poverty ridden UP and Bihar those days. It seems to be similar compared to other states in India now a days. You are not Punjabi.
Soni Kohli......I did not know that Kohli are found in Guyana. Nice to know you and your ethnicity. Hope you learn Punjabi and hindi. It is language of your heart.
Little girl, any Caribbean Airlines flight out of the US will get you to Guyana. Before you start youtubing about your "Guyanese" heritage, get your GT facts straight. We are a small country but its not a match box you can walk around in in 5 mins.
Thank you for sharing, I am from Fiji but same thing grate, grate grand parents are from Indian as well grate grandfather was from India. My old man her similar mix dad Punjabi, mom from Fiji, but Punjabi background. .
dont ericitate asks more about my culture and on the island we are like the same am a hindu familly never goes in india no familly there my older older older`s grand parent left in india as colis to cultivate cane flield and to plant agricultures to mauritiuis as this longs period any hindu have left the island to return in india never,all still here after slavery on 1800 century .Also my island known as the island of Dodo ..dodo bird
I'm Indian Guyanese and my wife is Indian Gujarati from Kenya. We share the Hindu faith and traditions and basic Indian outlook on life, family education etc. Our children have the best of both worlds. From my side, the food which is a combination of ethnic Indian (curry, roti, dhal, etc) mixed with African (salt fish, plantain, pepper pot) language (my parents never lost their accents and manner of speaking). When we first started dating my wife used to ask me for translations for what my parents said. She's used to it now. From my wife's side, the food (vegetarian) language (Hindi and Gujarati) and Garba. I am glad my children have been able to experience both Indian and Guyanese traditions through both sets of grandparents and my wife and I.
Hey Joe.. I'm an Indian and it's amazing to know that you still follow these traditions, I'm very curious in knowing and interacting with indo carribeans , would you mind having a friendly chat sometime!! If YES!! pls do drop ur email id or send me a mail chethuborn1996@gmail.com
Would be very curious to know about these things, plz do reply
PS: I tried to do all research on Google but couldn't find any satisfactory info, so thought that a one to one interaction would be helpful!!
Thank you!! 😊😊😊
Moonxoxo hey.. thanks , its great to hear from you.. but how do we contact ? Anyways this +919740093864 is my WhatsApp number or my facebook is Chethan Aradhya, but that might me tough to find among a lot of people!! Instagram is @chethan_aradhya7 , I hope that's enough to contact me!!
Thanks!!
pepperpot is not african
Long live Sanatan Dharma, Long live our non violent and peaceful traditions and culture
@@misstohler8528 pepper pot is native lol I laughed at the ignorance.
I've never seen so many people get butthurt over this innocent girl answering the questions of her viewers and expressing what she knows based on her upbringing.
And they're all Guyanese people. How do you get offended by someone else's life? Telling her to "get educated"? Educate yourself to understand everyone's different. Is she supposed to be an expert on the whole country just so you can sleep well at night?
Like gtfo.
Nobody's offended. I think they're all just asking her to get more familiarized with her heritage. It's a part of her life and from this video we can tell that she's a bit under informed about it. Like she said, "there's no right way to be brought up" but there's a wrong way and it includes a lack of knowing where you come from. Put aside the negativity and let's all just live together happily.
Jokah001 well as for u fuck Head u probably growing in squatter area begging for a fuck
Derick Singh lmaoo🤣🤣🤣
I couldn't agree more, the entire Guyanese country seems angry with her, when she is just expressing her life.
Seems like it's indo guyanes who are very upset with this girl.
Guyana is easier to get to than India it is only 5 hrs away by plane from NYC. It is actually a lot like the other carribean Islands although it is in South America.
aculey the people are considred west indain becuzz the people is similer two Trinidad just a way diffrint place three country is straite land
I love to visit di place one day I will do it
Gail Sylvester u have to be fucking crazy is that how long u boyfriend fuck you
Exactly 😘
I'm sure it's very obvious if you pay attention to geography
Wherever the Indians go they prosper. Glad Indians kept their identity. You are very beautiful by the way.
Liar.
@@MrAmhara Jealous much ?
i am Pakistani but US Born most of my friends are Guyanese my dad was born in India my mom from Pakistan i was born in Queens NYC most who are born in the US we kinda lost lol
Same but as a Indian who was born in Canada while my dad was originated in India both of us mostly grew up here mostly with Caribbean people coming from Guyana to Trinidad and Jamaica so I also feel lost as well tbh lol
100% of indian origin.. just migrated and mixed with other people of indian origin makes you 100% indian.
SrK K not entirely. The Caribbean/Guyana etc is a mix. You could be mainly indo-Guyanese and still have some Afro-Caribbean, Portuguese etc inside you and visa versa a lot of Afro-Caribbean’s have some Indian chinese etc inside them but can still be predominantly black/African. In other words, the people in the Caribbean are a little different/unique to people from their respective lands from where they came so she should be allowed to embrace that unique side of her.
NO. Guyanese with indian ancestry. NOT Indian
I am talking about the people who never mixed with other races. The 100% looking indians from UP. Just because your religion, culture ,name etc changed does not mean your ethnicity changed. Your dna matches 100% with the indians from up/ bihar in india. Lets not mix nationality with your ethnicity. So again IF your ethnicity isnt mixed your ethnicity is Indian( english) , hindustani ( urdu) . The ones who did mixed are partial indian.
@@SrK020-k1r I am 100% GUYANESE. This is my identity. India is a foreign country in all respects. I hope you understand my point.
Rawl R identity , nationality, feeling etc is guyanese i agree. But your ethnicity is Indian( or partial). You cannot deny that. Just do a dna heritage test.
I would like to clarify:
1) Since my Mother is Guyanese, I am as well- it's my heritage.
2) Just because I am mixed does not mean I do not know about one culture or the other. They both make me who I am and everyone is brought up differently. There is no "right" way to be brought up.
3) By saying Guyana is hard to get to, I mean it is still expensive for me personally and there is a lot that you have to do to prepare to go to South America. This is just the reality. So far I have been lucky enough to go to India but of course I would love to go to Guyana! It just happened that I was able to go to India first.
*** please be respectful in the comments. some things may offend others ***
Soni Kohli I'm was born here in Canada but that never really stopped me from learning where my parents are form (both parents r form Guyana ).
give me a thumbs up if u r form Canada but u luv Chutney soca music!
can u speak guyanese
guyanese isnt a language. they speak english and the ancestors spoke hindi/punjabi/tamil... but now they just speak english
Yeah that's true but u know that some guyanese speak with the guyanese accent
yeah i know but i wanna know if she can talk with the accent
As an Indo-Guyanese American, I can say you were very much misinformed about the country the history you're speaking about, a little advice get familiar first before you speak about a county you never visited 1. There are six races, and we are proud to be called Guyanese. 2. There are about five airlines currently fly there with many other options of connections and accommodations ....Take the time to Google the country and its rich history....Please!!!
Bibi Meerza exactly makes me wonder if she just indian .... and she said how indian guyanese are from indian erm incorrect they are actually native red Indian
Only One shut up bitch.
Only One Amen to that!Guyana is also inhabited by people of mixed races/ ethnicities as I am.The racial discord/disharmony was ramped up the politicians mostly black- the PNC against the PPP mostly East Indian political party.
But there was always racism as in many countries of the world.
We were a former colony of the British Empire from whom our language,customs,education, religion and judicial system came from.
With the additional input from unique cultures of the races present.
The British brought people of very different and distinct cultures,religions and languages to form the people of the colony.
Blacks as slaves until emancipation. East Indians as indentured slaves to work the sugar and rice plantations.They would remain until today the two main races in Guyana.And all the rivalries/ hatreds would centre around these groups.White and Chinese would be the the largely ignored minority.Except the white people English and Portuguese would be part of the ruling class of the colony until independence when they forced to leave.
The East Indians would prosper to mostly leave the plantations to succeed at all levels of society as the White and Chinese.
Some blacks were successful in colonial society in business,judicial, medical and education system.But not as much as the races above.
So of course there were problems from time to time.
The British were able to keep the lid on the occasions of rioting,looting,killing etc.But sometimes had to bring in troops and declare martial law.This was predominantly for Afro-Guyanese as has happened in other countries for perceived or real discrimination/ ill treatment.
Independence was won from the British by the efforts of LFS Burnham a lawyer and Dr.Cheddi Jagan a dentist by training.
The USA would favour LFS Burnham as Dr.Jagan espoused Socialism/Marxism and the plan to take the control of foreign controlled industries- bauxite and sugar.
An internal self government of Dr. Jagan would be overthrown by the British and American governments.
LFS Burnham would be installed and he would begin a brutal,corrupt and racist government that only give opportunities at all levels of government to mostly black people.
Also the suspension of free and fair elections
LFS Burnham would carry out the plan of Dr.Jagan to nationalise some of the foreign controlled industries.He would then be isolated by the West and forced to trade with the Eastern Block.
Poverty,lawlessness,corruption,suspension of free and fair elections,crime,racially motivated violence against the East Indian population would continue until today.
Elections would return eventually return about the late 80's and early 90's under pressure of the USA. But the above problems would persist the crime, corruption,the racial disharmony/ violence against East Indians.
The drug trade would become the economy of the country with the failure of sugar,rice and bauxite industries.
Some of us were able to treat each other well across the divide of race and politics.I am proud of my heritage as other people are proud if theirs.
May God help all peoples to live in harmony,tolerance,love,respect and understanding.
Why attack the girl? Her father is from India so why he would make it a priority to take his family to Guyana where he has no family? Besides that... many people who have parents that are both Guyanese never returned to Guyana because of the sick crime.
Jodhan Beshaan you from Guyana? The sick crime? What we do have crime but we don’t have no sick crime. Guyana could ever got more crime than The USA or India? NEVER. Don’t judge it until you come here for yourself
No to be rude or anything, But in my opinion you need to research a little more about Guyana or ask your mommy or maybe you should just buy a ticket and take a plane ride there, cause its easily accessible. And you're not from India or Guyana, you were born in the states.
C Nars if you pay attention to the video she says she was born in manhattan and shes american, you dipshit. Listen before you speak
No use asking her mother. She doesn't know where her mother comes from in Guyana....therefore Mom would not be too "bright" either.
K Nars She's not U.S., she's a Guyanese born in the USA .
Mr Lex my parents were born in Guyana and even though I was born in America I visited it like 8 times
@Mr Lex stuggles are everywhere if you are not wealthy....
I love finding other Guyanese youtubers!! ✨🇬🇾
Yayy represent! :)
Call Me Niecy girlll same here I think there should be more
Call Me Niecy Me too I was born and I lived in guyana for 5 years
Call Me Niecy im guyanese and a youtuber.
Shanice Galore same here
Hey guys!
I'm a medical student!
I'm from India and I've lived in Guyana for about 2 years now, the next 6 months is my last sadly. :(
The two years that I've stayed I've had one of the best years so far!
I just wanted thank all the Guyanese people for being so nice and warm!
I've had some pretty nasty encounters but overall the good takes over!
Thank you all for being so hospitable!
What are those nasty encounters...
I am Indian from Fiji island but in California from past 25 years and I back every year to visit. But never been to India because I don't know anyone there. But will visit some day 😊
what do you mean Guyana is not easy to get to ? 🤔
I was wondering the same thing, Guyana is quite simple to get to from NY when compared to India, it's in the same time zone!
Orin Peters lol. again I was taken aback by that statement. its like 5 hrs on a plane from JFK airport. lol.
It is a lot easier to get to than India! And, India is also a "third-world" country.... WTH
(Insert Owner of youtube page name here) you sound dumb AF! Just beacusw guyana is deemwd a third world country doesn't mean is, we have resources that are not recorded and can be used; however it's being taken put of tje country unkown government. Whatever they're teaching your ass over there they meed to stop because you're making yourself sound like and idiot rass
And also we are easier to get to! Guyana is five hours away from America
I'm Guyanese too but moves to America also I speak Spanish too I wanna learn that and Hindi
Hindi is really easy, and is similar to other Indian languages. If you speak Hindi, you can speak with most Indians :)
Well u can learn Hindi from me too 😊 if u wish dear , lots of love from India .
I can teach you Hindi easily if you are interested please what's up me +918826025254
@@sunlight2078 okay
@Mr Lex thanks hun
The best part is when she said the kitchen cabinets have so many spices it's like we're in a store. The same with my family; we are Punjabi from Pakistan.
Indians were brought from India to Guyana and were called East Indians to prevent a confusion with the American Indians and the Amerindian (Natives of Guyana)
Today almost 90% of the East Indians in Guyana continue to follow their Indian roots by celebrating Diwali, Holi. They also eat traditional Indian food in their daily diets and even fast.
The are many who are Muslims too and do the same.
The Indian Dhal and Curry is still their number one dish.
u for get the different types of rite lol... I'm Guyanese and my ancestors from India... first group to arrive under the British was 1838... long time.. last ship of Indians going back to India was around 1954.. I know a lil bit Hindi.. this I was fluent so I could understand the music fully and speak... I love history too.. I always wanted to visit the mother land.. I'm sure I will sooner than later tho 😉
NasH PD good luck get the fuck there?
Yeah plz visit our country 😊
Most guyanese dont speak or understand hindi...is it true?......thats what i have read and come across on the internet...it is surprising to know that you know hindi...how come ?
@@georgedsouza3655 I learned from the hindi movies with English subtitles... I'm not fluent but I can understand if I hear people speaking.
@@nashpd8482 cool.
We didn't migrate here our fore parent were forced to come here through slavery or indenture labour, but the amerindians were here first before the European
Indentured labor when someone signs a contract to work for a fixed number of years for a set price. I think the contract was 5 Years. That’s what Indians entered into in Guyana. They were not “forced” to go to Guyana, they volunteered because they were told they can get work and it’s a better land. After 5 years it was expensive to go back (some did) and some purchased land and settled down and had a family. Does that sound like slavery? Granted they were not treated good by their bosses as their bosses were use to managing black slaves and treated the Indian workers similarly but they were not slaves, they were free.
Deryck Persaud who forced u to America ppp u u are a pig eat American food getting fat and ungrateful
@Mr Lex Exactly, I was born in America to parents who are both Indo-Guyanese. USA is my homeland NOT Guyana. I respect the country and the culture of my elders has helped shaped who I am, but I am American above and beyond anything else. I look hispanic or indian, and will have people come up to me on the street and start speaking spanish, or hindu, and I have to say I only speak English lol.
@@bladeofwar USA is shit!?
Hey Soni Kholi
I am Indo-Guyanese and I think your mother is too. My great great grandfather and grandmother left British India and head to British Guiana (Guyana) on the South American continent as Indentured servants aka paid sugar workers aka paid farmers with a 5 year contract which included a free returned trip to British India. On the contracts the were registered as EAST INDIAN. After the five-year contract was up they were given their FREE return tickets to India but they joined over 100,000 others and decided to stay in Guyana voluntarily. They were offered 1-2 miles of lands to do farming on the British colony because the freed African slaves were not interested in any form of farming. The land was a jungle and without any machine or electric tools they cleared it and made it the farm-land you see across Guyana today. Approximately 75,000 returned to India.
Today...there are 139,000 Guyanese of Indian ethnicity living in Guyana while some 200,000 plus migrated to USA, Canada and UK, some are Hindus, Muslims, and Christians.
Just like South African, Fiji, & Trinidad they are recognized as INDO...meaning of Indian Ethnicity.
For decades Guyana has a Indian Consulate and recently India built a huge monument in Guyana to recognize the Indians living in Guyana and keeping their Indian culture with pride.
You inform all those people out there
@Jodhan Beshaan The story about the immigration of Indians to Guyana is exactly the same as the immigration of Indians to Suriname. Also in Surinam the released slaves no longer wanted to work on the plantations and therefore immigrants from India and Indonesia brought Java to Suriname. They too were allowed to return to their motherland after 5 years of working on the plantations. The trip back to India / Indonesia was paid for them. However, most chose to stay in Suriname. They were given a piece of land as a reward, which they first had to make suitable for agriculture. It was very hard work. Both men and women have made every piece of wild land into farmland with hand tools and oxen / bulls. I am proud of my great great-grandparents. Thanks to their hard work I am now what I am.
I'm Indian but second generation Malaysian by nationality (I hope that makes sense)!!!
I get the whole spice cabinet thing my mom uses an extra fridge to store her own homemade masala mixes and stuff!
haha it's kinda an Asian thing :)
I'm Guyanese and African American! My Guyanese family is Hindu so I know a little about that culture. I LOVE LOVE LOVE Guyanese Mithai and also gulab jamun!!!
Some people erroneously call people of Guyana WEST INDIANS when Guyana is on the South American continent. Guyana is a country that has 6 races of people. The Africans, Indians, Portuguese, Chinese etc. They are about 15% of mixed races ( mixed with either one or more of the races)
They are South Americans but only play cricket for West Indies and no other sport.
One stand out cricketer is Shivnarine Chanderpaul!
Love from India.
Oh man talk about misrepresentation. It's a good thing that your statements are to the best of your knowledge and not facts.
It is easy to go to Guyana I was three times my husband is indo guyanese I am Peruvian and american citizenship Guyana. A very beautiful country in South america.
I respect what you are doing, but when it comes to speaking about where you are you need to do more research. it would be more nice if your mom teach you about Guyana. I was born in Guyana and grew up in Canada.
I didn't know there are lot of people of Indian descent in Guyana until a Guyanese guy in New Jersey asked me if I'm Guyanese :) Very fascinating!!!
not pure Indian sir....we dont really have pure races in our country. The only way you'll find someone from a pure Indian decent is if they came from India recently. Guyana is an epitome of interracial marriages.
I am pure indian race from guyana. All of my 100 's family are pure indian hindus too. Yes, there are some interracial marriages. We are a very small beautiful country with rich cultural diversity. there are many many pure indians - am proud to be one from hindu background.
the only people that emigrated to guyana were the colonial masters and that ' little african' influence you mentioned you obviously don't know that africans have been in guyana for over 400 years
brandis younge preach the gospel. I'm so tired of everybody trying to erase African culture from the picture when blacks in Guyana at one point outnumbered everybody and are now only the second largest group population wise. African influence is written all over the country from the reggae calypso soca music. The food the dance the folk stories the vernacular all African in heritage. Yes Indian culture is also prevalent but it by no means represents the dominant Guyanese identity.
The clonial masters were illegal tresspassers. Let's keep it real now.
@ brandis as long as you know that is all that matters
Indians are usually into their own culture not others. They only seem to see and acknowledge their own.
A proud Guyanese 🇬🇾here it's always a pleasure to meet my ppl , If this was was a test you fail😊,however take some time and read/study Guyana and its people and culture .
Tracey Sookdeo true, I agree
Tracey sookdoo, there isn't much information about indo carribeans even on the internet, there might be some info but for someone who wants to know clearly, there is no information, I think only way someone can learn is by having a direct conversation with someone from the native place! And unfortunately there seems no indo carribeans interested to share things to the people who are interested!! And ya I'm a Indian , who is very interested in learning about the indo carribeans, but couldn't find satisfactory info on Google!!
Hahahahhahahahah hahahahahhah half of my family is in guyana Georgetown, i born and brought up in nigeria..!!
guess we are on same boat, but somehow last year i went back to india to search my forefathers and found them in u.p..!!
Planning to get my Indian nationality back..!!
Anyways you dey nice video oo..!!
Love from same boat.!!
Rishi Raj Shukla wow u was born in nigerian .my nan red indian guyanese lived in georgetown ruimveldt
Rishi Raj Shukla is
Hi this comment is not related to this video. I want to know the process of finding my roots or foreparents in u.p too. Could you send me more info. Thanks
Iiiooohhh@aol.com
Wow amazing. You found your forefathers
u can apply for overseas Citizen of India. Good luck
I'm Sri-Lankan / Maldivian.. both tiny little islands lool... but anyways I loved your video!! n dont listen to the haterz, you definantly got one new sub! :D
Aren't Maldivians very similar to Sri Lankans??
Guyana is not hard to get to and there's a lot not a little bit of African culture there. You have no idea about Guyanese history and it's sad. The African presence there is extremely strong as at one point blacks made up the largest population there. Learn about the Cuffy statue. The reggae and soca music there is African in tradition. This whole video is about East Indian culture as far as I'm concerned. You didn't focus on the diversity of Guyana that makes its culture unique.
in case you haven't noticed, I'm half Punjabi which is East Indian.
the ethnicity tag says Guyanese and East Indian so I would expect you to cover both ethnicities equally and you didn't highlight Guyanese culture in an honest and accurate manner. Oh and India is a very large third world country so I don't appreciate the downplaying of Guyana as some backwards underdeveloped region when Guyana is enormously rich in natural resources such as gold bauxite sugar rice etc. and many impoverished East Indians have acquired a lot of wealth upon their immigration to Guyana. Again, a simple effort to learn about your homeland is not a bad idea.. Like I said, I'm Guyanese born and raised for several years.
Ralph Clifford chill bruh, if she doesn't know about Guyana, thats not her fault, she's still half Guyanese..
john Doe -
She probably made mistakes out of ignorance, like others pointed out and even she admitted.
However, your downplaying of India was deliberate and petty. People do not appreciate that either.
You could have simply educated her, like you did afterwards.
Now I will educate you.
India used to be a Third World country until the 1990s when everything changed.
India is in the G6 and P6 now. That means it is within the top 6 richest/wealthiest countries in the World and top 6 most powerful countries in the World.
India has the most billionaires (measured in USD) of any country in the World. India has nuclear missiles, nuclear power stations, nuclear defence system, space rockets, satellites, etc., and one of the World's largest armies.
India covers a large area and has many natural resources as well. Remember, it is called the Sub-Continent.
Raja K no it's not
You shouldnt say third world country when you are talking about Guyana, bc India is also considered "third world country" and you went there. We say developed country and developing country. I am from Brazil and say third world country is very offensive and archaic .
South Asian &South American , OFFICIAL, ALL IN ONE. OMG I LOVE IT.!!
Im white ethnicially, German-Irish, Romanian -Hungarian type, but was adopted by Arab Muslim in my Teena year's. All my life that most I can recall I remember much Islamic influence,
About 8 yr. Ago, much of the Iraq war, has left me feelings of bitter/sweet, feelings turned against Islamic due to ISIS, and so I've allowed myself , at Wich I am surprisingly happy , to delve into Shaiva Siddhnanta , and been learning so much amazing and awsome knowledge.
I actually since I was a kid was intrigued by ethnicially , and even wanted to study cultural anthropology as a child lol, especially for Asian and African cultures lol
It's really not hard to get to Guyana. you just have to look for flights.
Im Punjabi, and I could tell you were half Punjabi once I saw you❤️❤️
But india is much further from us than guyana.i dont get your point?
Hasan Bahadur 18to24hrs depending she was smoking dope instead going to school
Guyana has little to no infrastructure and generally, more preparation has to be done before you travel there.
WOWZER it's so hard to find other Guyanese youtubers so it's nice to see one :))
Soni, I admire your video and adore your objectives.
Keep up the positive aspects coming - as you have been doing.
All Guyanese must be proud of you: East Indians, Africans, Portuguese, Chinese, Amerindians, and the other human beings of mixed ethnicity.
thank you! :)
Soni Kohli:
O.K. with gratitude!
this girl needs to be educated about the world and Guyana she reminds me of those indians that go to the USA then when they go back to Guyana the dont know what a crab or hassar is
TheGuyman632
... There's crab in America....
TheGuyman632 why so pressed? Who literally gets mad at this? She doesn't need to do shit but laugh at you for getting mad at such a innocent video
@Mr Lex a lot of ppl
Many Guyanese is changing their beliefs and religion for more simple beliefs. But History will never change and only the strong will carry this tradition on .
U need to learn about guyana friend before u talk about my country
What she need to learn? And what she talked thag you didn't like?
Your indian 100 percent indian in Ethnicity. But your contry of birthday is USA. Your not mix you cant be Half south american when you were not born there nor is to where your race orginated from you even said you never been there. Also guyana is very easy to get to from JKF Airport.
Amerindians are ethnically south american
Very incorrect. Indo-guynease is its own ethnicity so to say she is 100% indian is just false. To add, Indian is not even an ethnicity😂
You can take Delta or Caribbean Airlines. Guyana is a mixed country learn about the culture Guyana has Africans, Chinese, Amerindians learn about those cultures not just Indian
Gorgeous Women like her should be portrayed in indian movies not the white washed ones. Trini indians and Guyanese Indians truly look Desi.
One People, One Nation, One Destiny... It is easy to get to Guyana and Guyana has 6 different nationalities which they are very proud of. My mom (rip) she was Guyanese... Although I have never been to the country I do know she was from an area from New Amsterdam, and she came to NYC in the 70s. Nani is still alive I may go ask her some questions :-). I know this video is old but hopefully you had found more information. :-)
punjabi and guyanese..., parties must be too freakin litt...go to guyana someday ur not gonna die lmaoo
What is she talking about? Guyana isn't hard to get to and India is a 3rd world country.
Bethani Koveanna lol india is 1st world country come and see india than comment there
in some ways India IS a third world country but in other ways it is ALSO a first world country
I smell arrogance. Also people 👨👨👦 who don't deserve to live on this beautiful planet rather than having cultural or regional bias towards each other.. Anyway peace and positivity ! Cheers to Life.!!
Bethani Koveanna, you are ignorant!!!!!Go educate yourself before degrading and disrespecting any country!
Bethani Koveanna -
You are a typical ignorant, hateful and racist black Guyanese.
India is in the G6 and P6 now. That means it is within the top 6 richest/wealthiest countries in the World and top 6 most powerful countries in the World.
India has the most billionaires (measured in USD) of any country in the World. India has nuclear missiles, nuclear power stations, nuclear defence system, space rockets, satellites, etc., and one of the World's largest armies.
What does Guyana have except ignorant, hateful, racist blacks who are jealous of Indians like you?
Hey I am Guyanese. Both of my parents are from there and they actually really had me dive into the culture even tho I was born in America as well. I wish you knew more about it because I get where you're coming from it may seem similar to the Indian culture but in my opinion that's probably because you're Hindu. So religion aside.. it's completely different we have a carribbean culture and I love our dialect of Guyanese creole. The food is similar.... But at the same time completely different lol it doesn't taste the same we use different spices to cook.
Indian diaspora migrated to british guyana dutch guyana fiji Singapore malaysia jamaica mauritius through indentured means
No disrespect.. you don’t seem to know where Guyana is or what it’s about ... your mother didn’t immigrate from India ??? Our fort parents are from India.. make sure you do your research before making a videos like this . You seem to be offending many people.
Wow..I feel so proud having my Guyanese people and Indians mix together...this is a very amazing thing to me because I love u❤btw I'm watching from Guyana and I love my culture....u should visit someday its a really beautiful country😘❤
im guyanese but from both the black and portuguese side im grenadian too :)
ayeee guyanese represent!
I was born and raised and still spend about 6 months of the year in India I can say most parts of India are more third world than Guyana . I haven't been to Guyana seen in youtube only but I am pretty well read
I am half Indian half Argentinian. I adopted my mother's religion and name but my father's culture I am living in India for 6 years but sadly I can't get Indian citizenship unless I drop argentinean citizenship which I will never do.
don't worry bro India is much diverse country u need whole life to know entire India 😃
Wow.
Guyanese is not an Ethnic background in regards to Indians. If your mom is of Indian ethnic background then you are of Indian ethnicity including your dad.
@Mr Lex what
@Mr Lex alot of indo-caribbeans are hindu
@Mr Lex some indo-caribbeans speak hindi
@Mr Lex and indo-caribbean know about de music
I like your story. I'm I'm 4th generation guyanese of punjabi heritage. Most guyanese Indians came from Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Bengal/Bihar and Madras/andhra pradesh. It reflects in their Foods under customs, particularly India religious practices. March of the priests or pujari's performs the rituals based on Awadhi and Panjabi norms. Much of the culture is predominantly Hindu influenced due to a majority of Indians. Hanuman pooja (jandi) is commonplace.
You are full Punjabi? I thought punjabis were a very tiny amount. They were some Guyanese that came from KPK, M.P, Gujarat, Maharashtra Orissa and Bengal.
I would like to know if this is a lie or substantiated? Others say Guyanese came from aboriginal Australians.
I like your video and I hope that you will take the opportunity to learn more about your history, I am Guyanese , and I have lived in India. There is so much you missed from both cultures. Your mom is from a very diverse nation with a rich history. Guyana is the only english speaking nation on the entire continent.So there is much for you to be proud of. Learn as much as you can , you will love it . Blessings
You’ve given all the information about Guyanese Indians in a nutshell. Awesome video. I’m looking forward to a trip to Guyana + Suriname + Trinidad & Tobago. Is Guyana safe for travel anyway??
Tamils have been living in Guyana.. President of Guyana Moses Veera samy Nagamuthu is a Tamilan..
Indo-Guyanese are handsome and adorable. 💕
hello daughter i need some information about guyana me and my family want to go guyana is that save for tourists pls advice thanks
What’s the difference between Indian-Guyanese & Indian people from India?? I’m confused 🤔
Literally everything lmao
Don't wanna be disrespectful, but yooo... don't beat up on guyana, try to do some research next time. Guyana isn't hard to get to..... lol anyways nice tho....
4th generation Malaysian Indian here. Happy to know that our race/ culture got disseminated throughout the world
Iam indu -Guayanese from my both parents know Spanish lol
I was also born in Manhattan in New York and am Indo-Guyanese by heritage. You seem to know more about India rather than Guyana. I don't blame you for not knowing too much about Guyana, I have the impression that your mother doesn't really talk about it or that you never really asked (in no way do I mean to offend you or her. I don't mean this in a rude nor mean way. I'm just saying, based on this video, it seems she didn't teach you much about Guyana nor did you maybe ask her about it, but thats just an assumption). Yes, research could of been done as well, but its alright! I'll help to inform you a bit, 'cause America doesn't teach you about Guyana in school anyways, so maybe this comment can help you learn a thing or two about the country now. First things first, there are 7 kinds of people in Guyana: one of the largest being the Indo-Guyanese. The Indians in Guyana were "indentured servants," thats what they want you to believe, but they were straight up slaves, just as the Africans were. They were tricked, kidnapped, and sold into slavery in Guyana. Africans came first though, they're the other largest group. (You should really watch the movie Guiana 1838, it gives you some information about the history of slavery in Guyana, and in my opinion it was a really good entertaining movie/documentary hybrid). I'm not going to give a full history lesson here, but there's also Chinese, Portuguese, British, Dutch, and natives called Amerindians. So we Guyanese have different looks to us having so much different groups and mixing, but we're all Guyanese nonetheless. Seeing that we're more focussed on the Indo-Guyanese people, "coolie" (racial slur referring to the Indians) workers were from northern and southern India, so if they were able to speak their mother language it would be some people speaking in Hindi and some in Tamil, even Bhojpuri as well. We all still semi speak our mother languages for religious reasons, some better than others, but not necessarily fluently. Definitely cannot read nor write in Hindi nor Tamil ect. Guyana was a British colony so every one basically lost their native tongue to speak, read, and write in English. However Guyana has its own dialect/language called Creolese or Guyanese Creole. Its broken English with barrowed words of different languages like Hindi in it. Its widely spoken throughout the Caribbean, but each West Indian country has its own spin to it, for example: Jamaican Patois(Patwah). Next, yeah your alter room could kinda represent Guyana in a way seeing that a large portion of the population is of Indian descent, so a lot of them have a Hindu based religion but not everyone is Hindu. The reason I'm saying Hindu based religion is because there are different denominations so to say. There are Aryan Hindus, who use Hindi as their language for prayer, but don't use murtis(idols)/alter rooms in their house nor mandir. They do rituals differently compared to other Hindu sects. Then there are the Madrasi Hindus who use Tamil not Hindi and worship Madrasi Gods which are also the same as regular Hindu Gods, but just by different avatars and names in some cases. They have alter rooms filled with murtis, but different rituals than Santana and Aryan Hindus. Santana is more well known typical Hindi based Hinduism. They have their set of rituals that differ from Madrasi and Aryan Hindus. They pray to murtis and have alter rooms as well. All 3 denominations I mentioned essentially worship the same God, they just have different rituals and languages from one another. Hinduism differs in Guyana versus India because unlike India the caste system isn't applied. In my opinion the caste system isn't even a part of the Hindu religion, it's more so a social/cultural aspect. Anyways, I digress. Not all Indo-Guyanese people are Hindu, theres also Muslims and Christians. Guyana is really interesting once you start to learn about its rich history and culture :).
Rebekah Viran
It's good to know that Indian diaspora is doing good outside India.
Love from India 🇮🇳 🇮🇳
Yash Sharma
Thanks. There's a huge population of people with Indian descent in the Caribbean. Most are in Guyana and Trinidad & Tobago, even in Jamaica, as well as many other countries in the Caribbean and South America. All these countries have a similar history 'cause they were all under British rule at the same time and gain independence around the same time as well. Thats why our cultures are so similiar in the West Indies. However, it's been a well over 150 years ago since the first Indian slaves/"indentured servants" were brought over.
We didn't migrate here ,our fore parent were forced to come here either through slavery or indenture labour, but there were the ameri dian who were here before us or the European.
I'm a pure guyanese and I love my country my culture and everything about it and I really miss my home since I'm living in Guyana now
I hate when people not sure what they're saying it's sounds like Guyana is not knowing to the world " this video is just madness
I'm Hindu and Guyanese and I can talk in a Guyanese accent but I can't speak hindi
Hey
Ya
Hindi is really easy to learn, you should try it
Jugwinder Gill I'll try 😂
vashti devi sharma I speak Punjabi, so it's 50% similar to Hindi 😂 I suggest using an app for Hindi.
how dear you to say that african are immigrants??? did you never hear about slavery??? common fam... i am indian to but from Surinam(e). Nickerie. Only 15 minutes with the boat.
Spanish is a minor language in Guyana now.....😊
GO girl it takes good people and time,to share their experiences.i am GUY/living in Canada, from berbice .thanks
Because I'm Punjabi
do you speak punjabi aswell ?
Please rephrase 'emigrate to Guyana.' Most Guyanese arrived due to slavery or indentured labour.
I still think that's one step up from slavery. Indentured servitude is much much better
I'm pretty much just like you, only both of my parents are from Guyana. And sometimes I also feel like it's hard to explain stuff, even though I should know most of these things, I just don't. Cause if I say one little thing to a guyanese person they'd get it, they'd understand what I mean. But if I say the same thing to an American person there would be so much explaining to do. And I'm just like, "Boii, I never thought I would have to explain something so much!" And I also can't even speak my own language, yeah, it's kinda sad. I don't even know what I'm supposed to speak, like dialect i guess. My older relatives, like grandmothers and stuff, they speak indian, or hindi i think. But it's fully hindi, or like not the primary thing i guess. And now I'm sad whenever my friends can talk to each other in thieir own language and I can't because I have no one. Even if I did i wouldn't be able to speak to them because ik nothing. So yeah that's me.
Holy crap this has been a lng comment......OK bye now :D
I completely understand your situation! But we really shouldn't have to explain ourselves for being different or for coming from a unique family :)
She looks totally desi.
Is your full name Sonita?
Indian 😊😊
Love from London my grandparents were born in India my parents were born in Pakistan I was born in London. I can speak punjabi and understand urdu and Hindi take care sister
Im a Guyanese and im proud of being one
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The vast majority of black people in Guyana are not immigrants nor are most of them of such descent. They arrived in Guyana as enslaved peoples from Africa brought by the British during the colonization of the country. Please choose your words wisely.
Bihari. Not Punjabi. All the migration took place from the poverty ridden UP and Bihar those days. It seems to be similar compared to other states in India now a days. You are not Punjabi.
U need to visit 🇬🇾
I have visited the Co-operative Republic of Guyana! Beautiful country! My parents are from Guyana.
Raymond Harlall shit slums
I can speak both Hindi and Spanish fluently but not English.
i m also indian assamese people famous for tea and crude oil. guyana people are like our people
My Grandmother and father were from Guyana my Grandparents were from India
I am from Trinidad and my husband is Punjabi. My son love black dhal. Both my boys can’t speak punjabi either.
Soni Kohli......I did not know that Kohli are found in Guyana. Nice to know you and your ethnicity. Hope you learn Punjabi and hindi. It is language of your heart.
She probably got her name from her father, Guyanese Hindus are from Bihar region.
@@rupeshvislawath Tamil Nadu and U.P too
Hey Soni, nice to listen to you. Tell me one thing: don't you ever feel sad that you are far far away from a great civilization called India.
Little girl, any Caribbean Airlines flight out of the US will get you to Guyana. Before you start youtubing about your "Guyanese" heritage, get your GT facts straight. We are a small country but its not a match box you can walk around in in 5 mins.
I am 4 Generation from Suriname. Live in Holland.
wow...you have the best of both worlds !!
Thank you for sharing, I am from Fiji but same thing grate, grate grand parents are from Indian as well grate grandfather was from India. My old man her similar mix dad Punjabi, mom from Fiji, but Punjabi background. .
dont ericitate asks more about my culture and on the island we are like the same am a hindu familly never goes in india no familly there my older older older`s grand parent left in india as colis to cultivate cane flield and to plant agricultures to mauritiuis as this longs period any hindu have left the island to return in india never,all still here after slavery on 1800 century .Also my island known as the island of Dodo ..dodo bird
Is guyanese an ethnicity?
African Guyanese did not get on a plane and emigrate to Guyana. They were enslaved and taken there several centuries ago.