Why is this country one of the happiest places on Earth? - BBC REEL
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- Year after year, the tropical island nation of Vanuatu has kept its ranking as one of the happiest places on Earth. To what do locals owe their consistent good mood?
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"The happiness is the consequence of how respectful we are with the nature"
That, right there, is the eternal truth. Play nice with nature, and you'll live happy ever after.
Vanuatu is POOR COUNTRY!!!
TRASH IN THE WORLD!!!..
No dependency on money , Reliance on nature = key to happiness
They have their urban area and they charge you dearly for items including food.
It is a beautiful thing to see people connected with nature.
I wish the whole humanity was like that.
May Loma .
It was before $GOD HAD ANYTHING TO DO WITH IT.
@@gingerbread1032 I DON'T BELIEVE IN "GOD".
May Loma .
Good for you because $GOD IS WORTHLESS.
Most people think BNW by Aldous Huxley is about a lot of different stuff but he was and its in the movie versions all about getting people to take bi polar meds more or less he was saying everybody was popping valium which if you don't know taking more then one is like drunk driving while sitting in a lawn chair anyway my point the novel The Island is a good story BNW isn't its anothingburger telling somebody to take bipolar meds can be a face tat
It was until colonialization
Heck yeah that's my home country!!
I've not been to Vanuatu since 2019 and I miss it so much, I can't wait to go back and live there =]
Trust me when I say this, it is a gem of a country hidden from the rest of the world.
It seems obvious that their happiness is directly related to how little they have had to deal with forced colonization and forced "development" from outside influences. Essentially, they lack the oppressive nature of outside influences.
A littel inside ; Vanuatu was Colonized by both England and France, at the same time . We know our history ,Know that our ancestors were,soled into slavery, Poisoned , raped and Killed for their lands ,and we're a young nation , so our history very recently for us . After our independence from the 2 colonizers . We chose Our nation name Vanuatu meaning "our land" instead of trying to correct the wrongs of the past and live backwards in hate and unforgivenness towards our oppressors . We want to live forward in Hope and Happiness of the Blessing that is this small Isalnd Nation ,which is Home.,🤗✨️ 🌴
A country not corrupted by capitalism and greed = happiness for everyone
Apart from it is a capitalist country. Good job.
lol. you people really have no idea what capitalism is.
You'll probably change your mind when know about the politicians
Watching from another happy country Trinidad and Tobago🇹🇹
Any place that people have no mortgage, no property tax, no necessity expenses will be a happy place. Sadly in most places even with owning your own land you still need to earn money to pay for property tax and utility bills.
No individual owns the land there. It’s common tribal land
I want to live there....that sounds like paradise to me.
Lucky they dont have oil in there.. otherwise USA will show them how good democracy is..😅
Or maybe a ton of gold mining like Papua that's been consistently exploited by Indonesia? Lol
@@judyclarkson5887 American company own the gold mine in papua for over 50 years.. indonesia take it over just last year .. maybe thats why there is suddenly separate movement in papua..🤔
@@Blue-yp5mz another absentees of the history? Lol.
It was Soeharto who made a deal to American company (named freeport) to exploit that mining. And it was definitely one of the biggest trigger, that new york agreement which basically gave Indonesia the rights to occupy Papua happened. After all, it's all about business.
And i think from such a case that infamous theory of 'resources curse' is simply true. Vanuatu can be this free and live their own philosophy of life bcos they have no resources like Papua has. That no big & greedy country like Indonesia, USA, or China feels the need to occupy & possess their life.
@@judyclarkson5887 but still, America get most of the gold..
Even if papua seperate from indonesia, other country will come and control their resources, just like timor leste, now they're contrlolled by Australia and Portugal..
@@Blue-yp5mz typical defensive answer,, *but still* lol. My point is, it was never morally right, that Papua was 'handed' to Indonesia by US over the possible return that US can grab & exploit the gold & copper mining there at Papua in the future, *that was clearly & directly facilitated by the Indonesia's government.*
Not to say the whole process in that referendum that was so full of manipulations which was done by the famous psycho & tyrant leader named Soeharto and its chronies.
From those 2 premises alone,, i can understand why Papuans keep asking for their rights to determine their own fate. To be or not to be an independent nation. Since the process was never done even at the slightest sense of fairness at all, hence the result of that referendum has always been a defective one and can never restore the justice for the native people there in the Papua.
Unless the current government is willing to swallow their pride and ask for a sorry to the whole Papuans people, for all the bitter history that has happened in the past and must've been hurting all the Papuans hearts & dignity.
I applause the attentions that the current government gives to Papua and its people, but until the solution can reach its roots of problems, which is the country's recognition of such a bitter history, and start to seeing Papua's issue from Papuans point of views instead of Jakarta's, this issue of separatisms in Papua will always happen & happen again. No matter how much the governemnt tries to rain them with money & infrastructures. Bcos it's not the main problems there.
Samoa can be like this but we think backwards. We think materialism and gluttony is happiness
Manus actually want materialism its like saying people don't want Walmart
@Mathius S They retreated bkwrds is why
That's mean Vanuatu people happiness is in pure, simple life and uncontaminated from the tourists or TV or wifi from the outside world.
Samoa life has a lot modern electric stuffs ESP TV. That's why living in similar environment but thinking different because of TV media influence.
I'm currently in Vanuatu but was in Samoa a couple of weeks ago. Like Vanuatu, Samoa has a strong and distinctive culture with strong communitarian traits but, unlike Vanuatu, I felt the local Samoans don't value what they have as much as the Ni-Vans. It's a pity because I'm sure the traditional Samoan lifestyle is much healthier than the Western one. The Vanuatu people have a surprisingly strong sense of their identity and self-confidence. I hope Samoan people can find the self-respect that they deserve.
Linda essa natureza toda, graças a Deus, sem queima de combustível de motos e carros... Sou do Brasil.
Admire their Human spirit.Which most have forgotten nowadays.
Vanuatu people have life important life skills... that is to make a house, to farm, to fish, to hunt... there are other traditional techs that they have which is beyond common understanding... material wealth is not important hence they are happy .. the important part is they own land and can use it to live simply.... do not be mistaken by this video, they have 4G Phones, 4G networks are totally updated by world events... probably smart enough to elect a good government too.... their motto is "In God we stand"
This is so exciting to see an intact culture, apparently escaped colonialization and living abundantly healthy and content with culture and mother nature!!! YES.
The main languages of Vanuatu are French, English and Bislama (an English creole). Nowhere escaped colonisation.
Usually islanders are happier because they are isolated. But just think about the European continent. So many tribes fighting for thousands of years
Respect for nature.
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" Vanuatu is prone to significant year round seismic and volcanic activity, with associated risks of tsunamis. They are over 2,000 seismic events reported each year, most events are small scale, although larger tremors and quakes of over 5 on the Richter scale do occur on a regular basis. "
They also have some of the pacifics great hits (music) very talented people...youtube it if you want
Wow! 🤩 Maybe I’ll move there soon!
Beautiful ❤️
Wonderful
Blessings , as this is what it must be that , access to resources if everyone has it equally not as an opportunity then there are no conflicts.
No Government, no worries.
They have government.
@@bremCZ their govt is USA and Australian Dolls
@@diazutube Nonsense
@@bremCZ made sense after all in how their govt support separatism in West Papua out of the blue
@@diazutube So did almost all pacific nations. It was spoken about during the Pacific Island Forum.
There is a correlation between land ownership and peace.
They own the land commonly/tribally, not individually
Nice people. There is a lot to cherish in a simple, unhurried life. I am working myself into the grave to end my life living like these people live now. Crazy!
It simple the answer to their happiness is they are fine with a SIMPLE LIFE they don’t need anything more like the western countries where people are obsess with consumerism
consumerism which is part of capitalism is the root cause of all the unhappiness in this modern era
Let those people live happily in their world 🌎. No need trash from outside.
there are no BBC services?
Well we do not have to pay a tv licence do we,that is a good reason to smile.
When reality proves to us money does not buy love and happiness.
Bravo
No media?
Also, their national song goes
_In Heaven there ain't no beer_
_That's why we drink it here_
Total common sense. Why has the rest of the planet not got it?
Mother nature can sure be cruel as well as kind. !
Similar to Pandora (Avatar).
Live in harmony with nature.
Happiest people because we live and think simple. Prehaps if we'd think more critically will be able to use our own lands to create our own country's produce which we could export oversea to enhance our economy and improve poverty rates, roads, access to medical facilities and iliteracy rates (which is also another contributing reason why were the happiest people on Earth as the majority of us fail to see that our politicians aren't acting for the best interests of the people who have chose them).
Sam salting heme blo nasara blo yumi nomo ,no blo fulwol ,yumi be the change no mekem problem bigwan . Solution no focus long ol manya tumas . Mi respectfuly askem blom ka5 wan difren perspective nomo .ta✨️
I thought Scandinavian countries are the happiest countries on Earth? Rankings usually portray rich countries are the happiest countries.
@Snowstorm why did you mention muslim countries man they are the worst no wonder they are wastelands with nothing in them
Title says "ONE" of the happiest places on earth. And it's not about wealth, but compassion and finding what makes things work in everyone's favor. Rather than just the rich
@@jaxthewolf4572 true but if you google the ranking you wont even see Vanatu at top 20. They are mostly developed western countries. If you are saying it is not about wealth then these happiness rankings should not exist at all because of their biasness.
Bet they're not on facebook or snapchat all day..
Lmao we are not living under a rock ... it's the 21st century
I hope luckily, they don't have interference or invasion by multinational companies or rich countries from West as well as east. I think this is why they are happy: along with their nature loving life style. I hope this happiness will last forever & hope they will not become victims of USA, Russia or China.
Mate Vanuatu is already the Victim of China
China is there, big time. Built a 1km-long wharf, put Vanuatu in debt for it for hundreds of millions. Now Vanuatu pays up ... in hard cash.
Now let's see the landfill
There happy because they do not rely on $GOD.
Google "Cargo Cult"
The pacific islands are some of the most Christian countries in the world. Vanuatu is 80% Christian.
They literally tell us it's because they don't rely on *money*
I thought it was because nobody lives there ! Fiji has a rather unhappy racial problem , particularly in the towns .
So innocent!!! A worth of preservation and defense
For what they charge you in the urban area ($$$), I understand why they are happy XD.
So basically they are living according to:
Imagine there's no heaven
It's easy if you try
No hell below us
Above us only sky
Imagine all the people living for today
Imagine there's no countries
It isn't hard to do
Nothing to kill or die for
And no religion too
Imagine all the people living life in peace, you
Imagine no possessions
I wonder if you can
No need for greed or hunger
A brotherhood of man
Imagine all the people sharing all the world,
beatles?
Happiest place yes.... because population is like 45.
What about the other small countries?
Because they live on our taxation money and when they are sick they are either helicoptered or airlifted to our hospitals. We also supply their local hospital!
vanuatu: we are happy people
capitalism & consumerism: what? i must increase my influence there!
Very happy, sure...and average life expectancy is 10 years less than Australia with child mortality at birth 10 times of Australia
I'd trade 10 years of geezer home for the life of happiness they live
I bet they get more out of life though
@@tgbluewolf child mortality 10 times more...I think those babies would rather to give it a go too, but hey each time it’s own
@@rezzob No, that I would fix as well...too bad the rest of the world refuses babies a chance with abortion 😕
Can still be a happy place you know
Someone called Trump asks if you have room for a golf course?
Depending on money to survive might not be the best option
Corona joined the room
Seems like the islands are occupied by good people.
But this evokes much more question?
1) How do you measure happiness?
2) Is this some conservative media propaganda promoting family?
3) Are personal freedoms sacrificed to achieve this happiness?
4) How about Homophobia and Xenophobia in the region?
5) Does listening to elders always lead to the right thing?
6) Is this some kind of Nostalgia trip by the conservative media?
7) Is being not materialistic the answer?
8) If so why on earth are the rich not sharing their wealth, to be more happy?
Conclusion: Loved the people and the place.
Just wary of the article.
You see, if you lived in their community, it would not occur to you to formulate such questions !
They do not know the pathology of the so-called civilized people who have run out of time :-)
They dont have tv or BBC :)
No one commenting would last a week here 😅
Teach them capitalism and they will hunt each other like others
No funny viruses there. I gatta move
Then you introduce capitalism. Happiness killer.
Why is Jake from State Farm black now?....
Language is not = to culture, they are not related. Once they reach mainstream global exposure, they can be totally separated.
What happens when people have kidney stones in Vanuatu? Is there free healthcare?
They can make plants into a cure for anything.
They don't need pharmacies, psychiatrists and psychologists.
No agro white dudes. Says a lot.
I got to get that new iphone, catch some of that kardashian and check out that new club a few blocks away.
Indonesia 🇮🇩 koq ga termasuk Negara Bahagia di dunia?? 😂😂
Masih di rank 82 dari negara paling bahagia di dunia
yes, it is less money, more happy.
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Wait till the white man gets there.