Myanmar is an absolutely beautiful nation. The people are really honest, friendly, full of joy and the food is amazing. Long live, peace and prosperity to all Myanmar people! 🙏 🙏 🙏
I absolutely agree with you that Burma/Myanmar is an absolutely beautiful country. The people are honest, friendly and helpful, full of joy and the food is amazing. Unfortunately, the vast majority of innocent people of Myanmar have suffered for way too long through no fault of their own way back from notorious Colonialism. Speaking of ethnic and religious tragedies Burma/Myanmar facing today, the fact that the world's longest Civil War which is in Myanmar, mainly between Buddhist Burmese and Christian Karen (while Buddhist Karen are largely at peace) was made it possible, prolonged and supported by Anglo Clans of USA, UK & Australia, etc while they are using next-door neighbor Thailand (which has a defense treaty with them) as a base camp since in the 1950. In my humble opinion, ethnic Karen refugees fleeing the conflict/war in Myanmar are entitled to cross over to Thailand to stay, as well as eligibility to relocate to new places such as USA, Australia. Like I said, Anglo Clans of USA, UK & Australia, etc are using next-door neighbor Thailand, which has a defense treaty with them, as a base camp since in the 1950s; from which attack against China/PRC was launched by sending Chinese Nationalist (Taiwanese Kuomintang) forces into nearby Burma's eastern border closed to China in the '50s and '60s. In the '60s and '70s, using Thailand as a base camp, attack against nearby Laos & Cambodia were launched during Indochina war where several millions innocent civilians were killed. Like Anglo British introduced opium to China a century earlier, USA-led Anglo clans introduced opium/opium growing as a form of self-support to those Chinese Nationalist (Taiwanese Kuomintang) forces in Shan State of Burma in the '50s and '60s. You see that's how Burma became opium producer. 'Anglos caused most of the world's problems'. - David Cameron, former British Prime Minister 'Standard operating procedure for Sun-Never-Set Colonial master Britain was to divide and conquer the different ethnic groups in their different Colonies'. 'If two fish are fighting in a river an Englishman must have passed by.' - Native American saying 🤔 For simple truths, pls read the informative Ole Fella comment (on TH-cam) at, "Aung San Suu Kyi Exclusive Interview BBC''.
do u really think that way?Hey i'm myanmar and maybe ur thought will be true but only in some places.People are brutal.They create wars and kill a lot of people.I don't mean all.Some are harmless.But some....arrrrgghh😢However thanks for your comment❤
@@Love-virus Bro, they are not Myanmar people. We do not regard them (Military pigs) as Myanmar people. They are not even worth to be regarded as Human. Their atrocity on ethnic people, rural citizens and also pro-democracy activists are unforgivable. Never been experienced such kind of arrogance and brutality. That Military Junta needs to be taken down asap. We really need federal Democracy asap.
I heard that in Myanmar, there is a de facto independent state, called the Wa State, having it's own political system, administrative divisons and military, however it recognises the sovereignity of Myanmar over it's territory, which means Wa State is the only de facto independent state that doesn't recognise it's own independence.
They're basically Chinese puppet state in Burma. But neither side wants it integrated to China nor announce it as a separate state. So it remains like that.
It's a complicated situation (with there being Chinese Wa and the Chinese supporting the United Wa State Army) but the Myanmar Wa not wanting to be a part of China. I think the current setup leaves them where they want to be. There are a few self-administered zones in Myanmar, each for a specific ethnic group that wanted more self determination.
@@hwp115 I don't believe so. A confederation would come closest (which is what AA is pushing for) but I don't think there are currently any confederations in existence.
As a myanmar citizens I can say that all fact that he told are pretty accurate . But he forgot talk about Burmese civil war between Communist Party of Burma ( CPB ) and Myanmar Socialist party ( with Nè Win 's own socialism ideology and military hold the power ) and Communist party has defeated by military , invading of white Chinese ( Chinese Nationalist ).
Like in the Russian revolutions (between the "Red" Russian Communists and the "White" Russians royalists/democrats/liberals, the KMT were considered "White" Chinese and the CCP were considered "Red"
The Burmese have suffered greatly in recent times and we hope this all stops soon enough. Next is the African country with the continent’s other great big desert… Namibia! 🇳🇦
@Jedplayer1 Yes, I cannot predict future, but who knows what will happen next. I'm just cheering people who are feeling the same that I'm feeling, specially Mg Kaung, who has lost his up there. Btw, Is that what you say to a random dude who is just cheering people from his country up? If you know I'm cheering, the way you are saying is a little rude ya know
This vid is the most feature rich, most accurate condensed history of Myanmar I've ever seen, thanks for the vid and hope this dictatorship ends sooner
I'm a Burmese myself and this is pretty accurate, to all those who are commenting that they learned here more than they learned from school, you guys clearly didn't pay attention to history class, lmao
yeah but history aren't really true. I as a gen z , I thought military was good so , I didn't believe that they killed and r*ped Rohingyas until this coup.
Man, even if you did good with such a messed up lecturing and testing system, you know it is down bad lol Sure, I take interest and have a sense of pride in my country and culture but teaching to copy paragraphs rather than encouraging self-analytic comments on the subjects is just a total disaster. It's also ironic that I scored somewhat high marks just by copy-pasting blocks of words lmao
I'm glad Myanmar is getting some acknowledgement, There are many different ethnics, fighting or something. I hope everyone is safe and a good night/day
You really nailed the pronunciations of a lot of names. Missed some things like assassination of General Aung San and the Civil War that follows other than that, Great stuff.
It's really captivating how you quickly explained about our Myanmar country, I didn't know all though. I've just downloaded your video to show my friends and to watch this whenever I want to even when the electric is cut off. Thanks a million and I hope we'll see the light at the end of the tunnel for Myanmar citizens and thousands of victims being injured and lost these years. Actually, I feel numb when I think about the long term of this darkness in Myanmar. It is almost three years that I haven't been going to my high school since Covic-19 broke out. 😭😭😭
You forgot to talk about Aung San's assasination, which is a big part of Myanmar's history. I'm a burmese and this was quite funny seeing you pronounce some words but dw you nailed it
Oh... TH-cam recommends this video. I'm glad that the world is still remembering Myanmar 🗿👌 Not booming this country, I'm also a Burmese citizen :) Hoping for democracy 😔🙌
I am Burmese and to be honest my parents never told me information about where i came from or what happened to the land years ago, so thank you for this vid!
Hello, Burmese and history enthusiast here. You have indeed nailed all of the points and your pronunciation of some of the names were quite brilliant. Burmese history textbooks used in all schools in the country are heavily censored and they can be commonly be seen pushing for very violent narratives and mostly ignores the history of the ethnic minorities in the country. Access to archives are rare not only to foreign but Burmese scholars as well. Couple that with a heavily state-controlled media and it's a disaster waiting to happen. And it did happen in the form of the tragic Rohingya massacres. Videos like these are godsends that help diversify the Burmese people's view of history outside of the propaganda that is taught in schools; and in doing so help in recognizing and preventing more racial violence and ostracism in the country. Thank you. Of course this being a quick 5 minute video, I can understand you leaving out some bits for brevity. But Burmese history, like all history, is pretty complicated. It's easy to break it down into just the 3 kingdoms and everything else in-between the first Burmese people and the English invasion is just some "dis-unity" to dismiss. Which is a narrative that's being pushed by the military government in schools and I feel that it'd be helpful if the history of the ethnic minorities in the country could be expanded. And for folks who're interested, I'd also like to do my part in sharing some extra spicy Burmese history and trivia: (Burma = the country, Burmese = anyone living in Burma, Burman = the ethnic majority group) - Burma is diverse, first and foremost. With at least 135 indigenous ethnic groups living in the country. - While various Burman, Arakanese, Shan and Mon kingdoms documented their empires’ achievements by engraving on stone slabs, groups such as the Kachin and Karen people passed down their history orally, told from generation to generation. These oral records are windows to our past that will soon fade away if we don't work to preserve it. - The Shan, Chin, Kachin, and Karen ethnic minority groups as well as other kingdoms played key roles in the dynasty era too but are often not mentioned. - Burma played a role in WW2, and some Burmese guerrillas switched sides in the middle of the conflict. (Initially axis-aligned, cooperating with the invading Japanese to fight the British. Then allies-aligned after realising the Japanese only wanted a colony. And helping the British forces retake the country.) - Burma gained independence after the signing of the Panglong agreement that paved the way for it. Reportedly the representative of the Burmans that attended was so skeptical of the fact that the British were actually willing to give independence that he was surprised at the desire expressed by the British delegations to proceed with some sort of Union of Burma. - It was reputedly at Panglong that Aung San (the leader of the Burman independance movement) made his famous promise to the hill tribes: “If Burma gets one kyat [of currency] then you will get one kyat.” This promise has been subsequently cited by many ethnic minority organizations in criticizing economic inequality and discrimination on the part of the Burmese government in the following years of instability. - Burma and its people have been subject to the "divide and conquer" method both by the British (and the Military Junta). Case in point is that the British only recruited Chin, Kachin and Karen people into the local military. When local rebellions happened, these forces were sent in. Thus, Burmans saw the ethnic minority groups as a sign of colonial oppression, while the ethnic minority groups saw the Burmans as brutal fascists after the Burmans fought alongside fascist Japan-and against the ethnic minorities under the British military-in WW2. Thankfully, this kind of view has now been mostly forgotten in today's society. Sadly however, there is still some inherent distrust between groups. The military-controlled media and school curriculum doesn't help with this either. - Burma is the record-holder in two grim areas. 1. The longest civil war in history: The country that have been fighting the longest civil war: from 1948 and ongoing today; and 2. The country under the longest military control: from 1958 to ongoing today.
The view of ethnics that Burmans are fascist is a new one to me. I don't this this has ever surface with anyone from Burma or living currently in Burma.
Thank you very much for letting the world know about the recent coup and struggles in Myanmar. I hope and pray for all the Myanmar citizen to be saved from this hellish nightmare as soon as possible.
I have lived 10 years in Myanmar. You have the best pronunciation I have heard in any video and despite fast a quite accurate understanding (war, war, war).
I'm from Thailand (Siam). History class taught us a lot about Burmese-Siamese wars (more wars than this video mentioned), also in detailed. Myanmar was like our biggest threat and archnemesis. I hope peace, prosper, and democracy for Myanmar today.
I'm surprised and glad that you can pronounce names very accurate. And yeah, we are in a shit show for two years now. Rising crimes and military dictators destroying villages, we are in a serious downfall. And of course, all UN says is sad to hear and hope we will better....
Thank you for short video and thanks to all concern about us. We are suffering from marshal law, high costs of products, blackout and unfair armed power.
As a person who is technally Burmese (I'm zomi, but its in Burma). I'm glad u made this video to inform other ppl ab my country. Because no one knows what it is
Rohingya was not the only ethnic groups in Myanmar that was a victim of genocide. The military dictatorship only wants their ppl on “their soils”. The Karen and other ethnic groups are fighting the dictatorship, but it’s a losing battle since Burmese has way more military budget and has the support from china. Fun fact: the Myanmar civil war is the longest civil war in human history. This war is round 70 years of fighting.
It is very sad because a lot of people here are brainwashed into thinking ethnic people are terrorists. In reality, they are just defending themselves from the government genocides.
I live in Myanmar and I understand what it is like to be a citizen of Myanmar it's truely sad that the country is in hell fire right now with a lot of protests around the country
I don't know the history of Myanmar but it is interesting I m from Manipur , Myanmar and Manipur are trade friends . I like the goods from Myanmar n their festivals
Because they actually use all three.They still use the metric system in some ways but we use miles and pounds mostly we also use our burmese system which is very prevlent in meat vegetables and other food items.
Technically they adopted the metric system a number of years ago, but as lego worthiness mentioned, in reality three systems get used simutaneously. So for example you can find flour in the grocery store in viss, kilograms, or pounds depending on the brand. Another example is the highway having the speed listed in kph but there being mile markers along the road.
You need to mention the Myanmar/Burmese 2008 constitution. 25% of the seats in parliament is the problem. Daw Aung San Su Kyi couldn't control everything even though she seemed to have power.
The N countries will be exciting: Namibia’s history will go from the first tribes to German colonization to the present day. Nauru’s history will go from the first people to populate the island to when it became a goldmine of phosphate. Nepal’s history will go from the first Nepalese to the devastating 2015 earthquake. Dutch history will go from the founding of the Netherlands to the country’s recent history. The history of New Zealand will go from Maori settlement to independence from the British to the present day. Nicaragua’s history will go from the first Amerindian tribes to populate the region to the situation involving the Sandinistas and the Contras. Niger’s history will go from the first settlements on the river Niger to independence from France. Nigeria’s history will go from the Nok culture to independence from Britain to the war with Biafra to the present day. North Korea’s history will go from Gogoryeo to the Kim dynasty. North Macedonia’s history will go from the Kingdom of Macedon to when it joined Yugoslavia until it broke up to the present day. Norway’s history will go from the Ice Age to Vikings to the Kalmar Union to the present day.
Im planing to travel to Burma to practice meditation , do you think it is the correct decision to be made? Coz I do not know much abt the real situation of the country .... appreciate your opinion...🙏
damn you not gonna mention the longest-running civil war to this day between the indigenous ethnic groups(karen, karenni, chin, shan, etc) fighting against the military of myanmar 🤦🏻♂️
I feel like Myanmar would be a first world country right now if we just never resisted Japan and just let them take over. In exchange, we might lose our culture and language, but hey, it's a price to pay.
Thailand : this is my neighbor myanmar he is a pain in the ตูด I do a military coup he do a military coup I eat kaosoi he eat kaosoi I am not colonised he get colonize *GREAT SUCCESS*
@@hewas_chewasky I know and I'm not defending the genocide, I myself am a minority ethnic group in Myanmar and it's not just the Burmese people who are suffering, every single people in Myanmar are, babies to elderly.
I am a Myanmar TH-camr and nowadays the situation is getting worse with daily Power Outages, Wars, arresting those who ride bikes and stuff and checking cars it's really sad...
As A Burmese, I Am Proud That Some Of The People Make A Video About us :), As Right Now Things Are Not Good The Due To Military,We Actually Need Help,People Are Dying :(
As a Burmese citizen, thank you for this video! Everything you said was true.
Totally expected you here
@@guywithcatpfp4614 LMAO WHAT A COINCIDENCE
@@LimpoDragxon for sure
Ayyy
i am a citizen
Myanmar is an absolutely beautiful nation.
The people are really honest, friendly, full of joy and the food is amazing.
Long live, peace and prosperity to all Myanmar people! 🙏 🙏 🙏
I absolutely agree with you that Burma/Myanmar is an absolutely beautiful country. The people are honest, friendly and helpful, full of joy and the food is amazing.
Unfortunately, the vast majority of innocent people of Myanmar have suffered for way too long through no fault of their own way back from notorious Colonialism.
Speaking of ethnic and religious tragedies Burma/Myanmar facing today, the fact that the world's longest Civil War which is in Myanmar, mainly between Buddhist Burmese and Christian Karen (while Buddhist Karen are largely at peace) was made it possible, prolonged and supported by Anglo Clans of USA, UK & Australia, etc while they are using next-door neighbor Thailand (which has a defense treaty with them) as a base camp since in the 1950.
In my humble opinion, ethnic Karen refugees fleeing the conflict/war in Myanmar are entitled to cross over to Thailand to stay, as well as eligibility to relocate to new places such as USA, Australia.
Like I said, Anglo Clans of USA, UK & Australia, etc are using next-door neighbor Thailand, which has a defense treaty with them, as a base camp since in the 1950s; from which attack against China/PRC was launched by sending Chinese Nationalist (Taiwanese Kuomintang) forces into nearby Burma's eastern border closed to China in the '50s and '60s.
In the '60s and '70s, using Thailand as a base camp, attack against nearby Laos & Cambodia were launched during Indochina war where several millions innocent civilians were killed.
Like Anglo British introduced opium to China a century earlier, USA-led Anglo clans introduced opium/opium growing as a form of self-support to those Chinese Nationalist (Taiwanese Kuomintang) forces in Shan State of Burma in the '50s and '60s.
You see that's how Burma became opium producer.
'Anglos caused most of the world's problems'. - David Cameron, former British Prime Minister
'Standard operating procedure for Sun-Never-Set Colonial master Britain was to divide and conquer the different ethnic groups in their different Colonies'.
'If two fish are fighting in a river an Englishman must have passed by.'
- Native American saying 🤔
For simple truths, pls read the informative Ole Fella comment (on TH-cam) at, "Aung San Suu Kyi Exclusive Interview BBC''.
"Aung San Suu Kyi Exclusive Interview BBC'': th-cam.com/video/MFEEmdKbqBE/w-d-xo.html
do u really think that way?Hey i'm myanmar and maybe ur thought will be true but only in some places.People are brutal.They create wars and kill a lot of people.I don't mean all.Some are harmless.But some....arrrrgghh😢However thanks for your comment❤
@@Love-virus
Bro, they are not Myanmar people. We do not regard them (Military pigs) as Myanmar people.
They are not even worth to be regarded as Human.
Their atrocity on ethnic people, rural citizens and also pro-democracy activists are unforgivable.
Never been experienced such kind of arrogance and brutality.
That Military Junta needs to be taken down asap.
We really need federal Democracy asap.
@@honestopinion8830 💯✔️btw i am a girl😒🙃
I heard that in Myanmar, there is a de facto independent state, called the Wa State, having it's own political system, administrative divisons and military, however it recognises the sovereignity of Myanmar over it's territory, which means Wa State is the only de facto independent state that doesn't recognise it's own independence.
Wow I'm local and i don't even know other countries doesn't have this. Doesn't other countries have that types of self-administrative states too?
Wa people are just Chinese's minions
They're basically Chinese puppet state in Burma. But neither side wants it integrated to China nor announce it as a separate state. So it remains like that.
It's a complicated situation (with there being Chinese Wa and the Chinese supporting the United Wa State Army) but the Myanmar Wa not wanting to be a part of China. I think the current setup leaves them where they want to be.
There are a few self-administered zones in Myanmar, each for a specific ethnic group that wanted more self determination.
@@hwp115 I don't believe so. A confederation would come closest (which is what AA is pushing for) but I don't think there are currently any confederations in existence.
As a burmese myself, I got more information from you than from my school's lessons. You earned a sub mate
Rohinga were killed by Buddhist Myanmar citizens??? That's wrong information. It was and still is the military that committed atrocities
@@zinhomes Yeah that part was totally wrong
@@zinhomes the video said “persecuted by Buddhist nationalists and the government” which was accurate! Are you even paying attention?
Same bruh
As a myanmar citizens
I can say that all fact that he told are pretty accurate .
But he forgot talk about Burmese civil war between Communist Party of Burma ( CPB ) and Myanmar Socialist party ( with Nè Win 's own socialism ideology and military hold the power ) and Communist party has defeated by military ,
invading of white Chinese ( Chinese Nationalist ).
What the f is a white Chinese? Lol
White Chinese is kinda common name in Burma for Koumintang
@@outandaboutafterthestorm White Chinese mean Chinese Nationalist and red Chinese mean Chinese Communist
Like in the Russian revolutions (between the "Red" Russian Communists and the "White" Russians royalists/democrats/liberals, the KMT were considered "White" Chinese and the CCP were considered "Red"
I also wish he talked about the other ethnic's kingdom. Like the Shan Empire of "great mong mao" is rarely brought up.
Your pronunciation nailed all of those Burmese names.
The way you said အနော်ရထာ was just perfect.
as a Burmese my ears are satisfied 😌
ကောင်းတယ်
The Burmese have suffered greatly in recent times and we hope this all stops soon enough.
Next is the African country with the continent’s other great big desert… Namibia! 🇳🇦
i am from myanmar and i lost hope it will never stop...
We must have hope. I am from Myanmar myself
Don't worry guys cuz this stupid thing will end this year! And don't give up, no matter what happens
@Jedplayer1 Yes, I cannot predict future, but who knows what will happen next. I'm just cheering people who are feeling the same that I'm feeling, specially Mg Kaung, who has lost his up there. Btw, Is that what you say to a random dude who is just cheering people from his country up? If you know I'm cheering, the way you are saying is a little rude ya know
@@AKALEX9742 Thank
I am burmese and i must say you nailed much of the history, now in myanmar there is severe lack of electricy and i am sweating my balls off....
I am Myanmar too
I'm Shan and I want Independence.
Another Burmese here ! And it’s sad how we are basically going backwards , hopefully we will have independence and peace soon
Haha, tell me about it!
@@nerogrove6491 cry about it.
so, you really make the history that we have to learn in 12 years into a 5 minutes video.
So true bruh
They made us study our asses all those extra bs for nth
bar ko 12 years lal ? zz
@@yekhaung95 kg to grade 12
This vid is the most feature rich, most accurate condensed history of Myanmar I've ever seen, thanks for the vid and hope this dictatorship ends sooner
This has taught me more than I was taught in school in such short amount of time about my own country's history 😗
ikr lmao
ikrr fr
It’s so messed up how much tragedy the military has caused, how can a country’s own people not even know much about their history, it’s frustrating.
@@brycelacy3545 that is just the apparent sad truth of Myanmar
Samee
I am Burmese, so by watching this video I feel better and j=much happy about the life I am living in Myanmar. Thank You So Much.
I don't live in Myanmar but I came from it and my parents were in a dangerous situation running from war roughly 4 times.
As a person from Myanmar, this video really made my day!
We appreciate this. I, myself don't know a lot of history about my own country. 💕❤️ It'd be nice if I could use this video for Burmese translation.
I'm a Burmese myself and this is pretty accurate, to all those who are commenting that they learned here more than they learned from school, you guys clearly didn't pay attention to history class, lmao
Sad but truth
yeah but history aren't really true. I as a gen z , I thought military was good so , I didn't believe that they killed and r*ped Rohingyas until this coup.
It was my least favorite subject man😢
Man, even if you did good with such a messed up lecturing and testing system, you know it is down bad lol
Sure, I take interest and have a sense of pride in my country and culture but teaching to copy paragraphs rather than encouraging self-analytic comments on the subjects is just a total disaster. It's also ironic that I scored somewhat high marks just by copy-pasting blocks of words lmao
cant wait for your country to lock itself up llike north korea. 😂
I'm glad Myanmar is getting some acknowledgement,
There are many different ethnics, fighting or something.
I hope everyone is safe and a good night/day
One of the most underrated channels on TH-cam. Keep on shining you crazy diamond you.
You really nailed the pronunciations of a lot of names. Missed some things like assassination of General Aung San and the Civil War that follows other than that, Great stuff.
Thank you for this video.
We, Burmese people, are very grateful for it.😊
as a Kachin who grew up in Burma and now is living in the us i am really grateful for what i have here
It's really captivating how you quickly explained about our Myanmar country, I didn't know all though. I've just downloaded your video to show my friends and to watch this whenever I want to even when the electric is cut off. Thanks a million and I hope we'll see the light at the end of the tunnel for Myanmar citizens and thousands of victims being injured and lost these years. Actually, I feel numb when I think about the long term of this darkness in Myanmar. It is almost three years that I haven't been going to my high school since Covic-19 broke out. 😭😭😭
Thank you so much for making a video about my country. We are still fighting to restore our democracy and topple the military dictatorship.
Rohinga incident?
You forgot to talk about Aung San's assasination, which is a big part of Myanmar's history. I'm a burmese and this was quite funny seeing you pronounce some words but dw you nailed it
Sorry im ask🙏....why some Myanmar people look like Chinese?
Oh my god, thank you so much doing a history about my country!
Oh... TH-cam recommends this video. I'm glad that the world is still remembering Myanmar 🗿👌
Not booming this country, I'm also a Burmese citizen :) Hoping for democracy 😔🙌
Same bro i want democracy
@@phayphay634 Everyone does
@@phayphay634 yeah me too 😔
Yes and no.
What I mean was,
Myanmar is the poorest southeast asian country leading to Myanmar to not being popular
@@ok-dy9jg indeed! However it was a developing country before the military coup
I am Burmese and to be honest my parents never told me information about where i came from or what happened to the land years ago, so thank you for this vid!
Maybe you great grandparents steal 100% small ethnicity Territory before you begin you people name with Burmese.
Hello, Burmese and history enthusiast here. You have indeed nailed all of the points and your pronunciation of some of the names were quite brilliant.
Burmese history textbooks used in all schools in the country are heavily censored and they can be commonly be seen pushing for very violent narratives and mostly ignores the history of the ethnic minorities in the country. Access to archives are rare not only to foreign but Burmese scholars as well. Couple that with a heavily state-controlled media and it's a disaster waiting to happen. And it did happen in the form of the tragic Rohingya massacres. Videos like these are godsends that help diversify the Burmese people's view of history outside of the propaganda that is taught in schools; and in doing so help in recognizing and preventing more racial violence and ostracism in the country. Thank you.
Of course this being a quick 5 minute video, I can understand you leaving out some bits for brevity. But Burmese history, like all history, is pretty complicated. It's easy to break it down into just the 3 kingdoms and everything else in-between the first Burmese people and the English invasion is just some "dis-unity" to dismiss. Which is a narrative that's being pushed by the military government in schools and I feel that it'd be helpful if the history of the ethnic minorities in the country could be expanded.
And for folks who're interested, I'd also like to do my part in sharing some extra spicy Burmese history and trivia: (Burma = the country, Burmese = anyone living in Burma, Burman = the ethnic majority group)
- Burma is diverse, first and foremost. With at least 135 indigenous ethnic groups living in the country.
- While various Burman, Arakanese, Shan and Mon kingdoms documented their empires’ achievements by engraving on stone slabs, groups such as the Kachin and Karen people passed down their history orally, told from generation to generation. These oral records are windows to our past that will soon fade away if we don't work to preserve it.
- The Shan, Chin, Kachin, and Karen ethnic minority groups as well as other kingdoms played key roles in the dynasty era too but are often not mentioned.
- Burma played a role in WW2, and some Burmese guerrillas switched sides in the middle of the conflict. (Initially axis-aligned, cooperating with the invading Japanese to fight the British. Then allies-aligned after realising the Japanese only wanted a colony. And helping the British forces retake the country.)
- Burma gained independence after the signing of the Panglong agreement that paved the way for it. Reportedly the representative of the Burmans that attended was so skeptical of the fact that the British were actually willing to give independence that he was surprised at the desire expressed by the British delegations to proceed with some sort of Union of Burma.
- It was reputedly at Panglong that Aung San (the leader of the Burman independance movement) made his famous promise to the hill tribes: “If Burma gets one kyat [of currency] then you will get one kyat.” This promise has been subsequently cited by many ethnic minority organizations in criticizing economic inequality and discrimination on the part of the Burmese government in the following years of instability.
- Burma and its people have been subject to the "divide and conquer" method both by the British (and the Military Junta). Case in point is that the British only recruited Chin, Kachin and Karen people into the local military. When local rebellions happened, these forces were sent in. Thus, Burmans saw the ethnic minority groups as a sign of colonial oppression, while the ethnic minority groups saw the Burmans as brutal fascists after the Burmans fought alongside fascist Japan-and against the ethnic minorities under the British military-in WW2. Thankfully, this kind of view has now been mostly forgotten in today's society. Sadly however, there is still some inherent distrust between groups. The military-controlled media and school curriculum doesn't help with this either.
- Burma is the record-holder in two grim areas. 1. The longest civil war in history: The country that have been fighting the longest civil war: from 1948 and ongoing today; and 2. The country under the longest military control: from 1958 to ongoing today.
The view of ethnics that Burmans are fascist is a new one to me.
I don't this this has ever surface with anyone from Burma or living currently in Burma.
Thank you very much for letting the world know about the recent coup and struggles in Myanmar. I hope and pray for all the Myanmar citizen to be saved from this hellish nightmare as soon as possible.
I have lived 10 years in Myanmar. You have the best pronunciation I have heard in any video and despite fast a quite accurate understanding (war, war, war).
thank for sharing our country.😍😍🙏🙏
Thank you, thank you, and a thousand times more, THANK YOU for making this. Without you I would’ve failed my exams
Thank you so much for sharing my country's history
Yes tysm for making a history abt my country myanmar💕💕✨💕💕🎉
Good day to my fellow Burmese, let the things in the past between our two countries slip away and look to the future. 🇹🇭👋
I'm Burmese person and thanks for wishing for my country
Love from 🇧🇩 to 🇲🇲💕💕
🇲🇲❤🇧🇩too
i hope myanmar to be rich as bangladesh
one day
Thank you
Love bangladesh too from myanmar
🇲🇲❤🇧🇩
🇲🇲🇧🇩❤
But they don't love you they killed ruhingya because they say they fromm bangaladhesh
I'm from Thailand (Siam). History class taught us a lot about Burmese-Siamese wars (more wars than this video mentioned), also in detailed. Myanmar was like our biggest threat and archnemesis. I hope peace, prosper, and democracy for Myanmar today.
As someone from Myanmar, your
still better so far..
Exactly brother
hola fullbellies >.
@@khae6014 ဘလိုတောင်လဲ
Thank you for your wish. love from Burma.
I'm surprised and glad that you can pronounce names very accurate. And yeah, we are in a shit show for two years now. Rising crimes and military dictators destroying villages, we are in a serious downfall. And of course, all UN says is sad to hear and hope we will better....
As a local, this is sadly true
So good. Pronunciation on top, summed it up well, excellent job.
Thank you for short video and thanks to all concern about us. We are suffering from marshal law, high costs of products, blackout and unfair armed power.
Thank you for making this! I am learning more about where my parents are from 🙂
This is honestly better than my history class
As a person who is technally Burmese (I'm zomi, but its in Burma). I'm glad u made this video to inform other ppl ab my country. Because no one knows what it is
As a Myanmar, you really nailed our history but in here people are litterally getting killed right now🤯
I love your vids, a regular middle class guy that's had a couple beers can understand them with maximum understanding !!!😄😄
Rohingya was not the only ethnic groups in Myanmar that was a victim of genocide. The military dictatorship only wants their ppl on “their soils”. The Karen and other ethnic groups are fighting the dictatorship, but it’s a losing battle since Burmese has way more military budget and has the support from china.
Fun fact: the Myanmar civil war is the longest civil war in human history. This war is round 70 years of fighting.
It is very sad because a lot of people here are brainwashed into thinking ethnic people are terrorists. In reality, they are just defending themselves from the government genocides.
Thank you for shedding some lights on Myanmar🥰🇲🇲
No idea Myanmar was so beautiful !!!
Yes ,its very sad that recent events have to happen.
Never watched top gear?
you taught me a lot ❤
I live in Myanmar and I understand what it is like to be a citizen of Myanmar it's truely sad that the country is in hell fire right now with a lot of protests around the country
Well explanation of Myanmar History! Quite Accurate!
Love from Myanmar. ❤
Wow.This is more clear than my history class.
ikr lol
Fact
I don't know the history of Myanmar but it is interesting
I m from Manipur , Myanmar and Manipur are trade friends . I like the goods from Myanmar n their festivals
that voice swap at 1:22 fucking killed me
Didn’t expect the video about Myanmar is posted by other guy ကျေးဇူး
But why don't they use the Metric System?
Because they actually use all three.They still use the metric system in some ways but we use miles and pounds mostly we also use our burmese system which is very prevlent in meat vegetables and other food items.
Technically they adopted the metric system a number of years ago, but as lego worthiness mentioned, in reality three systems get used simutaneously. So for example you can find flour in the grocery store in viss, kilograms, or pounds depending on the brand. Another example is the highway having the speed listed in kph but there being mile markers along the road.
Thank you , for this video🙏🇲🇲
You need to mention the Myanmar/Burmese 2008 constitution. 25% of the seats in parliament is the problem. Daw Aung San Su Kyi couldn't control everything even though she seemed to have power.
exactly
You r saying facts man
Respect
You're one of the few people who pronounce Myanmar correctly lol
Thank you for explaining about my country, it's all true , I am from Myanmar (Bamar)❤
That’s much more information given than the Myanmar’s suck history education. Thank you for the video.
The military took over the country. Of course they would hide their shit and only put bullshit in history education.
Every Asian Dynasty: *exists*
Mongols: So you have chosen death
The N countries will be exciting:
Namibia’s history will go from the first tribes to German colonization to the present day.
Nauru’s history will go from the first people to populate the island to when it became a goldmine of phosphate.
Nepal’s history will go from the first Nepalese to the devastating 2015 earthquake.
Dutch history will go from the founding of the Netherlands to the country’s recent history.
The history of New Zealand will go from Maori settlement to independence from the British to the present day.
Nicaragua’s history will go from the first Amerindian tribes to populate the region to the situation involving the Sandinistas and the Contras.
Niger’s history will go from the first settlements on the river Niger to independence from France.
Nigeria’s history will go from the Nok culture to independence from Britain to the war with Biafra to the present day.
North Korea’s history will go from Gogoryeo to the Kim dynasty.
North Macedonia’s history will go from the Kingdom of Macedon to when it joined Yugoslavia until it broke up to the present day.
Norway’s history will go from the Ice Age to Vikings to the Kalmar Union to the present day.
As a Burmese my self this is all you need to know about Myanmar history, Good Job 😀😀😀
I am Myanmar and i am very happpy someone finally appreciates Myanmar 🇲🇲
Me too🇲🇲
Meh too 🇲🇲
Me too
Me tree
Im planing to travel to Burma to practice meditation , do you think it is the correct decision to be made? Coz I do not know much abt the real situation of the country .... appreciate your opinion...🙏
Yes is a correct this but not in this timeline but come to myamnar in the future
@@A_man_on_the_internet_frfrfr 🙏 thank you very much.
Just like Anakin Skywalker, the military slaughtered the citizens like they were animals..
Master Skywalker, there are too many of them. What are we going to do?
Thats a funny refernece but irl its much worse 😭
Why are the Muslims so hated by the Buddhists in Myanmar ?
Because MUSLIMS BELIEVE IN JI**AD AND IN ONE GOD
THEY DONT HAVE TOLERANCE TOWARDS OTHER RELIGIONS
majority religions will always target the smaller ones sadly
the government doesnt treat the christian chin / kachins so well either
Thank you for mentioning the Rohingya Genocide. One of the largest genocides In modern history and it unfortunately continues.
lol no. the military purposely killed over 100k of their own people by using storm.
no it does not continue
Nope.
thanks man i needed this, i dont even know the history of my own country
3:30 8888?
Yes,it took place 1988,8th month,8th day
Nice.Thanks for talking about our country!
I am from myanmar
Thank you my good amn i am from mynamr and yall should visit here it is very intresting
damn you not gonna mention the longest-running civil war to this day between the indigenous ethnic groups(karen, karenni, chin, shan, etc) fighting against the military of myanmar 🤦🏻♂️
Everything you said was true. Thanks! I'm subbing you rn.
I feel like Myanmar would be a first world country right now if we just never resisted Japan and just let them take over.
In exchange, we might lose our culture and language, but hey, it's a price to pay.
if you forgot they tortured the shit out of us?
thank for talking about my conty mr.history I love my conty myanar
Heart breaking to see the people have to go through a lot.
Thank you for making this video
Thailand : this is my neighbor myanmar he is a pain in the ตูด
I do a military coup he do a military coup
I eat kaosoi he eat kaosoi
I am not colonised he get colonize *GREAT SUCCESS*
Myanmar Citizens : We see the Myanmar thumbnail , we click.
Karma hit Myanmar real hard
Did you even watched the full video? Or did you come here just to comment the same nonsense
@@Inkxo3D yup watched it and I'm correct
@@hewas_chewasky Lmao if you say Karma hit us every country would be hit by Karma. Nobody is perfect.
@@LimpoDragxon not many country proudly supports and defends a genocide
@@hewas_chewasky I know and I'm not defending the genocide, I myself am a minority ethnic group in Myanmar and it's not just the Burmese people who are suffering, every single people in Myanmar are, babies to elderly.
Pov: you searched about Myanmar on TH-cam to see if anyone even knows your country exists
how did you know
Ty for this history video of myanmar we have been in a bad situation bc of 1000 of ppl dieing
Thank you for the fast co😂ncise history lesson. I lived in S E Asia for 11yrs and never got to see Myanmar.😢
I am from Myanmar,thanks for making this video.
I’m happy that u pronounced the words right TY
I am a Myanmar TH-camr and nowadays the situation is getting worse with daily Power Outages, Wars, arresting those who ride bikes and stuff and checking cars it's really sad...
I'm from Myanmar,thz for Ur wish,it means a lot really❤️❤️❤️
I am a burmese and you are right! Thank u for telling abt our country history!
As A Burmese, I Am Proud That Some Of The People Make A Video About us :), As Right Now Things Are Not Good The Due To Military,We Actually Need Help,People Are Dying :(
happy to see from youtube recommendation
You did a good video , as a Myanmar I enjoy this.
which country you live in? i am Myanmar and thanks for making video of our country. hope you get a lot of subs :D
Thank you for the wish, from burma