Mapping the People of Central America (Rebooting an Old Project + What Happened to Masaman??)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 9 ก.พ. 2025
- What are the origins of the people of Central America? In today’s video we’ll be rebooting my old projects and mapping the many people groups of Central America including the countries of Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama. I was inspired by the works of Dr. Michael Mehrdad Izady, who specializes in ethnographic and religious maps of the Greater Middle East to map the many different groups in Central America including the Miskito, Garifuna, Creoles, Ladinos, Afro-Ladinos as well as dozens of groups of Native American Indians, European, Asian and Middle Eastern immigrant communities, who come together under the wider umbrella of a Hispanic/Latino cultural identity to form one of the most interesting places in the Americas and the world.
Full map download will be available soon once I find out where to upload the original large file or an abridged version of it. Thank you so much to everyone who has kept my channel alive and given me support. I’m honestly shocked TH-cam hasn’t taken down my channel already for one reason or another, I’ve been expecting them to for years so thank you TH-cam. If you're interested in some of the content that I have lost due to harddrive corruption and my own stupidity, stay tuned because I'm recreating a lot of my old work and I'm still alive. Happy New Year and goodnight!
Sauce?
(okay I'll list some great sauces and other resources that have helped me learn more about the various people groups of Central America and the rest of the world soon)
It's been two years, Mason! We're happy to have you back, though!
😂 I yelped like a little girl
Finally some good TH-cam content
Felt much much longer, wow.
Took the words out of my mouth
I concur
A lot of us were really worried about you and had feared the worst. So happy to see you back!
Same! I recently rewatched old videos and thought the worst.
@cuddles1767damn. Forgot he even existed lol
You thought he was dead because he stopped posting videos? 😂
@@H-Vox He has/had liver problems
@cuddles1767I miss him bro, that story is so good I hope he comes back to finish it
YOOOOOOO MASAMAN YESSSSS YOU'RE BACK AND WORKING ON CENTRAL AMERICA. AS A SALVADORAN THIS BRINGS ME GREAT JOY , PLEASE CONTINUE! NO ONE DOES IT LIKE YOU.
I like your president
@@RiwenX same
@@RiwenX Bukele is a sigma
En toda Latinoamérica queremos un Bukele
Brother from another Mother, I'm right there with ya!
Losing years of work is a nightmare scenario. I'm glad you got that passion back - your attention to detail is second to none.
Holy shit. Some Christmas presents are better late than never. I can't believe it's a new Masaman video to top off the year!
I was wondering why your ethnicity maps stopped coming out, that absolutely sucks dude, hope you can recover better than ever
That definitely sucks what happened. But I think everyone is just happy to know you’re alive bro
Tommy it would be sweet if you explored the olmec and mayan ruins. Some mexican lady told me there are rivers with ancient satues in Veracruz where she would see crazy visions, she said there was ancient magic there.
Also lagunas de chacaua in mexico is so fucking cool, not sure if its off the beaten path enough for your taste but they are of largely african descent on a delta where a bioluminescent lagun meets the ocean. Its pure magico. Love your channel happy new year!
What a wonderful map!!! I am a Guatemalan Anthropology student and I have been watching your videos for years. They’re actually what inspired me to be an anthropologist, and this is somewhat of a Christmas gift for me to see you make a map of Central America!!! One thing to note is that the term “ladino” is not uniform in its usage, ladinos from the east of Guatemala are way more Spanish than ladinos from the highlands. Just an interesting tidbit! Thank you for keeping the strength to keep going, I love your videos!!
i thought i was trippin when i noticed this while visiting
We all heard you died!
Masaman: My death was greatly exaggerated.
He was only mostly dead 😂
I am an IndigenousAmerican from the Ojibwe, Hidatsa, & Arikara tribes. All Indigenous Peoples of the World are very interesting to me. Every inhabited continent, country, and region has their own Indigenous Peoples.
Plus, I am so happy you are back Mason!
as a guatemalan that loves this channel, i cant express how happy seeing this video in my feed made me. not only are you back you made a video on my region of the world that is usually overlooked by everyone.
Everyone's favorite genealogy champ is back! YES! More mapping with Masaman. Cool!
I can’t imagine loosing years and years of hard work and research just like that. I’d be devastated too if all my own research on my genealogy were to disappear one day. It’s good to see you get back on track.
We Masamen and Masawomen gleefully welcome you back Mason!!! We've been missing you more than you can imagine. Great video as always. :) 👍👍👍
Thank god you are alive! Your channel is one of a kind and one of my absolute favourites!
Holy cow dude, I'm so glad to see you're still active; missed you and your videos a lot! I couldn't find any news about you anywhere and thought you had went away.
We need an unbiased and objective voice like yours now, more than ever.
Outstanding! Masaman, is back!
It's been 84 years...
Glad to have you back!
I'm Native American Lakota. My heart goes to the indigenous peoples of Central America! ❤️
Im Nicaraguan of Nahua ancestry, God bless you brother, the red man lives on 💪
Gracias Amigo
-mam
Well, you both shared the fate of getting conquered by Europeans. At least they somewhat retained their population though, you North Amerindians are practically extinct.
👍👍🇸🇻🇸🇻
Greetings native brethren.
-Nicarao tribe ✌🇳🇮
It is absolutely normal to be devastated about such a thing and great if you decide to make a comeback!
I have to express my deepest appreciation for your great work. This map is probably the most detailed one that i have seen in my entire live. It's fantastic to see that there are people who are interested in learning about other cultures and doing such great works like you do. If I may give you a proposal for a nother interesting region to cover: I think there are not enough people who say something about the ancestry of Australians(including both european and asian immigrants aswell as Aboriginals). That would be a very interesting topic to cover. Again, thanks for your amazing work. I really love the content you make. It's good to have you back.
Love your work. Hope you keep it up, don't think there is anybody else doing it quite like you.
Hey, mason, glad you are back! Waiting from two years, I literally came back again and again in previous two years, Thanks for your work
Glad you're back Mason. You're the only reason why I stayed on TH-cam
So glad to see you again. Was worried that your health had taken a bad turn. Welcome back
It is great to see you back good sir. I'd honestly have had the same reaction if months or years of my work was suddenly just lost without warning. It is great to see you back as I said but I'm honestly just glad you're alive after so long.
So happy to have you back!! I know myself and probably a lot of other viewers were very worried about you❤
Long time no see!
I thought you joined the bunch of abandoned channels and I am VERY glad to be wrong! Hope to see you more on TH-cam, there appears no other channels like yours!
It's so great to have you back and see you're doing fine.
I almost thought we'd never here from you again, so I'm very happy and excited for what you'll share with us in the future.
Nice work.
So happy you're back! By far the best source for collecting, compiling, and presenting demographic data on the internet.
When I saw this video pop up I thought it was an old one from years ago. But then I saw it was uploaded an hour ago, and my heart just stopped. Can’t believe it but it’s nice to finally see you back!
Glad to have you back my man. 2024 will be better for it.
So happy you're back! Let the Masaman Renaissance begin!
We thought you passed away! So glad you're back your work is amazing brother, and now even better. Glad to have you back!
Mason, youre the only TH-camr i dont feel the need to triple check on facts. You have achieved a level of trust thats pretty much unheard of on here.
As a Nicaraguan who has tried to do his own research on this subject, I sincerely want to thank you. My family are not keen to talk about this subject. And many have largely forgotten it This type of work helps people like me who obviously do not look Spanish, find some source of where my tribal/ancestral history may come from.
Lol my family is Nicaraguan too, lemme just say that any info on Nicaragua...requires going there. It's so hard to find on the internet and there are so many niche history books that only exist there (BTW I have some vids on Nicaragua, not exactly this subject)
@@uniqoEnEsp I have gone to visit family twice. The most I've gotten is that on my mother side they think we are Miskito, and that it's not disrespectful that other people refer to us as "negro". Any other details are kinda lost and I've never had enough time while in country to find someone knowledgeable. Definitely gonna check out your videos tho!
@@sandino27 nice, and thanks 🙏
@@sandino27 the 'negro' thing is mostly a cultural thing, if you are from Nicaraguan parents but born and raised in the US it might be conflicting but the "Hispanic" way around ethnicity is different than the Anglo one. People are culture, and to study culture you need to go were it originated and in this case that is conquest of America by the Iberians. To sum it up it's no easy task, any analysis that misses either ethnicity, culture and political history will come short if what you are looking to do is understand a particular group.
Just heard you were back!!! So glad to see this channel alive again.
Your work is always amazing, glad to see you back.
Honduran and Salvadoran here! Glad you focused on this area of the earth!
A future projection of the region would be fascinating! This could be based on current levels of assimilation, emigration, immigration, birth rates, intermarriage, etc. And PS... Welcome back!!
You can do this now w/ AI
@@goyougoyou8245 thats lame its more fun to do your own research
@@goyougoyou8245 Might as well ask Facebook or Reddit what the future of Central America will be like. You'll get an answer, but it's not likely to be right. Just a collection of all the randomness of the internet.
Brother! Great to see you back!
Nice to hear that you are not letting the obstacles beat you!
Keep going!
I rarely comment on TH-cam but I'm glad that you're back bro. It sucks that all of your work has been corrupted. Although you pushed forward and continue to be one of the best map makers in this platform. You are truly one of the best educational channels and we've learned so much from your content. Keep your hopes very high and continue to strive on to your hobbies and dreams. Welcome back Masaman! We can't wait to see all of your interesting maps once again.
YESSS!!! It's so good to have you back. i'm looking forward to seeing your incredible work
I'm so excited to see how the new reworks. This already is my favorite channel of these topics because of the massive amount of detail. I can't imagine how the level of detail your reworks will be. Awesome gift to get for the closing of 2023!
Lets gooooooooooo, new Masaman video. I have family from El Salvador, and from the Midwest, so this is the kind of video I love, thanks for the new content!
glad you're back Mason. looking forward to more videos!
It’s worth to mention that at least 60% of Costa Ricans share Sephardic ancestry that arrived after the inquisition as jailed people that converted to Christianism.
Evidence of this is the findings of Mezuzot and Menorot in the Central Valley mountains of Costa Rica as well as the classic words such as:
Descocheró: which means to have something broken or un useful. It is widely used until this day and it comes from the mix of the prefix “des + kosher” where Des is the Castilian form to assign a negative or lacking quality + kosher which in Ladino and Hebrew means pure or correct. Therefore, Deskosherar, deskosheró and Deskosheramos is a verb used in Costa Rica since centuries ago.
As well we use the word “jupa” on daily basis as a reference for the head of any living being.
This comes from the Hebrew word “Jupá” which is a sacred fabric used in wedding ceremonies on top of the heads (in Hebrew head is Rosh).
There are plenty more examples on why Costa Rica had such a different mixture of European ethnic mixtures and it’s said that the reason is due to the fact that the Catholic inquisition couldn’t handle our territory properly and therefore, Sephardic Jews from all over Central America slowly migrated here for a more peaceful living in the new world.
Finally!! We've been waiting on your return. Continue making great, informative videos!
A Honduran here... I am so glad you did a deep dive on our part of the world and our Patria Grande (Large Country/Homeland). I have now been living in the US for over 40 years and coming here and experiencing the incredible racial divide presented to me in the early 80s was to say the least a cultural shock. The fact that people in the States did not intermarried much back then and while they might have politely interacted with one another... there was truly little to no integration from the races. Those interracial couples were few and far between and it is just now appearing that multiracial is something normal. As I dedicated to learn more about US history I came to find out the reasons why and how this situation has created so much unrest in our nation. One thing that I have noticed in recent times is that we are still looking at society in a black/white prism ... a way of looking and analyzing current events based on the old black/white dynamics. I think this is wrong as the black population is no longer the largest minority but still appears to hold large political sway. Anyway, back to Central America... that is truly a melting pot of cultures and races... I feel here in the States we have been mostly a crock pot .... certainly melding and mixing races and cultures... but not quite melting and fusing races/cultures.
Yeah it was illegal.to intermarry in the US. Surprisingly, 1/3 blacks in America are native or european mixed so it happened on the down lowy.
This channel makes me happy when I see it on my notifications.
Incredibly glad to see that you are back to making videos! I think some really interesting regions you could try to map out next that a lot of people tend to overlook or not think much about would be Central Asia and South East Asia.
Welcome back, Mason! We are happy to see you persevere through and come back
Great to hear from you again! Your tenacity is mind-blowing (having lost all that data).
happy to have you back man been missing the content and was hoping nothing terrible happened to you!
glad you are back. your hard work is much appreciated.
Sorry about your work dude, if it makes you feel a little better I lost a good section of my phd thesis because my computer fried itself. I learned the hard way that you need to backup your files every once in a while just in case. I hope you can recover, we are all cheering you on!
This is utterly insane. I feel nostalgic about the channel, come to check it out, and boom: new video uploaded a couple of hours ago. Awesome! 🤩
Dude, your work is actually amazing! Colors and lines on a map are often just a way for us to simplify and organize things, but you really show how truly complex the world is. I can't wait to see whateve comes next, no matter how long it takes!
Thank you for this Mason. My father is Salvadoran and my mother is Cuban. I really appreciate your work that’s been done here and it’s good having you back.
Holy crap!!!! You're back!!!!
We love you Mason! Back your stuff up! Keep us informed about your health too! We care about you! Your maps were always awesome! We love your vids! I’m so happy your back!
Awesome to have you back! I use a 5tb external hard drive to back up all my work files, I highly recommend dropping the $100 or so for one.
Please never stop your work, no matter what happens, what you're doing is important. I, and so many other people, appreciate your work, the time that goes into it and, you yourself. Good luck into the future of this project!
Im thrilled that you're back! Amazing channel!
MASA BACK BABY! Got the grown man voice and everything bro so glad to see you back with the science knowledge and the data! Happy New Year
Maybe he just changed his mic
@@LuisSierra42 no I just been following him for a long time and watching his old videos when he was younger, you can notice that his voice has gotten deeper as he's grown up
It's good to see you back Mason.
Just glad you're okay Mason! You had most of us worried with that failing kidney comment in your last video.
I am happy to see you back again, my Friend, I haven’t seen you in Years for real.
Oh man its a (belated) Christmas miracle!
Great to have you back Mason, I'll await with bated breath for the time you release a map like this but for the Southern Cone in the year 2043
WELCOME BACK MASON!!!! wishing you the absolute best of health my dude. missed ya around. thanks for the enormous effort you put in your videos!!
It's awesome too have you back dude
Cheers Masaman! I am excited for the future as well.
YOURE BACK!! Thought you died, not gonna lie. Spent hours searching for any information i was so concerned since you mentioned the health problems. Glad to see you back! Hope you and your family are keeping well over the festive period!!
So glad to see you back!! And what a video my dads from Honduras so I am every interested thank you!
Oh my god, I'm so happy you are back!!!
Great to see you back, I look forward to watching more of your fascinating work :)
So glad u are backing up making videos 😊 proud of u dude just keep doing what you are doing, you have the refined technology just bring your own spark to it
Yes, I am so glad you’re back!
It’s been a while. Looking forward to more content.
Omg! I was actually depressed because I thought we'd never see an episode from you again. Glad to hear you're ok.
So glad you’re back!
here are some suggestions:
1. Structure your videos into distinct sections as you would with an essay.
2. Use timelines, graphs etc more often. These devices provides a perspective that plainly narrating doesn't.
3. Even if the video is about demographics, show the political boundaries, natural habitability of the land etc. These can be shown and fadded on the map before you delve into discussing demographic features.
I am a fan of your work, your content is already great. Hopefully, these suggestions will help you making them greater still.
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ps Best wishes in advance for a happy new year from the Netherlands!
I always wondered what happened to you, glad I never unsubscribed. Sorry you lost so much of your work but i'm glad to have you back!
Welcome back bro. Sorry to hear about all your work getting corrupted like that😢. But thank you for doing this video on Central America. Second generation Nicaraguan-American🇳🇮 here🤙🏻
I'm elated to see you back man. You're invaluable to society with your knowledge and skills coming together to produce the most detailed maps of culture/ethnicity anyone has ever seen, without being sketchy like so many other people (you know the type) who are obsessed with ethnography on the web.
Damn, as an Argentinian who loves history I understand the great task you are going through right now, even if my country is one of the least diverse ones of Latin-America due to the low amount of slaves and natives, but it's really amazing to see you trying to understand and explore unexplored parts of what I consider my people, so thank you so much for this and keep doing this great work, you're doing amazing!
Argentina is much more diverse in European genetics, one of my favorite places is Misiones, it literally had immigrants from all continents in such a small province, the jungle province is just as diverse as the capital Buenos Aires itself
I once saw a “genetics” show where the Brazilian participant was shocked to find out he was 100% European. He thought he was mixed 😜
I thought a good number of Argentines are mestizo. By that logic northern Mexico and Central Mexico(to a lesser extent) are among the least diverse because people there are castizos and harnizos.
@@Avram_Orozco originally there were some, but Argentina always had less natives in comparisson to the rest of Hispano-America, and some of those were agressive towards the Spanish, later when we got independence their population reduced due to the supression policies and conquests, and later we had huge amounts of inmigration from Europe. The point is that I'm comparing with the rest of Hispano-American countries, I'm not denying that we have some
YOU'RE ALIVE!!! OMG, I'M SO HAPPY! You don't know how many times I've been to your channel, looked for signs of you online, etc! WELCOME BACK!
It is good to see your work again.
W mans for providing people from South America to have this kind of information, its always about the old world, but now we are talking about the new world, although we don't talk about the new world a lot and there isn't much info about it you still make it happen
I’m literally so happy your covering Central America as someone looking to immigrate to/study in Costa Rica! 😭
Key Note (am concerned about my american dollar displacing ticos and ticas...)
Just found your channel. Fantastic info, and happy to be here.
As a Salvadoran I am sooooo glad you made this. Thank you Mason. So Sorry you lost work. 🙏🙏
I believe the Lenca are also significant in number in El Salvador. I also find it curious why the density of population in El Salvador is so much higher than other parts of Central America..
so glad your uploading new vids - such a huge fan of you content ! hope you're doing well too :)
Welcome back Mason! Great to hear your voice again. Sorry to hear about your data loss fiasco. Glad you’re well. Great work, as usual! 👊🇨🇦
Thanks for coming back
Hi Mason, In glad you're back. I totally understand you leaving after such a setback. I've had such a thing happen to me when youtube deleted my channel which had 7000 songs catagorized into playlists. Although something much worse happened to you, I know how devastating this type of thing is. However, a fresh start is always exciting and I thrilled to see more content. All the best!
great to have you back. would have liked to have seen more pictures of the different peoples you were talking about
Ive stayed subscribed! I bet you get more views than you expect. Glad to see you are back.
Glad that you're back masaman you're one of the best on youtube 👊🏽