PART ONE: Interview with 97 yr old Mansee Subiah on Tamil Heritage in Trinidad
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 8 ม.ค. 2017
- Enjoy this interview with 97 year old Mansee Subiah of Hermitage, Trinidad. She says her parents came from "Tanjaur" (Tanjavur??), Ramapattam, Devakal. She is a healthy senior citizen, walks with a cane, is strong, and still lucid. She eats mostly vegetables and the occasional fish or shrimp.
Hear Part One of her life story. Other Parts to follow
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I am from Thanjavur, Tamilnadu, India. Living in Canada. Her tamil dialects are valid. I can understand. God bless you paati(grand ma).☺️😢
Were in canada
Im Sri Lankan Tamil from Jaffna .. raised in Canada for almost 30 yrs ... maansi grand na I really want to come and visit u and speak to u in Tamil ... I fully understood ur Tamil and ur pain ..... invite me grand ma to your home for sure I will come to see you ... 👍😄
@@prinstech9997 nice to meet Tamils across world, welcome to Tamilnadu
My father is from Thanjavur...but I live in Malaysia now..I do travel to India often visting Thanjavur n Kumbakonam n have been to Nagapattinam once or twice...pity her...n all our Tamil people from this area..scattered n lost all over the Globe..
That’s awesome! I’m half Black, half Indian. My Indian sides are from Fiji and Trinidad. My Fiji Indian side is from Kumbakonam in Thanjavur district, whereas my Trini North Indian side is from UP and Bihar. I’m proud to be part of such a wonderful culture! I have been playing dancing bharatanatyam and I play Veena for 12 years. I also sing Carnatic music
I'm from Tami Nadu and I can understand her Tamil..... awesome that she still remembers Tamil....I'm proud of her 🙏
6 lakhs Tamil people's have been living in SA..Happy to see grandma speaking tamil ..வாழ்க தமிழ்
Are you from South Africa.... 🤔
தமிழன்டா
நீ என் உயிரடா
திருப்பூர்
தமிழ்நாடு
Do they speak tamil
What a touching story. I am from Trinidad and this breaks my heart so much. I am half indian and grew up with my indian family. Alot of families have gone through what she's gone through. Both my great grandparents were from India. My great aunts and grandmother went to visit india to see the motherland. God bless this lady for telling her story.
You’re so correct! I’m also half Indian and my Indian sides are from Fiji and Trinidad. My great grandparents were able to visit India, but it wasn’t until they passed that our family has been able to put together all the records and do research to answer the missing pieces. A lot of information was passed down orally but it took a long time to find records and verify these things. Thanks to that, we’ve been able to reunite with some of our relatives in both north and south India! 😊 proud of our heritage and I’m also thankful to have heard this lady’s story! Such an amazing person
Tamilians ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
@@jacenath8197 Similarly Every indians are longing to visit their mother land of India, if they get such opportunity, surely it's a great pleasure and blessed. God should fulfill their ambition.
I am watching this video often every time I watch it my heart is very sad sometimes I cry many times so now it makes me want to watch it again and again How many Indians have passed to many countries they can't see their former people and many have died even now many once again they are Indians. They even think that they can come back to the country and meet their elders, they don't know whether it will happen or not, but if they come back, their mind will be relieved and they will be satisfied.
Amazing that Tamils also settled in Trini dad and Tebago ......I'm 4th generation South African Indian. Majority of the South Indians were left in South Africa. My great grand parents also worked in the sugarcane fields and tea estates. Shared the same struggles. Hello in Tamil is Vannakum.
Ian Loganathan
Anna vanakkam. From motherland of tamil.
Ian Loganathan
do you peoples still speak tamil
Anna vanakkam nice to here you people are from South India.i want to come and visit hug and cry my blood
Aravind Samy I'm 5th generation South African Indian of North Indian heritage most Hindi and Tamil speaking Indians dnt speak out vernacular languages anymore....
what thats crazy. I‘m sri lankan tamil first generation and I‘m 23!
Emotional interview to watch iam fromTamilnadu and studied in Thanjavur. Amazing how she remembers tamil words after so many years Currently living in South Africa we have similar old paati's here in south africa as well they do speak tamil like this Paati . Sad to hear about her death May her soul rest in Peace Paati.
This right here, GOLD. The Indian diaspora especially in Guyana and Trinidad needs to see more of this. Our history is so unique but many of us don’t know much about it. And this only the experience of one Tamil Trinidadian woman.
Our duty to spread the messages and story’s. It has been a long journey 🙏🏽
This is a very good initiative to preserve our culture.
Indrani, Thanks so much for documenting her stories. When she talked about her mother's birthplace , she started to cry. That's really made me cry. If she is healthy enough to travel, I would like to arrange her a trip to Thanjavur [தஞ்சாவூர்]. One of the greatest Tamil poet, Maha Kavi Subramaniya Barathiyaar [ மகா கவி சுப்பிரமணிய பாரதியார்] written many poems about the plight of Tamil people in these places almost 100 years ago.
Thanks again. God bless you grandma! I learned a lot from you today.
Thanks so much vijay. she passed on recently. she would have loved to go to india
thanks so much. she has now passed on. i really wished that she could have visited her birthplace
@@drindrani Thanks for bringing Tamils of your part, you are most welcome to India and Tamilnadu
May god provide peace to her soul
@@drindrani Its only 20 mins since i had seen her on uTube n feel heart broken that she passed on without visiting her mother land..... may her soul rest in peace.
I am an African and I'm so blessed by her words! The culture is very interesting. May her soul Rest Perfectly!
I am from Varanasi and really happy to see this. That lady is "Tamil" wherein that Man is speaking in "Awadhi/Bhojpuri" but still they are confortable speaking with each other. Sometime lady is also speaking in Awadhi/Bhojpuri and man in Tamil... This is the beauty of Us Indians, we may be away from our motherland but our diversity is unbreakablea, unthinkable...Love you Dadiji
Glad you could recognise the languages. What profession are you in
Aweee when she was 😢 I feeling sad for her. And listening 🎶 to her.
@@drindrani Sorry mam, just seen your reply....well I am a software engineer and roots are from Varanasi (UP), Born n raised in Bhopal (MP) and completed my education in Bangalore (Karnataka) and Chennai (Tamil Nadu)...
This lady speaks Tamil and Bhojpuri. So cool! :D
I am from Madras, Tamilnadu India. This gives me goosebumps. Knowing some trini ppl speak tamil
Thank so much for documenting this conversation with the Elder. Trinidad, Guyana, Suriname and Jamaica just to name few of the East Indian diaspora in the Caribbean. Bless
@Sargam You are absolutely right! All the great people including my Brother and Sister that was born the great country Suriname.
She is from Tamil Families
I’m from Trichy Tamilnadu. I’m closer to Thanjavur!
This ammachi (grand ma) is precious, she is a Tamil woman. It’s like seeing our lost ancestor. Talking to her would be like looking at our past 😭😭 May God bless her with long life.❤️❤️❤️
“Amma Enga pora, veetukku poraen, inga kunthu, naan Enna solluvaen, amma enga va,” - all these she is saying are colloquial conversation sentences in Tamil.
The older gentleman is speaking in hindi to her. This shows that people from different ethno-linguistic groups from India were moved to work in Trinidad!
They were, caribbean hindustani is mixture different indian languages
Oh my goodness - Tamil background in Trinidad and Tobago Indian history confirmed for me. I often wondered about this, I am a Muslim from T&T and I am married to a Hindu Tamil from Sri Lanka (Ceylon) for over thirty years. I am very blessed by Allah because from my time, I am one of a very, very few people who left T&T all those years ago and reached far areas of Allah's earth, Sri Lanka and Australia being my anchors. The Tamil greeting to welcome someone is Vanakkam. I absolutely love this priceless historical gem. Alhamdu Lillah.
Where you now live??
We ended up in Fiji Islands and we are just like her.
Heart touching story.God bless her. 400,000 tamils from Singapore wish her long and happy life🙏
Tamilnadu govt must take steps to sponcor those want to visit their homeland and educate them tamil
They need to tsp the same for Sri Lankan Tamils
@@mannyescuela3511 Srilankan Tamils can speak Tamil well, they don't need to come to Tamilnadu. Even Ethnic Sinhalese can understand Tamil.
@@Risingnewman they need to come to be with their people
சீமான் வரனும்
வேற எவனும் முதலமைச்சராகி உதவி செய்ய மாட்டான்
Exactly you're right.. Govt should support
This is truly an amazing Auntie. She reminds me of my Grand Parents expressing their love for "Mother India"!!
She is amazing . I wish I had met her when I was there in 2016 while she was alive. I was born and raised in madras India.
It's now have become Chennai :)
@@Anonymous-xy6nh Doesn't matter...
It's all about the feel .. not just name.
Golden Documentryfor tamils, love from Tamilnadu.
No Shaun, she was born in Trinidad. The urge to see the ancestral motherland is the wish of almost all immigrant societies around the world/ Why should she not wish to see the land of her ancestors?
Amazing to see someone from Thanjavur district in Tamilnadu and she still speaks authentic Tamil 🖤
Awwww, how heartbreaking when she said that she often thought of her parents😢
She speak tamil english bhojpuri wow.
God bless u.
Mother tongue if bihari is bhojpuri or hindi
love this, it’s amazing hearing her speak. I myself am half Trini & Tamil and find this so intriguing
hi, you must do a 2-3 or more page expressing your mixed cultural background. i would love to post it on my facebook and perhaps we can do a reocrding on it. where are you based?
@@drindrani hi hello, haha I really wish i could write a 3 page piece on my background. my mother is Trinidadian and my dad is Tamil born in Sri Lanka. I would have never thought both my cultures would meet. I’m currently based in Toronto, my email is dana.karuna22@gmail.com if you’re still interested 🤍
@@danaKaruna hi
Angel of a woman this story makes me feel melancholy R.I.P. Mother Mansee Subiah.
The Indian cricketer Robin Singh.... he is from Trinidad and moved to India.... Played for india....And now settled in Chennai permanently. He is of bihari heritage but can speak Tamil too bcoz there were Tamils in Trinidad.
His family and relatives still lives in Trinidad. But Robin Singh has now married , and has decided to stay in India.
yes he grow up in an area that have 100 percent indian
Hi Diamond, thank you for you sharing. Glad to hear there are tamils in Trinidad.
Hi Diamond 💎 ☺️ is Robin Singh married in Trinidad or India 🇮🇳
Much love for this beautiful lady,i am from south africa 3rd generation and loved her story
ANNA you people know how to talk tamil
SA tamils don't speak tamil ..Speaking only English..but still following tamil culture & tradition...watching tamil movies...80% indian tamils are living in Durban city...little tamilnadu..Tamil schools is there but SA tamil not much interesting to learn tamil...
Paati she’s certified Tamil 🚩
What's usually the religion for the tamils?
@@gullyflixtv6812 mostly islam and hinduism
@edward Campbell i am tamil from tamilnadu.. india.. our religion is based on dravidam... we are not following muslim or hinduism.. lena G don't spread false news
@@gullyflixtv6812 yeah... I'm from tamilnadu.. We followed only hinduism.. And some folk gods....
@@gullyflixtv6812 I am from Tamilnadu. Majorities are Hindus, others are Muslims, Christianity, Buddhism, jain, atheists dravidians , sikhs
This is interesting. I’m from Trinidad but we never really knew much about where our ancestors came from or our language. Even my Grandparents only spoke English. But my family in Trinidad still practices Hinduism and enjoys Indian music even though we may not know the meaning
Happy to see tamil grandma 👵. God bless you
அம்மா எங்கை போறே? நான் வீ(வூ)ட்டை போறன். இந்த தமிழ் ரிறினிடாட் நாட்டில் ஒலித்ததை கேட்டு மகிழ்ந்தேன் அம்மா🙏🙏🙏. I was really surprised to know that people still speak Tamil or at least remember some Tamil words. This was great. I am really glad. I appriciate all those who have made arrangements to interview this Tamil Amma🙏🙏🙏. Tamil from Tamil Eelam (Sri Lanka) origin living in Toronto, Canada
So interesting. My Trini roots are endlessly fascinating and I’m full of admiration for the people who have contributed their blood, sweat and tears over the generations. Thanks for sharing this video.
Thank you for this gem. Have been doing a family research on connecting our roots to Trinidad and this showed up unexpectedly. So glad it did. It was meant to be. Sorry she passed.
Enga pora_ எங்க போகிறாய்- where are you going?
Kooru_ கூறு_ tell
Samy_ சாமி_ Lord
Naan veetuku poren _ நான் வீட்டுக்கு போறேன்- I am going home.
Kunthu _ குந்து-sit down
I'm really surprised to see this interview. I'm also from Thanjavur ( the city where she's from).my wishes to you grandma.
Da sanam.
Thanks for the translation
Thank for the translation; it means a lot to us!
jayant lal People say that in Fiji too, but as a greeting 😊
Indrani Rampersad, you dont understand tamil do you?
Omg this made me cry so hard :,(
You are Tamil generation girl♥
Maybe it was a Petticoat she got married in.
👍 a long skirt and and top
Aweee her son died 😢 😔 😪 😞 💔 😕
So where is your daughter in law your son wife?
Thanks for video! It's so inspirational and sad at the same time, because of the hardship our ancestors faced. They know the facts of the History and stories of the struggles about "indentured Labour". Disputes their struggles they always have a warm heart, they are worriers, her memory is sharp and she reminds me of my Grandma. I grew up in Guyana, living overseas and my Grandma came from India, now she's in Heaven. My grandma shared sad stories with us also. Let us continue sharing the facts and stories and the struggles in " The Sugar Cane Plantation" It will never be forgotten. God Bless !
Paati,(grand mom) I love u.. god bless you
😢😢
I am from South India (Bangalore) now living in Atlanta. I am so grateful to the interviewer for posting this interview. I came with my family to Trinidad and Tobago in 2017 specifically to learn about the Indian heritage. I wish I had watched this video earlier so I would have been blessed to meet this 97 year old whose heart still desires to visit her motherland--India. I am touched by Ms. Subiah's memory of Tamil and the rituals. My heart wrenched when I visited Trinidad and heard stories from 2nd and 3rd generation Indian origin Trinidadians about how their families were forcibly brought in ship by British through deceit. British owe an apology to all the colonies for the crime they committed when they ruled. How can I get in touch with Ms. Subiah? Please inform.
Thanks for your kind comments. Unfortunately, she recently passed away. I was so sad. There are similar older people but we don't have the resources to record their voices. Next time you visit Trinidad you must get in touch with us to met other such ancestral treasures,
KR Sreenath The British really mistreated us in Trinidad & Guyana. Long live the Indo Caribbean’s
@@mrladnek5858 but the Afro Caribbean nationalists will keep trying to make it a contest of who’s oppressed more lol
I am a tamilian from tamil nadu. I felt emotional after reading your comment. Really it is heart touching story about this grandma. You guys are blessed to see Trinidad and Tobago. Our ancestors and forefathers are suffered a lot in under the Britishers rule. They brought this people as a labour to work in the sugarcane field.
Now, Indian become PM of UK. He should apologize
“Janani Janmabhumishcha Swargadapi Gariyasi” - My motherland is more sacred than the heavens itself. Shat shat pranam Daadi.
Pranaams,vanakkams and Namaskaars to all hindu brethren and sisters all over the indentured world.
RIP Mother Mansee Subiah
Sorry to hear. RIP.
Imagine no Technology in those days
So how 🤔 they knows what to do 😲 😱 😲
OMG,amazing discovering History never thought in schools,
I agree, this history would certainly put a spin on things! History isn't history if it's not taught to the fullest.
Sad to see her cry for her family 😢
She is Speaking tamil and english creole, a language spoken by all the people that came as bonded labours from India and africa to the Caribbean by the Britishers.
Yes. Thanks for the update, Indrani M'am
It's so nice to hear her talk about my history
Love this lady. Good bless her.
6:06 Wow! She says in authentic Tamil " Naa enna solluven?" (What Can I say?) ...
Very beautiful lady my best to all her loved ones peace be with her and all who read this ❤️ ♥️ 💕 💖 💜
We have people like her in Fiji.
jayant lal he talked in bhojpuri
Mazlan Penang There are bhojpuri speaking ppl who also came to Trinidad. Look up the son Mor Tor-Rikki Jai
Shweety Pumpkin thank you,i'm a bhojpuri speaker as well.
God bless you all bro..
very nice and warm respect for the great lady from Tamil nadu
Mansee Subiah passed away yesterday, Monday 23rd April, 2018. Funeral will be held tomorrow at 9-10am Wednesday 25th April, then to the mosquito creek for cremation.
jsubiah sad to hear that . May her soul rest in peace
At least she can finally see her parents in the spirit world,
Ah, I know the place. She has gone home.
jsubiah today 14:11:18 just now I saw it from madras ( tamilnadu) sorry! EN AAZHNTHA IRANGAL!
@Sargam in colloquial usage Sami is also used..
Listening to her omg I remember my parents and grandparents so interesting I could listen to her all day
i agree alf alfa. i did all my tertiary education in india and have a strong emotional and spiritual connection
Reminds me of my grandmother. Remarkable stories of the hardships they faced. Stood steadfast and brought families. Todays youngsters must know these stories.
You make me cry grandma
Very good interview made me proud as indian today.
This is amazing 👏 I start crying about this video.
Wow she is amazing speaking Tamil
Definitely she longs for her mother country
Like her in south Africa we also have lots of Tamil people
Fortunately many visited India
God bless this paati
She looks just like my par-aaji, I loved this video!
Love you Patti from tamil nadu, 😍😘
SitaRam , We are so fortunate to see this amazing Amma can give us her life story. God bless soul.
She ate mostly vegetables? That's great news for the vegetarian/vegan community to use to prove to people that people won't die young of malnutrition on a veg diet. May Mansee Subiah Ji rest in peace.
You are an awesome woman, God bless you love, take care cheers.
💙🇮🇳🇦🇺🤗🌹✨👍💐🌸
A big respect to the lady.
This is heart wrenching 😢
IF ANYBODY COULD ARRANGE TO TAKE" PAATTI" GRANDMA FOR VISIT TO THANJAVUR, TAMILNADU, INDIA, IT WILL BE GREAT. I AM TAMIL FROM UK
I too wish that could happen.
What an awesome and heart ❤️ touching story. God bless 🙏🏻🙏🏻
She's from Thanjavur..ammapettai
6:05 நான் என்ன சொல்லுவேன் [naan enna solluvaen= what should I say] 8:06 அம்மா, நீ வந்தே [amma, nee vandhay= madam, you came?] 15:09 கூலி [coolie = salary/ slave] 15:40 (mother-in-law name) தாயி [thaayi = mother] 16:14 அம்மாபட்டினம் [ammapattinam]
It's not about India, it's about Tamil Nadu and the Tamilians!!!
Last time I check Tamil Nadu is a state in India. Tamil were the minority brought to guyana and Trinidad. As indo guyanese my ancestors were brought from all over India but most came from the states of Bihar and UP they why you see the lady speaking bhojpuri and awadi as well as Tamil because Indians were brought from all over India to work sugar plantations. So they had to learn to speak each other language to communicate.
im a malaysian indian. nice to know about guyana indians. very happy
Hello I am from Bihar . Surprised to hear some Bhojpuri words and lines
--😃 love and regards from India 🙏
All over world Tamil community people living in different countries should come forward and make Tamil world council as a organization to preserve Tamil by teaching them Tamil and nowadays it so easy to learn Tamil through online class and by watching Tamil movies also you can be connected with language. And also Tamil Nadu state government from Indian should make some initiative to these people at least to visit once in lifetime their native places and should conduct cultural programmed,Tamil film shows and appoint some official and Tamil teachers and send them to Tamil speaking countries to teach tamil.
Amazing times we live in. One of the oldest cultures we still can witness
Very nice video.and interview.
Blessings!Remind me of my ammaye! After our dad died she took us in and looked after us because my mum,being just 27 years old, was very depressed!
Touched story of Tamil Lady (Patti). From Tanjavoor
Beautiful. Good to see Indian origin people. Thanks
I salute u mother.
Beautiful Ma.
very interesting, thank you. i am indian from Surinam and our lenguage called Sarnami is the most close to Bhojpuri.
The old lady can understand Tamil which is language as well as speak speaks bhojpuri (north language) very well, also she speaks English as well, multi talented old madam🙏
6:06 - She asks in Tamil, "what should I say?"
Patti your tamil is awesome at this age
1:30 - 1:38 - can be understood by anyone who understands Tamil. She asks here "Where are you going?" and then answers "To meet the saami". Saami is still used in Tamil to refer to priests.
Not necessarily. "Saamy" is more of a Tamil term for "god", like "Karuppu Saamy", "Kumarasaamy", "Madasaamy", etc.
I agree that the term is used in many situations including for God, priests, holy men, etc.
@@prashobhsnair or swamy.
I am Tamil from Tamil Nadu. My native city is Trichy, not very far from Tanjore. I can also understand her Tamil
I'm also from trichy... Where are you now..
@@madeshshivam952 After Amma passed away Appa and moved to Wayanad, Kerala to my aunt, Sir
@@RamasamyArumugam1927 ok bro..
Oh wow they gave goat 🐐 😳 😕 meat 🍖 😳 😢 to the sea 🌊 or oceans 🤔 🤣 😳 😆 oh wow
In Guadeloupe (french caribbean island), there are many indo-caribbean, most of us are from Tamil Nadu too, and Kolkata. My grandmother's parents were from Tamil Nadu. She kept some recipes, but lost the language. So many people in our island are called by "samy" names, "Ramsamy", "Ramassamy", "Kandassamy", "Mounssamy" "Veerassamy", etc...our name is Marimoutou (Marimootoo/Marimuthu), many people are called "moutou", "Sorimoutou", "Kitterimoutou", etc...all of us are from Tamil Nadu!
Also telugus don’t forget telugus in Guadeloupe
If you take a certain dna test (probably with selective services) you may be able to see some of your relatives in India. On youtube other people have taken the test and found lost family relatives if the relative has also took the dna test. DNA is so fascinating! Letters can tell you soo much about your relationship to other humans.
Interesting. Who provides that service
God bless her. She is gold indeed in the Indian diaspora
Lovely lovely.. Paati Amma.. God bless you..
Manasi Subbiah ..Nice to see the senior citizen in her nineties,,,,,,Respects
thanks. she recently passed on. Great is the culture of India
Hy I'm from Fiji Island n my great grandfather was from India
Awesome thank u Godbless Mamma n u also fir sharing wud be awesome if u cud show us more abt tamil living in Guyana plse most appreciated Godbless n tc 💖
God bless you😇🙏
Sami is correct. The name Subiah is origional Tamil name
God bless you tanti.enjoy your life story.
This is so sweet
Hai welcome Tamil Nadu. India(வாருங்கள் வாழ்த்துக்கள் தமிழா) திருமூர்த்தி. Thirumoorthi