"This is a fascinating region" KhAnubis, when talking about literally any region. Seriously, I'd like you to make a video on a region you don't find fascinating, I dare you.
Why would anybody do any kind of researching, organizing, to creating an overview of anything they didn't find interesting / fascinating? That would be a colossal, pointless waste of time, effort, energy, Etc!
It's great seeing a video about the Caribbean. It indeed has a rich and diverse heritage with lots of cultures mixing into one pot. You've missed out our French brothers and sisters in Guadeloupe and Martinique who share so much with the rest of us, including Carnival. Correction: OECS is pronounced: O.E.C.S not O-ECS. There are plenty native groups still in existence in the Caribbean today, most found in the islands off of (and part of) St. Vincent and Grenada, Dominica and some other smaller islands across the region.
As a longtime geonerd, the Caribbean gave me trouble, but not NEARLY as much as Oceania. There aren't a lot of countries, but remembering where all of them are relative to each other is tricky. And that's before you factor in the overseas territories. Speaking of overseas territories, you forgot to mention Guadeloupe and Martinique when talking about Caribbean territories of countries outside the Caribbean.
@@vlogdemon Yes I know that (I'm French) but they're still in the Caribbean while being part of a country located (primarily) outside of it. Just like Bonaire, Saba and St. Eustatius, which were mentioned in the video.
@Barry Hutchinson No Navassa is Haitian it's literally in their territorial waters and Haitian never gave tat island up. The US is like China claiming things no one ever gave them.
Very much so, an often overlooked fact by many TH-camrs. What is notable to remember for anyone reading, the only English speaking countries in Central America and South America are Belize and Guyana, both very important to the "Caribbean" as a region.
Barbadian here, it was pretty well done, though I think small mistake on the EC$ bit, since countries like Barbados and Trinidad have their own currency.
“After totally failing to grow tobacco here” Cuba on the other hand, it’s still grown on the island. It’s the third largest export sector. Also, the Bahamas once wanted to join Canada as well. It’s quite a fascinating region with very interesting history
I would wonder how the U.S. would react by being surrounded by Canada if the three British territories that Canada was interested in ever had become part of it. The Bahamas being one, Bermuda, and Turks & Caicos as well at some point were themselves interested and/or Ottawa was interested in them. For some reason during WWII, unlike Australia, Canada asked for some of Britain's Caribbean colonies at the time to protect them, yet Westminster refused for reasons I'm unaware of.
Also west indies federation nearly became a country, which considering if it did actually become an independent country could you imagine how weird it would have been? The capital would have been in Trinidad and Tobago (not even in Trinidad and Tobago's most populous city or capital city) and Trinidad and Tobago wouldn't even be the most populous country in the federation, it would have been Jamaica.
Guyana is absolutely recognized as part of the Caribbean in Caribbean textbooks. The clue was it having CARICOM's headquarters. Though "Countries in the Caribbean sea" seems like a solid simple definition to encompass what counts... In the Caribbean we are accommodating.
Guyana is a Venezuelan territory, and to divide it, they created that organization in its territory; same doing with Belize a Guatemala's territory; if you do not believe it ask the indigenous people who shares Mayan and Aztecan' s Heredity, theirs pyramids.
As someone from Trinidad, Guyana is simply Caribbean to us. Caricom HQ is in Guyana, Guyanese culture is literally Caribbean, and is similar to us in many ways. Geographically yall may be south american but since south america like to exclude yall so much yall are definitely invited to the caribbean party :)
I'm from Grenada and I'm saying thank you for doing this video. Many do not know much about this region. I hope you mention Guadeloupe and Martinique (French oversees territories) in another video
@@Desolatesoul1123 Well I'm just fortunate that St. Vincent and the Grenadines isn't too touristy and quite frankly I prefer to go to an island that is not too touristy that's why I said Martinique and Guadeloupe. I know what you mean though respect 🤜🏿🤛🏿
@@RIOBTN You sound like a total AZZ.. Like you don't give a f about these islands so everybody should do the same 🙄 What kind of behavior is that? It's not because you have no interest in them that you should assume that they somehow worth less than your st Vincent island. Besides according to traveler who ranked the most beautiful places in the Caribbean Martinique come 2nd of the list and Guadeloupe 6th. With a total of 26 places ranked. St Vincent come 17th... No shame here but don't bring down others just because you have no interest on something or someone. It's just weird.
who else here is from the caribbean watching this caribbean people for life also thank you for pronouning my country turks and caicos with sense usually especially white people dont pronoun it right
@@Ersiiin NO it turks and caicos islander or just islander turk as to do with our national plant because when the euroupeans came here they thought it looked like the fez the turks is where
I just found your channel, and I'm Puerto Rican! Much love from the Island of Enchantment! Also, we have the worst luck ever. We got nuked by Hurricane Irma and María and this January we had a series of earthquakes, plus Coronavirus ofc. Guess we really are enchanted. xD
Darell Arocho Finally, another Puerto Rican! I’m from Ponce and, although not in Guánica, we are still getting bad earthquakes. And also, it’s weird how Hurricane María absolutely destroyed us, yet it’s not mentioned anywhere. We are really screwed. (Plus Trump isn’t making it easier.)
@@lorenzocastilloveitia8649 Sup! Just saw your message, my B. I'm from Aguadilla. And yeah, the South was getting some pretty bad earthquakes, hope you guys are OK now.
Thank you for pronouncing Dominica and Grenada correctly, most people always mess that up. Also not mentioned in this video, but the Bay Islands of Honduras are considered Caribbean and they formally a UK colony. Most of the people still living there today are of Caymanian descent and English is still a primary language despite it being part of Honduras.
how about a Eastern/Central Europe explained? The ones that were occupied/incorporated into Soviet sphere of influence. They contain many lesser known countries. Since the fall of the Iron Curtain, they've really changed drastically, though a lot of people still don't know much. I love visiting these countries (I'm from Taiwan).
I'm very glad that you mentioned Guyana even though we aren't an island of the West Indies. We are still part of the English speaking Caribbean/CARICOM.
About 2,500-3,000 years ago, farmers and potters related to the Arawak-speakers of northeast of actual Venezuela established a second pathway into the Caribbean. Using the delta fingers of Orinoco River Basin like highways, they travelled from the interior to coastal Venezuela and pushed north into the Antilles islands of the Caribbean Sea, settling Puerto Rico and eventually moving westward. Their arrival ushered in the region’s Ceramic Age, marked by agriculture and the widespread production and use of pottery. Over time, nearly all genetic traces of Archaic Age people vanished, except for a holdout community in western Cuba that persisted as late as European arrival. Intermarriage between the two groups was rare, with only three individuals in the study showing mixed ancestry. Many present-day Cubans, Dominicans and Puerto Ricans are the descendants of ancient people from Venezuela , as well as European immigrants and enslaved Africans. But researchers noted only marginal evidence of Archaic Age ancestry in modern individuals.
Remembering the Caribbean island countries and territories? Maybe this might work 😅... Start from the South-East and go up: ( You can also remember this 10-digit (or just the first 7): *532 2623 223* ) *5-3-2 are English, French, English* Trinidad & Tobago, Grenada, Barbados, St. Vincent, St. Lucia, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Dominica, St. Kitts and Nevis, Antigua and Barbuda, *2 French Saints and 6 Dutch Sisters* Saint Martin, Saint Barthelemy, Sint Maarten, Sint Eustacias, Saba, Aruba, Bonaire, and Curaçao *America 2, next to 3 small British* Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, U.K. Virgin Islands, Montserrat, Anguilla, *A Conjoined twin, mother Spanish, father English* Dominican Republic, Haiti Jamaica Cuba *To top it all off, spread out across the sea, are scattered island groups, fair little ones 3* Cayman Islands, Turks and Caicos, Bahamas *5-3-2 are English, French, English,* *2 French Saints and 6 Dutch Sisters,* *America 2, next to 3 small British,* *A Conjoined twin, mother Spanish, father English,* *To top it all off spread out across the sea,* *are scattered island groups, fair little ones 3*
*pirates music intensifies* Yo ho me heartie! Excellent video. Yer won't be keel-hauled on me watch! (Sorry for any pirates I may have offended with that impersonation)
Jamaica and Haiti aren't the only Caribbean countries with creole languages. St.lucia, Dominica, Guadeloupe, and Martinique (maybe there's more but I forgot). Otherwise, the video was great, I really love learning about my region.
Don't forget my folks in the Honduran Bay Islands and the Nicaraguan coast! The Caribbean coasts and islands of Central American countries in general are dotted with lots of communities much closer culturally to the greater Caribbean than Latin America. Belize is pretty much a whole country based on this.
We can’t just call all the countries that border the Caribbean sea “Caribbean” countries because in that case you will have to include the US, Mexico, and a bunch of others. See how dumb that is? The Caribbean is only made up of the islands, the rest just border it. Simple.
@@iamagryffindor988 This is the Wikipedia article on the subject: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_proposed_provinces_and_territories_of_Canada#British_overseas_territories
I'm a genealogy researcher and I traced my family tree in the Virgin Islands back nearly 300 years! I hope other people of the West Indies get to know more about our fascinating history. Colonisalism is a significant part of our past but there is much more to the history than you can imagine. I would encourage anyone with connections to the region to research their family history as I've got so much out of the experience.
Any specific reason you left out Belize? While we do boarder Mexico and Gautemala, Dr. Carla Barnett , Secretary General of CARICOM is Belizean. We are a member state of Central America and the Caribbean. Proud of both in fact.
fun fact the people claiming to have taino in their bloods could be correct as some did flee to the mountains in the caribbean countries and could have made contact with the maroons who ran from slave plantations
About 2,500-3,000 years ago, farmers and potters related to the Arawak-speakers of northeast of actual Venezuela established a second pathway into the Caribbean. Using the delta fingers of Orinoco River Basin like highways, they travelled from the interior to coastal Venezuela and pushed north into the Antilles islands of the Caribbean Sea, settling Puerto Rico and eventually moving westward. Their arrival ushered in the region’s Ceramic Age, marked by agriculture and the widespread production and use of pottery. Over time, nearly all genetic traces of Archaic Age people vanished, except for a holdout community in western Cuba that persisted as late as European arrival. Intermarriage between the two groups was rare, with only three individuals in the study showing mixed ancestry. Many present-day Cubans, Dominicans and Puerto Ricans are the descendants of ancient people from Venezuela , as well as European immigrants and enslaved Africans. But researchers noted only marginal evidence of Archaic Age ancestry in modern individuals.
Couldve also covered a bit on Haiti and the DRs history which goers way backl too it is interesting however great video! greetings from Santo domingo , DR
Another great vid for the bank! BTW If you ever dedicate a video on Surinam, and would like some footage of officials speaking Dutch with members of the public, look up "Politie Paramaribo" on TH-cam. It's copyrighted, but maybe you can circumvent by invoking "Fair Use".
My favorite part about living in the Caribbean is that we are all really cool with each other in some way but the moment someone talks about whos food teste the best it's like world war 3 has begone XD
The Caribbean can be considered part of North America, but Suriname and Guyana can be considered part of the Caribbean, culturally, even though they are south America, it makes everything weird
The people who dream about moving from a cold climate to the Caribbean, should learn one thing well.... Salt Air, Humidity and permanently warm/hot climate. This means that physical items do not last. Cars, Paint, Rubber, etc. they rot faster. So as long as that Blue Sky and Warm Sun light your way, remember to live simply. Stuff just falls apart in the tropical climates. The rest is total awesome freedom from cold weather.
Are francophones considered latinamericans? I mean they do speak a Latin derived language but I don’t know many people that considered Haiti, French Guyana, Quebec and sant Pierre et Miquelon part of Latinamerica, well it would depend on the definition you use
Yes, I think they are. Well, that's what the official definition of Latin America says but culture-wise I wouldn't call them Latin American; especially Haiti
You forgot to mention Guadeloupe, Martinique, Navassa Island, and Guantanamo Bay Naval Base (considered an occupied territory by the Cuban Government). Belize and French Guiana are sometimes included in the Caribbean too.
As a Barbadian, I found that part funny too! Not only do we sit outside of the Hurricane path, but we also escaped the Volcanic arc as well. Unlike 90% of the Caribbean, Barbados is a coral island and not volcanic like the others. This is not to escape the fact, that we are still occasionally hit by Hurricanes (On average twice every century), but sometimes (very rarely) volcanic eruptions spill ash over to our island.
@@cb-gill9423 I mean your island isn't that far from the others, so it makes since the chances of those things happening would materialize every so often.
Claiming? You realize Mestizos are a mix of Americans and Europeans. That started since 1500 legally. 450 years before it became legal in Anglo USA in the 1960's. Which is why America is very mixed in most of the 35 American nations.
Just to clarify for those confused, yes belize is considered part of the carribean however i believe he was refferring to the real island and south american territories But the mainland territories are suriname guyana and belize
As a Puerto Rican the use of the Mexican flag to represent the Spanish Language triggers me a bit. All kidding aside I can tell you all the stories about the Carribean. Stories of pirates you probably never heard or fun fact that are hard to find online cause I lived in the carribean for almost all my life lol.
Mexico has the biggest amount of spanish-speaking people, also the Cozumel island of Mexico is located in the caribbean and the Campeche Chakan bay has a huge history of pirates and treasures from the caribbean
Guadeloupe, Les Saintes, Marie-Galante, Désirade, Martinique, Saint Barths, Saint Martin and if you are mentioning the Guianas, French Guyane are all French Territories in the Caribbean.
@@richardmurray4605 I could let Barbados slide since it's geologically related to the islands to its west in that they're all connected to Caribbean plate tectonics... But... Yeah.
@@nicknackpaddywhack2159 Tbh Bahamians are mostly descended from previously enslaved Africans coming from the United States or directly from Africans. To this day, the native culture and even the accent of Bahamian people is more similar to the Gullah people of the southern United States than to other Caribbean accents. However, with their proximity to the Caribbean and the commonality of also being an island nation, the influence of the broader Caribbean community can definitely be felt there.
@@JohnnyDeJesusRodriguez Unfortunately, no. The Lucayan/Taíno people were wiped out long ago by Spanish taking them to other islands (mostly Cuba) to work as slaves when they initially discovered the Bahama islands.
"This is a fascinating region"
KhAnubis, when talking about literally any region.
Seriously, I'd like you to make a video on a region you don't find fascinating, I dare you.
The San Fernando Valley Explained
list of countries of australian continent, geologically (maybe)
Why would anybody do any kind of researching, organizing, to creating an overview of anything they didn't find interesting / fascinating? That would be a colossal, pointless waste of time, effort, energy, Etc!
I mean... They're all Fascinating!
@@ratemate458 true.
I love when people create things about the Caribbean it makes me feel special
I feel the same way and you are special.
Same.
I love it s much
Same
Me too🥺
No one:
KhAnubis: the France
1:45 Bruh, you forgot Guadeloupe and Martinique. Those are part of the France, too.
And he might as well include French Guiana too
St Martin represented 😂😁🤣
@@billycashman828 well french guiana isnt actually in the caribbean
@@Capshortsbeamng he mentioned Guyana and Suriname, I think he could’ve included French Guiana
@@Vilz_ French Guyana hasn't been as culturally Caribbean as the other 2 Guyanas. But we're open.... LOL
I love how you're an American living Germany, and you've already lost the ability to say "the" instead saying "zhe"
Lol, it's like how many French people who live in Francophone Canada for a few years typically develop a partial Canadian accent.
i thought i was the only one that heard his /ð/ really far back almost exactly like his /z/
dude zhe is the way to write the sound the French "Je" makes
Hi
@@RhodianColossus Hi
It's great seeing a video about the Caribbean. It indeed has a rich and diverse heritage with lots of cultures mixing into one pot. You've missed out our French brothers and sisters in Guadeloupe and Martinique who share so much with the rest of us, including Carnival.
Correction: OECS is pronounced: O.E.C.S not O-ECS.
There are plenty native groups still in existence in the Caribbean today, most found in the islands off of (and part of) St. Vincent and Grenada, Dominica and some other smaller islands across the region.
Every country in the Americas has a rich and diverse heritage
As a longtime geonerd, the Caribbean gave me trouble, but not NEARLY as much as Oceania. There aren't a lot of countries, but remembering where all of them are relative to each other is tricky. And that's before you factor in the overseas territories.
Speaking of overseas territories, you forgot to mention Guadeloupe and Martinique when talking about Caribbean territories of countries outside the Caribbean.
@Barry Hutchinson
There are a few the U.S. claims as part of the Guano Act but are administered by other countries such as Colombia.
Guadeloupe & Martinique aren’t overseas territories, they’re as core to France as Hawaii or Alaska to the US.
@@vlogdemon Yes I know that (I'm French) but they're still in the Caribbean while being part of a country located (primarily) outside of it. Just like Bonaire, Saba and St. Eustatius, which were mentioned in the video.
Yes! Small pacific and Caribbean islands are so hard to remember
@Barry Hutchinson No Navassa is Haitian it's literally in their territorial waters and Haitian never gave tat island up. The US is like China claiming things no one ever gave them.
Dont forget our brothers in Belize. They are just as Caribbean as Guyana.
Very much so, an often overlooked fact by many TH-camrs. What is notable to remember for anyone reading, the only English speaking countries in Central America and South America are Belize and Guyana, both very important to the "Caribbean" as a region.
Right!! Belize, Guyana and Suriname are geographically Central and South America but Caribbean at heart
Belize belongs to Guatemala
@@ewentglobal9480 Guatemala belongs to Mexico
And sisters (me) 😉
As a Grenadian thank you for doing this overview.
As a grenade....
Barbadian here, it was pretty well done, though I think small mistake on the EC$ bit, since countries like Barbados and Trinidad have their own currency.
@@stephenwaldron2748 yep true say brother
@@stephenwaldron2748 to be honest there were many things he left out
Cheers from the US 👋😁 🇺🇸♥️🇬🇩
“After totally failing to grow tobacco here” Cuba on the other hand, it’s still grown on the island. It’s the third largest export sector. Also, the Bahamas once wanted to join Canada as well. It’s quite a fascinating region with very interesting history
I would wonder how the U.S. would react by being surrounded by Canada if the three British territories that Canada was interested in ever had become part of it. The Bahamas being one, Bermuda, and Turks & Caicos as well at some point were themselves interested and/or Ottawa was interested in them. For some reason during WWII, unlike Australia, Canada asked for some of Britain's Caribbean colonies at the time to protect them, yet Westminster refused for reasons I'm unaware of.
Ahh, the same person from drew binsky AND Nas daily.
Disney nerd channel Avery.
Also west indies federation nearly became a country, which considering if it did actually become an independent country could you imagine how weird it would have been? The capital would have been in Trinidad and Tobago (not even in Trinidad and Tobago's most populous city or capital city) and Trinidad and Tobago wouldn't even be the most populous country in the federation, it would have been Jamaica.
@@ratemate458 of Jamaica was the most populous in the federetion does that mean Dr, Haití, Cuba and Pr wouldnt have took part?
Guyana is absolutely recognized as part of the Caribbean in Caribbean textbooks. The clue was it having CARICOM's headquarters.
Though "Countries in the Caribbean sea" seems like a solid simple definition to encompass what counts... In the Caribbean we are accommodating.
Yeah I've learned that since primary. They also teach us about the other mainland countries that touch Caribbean water especially Panama.
Guyana is also part of the West Indies cricket team
If Guyana is Caribbean and Caribbean is considered north american,is Guyana north america,just asking.
Guyana ain’t no part of the caribbean 😂
Guyana is a Venezuelan territory, and to divide it, they created that organization in its territory; same doing with Belize a Guatemala's territory; if you do not believe it ask the indigenous people who shares Mayan and Aztecan' s Heredity, theirs pyramids.
I'm Guyanese, even though we aren't touched by the Caribbean sea, we are very close to Caribbean culture.
I live in guyana too
As someone from Trinidad, Guyana is simply Caribbean to us. Caricom HQ is in Guyana, Guyanese culture is literally Caribbean, and is similar to us in many ways. Geographically yall may be south american but since south america like to exclude yall so much yall are definitely invited to the caribbean party :)
Big ups to Guyana. Y'all definitely are family, sharing the same history and culture.🇯🇲
Guyana is absolutely recognized as part of the Caribbean in Caribbean textbooks. The clue was it having CARICOM's headquarters
Guyana is 100 percent part of Caribbean community in the region and in Caribbean diaspora in the UK and North American.
I'm from Grenada and I'm saying thank you for doing this video. Many do not know much about this region. I hope you mention Guadeloupe and Martinique (French oversees territories) in another video
Montserrat has a week off for St Patrick's Day while us in Ireland only get a day off.
😂
Sounds like the Caribbean, where all holidays are basically expanded
How could you forget the 2 biggest islands of the Lesser Antilles, i.e. "zhe" French regions of Guadeloupe including Marie Galante, and Martinique?
Yea he forgot Martinique and Guadeloupe smh....two French Caribbean islands I wouldn't mind visiting. Vincentian here 🇻🇨🇻🇨
Trinidad is the biggest island in the lesser antilles
@@RIOBTN lol well I used to live there and let's just say, oh well, the natives can use a break from the spotlight sometimes.
@@Desolatesoul1123 Well I'm just fortunate that St. Vincent and the Grenadines isn't too touristy and quite frankly I prefer to go to an island that is not too touristy that's why I said Martinique and Guadeloupe. I know what you mean though respect 🤜🏿🤛🏿
@@RIOBTN You sound like a total AZZ.. Like you don't give a f about these islands so everybody should do the same 🙄 What kind of behavior is that? It's not because you have no interest in them that you should assume that they somehow worth less than your st Vincent island. Besides according to traveler who ranked the most beautiful places in the Caribbean Martinique come 2nd of the list and Guadeloupe 6th. With a total of 26 places ranked. St Vincent come 17th...
No shame here but don't bring down others just because you have no interest on something or someone. It's just weird.
As a Jamaican I think the Caribbean is overlooked area
Agree
Facts!!
For real
True, there's more to the Caribbean region than just beaches and sand
Fax
Khanubi: "30 is opposite of 5."
Mathematician: *scream*
Not if it isn't taken out of context tho
unless we're talking in modulus 50
Yesterday was Indian arrival day in Trinbago. Thanks for highlighting us we barely get spoken about
🇹🇹
I am a Geography geek and I am starting to fall for your channel now. Also I liked how you give shout out to GN and Atlas Pro. Great work dude
Finally, someone talks about my home. You should do a Dominican Republic video.
You missed the breakup of the West Indies Union, which is still survived by the West Indies cricket team
As a Jamaican I'm so glad you made this video, even though I know all this stuff already, but I didn't know *Brandenburg* colonized the area
Same
Yea, it seems there was a feeding frenzy, like Piranhas or parasites to flesh. Almost every European powers wanted a piece of the meat for sustenance.
who else here is from the caribbean watching this caribbean people for life also thank you for pronouning my country turks and caicos with sense usually especially white people dont pronoun it right
Trinidadian here
Barbadian here
Hello, I am from Turkey. I just want to know if you call yourself Turkish.
@@Ersiiin NO it turks and caicos islander or just islander turk as to do with our national plant because when the euroupeans came here they thought it looked like the fez the turks is where
Too bad he called The Bahamas just “Bahamas”, honestly my skin crawled when i heard that😭
I just found your channel, and I'm Puerto Rican! Much love from the Island of Enchantment!
Also, we have the worst luck ever. We got nuked by Hurricane Irma and María and this January we had a series of earthquakes, plus Coronavirus ofc. Guess we really are enchanted. xD
Darell Arocho Finally, another Puerto Rican! I’m from Ponce and, although not in Guánica, we are still getting bad earthquakes. And also, it’s weird how Hurricane María absolutely destroyed us, yet it’s not mentioned anywhere. We are really screwed. (Plus Trump isn’t making it easier.)
Puerto Rico getting wrecked was big news in Jamaica.
@@lorenzocastilloveitia8649 Sup! Just saw your message, my B. I'm from Aguadilla. And yeah, the South was getting some pretty bad earthquakes, hope you guys are OK now.
@@hainleysimpson1507 Wdym?
@@darellarocho5729 omg cool! Thankfully, we’re ok, and they’ve died down a bit jaja
Thank you for pronouncing Dominica and Grenada correctly, most people always mess that up. Also not mentioned in this video, but the Bay Islands of Honduras are considered Caribbean and they formally a UK colony. Most of the people still living there today are of Caymanian descent and English is still a primary language despite it being part of Honduras.
You are so correct about the pronounciation of our two islands,,, 🇨🇼🇩🇲🇨🇦
My family originates in the Caribbean.My Mother's family is from an OECS country. The Caribbean is filled with beutiful people and beautiful places.
Because I have played so much Sid Meier's Pirates, I know many names and locations of Caribbean islands and major cities.
Glad you took my suggestion and turned it into this. You made me proud
Actually 5:00 not just one
Jamaica, Grenada, and Guyana all went through a slightly red phase, especially the latter two
Honestly being red would had been so much better than the civil war in the 80's.
I prefer the red phase than what the U.S left behind: guns, orphans, crack and corruption
Proud to be caribbean. Aruba tap in!!🇦🇼❤️
how about a Eastern/Central Europe explained? The ones that were occupied/incorporated into Soviet sphere of influence. They contain many lesser known countries. Since the fall of the Iron Curtain, they've really changed drastically, though a lot of people still don't know much. I love visiting these countries (I'm from Taiwan).
As a self described Geographile, it pangs me to say Caribbean memorization perfection has long eluded me.
I'm very glad that you mentioned Guyana even though we aren't an island of the West Indies. We are still part of the English speaking Caribbean/CARICOM.
About 2,500-3,000 years ago, farmers and potters related to the Arawak-speakers of northeast of actual Venezuela established a second pathway into the Caribbean. Using the delta fingers of Orinoco River Basin like highways, they travelled from the interior to coastal Venezuela and pushed north into the Antilles islands of the Caribbean Sea, settling Puerto Rico and eventually moving westward. Their arrival ushered in the region’s Ceramic Age, marked by agriculture and the widespread production and use of pottery.
Over time, nearly all genetic traces of Archaic Age people vanished, except for a holdout community in western Cuba that persisted as late as European arrival. Intermarriage between the two groups was rare, with only three individuals in the study showing mixed ancestry.
Many present-day Cubans, Dominicans and Puerto Ricans are the descendants of ancient people from Venezuela , as well as European immigrants and enslaved Africans. But researchers noted only marginal evidence of Archaic Age ancestry in modern individuals.
Remembering the Caribbean island countries and territories? Maybe this might work 😅... Start from the South-East and go up:
( You can also remember this 10-digit (or just the first 7): *532 2623 223* )
*5-3-2 are English, French, English*
Trinidad & Tobago, Grenada, Barbados, St. Vincent, St. Lucia,
Guadeloupe, Martinique, Dominica,
St. Kitts and Nevis, Antigua and Barbuda,
*2 French Saints and 6 Dutch Sisters*
Saint Martin, Saint Barthelemy,
Sint Maarten, Sint Eustacias, Saba, Aruba, Bonaire, and Curaçao
*America 2, next to 3 small British*
Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands,
U.K. Virgin Islands, Montserrat, Anguilla,
*A Conjoined twin, mother Spanish, father English*
Dominican Republic, Haiti
Jamaica
Cuba
*To top it all off, spread out across the sea, are scattered island groups, fair little ones 3*
Cayman Islands, Turks and Caicos, Bahamas
*5-3-2 are English, French, English,*
*2 French Saints and 6 Dutch Sisters,*
*America 2, next to 3 small British,*
*A Conjoined twin, mother Spanish, father English,*
*To top it all off spread out across the sea,*
*are scattered island groups, fair little ones 3*
My parents are from the Dominican Republic 🇩🇴….. much love to all the island nations 🙌🏽
You forgot to mention Papiamento. The second creole language that became an official language and it’s spoken on Aruba, Bonaire & Curaçao
*pirates music intensifies* Yo ho me heartie! Excellent video. Yer won't be keel-hauled on me watch!
(Sorry for any pirates I may have offended with that impersonation)
Oh this will be interesting to watch as a Dominican!
you mean dominican from dr or from dominique
as a Puerto Rican, same
Jamaica and Haiti aren't the only Caribbean countries with creole languages. St.lucia, Dominica, Guadeloupe, and Martinique (maybe there's more but I forgot). Otherwise, the video was great, I really love learning about my region.
He talking about the most noticeable ones as he said
Don't forget my folks in the Honduran Bay Islands and the Nicaraguan coast! The Caribbean coasts and islands of Central American countries in general are dotted with lots of communities much closer culturally to the greater Caribbean than Latin America. Belize is pretty much a whole country based on this.
Belize is not too caribbean. Their culture is more Garifuna/Central American
@@ewentglobal9480 because of immigrants but it's still Caribbean
We can’t just call all the countries that border the Caribbean sea “Caribbean” countries because in that case you will have to include the US, Mexico, and a bunch of others. See how dumb that is?
The Caribbean is only made up of the islands, the rest just border it. Simple.
anyone else had to watch this for homework?
my teacher sent this to me lol
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people on the coast of Honduras and Nicaragua have more in common (including last names and family history) to the Caribbean than to Central America
I am very satisfied with the number of mentions Haiti got in this video! L'union fait la force :D
i;m vincentian thank u for explaining what the caribbean is. because some people ask dumb questions when it comes to talking about my region
Facts I hate when people ask stupid questions. Fellow Vincentian here 😃🇻🇨🇻🇨
2:00 It was huge news in 2014 here that we'd finally get our own Hawaii, but we were baited
I believe that's because they wanted provincial status, which would be hard to get since 1982.
How close were you guys? And how did the Canadian government manage to ask such thing as this?
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This is the Wikipedia article on the subject:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_proposed_provinces_and_territories_of_Canada#British_overseas_territories
@@iamagryffindor988 Not very, and there was interest between both the Canadian government and the Premier of Turks and Caicos
I'm a genealogy researcher and I traced my family tree in the Virgin Islands back nearly 300 years! I hope other people of the West Indies get to know more about our fascinating history. Colonisalism is a significant part of our past but there is much more to the history than you can imagine. I would encourage anyone with connections to the region to research their family history as I've got so much out of the experience.
No mention on the West Indies cricket team? It’s a good example of
Any specific reason you left out Belize? While we do boarder Mexico and Gautemala, Dr. Carla Barnett , Secretary General of CARICOM is Belizean. We are a member state of Central America and the Caribbean. Proud of both in fact.
Belize is not an Island! And it will soon be part of Guatemala again
@@ewentglobal9480 what makes you say that?
@@ewentglobal9480 it will never be part of Guatemala. Go feed your starving population and leave Belize
@@ewentglobal9480 What are you smoking lol You don't need to be an island to be Caribbean or CARICOM.
Thank you for not saying "Anti-gwa and Barbooda". Deeply appreciated.
Can you make a video with ways of memorising the geographical order of countries in the Caribbean?
fun fact the people claiming to have taino in their bloods could be correct as some did flee to the mountains in the caribbean countries and could have made contact with the maroons who ran from slave plantations
As a Jamaican & Carib-being I applaud and thank you for your overview!
Is that what people from the Caribbean are called?
@@milkb4cereal916 Yes. What do u call them?
@@why78yu noboby from the Caribbean is called carib-being
Carib-being is not a thing that people call themselves.
I knew the Carribbean was a melting pot but your video explained it on the next level detail
Cheers KhAnbuis 😎
About 2,500-3,000 years ago, farmers and potters related to the Arawak-speakers of northeast of actual Venezuela established a second pathway into the Caribbean. Using the delta fingers of Orinoco River Basin like highways, they travelled from the interior to coastal Venezuela and pushed north into the Antilles islands of the Caribbean Sea, settling Puerto Rico and eventually moving westward. Their arrival ushered in the region’s Ceramic Age, marked by agriculture and the widespread production and use of pottery.
Over time, nearly all genetic traces of Archaic Age people vanished, except for a holdout community in western Cuba that persisted as late as European arrival. Intermarriage between the two groups was rare, with only three individuals in the study showing mixed ancestry.
Many present-day Cubans, Dominicans and Puerto Ricans are the descendants of ancient people from Venezuela , as well as European immigrants and enslaved Africans. But researchers noted only marginal evidence of Archaic Age ancestry in modern individuals.
I didn't sleep at night trying to remember these islands and polynesian islands
Lol your pfp is legit for this comment
Couldve also covered a bit on Haiti and the DRs history which goers way backl too it is interesting however great video!
greetings from Santo domingo , DR
Another great vid for the bank! BTW If you ever dedicate a video on Surinam, and would like some footage of officials speaking Dutch with members of the public, look up "Politie Paramaribo" on TH-cam. It's copyrighted, but maybe you can circumvent by invoking "Fair Use".
I‘d rather not take that risk, but thanks anyway!
@@KhAnubis I can also find some public domain one prolly. :-)
KhAnubis one day will you do a video on how did Hinduism 🕉 Spread to The Caribbean and Northern South America one day?
You broke it down pretty good for someone who doesnt live in the Caribbean👍
im thanking you for even mentioning aruba in the video like bruh nobody talks about my island country
My favorite part about living in the Caribbean is that we are all really cool with each other in some way but the moment someone talks about whos food teste the best it's like world war 3 has begone XD
I know right
We might bicker like rivaling siblings from time to time, but in the end we all still get along :-)
Makes a video about the Caribbean but doesn’t mention Belize
As a cruzan it’s cool to learn about the other parts of the Caribbean
Wonderful video
The Caribbean can be considered part of North America, but Suriname and Guyana can be considered part of the Caribbean, culturally, even though they are south America, it makes everything weird
West Indies makes it easy to remember the Caribbean
"Geography nerds trip over to name all the country "
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So true man
Man I love your channel
The people who dream about moving from a cold climate to the Caribbean, should learn one thing well.... Salt Air, Humidity and permanently warm/hot climate. This means that physical items do not last. Cars, Paint, Rubber, etc. they rot faster. So as long as that Blue Sky and Warm Sun light your way, remember to live simply. Stuff just falls apart in the tropical climates. The rest is total awesome freedom from cold weather.
Good content, but Caricom Day isn't celebrated on the 4th of July, but on the first Monday in July.
Watching this with my class in zoom lol my teacher is really nice
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Are francophones considered latinamericans? I mean they do speak a Latin derived language but I don’t know many people that considered Haiti, French Guyana, Quebec and sant Pierre et Miquelon part of Latinamerica, well it would depend on the definition you use
Yes, I think they are. Well, that's what the official definition of Latin America says but culture-wise I wouldn't call them Latin American; especially Haiti
You forgot Belize sir
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You forgot to mention Guadeloupe, Martinique, Navassa Island, and Guantanamo Bay Naval Base (considered an occupied territory by the Cuban Government). Belize and French Guiana are sometimes included in the Caribbean too.
Belize is also a Carribean country
7:25 they moved the island?
No.
@@OpinionesDeJACCsOpinions yes! They hired the people of bikini bottom to push the island out of the path of hurricanes.
As a Barbadian, I found that part funny too! Not only do we sit outside of the Hurricane path, but we also escaped the Volcanic arc as well. Unlike 90% of the Caribbean, Barbados is a coral island and not volcanic like the others.
This is not to escape the fact, that we are still occasionally hit by Hurricanes (On average twice every century), but sometimes (very rarely) volcanic eruptions spill ash over to our island.
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I guess they did.
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I mean your island isn't that far from the others, so it makes since the chances of those things happening would materialize every so often.
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Claiming? You realize Mestizos are a mix of Americans and Europeans. That started since 1500 legally. 450 years before it became legal in Anglo USA in the 1960's. Which is why America is very mixed in most of the 35 American nations.
Just to clarify for those confused, yes belize is considered part of the carribean however i believe he was refferring to the real island and south american territories
But the mainland territories are suriname guyana and belize
As a Puerto Rican the use of the Mexican flag to represent the Spanish Language triggers me a bit. All kidding aside I can tell you all the stories about the Carribean. Stories of pirates you probably never heard or fun fact that are hard to find online cause I lived in the carribean for almost all my life lol.
Mexico has the biggest amount of spanish-speaking people, also the Cozumel island of Mexico is located in the caribbean and the Campeche Chakan bay has a huge history of pirates and treasures from the caribbean
@@googlemexico8759 that dosnt mean a shit, because SPANISH comes from SPAIN
@@tobias6511 And English language comes from England and he used the U.S. flag...
@@googlemexico8759 wich is also wrong, he should have just used Englands flagg
I live in the Caribbean in the bahamas
American people always say Caribbean and Bahamas wrong lol
They often get Antigua and Barbuda, Grenada, Barbados and St. Lucia wrong too
The tv series death in paradise is filmed in Guadelouoe. Very beautiful Island
2:56 Thank you, I didn't know that =D
1:40 martinique and guadeloupe?
Hey! You didnt even mention my people! A large number of Indian people settled in countries like Trinidad and Guyana! So did alot of Asians! :(
Bruh this dudes daily dose of internet
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Saba is the best island there, super small and was fun to live on
No Belize?
Guadeloupe, Les Saintes, Marie-Galante, Désirade, Martinique, Saint Barths, Saint Martin and if you are mentioning the Guianas, French Guyane are all French Territories in the Caribbean.
Since I am Barbadian I appreciate the video
me too i am also from Barbados
Same
Jamaica is one of the best country in the caribbean and we all know this Jamaica land we love 🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲
Me: sees Barbados mode there entire island
Also me, RESEARCH
You forgot Bout Belize 🇧🇿
Greetings from Suriname
#Subbed #Belled
You forgot Sranang-tongo
creole based language in suriname
What flag is that for Lithuania?
Courland
It's more Latvian than Lithuanian haha
Let's gooo I love the Caribbean especially the the twin island nations
Ummm... Actually The Bahamas should be in the same category as Guyana and Suriname, as it is technically not in or on the Caribbean Sea.
So should Barbados, if we want to get really technical. Its surrounded by the Atlantic
@@richardmurray4605 I could let Barbados slide since it's geologically related to the islands to its west in that they're all connected to Caribbean plate tectonics... But... Yeah.
Great islands like Jamaica, The Bahamas, Trinidad, Tobago, Dominica, The Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Cuba, And Bermuda yeah
The Bahamas aren’t technically in the Caribbean, but culturally they are.
I was wondering about that
@@nicknackpaddywhack2159 Tbh Bahamians are mostly descended from previously enslaved Africans coming from the United States or directly from Africans. To this day, the native culture and even the accent of Bahamian people is more similar to the Gullah people of the southern United States than to other Caribbean accents. However, with their proximity to the Caribbean and the commonality of also being an island nation, the influence of the broader Caribbean community can definitely be felt there.
@@tc2334 I’m not from Bahamas but I’m guessing Bahamian people also has a lot of native ( Taino dna)
@@JohnnyDeJesusRodriguez Unfortunately, no. The Lucayan/Taíno people were wiped out long ago by Spanish taking them to other islands (mostly Cuba) to work as slaves when they initially discovered the Bahama islands.
@@tc2334 TBH you know nothing