Geography of Papua New Guinea: The Most Interesting Country in the World?
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- In my opinion, Papua New Guinea is one of the most interesting countries in the world. The country makes up less than 1% of the world's land mass yet is home to nearly 12% of the world’s languages and contains over 5% of the world's plant and animal species. To outsiders, the people have some of the world’s wildest cultural traditions, and no one knows exactly how many people even live in the country, it could be nearly double the official amount.
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Corrections: The cannibalism mentioned in Drew Binsky’s video was in West Papua, Indonesia. Both similar and interesting things going on on that part of the island. Diverse cultures, biodiversity, etc. I’ll talk more about it in a future Indonesia video. Also, I meant vertebrates not animals when talking about the number of species.
Lastly, a section is blurred because it showed nudity and the video was age-restricted. I blurred it so the restrictions would be lifted.
correction = cannibalism is carried out as a form of punishment, not an activity carried out in everyday life. and the tribe has abandoned that practice
What about malay language in border
@@DeniSaputtato clarify, it was the American/British and Australian evangelicals that eradicated these practises. From what I’ve read, the Americans played a big part. It was also their missions in neighbouring Pacific Islands like Tonga that later brought Tongan missionaries all over PNG
Interesting? Indonesia is committing war crimes there!
@@zorradone really
Back in 1991 I spent 3 months in Papua New Guinea conducting ethnomusicology research. Most of my time was spent living with the Mbula people on Umboi Island and the Sio people on the coast of Morobe Province. I was also able to spend a few days in the mountains of Eastern Highlands Province and again in the capital of Port Moresby. It’s an experience that shaped the direction of the rest of my life. So many stories to tell. One of the most interesting involved navigating the intricacies of a Cargo Cult mentality, gift giving and the assumption that because I was caucasian, I was Australian and would soon be heading back to Cairns (a city in a country I’d never been to). Another memory which is forever emblazoned in my mind is of walking through the bush on a moonless night and seeing a sky so full of stars that I could barely comprehend the bright intricacy of the heavens. A third was learning as much Tok Pisin as I could to be able to communicate in a place where the language spoken seemed to change from village to village. Finally, catching malaria, (being treated in the local “haus sik”), and recovering again. Thanks for the professionalism and engaging narration supporting this video. I very much appreciate being taken back!
As a resident of Cairns, Australia, I can vouch for what you said about heading back to Cairns. Cairns has very strong links with PNG, and we have a large population of PNG nationals living in the city. In fact, many of PNG's elite, business owners, politicians, and anyone with enough money usually have a home in Cairns or another part of Queensland, usually Townsville or Brisbane that they spend all or part of the year in. Literally hundreds of families celebrate PNG's national day on Cairns Esplanade all dressed in Black, Red and Yellow, waving flags, banners and playing various sports.
I've only been to PNG once, actually to East New Britain. It was amazing and I would urge anyone to go who wants a real cultural experience in a land that doesn't get many tourists.
i am interested in studying ethnomusicology, do you have any tips on how to go about doing that ? and maybe career paths
I wish i could have such wild experiences. Sounds like a wild but amazing place
In the mid 80's my father used to help the PNG government foster a non bartering private sector economy. He worked for the Asian Development Bank and his work involved advice on business regulation and assistance in the form of anchor investments. Although I've never been there his stories, pictures, and native art made me a life long fan.
I can't fathom how diverse Papua new Guinea is sometimes.
Shirley you can try.
Don’t call me Shirley
Nice to see informative videos from outsiders. It's well appreciated 🇵🇬 (also its pronounced like "Sipik")
Also, our government just announced that they're finally gonna conduct a new census this year, so I hope the population won't be so unknown soon
Ahhh thank you!
@@GeographyGeek No problem!😁 I'm actually from the Sepik province so it's nice to see some of our culture explored🐊
I think this is your most well written and best produced video so far. Well done. A fascinating part of the world.
Thanks, that means a lot! I‘ve been learning some new editing skills so the videos will look a bit more professional. As far as the writing goes, I’ve been a bit more diligent with the last few videos. If only I can improve my the quality while also writing faster.
Would be nice to have measure in the Metric system though
Born in PNG. Not a National but always wantok. The most incredible country in the world. End of story.
Great video! I grew up in PNG. My mum is one of the elders from the Asaro, Mudman Tribe (Goroka, Eastern Highlands). It's such a beautiful country that has so much to offer.
One thing that jumps out about this channel is that Geography Geek always displays photo credits clearly visible... that makes him a throughly decent person. Old school professional.
Now imagine if Indonesia didn’t have the other half
Free West-Papua
if indonesia didnt have it, the dutch would have have it.
PNG would over DOUBLE its land area.
@@pimab3653imagine if England had not seized Australia's native land
@@revinhatol PNG is Jerman and British Colonial
Papua New Guinea is also where the thylacine might still exist at. Forrest Gallante has a really interesting video he recently put out on it
Ah interesting. I’ll check it out.
i wish to go to papua new guinea someday to observe some of the most traditional ways of life that still exist.
While people still live in the bush, many of the traditional beliefs have gone away. Most consider themselves some sort of Christian, though they tend to mix aspects of their former beliefs in. These days, traditional dances and the like are for show and stripped of the original purposes.
@@rstous7691 really? A lot of the dances are still taught with the original meanings or what they symbolize in mind, like if a certain dance represents the act of hunting or paddling in a boat. I'm not sure abt "original purposes" but at least they're still taught their significant meanings (at least from what I've personally seen, since I don't know if this rings true for every single dance being taught🤔)
hopefully this doesn't include the ingrained, systemic abuse of women
@@wbbartlett although very unexeptable and globaly ilegal now, it is still an aspect of early traditional life that can not be forgotten
@@heidenrosleinmondschein3933 you're right, I should clarify that my experience is mostly Madang region costal mountains. Here, dancing is associated with warfare, especially as a way to prepare for battle. Kind of like a berserker trance, but with a heavy spiritual connotation. So when war/cannibalism was made tambu, dancing was a part of that.
But yeah, many different cultures across the nation!
This is video was truely informative and very well conveyed!
A friend of mine was working on oil rigs there . A young boy you as drowning and my friend swam and recused the boy . The boy was not breathing so he started performing mouth to mouth / CPR. The locals didn’t understand and they began beating my friend for trying to steal the boys breath and soul . He had to be taken out of the work situation as the local tribe were going to find him and kill him. They ended up sending my friend back home
And THATS
called being primitive
NOISS
Well if a White Dude is putting his mouth on a child - thats never look good.
That's sad, i hope your friend is doing well now
Most of our people are illiterate even to this day.
I'am sorry your friend had to go through this.
Not surprising. That’s why you gotta be careful with the tribes. Some, probably most, are not updated to the world today,so whatever they don’t know they will try to figure it out with spiritual reasoning like when the locals thought your friend was stealing the boy’s breath.
Also it’s common if one does wrong to another, the tribe of the person wronged will come after you, so it’s good your friend got out, but sad for the misunderstanding.
Australia has enough sense to not pretend to dominate PNG after being granted Germany's "possessions" after WW1. But we did pass on Rugby League
Imagine how good the Kumuls would be if players actually played for them. So many eligible players play for Australia instead
Hasnt Australia stolen the rights of west Papa oil?
PNG was an Australian territory up until independence in 1975.
Excellent video- your voice is professional and clear.
Thank you for this.
Would be cool to see a second video that just focuses on detailing the geography and different aspects of the ecosystem, habitats & biodiversity... It's such a fascinating place.
Thanks for sharing!
Loved the video! However, it would be nice to include on screen an asterisk to translate imperial units into metric units
I appreciate it! Sorry about that. I usually do and forgot.
Please do not do that. It’s fine.
@@flintliddonwhy wouldn’t they do that😂 give me one good reason.
@@flintliddon My kilometrage differs
@@LukeBunyip you metricheads will never learn to convert to the vastly superior imperial system if weights and measures if people like this video producer do all the hard work for you.
Great documentary!
Thank you!
"Distrust in government" sounds like these are normal people.
Papua New Guinea is so incredible
Love seeing a clip about home.
As an Australian who’s basically just next door to this complete other world, this is a stark reminder that we Europeans are a lomg way from home
Yeah it’s really crazy to think about how different Australia is from PNG. They’re so close geographically yet Australia is culturally and lifestyle wise closer to USA, UK, etc…
I live in southeast Asia and some of my friend thought Australia and new Zealand is in Europe. But when I show the map,they were shocked to see a land that was inhabited by the Europeans were not really that far from Asia.
Australia is neighbour of Indonesia.
3:10 interestingly, many old europeans seem to have similar stories for the words for bear and wolf judging by comparative linguistics
wonderful video!
Do you think you can add a little note when you talk about pound/feet that translate to kilogrammes/meters ? Love your videos !
My bad, I usually do but it slipped my mind. I appreciate it!
Wai, what is a meter? We use freedom units here son!
@@AL-lh2ht PNG like all advanced countries uses metric units. You might do well to catch up.
@@rais1953get a sense of humor
Just google it - it will take you 5 secs
Interesting, throughly enjoyed it.
WHAT'S SO INTERESTING ABOUT PAPUA NEW GUINEA IS IT IS THE MOST DIVERSE AND HAS THE MOST LANGUAGES. HOWEVER, A LOT OF THESE TRIBES ARE IN CONFLICT AND LARGE AMOUNTS OF LANGUAGES ARE NOW ENDANGERED.
Endangered?
In the grand scheme of things it doesn't matter
Why’re you yelling?!
WHY ARE YOU YELLING???
Writing not yelling lol
All the better to see you with.😅
I can think of characteristics that would be more attractive to me as a tourist than the existence of cannibals at my destination
There’s a lot of “dark tourists” out there. But yeah I’m good too.
PNG is a great holiday destination, if you can afford it…
It's a wonderful place. Unique in so many ways. Have been there a few times and always hungry to return.
Thank you ❤❤
You could also have mentioned how crazily resource rich PNG is from gold mining, to gas extraction, tree logging, coffee, tea, fishing, cane sugar, tobacco, and so much else. It's a heavily resource rich country. How all of it is managed and where that wealth is extracted / distributed is a different matter though.
Speaking as someone who grew up in PNG from age 3 to 13 (1990-9) in Port Moresby, Mendi, Madang and Lae.
I appreciate your attempts at pronouncing things, and if you ever need help with that for PNG on a future video, then please do reach out and I can give you some quick lessons!
have put doing the Kokoda trail on my bucket list and this video somehow makes me want to go more
It’s likely mekosuchus the dwarf tree climbing land crocodile could still persist in New Guinea, as well as the thylacine which has reported sightings, and other possible megafauna species
Great information i realize i had no idea about! Loved it.
I wonder what country trusts their government?
I'd reckon wealthy democratic nations with the lowest income inequality have the happiest people who trust their governments, like New Zealand, Switzerland, Netherlands, Belgium, Scandinavian countries, etc.
Fabricating rumors of cannibals to attract tourists is an interesting strategy
Good Lord! 🤦🏼♀️ sometimes you should say nothing.
Cannibalism started in Europe spread to Australia NZ USA and Canada
Been so fascinated recently by how it snows there!
ok very good video
nice
Great video but could you please give measures also in the metric system? 99% of the world uses it.
The whole island in general
This video could have been an essay on any west African country and it wouldn't miss a beat,from the languages to the superstitions.
Have you spent time in many West African countries?
Black Unity.
PNG people are good. 😮Sayeth Willy, global circumnavigater!🥳🫡
Papua New Guinea was named after the West Africa region
EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. ,PORT MORESBY THE CAPITAL AND EVEN WORSE WHEN YOU VENTURE OUT SIDE THE CITY
It depends on where you go, most of the country outside the cities are actually safer especially around coastal and island areas, many friendly locals.
@@Sensirebel WELL FOR ALL THAT ITS SAFER IN N G THAN IN ANY LARGE CITY IN AMERICA , I ACTUALLY LIKED N G AUSTRALIAN NORTHER TERRITORY IS AN EXCITING PLACE SOME EXTREMELY BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY THE BLACKFELLOWS LIVE ROUGH STILL HOLDING ON TO THE TRADITIONS
Why all caps boomer?
@@michaelk1262 MOSTLY I'VE ONLY GOT 1 EYE AND. 40 % VISION IN THE LEFT EYE AND I FIND IT DIFFICULT TO SEND MESSAGES IF THE LETTERS ARE SMALL CASE , I SUPPOSE. THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU TURN 80. MY APOLOGIES FOR INCONVENIENCING YOU ♿👁️🗨️🥕🥕🥕🥕
3:34 interesting
Was lucky to spend 8 werks in the southern Highlands. lookim u behind!
As an English speaker, I can naturally read more Dutch, than I can Tok Pisin and the latter is based on English. wow!
Tok Pisin has a lot of English derived vocabulary but a different language structure. Dutch has many common words with English and a similar language structure.
@@rais1953 So Tok Pisin to English, is like English to French. Thanks for clarifying!
@@Random_UserName4269 Are you a French speaker having a sly dig at English? :) Assuming you're serious, no. French and English are both Indo-European languages and their grammatical assumptions are similar although I found French a bit more complicated than my native English. Tok Pisin is more like a Melanesian language and English speakers unfamiliar with the principles may find it challenging at first. For example English and French have a first person plural "we, nous".Tok Pisin is more specific. There's inclusive yumitupela ‘we’ meaning, literally, ‘you and me’; in contrast, the exclusive mitupela ‘we’ means ‘me and somebody else other than you.’ The forms yumitupela and mitupela are dual and denote ‘two,’ in contrast to mitripela ‘the three of us (excluding you)’ and mipela ‘all of us (excluding you).'
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wild is a modest term 🫢🫣
At 3:54 the little girl just gets sucked into that crowd 💀
There are hundreds of thousands of people who speak Tok pisin. There are 850+ languages and the same + number of villages. Tribal law reigns. Common law is second.
There is great hope for the future for this golden country.
New Guinea is the most interesting island in the world.
On a map it reminds me of DR and Haiti
I wonder how similar West Papua is
theyre more civilized.
That depends on ones perception of "civilized." @rizkyadiyanto7922
Less populated yet more urban, significantly better HDI. The ability of local registry in more accurately estimating the population (as contrary to PNG's wildly off prediction) is a testament of better state capacity as well.
Also more Javanese settlers
@@user-zv3uz2nk6v And Buginese, Minahasans, Bataks, Minangs, Mollucans etc.
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The island has the shape of an Emu 😮
Missing the colonial struggles with Australia and Indonesia in the past century is a bit of an oversight for this video
Their really friendly. Some tribes will happily have you over for dinner.
That's a tourist attraction I think I'll pass on. Visiting cannibals isn't on my bucket list
@@Nagin-zt6sc didn't you watch the whole thing ??
@@Nagin-zt6sc yeah, so. Go up in the mountains and ask around
*comment deleted by the PC police*
Ok I'll try again if that satisfies the professionally offended...
Eating people is definitely wrong
Never bring BBQ sauce to someone's witch trial, because that would be wrong
@@Nagin-zt6sc Bro, it's probably better if some ignorant racist doesn't come here lol. larim em stap insait long liklik geman hap blon em. Also nice to see some wantoks on this side of TH-cam 🇵🇬😊
@@Nagin-zt6sc did you watch the video. Ask him where he got the information from. And you have to admit that there are plenty of tribes in png that you know nothing about
how do they communicate with other regions
With all the things the locals avoid saying, is it any wonder that there are so many isolated groups with different languages, probably from avoiding speaking with one another?
Rumors of cannibalism to boost tourism? Pf pretty much guaranteed i wont be going there 😂
I guess, ur not the target audience.
Tourism implies a return trip, I don't think that's included here
lol but in all honesty, that was in the old days. My U.S friends stayed there for 7 years (when they were 14) and they came back just fine. You’ll be fine.
Short version: the lush climate and geographic isolation created human groups who are like the Birds of Paradise--highly diverse, successful and stable on a low-tech level, able to spend a whole lotta time doing wildly various kinds of displays (linguistic and feathered).
I don't think the Papuan cultures as whole can really be discussed without mentioning their West Papuan counterpart
Has anyone seen Uncle Boosie or did cannibals really eat him?
The sharks ate him
Sacrificing money for tradition is based.
The last free people. We should all emulate them.
Dont let greedy corporates ruin PNG, its already happening
A somewhat good, interest generating introduction, but due to its shortness, way too superficial, with too much focus on the traditional tribal aspects. There's also the religious side of today's Papua New Guinea (PNG) regarding itself, due to its colonial history, as a Christian country/nation (with hundreds of different denominations/churches). Another aspect is the fact that PNG is quite a successful democratic country (next year, in 2025, will be PNG's big 50th Independence celebration), with its unique and impressively crafted home grown constitution, which today is basically still the same and which was developed by means of an arduously conducted nationwide consultation process in order to apply the Melanesian values of participation, consultation, and consensus right from the beginning when laying down the foundations for this unique nation of a thousand tribes. Last, but not least, there's also the modern urban sphere with its more secular western way of life, in particular in the national capital city, Port Moresby. Papua New Guinea is proud of its diverse tribal traditions, and as mentioned, trying to preserve them is one of the National Goals and Directive Principles enshrined in the constitution. However, as PNG is developing and modernising, there are lots of tensions and conflicts between the old ways and the new ways (the problem of domestic violence was mentioned), between the traditional tribal value system(s), the Christian value system, and the modern secular value system, which all together make up today's Papua New Guinea.
Island Fremen
They have a lot of Denisovan Hominid DNA.
and neanderthal plus some other third type of pre-hominid.
Honestly, I'd leave them in peace. It's obvious most of them have no interest in the outside world.
>It's obvious most of them have no interest in the outside world.
Obvious based on what exactly?
As a Papua New Guinean I like the outside world it's interesting
Not that they don't like the outside world, they just don't have much options but to live the way they are due to lack of development.
it’s ONE island fer chrissakes includes west irian jeez a straight line border is utterly bogus
I recall my grandfather telling stories of being in PNG during WW2. It doesn't sound like it has changed much since then.
Much of it hasn't. Unlike the more advanced western half of the island where the Indonesian government wants the population to commit to Indonesia.
There’s still battle planes that have crashed from WW2 in PNG. And who knows maybe more are out there but still to be discovered. It’s kinda cool yet scary to think of the history behind it.
But, how aggressive are the natives to outsiders..?
it depends on the tribe some are very aggressive some are not some will appear friendly at first but get violent when you break a rule you didn't even know about .
Honestly if you try learn atleast tok pisin and speak it infront of the Locals you will be King for how long your stay is😂😂
Hey I’m a local from there. The natives do love the outsiders such as international tourist you’ll get smiles and high fives everywhere haha
Papua's got a brand New Guinea
Papua new guinea is belongs to indonesia 🇮🇩🇮🇩🇮🇩
Considering the destruction that is going on on the western half of the island , it is too bad that you did not mention anything about the people there. It's a shame what is happening to the people by the Indonesian government.😢
Cannibalism is rare in Papua new Guinea in 2024....
News just in from Haiti....
A welcome overview of a country that rarely hits the headlines, and might be the best, last asylum for pristine rainforests. Wouldn't it be great if Brazil, Burundi, Congo, Peru, Mozambique, Tanzania, Ecuador, Kenya, Rwanda, Myanmar, Indonesia, Venezuela, Malaysia, Madagascar, Colombia, Angola and Mexico had retained, or planned to restore, similarly high percentages of undeveloped terrains?
Why those countries? Wouldn't it be great if the countries of Europe and North America, much of which was forested, had done what you suggest? No?
@@rais1953 Well, yes, of course. But I was thinking of countries that had rainforests, which are generally more species-dense than steppes, temperate woodlands or high, cold deserts. In the New World, we had more opportunity to set aside land since the first nation-states were born before dramatic deforestation had already occurred. But yes, any land that can possibly be preserved as wilderness, or for sustainable agriculture, would be a goal everywhere, north & south, east & west. The same goes for marine reserves.
Only 3,000 animal species? More like 300,000... There are >150,000 insect species there alone.
Meant vertebrates
@@GeographyGeek Thanks for adding it to your 'Corrections'!
@@stefan_popp no problem. You’re the first to point it out. I’m not sure how it went that long without anyone saying anything.
Excellent video except for the pronunciation of Moresby. More-z-bi.
Free Bougainville
People eat people in Papua New Guinea
Blue mo
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Blue movie
Go PNG Kumuls rugby league!
Go there to West Papua and see by yourself, how much better compared to its neighbor… safety, well being of people, etc.
What about the West Papuans themselves, who have been murdered by the Indonesian Army? And what about their right to self determination?
@@bopndop2347 West Papuan are Indonesian citizen they have all the same rights. They can run for elections, we have a functioning democracy.
@@Freedomnomad555 That's really great. Now ask yourself this. West Papuans (who are the natives of Papua, and arrived some 50,000 years ago).
If West Papuans got a vote for independence TODAY, they would vote for independence. Why? And why won't Indonesia allow a vote for independence? You know the answer, it's because they would vote to separate. So what does that really tell you?
@@bopndop2347 you just assumed. I don’t know and I am no politician. The people of West Papua live a better life than those in the East, that’s a fact.
@@Freedomnomad555 That´s not a fact, you are right you don´t know. I know because I´m from PNG, and I´ve lived in the hinterlands.
I´ve spoken to some of the most fervent Indonesian nationalists who DO know and they too admit that West Papuans would vote to be an independent state, separate from Indonesia. BECAUSE they don´t see themselves as INDONESIAN.
True fans of Jake and Amir will always remember the infamous exchange in their video titled "App Ideas":
AMIR: So, you hate the Papua New Guinean community, I hate the Papua New Guinean community. So let's just agree-
JAKE: Stop, I don't hate the Papua New Guinean community.
AMIR: Ok. So this app might be a dud.
I'm sure Amir wouldn't be a hater if he knew the rich history. :D
What English dialect are you speaking?
I'm hearing Australian but you mangle some words (like Port 'Moresby') and 'equator' which should be easy to pronounce for an Australian.
It was spelled wrong on my script and I just read it without realizing what I was saying lol
Use metric units, at least in addition to imperial.
Sorry, I usually use both and forgot to put them on screen.
Just google a conversion rather than criticise the video creator-it will take you 10secs. Lazy
@@GeographyGeek No need to apologize - these moaners could find out a conversion in a few secs
Papua new guinea 🇵🇬
West papua indonesia 🇮🇩
As a white Australian I hope Papua New Guinea gain independence from Indonesia.
Immigrants who are proud of their skin, return to the land you came from, return the land of Australia to its owner.
Bro, PNG is an independent country. and Indonesia doesn't care about that country
You're talking about West Papua, not PNG.
Should be "As a white Australian with US public school education.."
How are you "white Australian" and not know that Papua New Guinea is an independent country?
Denisovans ❤ very very ancient people.
Yep, that's a creepy place!
Sleepy Joe has some interesting thoughts on the place 😂😂😂😂
The real sad thing is the eastern half of the island is under indonesian occupation
what about Australia? What is clear is that the land was seized by the British from the native population. If West Papua had been colonized by Indonesia then there should not have been a referendum in 1969... it is really sad to see the native population being alienated in their own land.
I think you meant to say Western half
@@boss2280 lol are you aware that australia is a continent? Are you aware those aboriginal are migrants themselves? Are you aware Australia was and is empty for 99%. Do you have the same energy when migrants from africa change the population demograph of europe or do you only worship natives? Ur a joke! 😀
😅 West Papua is more advanced, you can explore using Google Maps online, see the city for yourself and compare, on the street corners there is online CCTV monitoring available, anyone can see directly, if you know Indonesian, there are many TH-camrs and TikTokers from remote areas there who are famous.
The sad thing is Australia is occupied by British, wiping all the natives populations.
5:53 Very random to see someone with NEC (dutch football/soccer club) clothing, on the otherside of the world.
please....use mtric system! It is impossible to follow a video where you keep saying "feet" etc
Use google
Kap country
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This country never bought into the covid jab (so maybe they are mostly dead?) Along with most Bulgarians..?? What do the vast majority think??
What😂