no words to thank to whom ever shared this on you tube. thank u so much and please if there are any other videos like this about old Ceylon please share
Absolutely! Instead of showing their gratitude, few imbeciles are whining and whinging about racist commentary of the narrator. Stupid idiots have no clue about the value of these rare documentaries.
I am forever in awe and proud of my motherland of Sri Lanka and the gentle smiling faces I remember in growing up in the early fifties and forever recall the bullock carts and monkeys and the wild life and the villages and the fishing canoes returning with their catches at dawn .Ohh what a paradise this island was and hopefully return to it in the future Best Wishes from Australia to my fellow citizens
I was there as a child, and been back since. Ceylon may well have been a tropical paradise, but does not match that description now. It has enormous problems with population density, pollution, westernization, ethnic conflict, soil erosion. Local tour guides tend to overstate the island's virtues, as tour guides will. There are not massive waterfalls - just nice ones. There are not high mountains - just nice ones. I loved the the footage of the Dutch canals, which thesedays are clogged.
I have nothing to say..because I'm a Srilankan...I live in here....I love this free, simple and comfortable life style.....These all came with The Buddism...NO argument about it..!
@eroaero - Then known as Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) also had the best irrigation system that was destroyed by those Western land robbers. Ceylon was long before a civilized nation when those Westeners were living in the jungles sark naked.
Your comment is correct. Quite often the narration for travelogues from this period are very Euro-centric, full of inaccuracies and mis-information and even quite racist.
Even if some parts of the old fashioned style commentary would today be formulated differently, we should consider this documentary as a kind piece of cinematographic art of its particular time, reflecting admiration for the civilization and people of Ceylon. For sure its a kind of joke to hear that just because of his hairstyle the "average singhalese man is difficult to be distinguished from the female". Europeans also had long hair in the 18th century and VOC colonial days..
Thankyou for a wonderful glimpse at lovely Sri Lanka "Splendid Island" in a more innocent time. Looking at this film from what I have seen of Sri Lankan, it is remarkable how little the ways and lifestyle of has changed.These days motorised transport has shattered the tranquility, I dont recall seeing houses roofed in palm leaves,and the men were certainly not effeminate (that was more likely to be the film directors predilection) Visualy this film is a lovely record of this paradisaical place
All you guys are carrying on like pork chops and it is not serving any purpose, but hatred. Just appreciate this valuable footage and see how our ancestors lived. Thanks for preserving this footage and posting it here for all of us to see.
Let me show my gratitude to the person who created this documentary & the person who uploaded to youtube. The present day sri lankan people should show their gratitude to the makers and uploaders of this documentary for film documenting an era of their history.
Just be glad that this was recorded at a time when we were not technologically savvy, and the commentary here is just describing what we can see. I cannot see any racism in that given the time it was done. Aren't we all racist in some way.?.Thank you 'travelfilmarchive' for uploading this video for all of us to enjoy. Please upload some more if anyone got similar videos.
Its really good see such a vidoeo like this. But there is something which i need to clarify, Wts the efinition of a civilisation. According to my knowledge cylon was a civilised nation before the english migration. They had a proper structure in both polilical and relegioes aspects. Bt y do they say natives were civilised after english migration. This is a completely wrong phenomina.!
I would have loved to travel around the world during this time period before everything went down the drain. I just think it's sad that most traditional cultures are becoming more like the west. Great Video!
@geethike whats wrong with a brown body? The baby is definitely brown. Maybe you don't like people to be called brown because its in your mind something inferior ? Please explain.
@lumalive You need to change your opinion. The huge water tanks were already abandonned long ago before the Europeans came and Anaradpura was totally overgrown by the jungle till 1850. Read Books!
@gatheringleaves, So true being a Sri Lankan I really value your comment, it is sad yes indeed, our people try to act western, they think thats the style and nothing else..
Travel film archive that posted the video has said in its website to remember that most of these videos are about 75 years old and reflect the colonial attitudes of the time, which we may object to now. Afterall during Victorian England women and children were supposed to 'belong' to the men as if they were slaves -which too we dont accept now. Lets enjoy everything -the pictures and the understanding of how it was to really live then -despite the unspoilt natural surroundings!!
I'm sorry but you have misunderstood, I had never mentioned that we shouldn't preserve our culture, forget our sri lankan food or Sri Lankan ways! I simply said that we have a right to enjoy ALL things regardless of whether its a western or eastern attribute.
@gatheringleaves so true I'm American and love to travel to other countries because the culture language values way of living is so different, but they are losing much beautiful traditions because they look up to us, so sad, hope they keep your beautiful country the way it is dont westernize it! the worse is when i see Mc Donalds in other countries, and their great music turned into rap...rap music! come on it's not cool, America is not what it use to be either! everyone should stay unique
Viewer: Come and become part of this charming country. They are always trying to be attractive Hosts. Your vacation in Sri Lanka will encourage them as well as yourself. Ancient meets Modern, see how they take their fine values of their past and bring them forward into the modern era.Not always easy, but they are truly a hard working people. Ayubowan sweet Pearl of the Indian Ocean.
@lumalive Yes the high developed Buddhist civilization with exceptional architecture and irrigation systems existed already at least 1500 years ago. But there was a period of decline long before the Portuguese came.Slavery was abolished by the British finally and your ancient cast system was counter productive.All humans are the result of a common history in this world. Western Land robbers?? You wish to give your land back to the last Tamil King of Kandy perhaps? Don't blame all on foreigners!
@niecytheboss every country IS unique & they DO KEEP their cultures intact. just bcoz we have McDonald's our country doesn't EVER mean we are becoming a westernized world, y? should we only eat from our local cuisine. yea, we have rap music, bcoz it's cool & we love great artists from across the globe. the whole world is changing, even Sri Lanka, u should visit SL and see 4 urself our culture (its not western). btw I'm a Sri Lankan..
@england32771 Hello! I also noticed this comment in the movie and thought that its due to the fashion in Europe in the 1930ies. Shorter hair for men. But during ALL times before Europeans had long hair too.(Check the US Dollar bills and see the "effeminate" guys all over according to this logic.Also UK judges and court servants wear long hair, artificial or not. So the reporter isn't very smart to not be able to distinguish a woman from a man other by the hairstyle. But its not a big deal.
Too many comments about mention of "brown body" and racism. People used to talk like that in those days. This was 1932. Saying what you are seeing. No disrespect intended. Nowadays political correctness ruined the West. People offended about every little detail.
@@reid9584 yes both black white, asian and arabic people all practiced slavery, Are we allowed to judge that or does your moral relativism still apply?. Or are you one of those self hating white people that think slavery is bad only if white people do it? genuinely curious here coming from a Sri Lankan.
Reid Nixon every nation or race is guilty of slavery pal! In fact it was the British that were the first people to ever outlaw and abolish slavery, throughout the world, and they are the reason it was banned everywhere, this was in 1807, no other nation had ever done that before!
CaseClosedTV it's great to here that coming from a Sri Lankan. I've have been to that beautiful country and I loved every minute of it! My great great uncle was based there after the war in Trincomalee in the RN. I am frankly tired of the fact the world has simply become a black and white! More so than in the past, where whites aren't allowed to acknowledge their successes or achievements and we are constantly put down for some things our ancestors may have done. Because slavery is the guilt of every race and contrary to popular belief the whites weren't the only people to do it, nor were they the worst but it's only bad if whites do it I suppose! And we are also always told that the Empire was only a bad thing and that we should be ashamed of everything we did(we should be ashamed of some things of course) and that everyone in the ex colonies hates us. What's your opinion on the British and the Empire? Do you recognise the good it did, as well as the bad? Do you think it was beneficial? It would just interesting to hear your opinions!
@@keithwatson1384 Your great uncle was part of the greatest generation and his (along with everyone else who served) services are greatly appreciated. In regards to my opinion on the British Empire, I really do find it difficult to quantify its "effects" into black and white categories like good and bad. Keep in mind England weren't the sole colonisers of Sri Lanka with both Portugal and Dutch preceding. My opinion admittedly is not very unique in that I believe it was both bad and good. Because of colonisation Sri lanka lost a large portion of its ancient cultural identity with modern Sinhalese (the defacto Sri lankan language) itself turning into a part Sinhalese, English and Spanish hybrid Creole. But in saying that I must also admit because of colonisation we gained a whole host of infrastructure upgrades and advances (for the time period of course) in technology. I like to look at history while firmly keeping human nature in mind. It is in our nature to conquer and colonisation is only a byproduct of that basal human desire. I mean if we are being honest this very desire made us put a man on the moon. To forever blame and damn today's white people while ignoring every other race and their dimilar doings is frankly dumb and i honestly believe it does more harm than good to us Sri Lankans (and whoever else would be in a similar situation). Unless you havent noticed already im not a fan of the "perpetual victim mentality" being peddled by todays media snake oil salesmen lol. You should visit again soon! the war is over and Sri Lanka has never looked better for tourism!
CaseClosedTV God bless you, friend. It’s reassuring to see fair-mindedness presiding even in a place as far from the drama of America and Europe as Sri Lanka. I hope to visit your beautiful country in the near future.
Come on people, this is supposed to be the part where the Tamil and Sinhalese people are both supposed to be proud of the country they are from. don't argue over who was there first and all that bull shit grow up,Tamils and Sinhalese both live there now, it doesn't matter who was there first.
@niecytheboss i was not trying to diss u, but u should make ur comment clear, coz its sounds ur telling us to remain the same. bcoz we were very poor and undeveloped b4, so it sounds offensive when u say we should remain the same...just 4 u foreigners to come and see how DIFFERENT we r. we have a right to develop and enjoy other countries cultures too, like urs!! u should b happy about it!!
"It's difficult to distinguish the average Sinhalese man from the opposite sex"??? The commentator is either blind or plain stupid to say something as daft as that. I've watched most of the videos on this archive and almost without exception, the narration and potrayal of Eastern, African or Polynesian cultures is alternately either facetious or patronising throughout
Even the foreigner knows that we are on the wrong development track.....it's a shame that you don't know......!yes we do have right to develop.....but in a way that suits us!adopting some other countries way of development,westernized our country!that does not suits our country.....!Building Mc Donalds and forgetting the nutritious food that we have.....is one of the main causes to our country's health issues!i'm not telling that we do not need development......,but it should be SRI LANKAN way!
On 1932 population was 5 million in 2022 population is 22 million. And Chinese have trapped them in debt because of greed of Rajapaksha family.. Now it is impossible to get the Chinese out of Sri Lanka. So Sri Lanka is going to be divided. Some parts will be Chinese country. Remsining will be Sri Lankans under the control of the world chinese... Never borrow never lend. If you can't afford don't have it. But can you? Is the question to the 22 million Sri Lankans who are divided into rival groups and gangs... All struggling to own a Mercedes car and and I:phone big villa expensive clothes and lots of dollars in foreign banks. Same story in all countries like India Bangladesh Philippines.... Etc... Neo Colonialism.
Misleading content about Srilankan culture techology and everything. This says Srilanka is like a tribe nation without a developed culture and a civilization.
MrPrimus101 Well, I didn't ask you particularly, but somebody else. Anyhow, empty half witted claims don't make it to anywhere unless you can point out which statement in where it shows racist comments about sri lankan people, in particular sinhalese people. But, if you're or the other fella who made half witted claim are by any chance black skinned white men, or ones who try hard to be ones, then your comment makes perfect sense to me, 'cos non of you half witted black butted people would want anything to do with your roots or who you really are. FYI, sri lankans should pay their gratitude to these american early documentary makers to going to all the trouble to document the history of country nearly hundred years ago, using film. These are rare gems of historical value. I guess for ignoramus' like you, it won't matter.
Sounds like a whole lot of butt hurt. Upset that some 'brown butts' hatin' on your 'white mastah's? :) Gratitude? Really? YOu must be out of your mind or smokes some real good stuff. Shoooo... go away. Go crawl back inside your white mastah's rear end, please.
MrPrimus101 Why don't point out what racist rants in there you stupid dimwit? While you whining & whinging about non existing racist rants in the documentary, I bet you worship white asses to make your living. Am I right?
Yea? well this is the time when your Crimes against the tamils couldnt get out to the rest of the world! but now its pretty obvious ..but give u credit for trying your best.
"don't try" what? You better upload some videos on your poor channel to contribute something positive to humankind instead of your frustration hate speech against another race. People like you I only suffer on the internet.In SriLanka are living friendly people.Most welcoming.You are not of these.Sorry.
I am a sri lankan...we have great history...I am so proud of my country...
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@@Thamilnilavan_Muthulingam why 😡
Hindu
@@jayeshthakur1166 he is a punda tamil hindu.
A short historical documentary of very high importance!
My gratitude to the maker of the short film.
What a island nation I love srilanka from India
no words to thank to whom ever shared this on you tube. thank u so much and please if there are any other videos like this about old Ceylon please share
Absolutely! Instead of showing their gratitude, few imbeciles are whining and whinging about racist commentary of the narrator. Stupid idiots have no clue about the value of these rare documentaries.
@@ddandrews825 alive dude ?
@@captainaryan26 haha nailed it dude
I am forever in awe and proud of my motherland of Sri Lanka and the gentle smiling faces I remember in growing up in the early fifties and forever recall the bullock carts and monkeys and the wild life and the villages and the fishing canoes returning with their catches at dawn .Ohh what a paradise this island was and hopefully return to it in the future Best Wishes from Australia to my fellow citizens
I was there as a child, and been back since. Ceylon may well have been a tropical paradise, but does not match that description now. It has enormous problems with population density, pollution, westernization, ethnic conflict, soil erosion. Local tour guides tend to overstate the island's virtues, as tour guides will. There are not massive waterfalls - just nice ones. There are not high mountains - just nice ones. I loved the the footage of the Dutch canals, which thesedays are clogged.
0:31 Awww🥺❤️
this is realy great that somebody made this movie in 1932,,,amazing
I have nothing to say..because I'm a Srilankan...I live in here....I love this free, simple and comfortable life style.....These all came with The Buddism...NO argument about it..!
I love sri lanka.love fr Philippines
@eroaero - Then known as Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) also had the best irrigation system that was destroyed by those Western land robbers. Ceylon was long before a civilized nation when those Westeners were living in the jungles sark naked.
Well the irrigation civilizations were not destroyed by westerners but by northerners from the Pandyan dynasty, way before the westerners came
I love tropical islands and I live there♥️
Your comment is correct. Quite often the narration for travelogues from this period are very Euro-centric, full of inaccuracies and mis-information and even quite racist.
@காந்தள் - Kaanthal lol okay , what about Vedas ?? , Don't say shit if you don't know bro
Very racist. Love and peace from Trinidad
🥥🌴 is a Heart of Ceylon
Even if some parts of the old fashioned style commentary would today be formulated differently, we should consider this documentary as a kind piece of cinematographic art of its particular time, reflecting admiration for the civilization and people of Ceylon. For sure its a kind of joke to hear that just because of his hairstyle the "average singhalese man is difficult to be distinguished from the female". Europeans also had long hair in the 18th century and VOC colonial days..
Excellent! wish we could go back to traditional Sri Lanka before it was Westernised
just amazing..we need more videos like this..wow how times have changed..
Fentastic Footage and i like this video...
Thanks,
Kris.
Thankyou for a wonderful glimpse at lovely Sri Lanka "Splendid Island" in a more innocent time. Looking at this film from what I have seen of Sri Lankan, it is remarkable how little the ways and lifestyle of has changed.These days motorised transport has shattered the tranquility, I dont recall seeing houses roofed in palm leaves,and the men were certainly not effeminate (that was more likely to be the film directors predilection) Visualy this film is a lovely record of this paradisaical place
All you guys are carrying on like pork chops and it is not serving any purpose, but hatred.
Just appreciate this valuable footage and see how our ancestors lived. Thanks for preserving this footage and posting it here for all of us to see.
The racism is hilarious! This is an Orientalist masterpiece!
Ah back when man buns are feminine among westerners.
Only 5 million people 90 years ago. It’s gone up to 20 million now. Jeez!
No counting is not correct i guess
This is great video clip to see!
i turned the sound off and loved it
Alive ?
Most probably dead. He looks 70+ even here.
Thanks for updating the video...
Nice to see this kind of old vedio about my country
thank you very much for recolect our history
I want to visit Sri Lanka some day
Let me show my gratitude to the person who created this documentary & the person who uploaded to youtube. The present day sri lankan people should show their gratitude to the makers and uploaders of this documentary for film documenting an era of their history.
Yeah
Thanks for the upload! :)
Great job for nation... Thank you very much for uploading.. We are waiting for more...
Alive bro ?
May be
Maybe.
I love this film
Just be glad that this was recorded at a time when we were not technologically savvy, and the commentary here is just describing what we can see. I cannot see any racism in that given the time it was done. Aren't we all racist in some way.?.Thank you 'travelfilmarchive' for uploading this video for all of us to enjoy. Please upload some more if anyone got similar videos.
I am totally inspired. Do they have even more old films about Sri Lanka? Just nicely !!!!
Not really
this is bloody brilliant!
Its really good see such a vidoeo like this. But there is something which i need to clarify, Wts the efinition of a civilisation. According to my knowledge cylon was a civilised nation before the english migration. They had a proper structure in both polilical and relegioes aspects. Bt y do they say natives were civilised after english migration. This is a completely wrong phenomina.!
I would have loved to travel around the world during this time period before everything went down the drain. I just think it's sad that most traditional cultures are becoming more like the west. Great Video!
great video..love to watch it...
@geethike whats wrong with a brown body? The baby is definitely brown. Maybe you don't like people to be called brown because its in your mind something inferior ? Please explain.
Really nice
Perfectly said
thank you for sharing
hewwel
fishing in sri lanka
@lumalive You need to change your opinion. The huge water tanks were already abandonned long ago before the Europeans came and Anaradpura was totally overgrown by the jungle till 1850. Read Books!
Well as always journalists lie but good insights of my country!
Dude, alive ?
Most probably dead.
@gatheringleaves, So true being a Sri Lankan I really value your comment, it is sad yes indeed, our people try to act western, they think thats the style and nothing else..
Well said!
Wanna know why it was called Ceylon? Because the people who would try to get there would just Sail-on...
badumptzz
No no
Travel film archive that posted the video has said in its website to remember that most of these videos are about 75 years old and reflect the colonial attitudes of the time, which we may object to now. Afterall during Victorian England women and children were supposed to 'belong' to the men as if they were slaves -which too we dont accept now. Lets enjoy everything -the pictures and the understanding of how it was to really live then -despite the unspoilt natural surroundings!!
@NickVenture1 Thanks for the commnet. Books say it all that Sri Lanka was a civilized country long before it was invaded by the foreign land robbers.
Isle of Jaffna is always separate from Ceylon! Proud to be a Jaffnese and Love our Ceylonese neighbours ❤❤❤
Not always. Please read the history. Even British had control over the Jaffna. Most of the time it's under one country. And always will be.
@@sudeshkiriella-sc4wq yes, jaffna is also sinhalese.
I'm sorry but you have misunderstood, I had never mentioned that we shouldn't preserve our culture, forget our sri lankan food or Sri Lankan ways! I simply said that we have a right to enjoy ALL things regardless of whether its a western or eastern attribute.
@gatheringleaves so true I'm American and love to travel to other countries because the culture language values way of living is so different, but they are losing much beautiful traditions because they look up to us, so sad, hope they keep your beautiful country the way it is dont westernize it! the worse is when i see Mc Donalds in other countries, and their great music turned into rap...rap music! come on it's not cool, America is not what it use to be either! everyone should stay unique
Viewer: Come and become part of this charming country. They are always trying to be attractive Hosts. Your vacation in Sri Lanka will encourage them as well as yourself. Ancient meets Modern, see how they take their fine values of their past and bring them forward into the modern era.Not always easy, but they are truly a hard working people. Ayubowan sweet Pearl of the Indian Ocean.
OMG absolutely Brilliant Documentary .....
yes there is a right to enjoy ALL things.....!but believe me.....that will ruin us one day! so if u like enjoy ALL things!
Baby elephant was not chained and roam freely..but at present it's totally different??
Hi there will I be able to use this audio?
Mate, you should really go to Arugam Bay too. It's on the south-east coast and absolutely breath-taking. Don't forget your surfboard!
@lumalive Yes the high developed Buddhist civilization with exceptional architecture and irrigation systems existed already at least 1500 years ago. But there was a period of decline long before the Portuguese came.Slavery was abolished by the British finally and your ancient cast system was counter productive.All humans are the result of a common history in this world. Western Land robbers?? You wish to give your land back to the last Tamil King of Kandy perhaps? Don't blame all on foreigners!
should have said farewell and left in 1932 itself....
@niecytheboss every country IS unique & they DO KEEP their cultures intact. just bcoz we have McDonald's our country doesn't EVER mean we are becoming a westernized world, y? should we only eat from our local cuisine. yea, we have rap music, bcoz it's cool & we love great artists from across the globe. the whole world is changing, even Sri Lanka, u should visit SL and see 4 urself our culture (its not western). btw I'm a Sri Lankan..
good to see like this our forfathers very nice how our lifehood changed now howmany migrants conqured our motherland verysorry
@england32771 Hello! I also noticed this comment in the movie and thought that its due to the fashion in Europe in the 1930ies. Shorter hair for men. But during ALL times before Europeans had long hair too.(Check the US Dollar bills and see the "effeminate" guys all over according to this logic.Also UK judges and court servants wear long hair, artificial or not. So the reporter isn't very smart to not be able to distinguish a woman from a man other by the hairstyle. But its not a big deal.
Too many comments about mention of "brown body" and racism. People used to talk like that in those days. This was 1932. Saying what you are seeing. No disrespect intended. Nowadays political correctness ruined the West. People offended about every little detail.
@@reid9584 yes both black white, asian and arabic people all practiced slavery, Are we allowed to judge that or does your moral relativism still apply?. Or are you one of those self hating white people that think slavery is bad only if white people do it? genuinely curious here coming from a Sri Lankan.
Reid Nixon every nation or race is guilty of slavery pal! In fact it was the British that were the first people to ever outlaw and abolish slavery, throughout the world, and they are the reason it was banned everywhere, this was in 1807, no other nation had ever done that before!
CaseClosedTV it's great to here that coming from a Sri Lankan. I've have been to that beautiful country and I loved every minute of it! My great great uncle was based there after the war in Trincomalee in the RN. I am frankly tired of the fact the world has simply become a black and white! More so than in the past, where whites aren't allowed to acknowledge their successes or achievements and we are constantly put down for some things our ancestors may have done. Because slavery is the guilt of every race and contrary to popular belief the whites weren't the only people to do it, nor were they the worst but it's only bad if whites do it I suppose! And we are also always told that the Empire was only a bad thing and that we should be ashamed of everything we did(we should be ashamed of some things of course) and that everyone in the ex colonies hates us. What's your opinion on the British and the Empire? Do you recognise the good it did, as well as the bad? Do you think it was beneficial? It would just interesting to hear your opinions!
@@keithwatson1384 Your great uncle was part of the greatest generation and his (along with everyone else who served) services are greatly appreciated.
In regards to my opinion on the British Empire, I really do find it difficult to quantify its "effects" into black and white categories like good and bad. Keep in mind England weren't the sole colonisers of Sri Lanka with both Portugal and Dutch preceding.
My opinion admittedly is not very unique in that I believe it was both bad and good. Because of colonisation Sri lanka lost a large portion of its ancient cultural identity with modern Sinhalese (the defacto Sri lankan language) itself turning into a part Sinhalese, English and Spanish hybrid Creole. But in saying that I must also admit because of colonisation we gained a whole host of infrastructure upgrades and advances (for the time period of course) in technology.
I like to look at history while firmly keeping human nature in mind. It is in our nature to conquer and colonisation is only a byproduct of that basal human desire. I mean if we are being honest this very desire made us put a man on the moon. To forever blame and damn today's white people while ignoring every other race and their dimilar doings is frankly dumb and i honestly believe it does more harm than good to us Sri Lankans (and whoever else would be in a similar situation). Unless you havent noticed already im not a fan of the "perpetual victim mentality" being peddled by todays media snake oil salesmen lol.
You should visit again soon! the war is over and Sri Lanka has never looked better for tourism!
CaseClosedTV God bless you, friend. It’s reassuring to see fair-mindedness presiding even in a place as far from the drama of America and Europe as Sri Lanka. I hope to visit your beautiful country in the near future.
Come on people, this is supposed to be the part where the Tamil and Sinhalese people are both supposed to be proud of the country they are from. don't argue over who was there first and all that bull shit grow up,Tamils and Sinhalese both live there now, it doesn't matter who was there first.
@niecytheboss i was not trying to diss u, but u should make ur comment clear, coz its sounds ur telling us to remain the same. bcoz we were very poor and undeveloped b4, so it sounds offensive when u say we should remain the same...just 4 u foreigners to come and see how DIFFERENT we r. we have a right to develop and enjoy other countries cultures too, like urs!! u should b happy about it!!
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2023 දී බලන ලංකාවේ උන් ලයික්👍 කරන්න
about 4:00 the piece gets seriously racist. That doesn't mean we should repress it but people should get ready.
"It's difficult to distinguish the average Sinhalese man from the opposite sex"??? The commentator is either blind or plain stupid to say something as daft as that. I've watched most of the videos on this archive and almost without exception, the narration and potrayal of Eastern, African or Polynesian cultures is alternately either facetious or patronising throughout
You alive dude?
Thank you for the nice words. You are not a follower of Buddha and I have little doubts about your karma. magge kalu yakka.
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Blame it on the Brits
What do you expect then? Violent always result in more violent.
this is gold
Even the foreigner knows that we are on the wrong development track.....it's a shame that you don't know......!yes we do have right to develop.....but in a way that suits us!adopting some other countries way of development,westernized our country!that does not suits our country.....!Building Mc Donalds and forgetting the nutritious food that we have.....is one of the main causes to our country's health issues!i'm not telling that we do not need development......,but it should be SRI LANKAN way!
It's all fun untill those camera bois enter mountain range and trees start to speak sinhalese
I've always pronounced it psy-lon 😳
On 1932 population was 5 million in 2022 population is 22 million. And Chinese have trapped them in debt because of greed of Rajapaksha family.. Now it is impossible to get the Chinese out of Sri Lanka. So Sri Lanka is going to be divided. Some parts will be Chinese country. Remsining will be Sri Lankans under the control of the world chinese... Never borrow never lend. If you can't afford don't have it. But can you? Is the question to the 22 million Sri Lankans who are divided into rival groups and gangs... All struggling to own a Mercedes car and and I:phone big villa expensive clothes and lots of dollars in foreign banks. Same story in all countries like India Bangladesh Philippines.... Etc... Neo Colonialism.
Ela ma 2021/1/1
Misleading content about Srilankan culture techology and everything. This says Srilanka is like a tribe nation without a developed culture and a civilization.
Its funny to see the racist and demeaning tone of the narrator describing the people of Sri Lanka. I guess its with the times.
What racist and demeaning tone? Please point it out?
Post the time stamp here where he displays that alleged racist and demeaning tone, please.
The whole damn video is one racist rant id you ask me. Wish it was a silent movie.
MrPrimus101 Well, I didn't ask you particularly, but somebody else. Anyhow, empty half witted claims don't make it to anywhere unless you can point out which statement in where it shows racist comments about sri lankan people, in particular sinhalese people. But, if you're or the other fella who made half witted claim are by any chance black skinned white men, or ones who try hard to be ones, then your comment makes perfect sense to me, 'cos non of you half witted black butted people would want anything to do with your roots or who you really are.
FYI, sri lankans should pay their gratitude to these american early documentary makers to going to all the trouble to document the history of country nearly hundred years ago, using film. These are rare gems of historical value.
I guess for ignoramus' like you, it won't matter.
Sounds like a whole lot of butt hurt. Upset that some 'brown butts' hatin' on your 'white mastah's? :) Gratitude? Really? YOu must be out of your mind or smokes some real good stuff. Shoooo... go away. Go crawl back inside your white mastah's rear end, please.
MrPrimus101 Why don't point out what racist rants in there you stupid dimwit? While you whining & whinging about non existing racist rants in the documentary, I bet you worship white asses to make your living. Am I right?
4.48 lol
Yea? well this is the time when your Crimes against the tamils couldnt get out to the rest of the world! but now its pretty obvious ..but give u credit for trying your best.
Are you alive bro ?
You need to study the history of Sri Lanka first.
Racism in a funny way
Gota😂
"don't try" what? You better upload some videos on your poor channel to contribute something positive to humankind instead of your frustration hate speech against another race. People like you I only suffer on the internet.In SriLanka are living friendly people.Most welcoming.You are not of these.Sorry.
Thanks for sharing nigga.
Tamils first wanted equal rights! Read some history.
@harry perera 😂
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So the British were discriminating against tamils???? hahahahahahaha
Pudgy brown body rofl
let's bring the man buns back!