I Went To The "Dum"est Place In India (
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- čas přidán 11. 04. 2024
- India is more than just a country. It's like a universe in of itself: the culture, religion, languages and everything else is all completely unique. Even the English they speak! And there was no better place to explore than Kolkata (Calcutta), India's former capital.
It's known as one of the most crowded and chaotic cities in the country. They mainly speak Bengali, not Hindi. And in spite of it's history of educational achievement, it has a very Dum....Dum neighborhood that I wanted to explore.
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Sorry on this video I was using a new camera and accidentally had the "zoom" function on half the time because I'm a dum dum. Not a big deal but at times you'll have to bear with a closeup on my incredibly handsome face.
Lol
Not Bengali, most of them speak Hindi. Bengali is just for one part of the country whereas Hindi is used everywhere.
Maybe you are in that region where they speak Bengali mostly. Once you come out of that area you'll know.
Just say Namaste to everyone, you'll be fine
You mean it wasn't a deliberate artistic decision to emphasize the claustrophobic like experience that would be navigating that market? Could've fooled me
All that constant noise would drive me insane
My ears ringing already just from watching 5 min. into this video ^^
Cars in India can be without rearview mirrors, but they cannot be without horns.
There are two countries that I will never step my foot in and those are USA and India. India, in particular, is a large bulky waste country. What a shitland, they really need to do something about it.
Spend some significant time in India and you will miss it when you leave, everywhere else feels lifeless. One woman refused to go to the UK because it felt like a prison how quiet it is and I totally understood her coming back after six months in India.
after a few days, you don't notice the noise and insanity. Just like in Western countries, you don't notice how silent and eerie the suburbs are (esp in the US). Its what you are used to
Good job Tommy! Awesome video 🤙🏼
brilliant raw content. India such a magic and crazy place!
As someone who lives in India, that constant honking is overwhelming for me too. That's why I still haven't been able to ride bikes.
As they say, India isn't for beginners
THIS WHY IM SO LUCKY LIVE IN SUPER INDIA THE CLEANEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD 🇮🇳🤗 🇮🇳 , WE NEVER SCAM! WE GIVE RESPECT TO ALL WOMEN THEY CAN WALK SAFELY ALONE AT NIGHT AND WE HAVE CLEAN FOOD AND TOILET EVERYWHERE 🤗🇮🇳, I KNOW MANY POOR PEOPLE JEALOUS WITH SUPER RICH INDIA 🤗🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳
@@indiasuperclean6969 ahhh the old Chinese bot pretending to be Indian is back again 😅
@@peteck007doubt it’s Chinese.. maybe pakistani
@@indiasuperclean6969truth is stranger than fiction.
lol. It would drive me nuts. Get some ear plugs and head phones on top of that. Might help.
its wild the ratio of men to women on the street lmao
10:1
Famous American quote,, he is not your father 🤣🤣
Because it's the rape capital of the world
When the abortion rate is above 50% when the sex is a girl 😱
Where are the women?
What are they doing?
I love your unedited natural vlogs.
Excellent video!!
Too much noise, my head hurts with all that pipi popo.😵💫😵💫
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂.i think I cannot survive there. I wl be delirious n dysfunctional straight away.
bro he is in West Bengal Kolkata.
It’s the most most density wise populated area. Plus he has gone to urban small slum type market.
I am Indian but I could show similar places in other countries too. Half truth is more harmful then a lie.
And it’s true Indian is loud but the video is a over exaggerated version and a half truth lie.
Pooooooooooooooooooooojeeetstan 😂🇮🇳
lol
@@AltOurCumrade So you want to say that most places are quite and a few olaces are noisy like these!? I've travelled Mumbai, Surat, Chennai, Mangalore, Bangalore, Kolkata, Patna, Kanpur, Lokhna, Ahmedabad, Nagpur, Srinagar, Jamshedpur, Barasat, Purulia, Punjab, Kochi, Bhubaneswar, Varanasi ! I travelled slum and non-slum both areas around those cities. Noise pollution feels like almost same to me as well. I just found some posh areas of those cities quite & calm.
I suggest you to visit cities of China, Thailand, Brazil, Mexico. You will experience the difference about noise pollution among those and Indian ones as well. Man, I can assure you that the cities of those countries are more more & calm compared to the Indian cities. You can check by yourself, if you don't want to believe me.
I do admire the stress level you can endure. Thanks for showing India on the video, I do not need to go.
Don't come we don't need people that cannot do 2+2 and shoots kids in schools
Stay hundred miles away from us
Yea too chaotic
Its actually a good place if u explore the right areas (which unfortunately India doesn't care to advertise, you'll have to find uself but still why wud anyone take that pain). Some places in India are actually better than France (or Europe in general), especially Paris which I still consider an overrated and unsafe city from my experience!😅
Who cares you come or not 😂
India economic not depend on you ite better then zombie 💀town 🤣
Bengal is actually the worst india can offer, its literally a shithole in many places, but india is not only bengal, there are 27 more states.
Man you are doing well....started following you when you had 250k subs.....
Thank you so much for taking me through the streets of Kolkata. My city. Though I live in Dubai now, I remember my home every minute of the day. Get emotional. And particularly thank you for showing the dormitory facility of Airport, I tried to avail of that facility on my last visit, but failed. SUbscribed . Will travel with you.
DumDum got its name from the locals. It used to house the British barracks and locals got used to the sounds of Canons firing up which sounded Dom Dom and thats how the place got its name.
It was later on settled by mostly refugee families from Bangladesh (Then East Bengal/East Pakistan).
Thats how the place got very congested. It has improved somewhat in recent years, it was much worse when i grew up there.
A native Dum Dum-er! Thanks for the explanation
AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!!!! E DUM DE DUUUUMMM DUUUUUUMMM!
During the 19th century the area was home to the Dum Dum Arsenal, a British Royal Artillery facility. It was here that, in the early 1890s, Captain Neville Bertie-Clay developed a bullet with the jacket cut away at the tip to reveal its soft lead core (see hollow-point bullet), known informally as a dum-dum[4][5][6][7][8][9] or more correctly as an expanding bullet. The previous name of Dum Dum was "Domdoma".
Some resources claim that the Persian word damdama, which means "mound" or "elevated battery," is the source of the word Dum Dum.------------from wikipedia
You mention Bangladesh. Do you know why Bangladesh citizens are so keen on staring at foreigners? No kidding, I watched a video where the vlogger sat down on a seat while riding a ferry, and at least 15 random people walked directly up to him and stared, saying nothing. Very bizarre and interesting lol.
@@VeniVizzleVicibecause they never have seen a foreigner before it's similar too how about African Kid becomes afraid by seeing a white person
"Retire for the evening" means to go to bed. "Retiring rooms" makes perfect sense with influence of the British.
I like your videos. Sabbatical, Thank you!
@1.25 the lady saying fo try out the sound healing. After all that beeping you may need some sound healing. Brings back memories of traveling round India in early 90's. We have been to Sri Lanka and Kerala recently and they are tranquil compared to Deli, Calcuta, and Mumbai/Madras
Headache 3 seconds in lmao, imagine living in this place
same. a perfectionist would commit a suicide there
the chaos in developing countries always kills me
Constant loud noise. I could smell this video also.
The Main roads are often like that lmao but there are quiet places too
Any civilized human being would
imagine a city where everyone is constantly staring at you, trash is everywhere, honking is nonstop, and every is always bumping into you. this country would drive me insane
You forgot the smell
@@karl4683 how can i forget the smell. yes. the smell would be the death of me
But fifth largest wealthy country.. different style. Millionaire greater than ause population..great..
@@vikramgurung3043 India is a shithole it doesn't matter how much you try to defend it. When people hear India they think poor hygiene and rape
@@vikramgurung3043 what are you even trynna say? India's gdp per capita is like 2k thats utterly poor
4 or 5 months ago I decided to motorbike across Vietnam, after a few months there and having the best experiences ever - I decided to try getting my motorbike into Cambodia... And I did! Travel bug hit me, I became a little lonely, bored and lost a bit of passion, and whilst watching one of your videos from a hotel in the capital city... I made the decision to buy a gopro, throw stuff on youtube and tiktok, and just yolo. I've watched you for so many years, and I've commented the same before - you are the best! Humble, kind, real, confident. I absolutely adore you, and I thank you for what you've done for me
What u calling your self on u tube
@@derekkearns3377 no idea, gotta change this name though. 🤣
I used to watch Anthony Bourdain for learning culture, some politics, geopolitics , places , history, parts unknown! and food ,and how they are so related. Now I watch Sabbatical ! Thanks for your content!!!
The thing to keep in mind is how unique India is. My conclusion was the same - India is the biggest culture shock of any place I've been; the most stressful, but also the one most capable of producing surprises. Note that the people you met were kind and honest. I remember being utterly burned out by the time I left, but I have several memories that make me smile.
and the dirties.
@@collinsoconnor5843🤡
Thats why the title of the video is Dummest place in India
Thats why the title of the video is dumbest place in India
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Great Vid Tommy. 👍
Love the new camera dawg
Another great Tommy vlog! Love your work my brother. Educational as always.
Welcome back brother
All the noise is insane, but the people seem so welcoming and kind! Very nice, thank you for taking me to India with you, Tommy 😊
Kolkota is not that.. it is scam callcenter capital of the world. Many scambait youtubers work full time to catch them
@@dertythegrower Its like saying everyone in New York Is a thug.
Kolkata is overrated. If you plan on visiting go to some quiet place in India instead.
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It depends on you how smart you are as a tourist what you want to do .....why would a tourist be visiting the busiest flower market situated just next to busiest railway station in India....when you are in New York what would you like to visit the dirty back alleys or Manhattan
Thank you for sharing this video which allows me to appreciate my country so much more.
No clickbait, no flashy titles just real authentic vlogging
Literally, the horns were so never-ending, I could only handle 1/2 the video before I tapped out with a headache
same, couldn't watch it
I see Kolkata has not changed since I was last there. There are actually some pretty chill relaxing areas in the city, they take some finding. Some of the parks are beautiful.
I saw you kissing with your girlfriend in Rabindra lake
@@kieranhudson4938 haha, how did you know! That lake was virtually surrounded with couples sitting on benches!!
@@Jarooosa So when were you in India?
They would be hard to find buried in piles of trash.
It is so lovely to see the most endearing characteristics, kindness and friendliness and generosity of other cultures. Even when crowding and other pressures might give way to our worst qualities. There are always kind and generous people all over this Earth. Such a great reminder to be kind and enjoy the kindness of others. I think your videos are gems.
There are always some endearing cultural quirks that are adorable and I hope never fade. Like in this culture, the slight head tilt to the left as they speak honestly and in earnest to you is wonderful. I love this.
this was a good one - hectic and frenetic but also some calmer places and interesting architecture
Power to you man! My anxiety level just shot up watching your video. They really need to ban honking. Imagine being there with a migraine
You will never know you have it 😂
I have, just part of the package lol
You sound like a person with a lot of first world problems.
@Michael-ur3on A bad headache
same here! I was so uncomfortable watching this! it did make my head hurt
India is SO FREAKING LOUD. How did you not go deaf?
Really!! He should have used noise cancellation.😑😑
the pain of existing here over shadows the pain of slight noise
@@shubh3nduthat's noise therapy?
indian life is vivid， best place。
Because they are a global super power country and everything must be super including super loud horning, super dirty.
Sound healing is for the constant beeping. She might have a genius idea right there. 📯😎
She charges to put ear muffs on you
The Communist ruled in West Bengal for 34 years now they rule in the state of Kerala the most progressive state many people in Kerala say China proves communism is the most progressive form of rule
😰😰😰
China only began to develop after giving up on communist economics.
@@clivesutcliffe487 CCP is still defined as communist,core thinking does not change
Entertaining and eye-opening as always! I avoid chaotic, noisy, filthy cities so thanks for going!
Really like your style very calm and relaxed, even in the chaos similer to harald baldr but you don't buy random things and drink tea wherever you go.
Too late. You don't know the half of what Sabbatical has gone through these past years, especially in East Africa.
Harald has an obnoxious douche vibe where as sabbatical is whimsical
Hey Tommy!
How do you deal with anxiety while traveling? Specifically when you're in very crowded locations where you can't really step away and take a breath? Thanks!
Chuckled everytime you used dum dum. great video!
Another Awesome Adventure Thank You🙂❤👍India is some Noisy Watching from NB Canada🙂
Here for the Sabbatical face close up shots.
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he got a skin condition or something?
THIS WHY IM SO LUCKY LIVE IN SUPER INDIA THE CLEANEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD 🇮🇳 🇮🇳 , WE NEVER SCAM! WE GIVE RESPECT TO ALL WOMEN THEY CAN WALK SAFELY ALONE AT NIGHT AND WE HAVE CLEAN FOOD AND TOILET EVERYWHERE 🇮🇳, I KNOW MANY POOR PEOPLE JEALOUS WITH SUPER RICH INDIA 🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳
@@indiasuperclean6969 I don't like India, but you are absolutely unhinged.
Many people when traveling in India, prophylacticly take antibiotics to prevent getting sick from the street food. In Malaysia, my home for 17 years, the only time I was sick was from Indian food outside of KL.
Racist bigot
or just eat from a good enough place, not that hard? If the signage looks dirty and the person isnt well dressed and all dont eat from there.
@@atharvatar Have you ever traveled abroad or watched Anthony Bourdain? Street food is the best food and Indian food is fantastic. Everyone knows the secret is the filth. Not really but but dirt happens and it's part of the experience. In all the countries I've lived I've never missed the street food. It's always great. When I lived in Turkey I was sick almost every week but there was no way I was going to miss the food. Those "nice" places are generally for tourists and they never taste right.
I wouldn't eat NY food from the street...its not that clean
@@DrGaryGreendoctor??! and you just typed that... wow.
Bro I love your videos! I saved up quite a bit of money during my high school years and was ready to fly over to Europe with just a backpack full of shit and hopefully make it work. I mapped out a whole month and located hostiles for myself along the way…unfortunately I got my girlfriend pregnant and found out three months before I graduated. I believe Everything happens for a reason and I was meant to stay here and learn for these kids(I have a total of 4 now and I’m 34)and to be honest it probably saved my life…but I’m living vicariously through you brother!! Keep it moving, I’m here for the ride! Much love from VA BEACH VA
Should've used a rubber
Got anxiety just watching this, can't imagine living it lol
Trust me, there are other parts of the city which are much quiter and cleaner.
@@subhodipbanerjee6699 eww beggers
Prayers and thoughts for people living in that hell
@@bendover-bz4bc This is not the whole city. He is only showing a small part of it. There are other parts of the city, which are nicer and cleaner. Watch the latter half of the video.
mf I saw bunch of CZcams videos about India and they all look the same 😂 I've watched backpacker ben, chinamac tv, daily max, and many others and trust me bro they all look literally same @@subhodipbanerjee6699
Welcome to India bro
❤ great job 👏 awesome video
Your vlogs are best Tommy
I really enjoyed your video & seeing India 🇮🇳 again. Unique part if the world. Moore videos please
After that loud car horns I bet u need that “sound healing” lol
One man’s hell is anothers heaven. At least people are polite and civil. Great video Tommy! I hope you do more in India. 😊
Thats right, looks can be deceiving, one thing for sure in India, you will never get bored.
@@gshrdy5415
India is boring lol.
@@notatrueweeb9378 , You are a joker lol.
The sound healing thing was unintentionally hilarious with all the noise in the background
Fuckin ell Tommy the noise man,worra headache that yard is.Everytime u mention dumdum kills me lad 😂
This place is hell on earth. You couldn't pay me enough to live or even visit there. Definitely a braver man than I am.
Pay the price fifth largest country in world
Richest😢 country fifth largest in the world..
Fifth largest wealthy country..they won't tie you in their feet..the wealthy..😮
Who cares you come aur not get lost Britisher
It is more like heaven on Earth. Maybe a little dirty and noisy.
The big population is glaringly felt in every second of this video 😮. Thank you for sharing.
The boat in the middle of that pond apparently is fixed in the middle and has a fountain jet in it which isn’t working. Welcome to India :)
I often check your vlogs and whenever I go to India I land in Dum Dum airport and then catch the train from there to my city.
Of the bit I can relate to after my visits, Kolkata is one of the major cities in India which doesn’t seem to have developed much in infrastructure after the nineties. Classic in its own way! Looking forward to see more of your adventures in India. Great Vlog.
6:57 Ben Stiller wanders in and out of frame
all the noise in India would give me a massive headache
Tommy I don't think I've ever seen you so confused! About how I would be reacting. The horns would drive me crazy. Makes Manila traffic look tranquil. Thanks for the great content!
Bruh. There are places like Manila in India
Next time I'm stuck in a traffic jam in the UK I will count my blessings.
@@stevenhull5025 there are less knife carrier here compared to uk.
@@stevenhull5025yeah and also count how much treasure and money stolen from India by your gretgrand father. You know something your veins are full of a robber and thieves blood 🙏
14:15 bangladesh did not get separate from india,
current the bangladesh was called east pakistan and current pakistan was called west pakistan
and they get independent from pakistan in 1971 india pak war and bangladesh civil war
hell lot of bloodshed
Intelligent madrassa pass! History hasn't start from 1971 or 1947
@@soumyadeep5 when did bangladesh become country? Whuch year?
@@RemandYashbangaladesh got independence with the help of india without India's help pakistani were killing and raping Bengali women don't forget India's help Buddy
I love watching videos about India, so that I can be grateful and happy that I don't have to live there.
Missing out .what do you get living in woke hell society
Hell to me
@@samarthbagwe1736 Actually, even the woke hell society is not nearly as bad as the Indian hell society. People do vote with their feet - I have not heard of India having a problem with illegal migration from the West yet.
Wealthy bring noises my middle class live way better than you..forget millionaire larger than Ause population.. everybody have help in home middle class..do you ..then you poor..
@@befelemebut who cares you live or not your fuc* country and media always show your face we don't care and forgein like or not
@samarthabagwe1736 “woke” up this morning and it’s so quiet on my clean street you could hear birds singing with no garbage scent in the air, just a hint of bacon and cinnamon coming from the wife cooking in the kitchen. Yes indeed it’s a hard pass on India!😃
Some of those tight streets between homes look really nice not gonna lie. I wonder what they are like on the inside. It looks kinda chill to stay there as long as you stay away from that horrible center.
Did you get a new camera or are you recording at a better frame rate? The quality looks insane
Called it! I knew that was your next destination when u said u flew across India and was Indian AF :)))
Sound healing may come in handy after all the continuous sonic assault 😮
Lol, he should have said something about the noise at that time..
average day in india brother
Actually nothing happens to people who live it everyday.
@@gshrdy5415 ya and that’s a sad thing.
@@pulakification , why it is sad?, nothing sad about it, what is your idea about happiness?.
Man, you just waded into deep waters by going to Calcutta in the first few days of your first India visit. 😮
Very interesting, thank you 😊
In the end Tommy, everybody just wants to be able to look after their families. Enjoy the adventure.
Appreciate you sharing. Greetings from South Africa.
The constant horns peeping, traffic chaos, open sewers, the poverty, my idea of hell.
lol :( I'm not even sure how they even maintain that chaos, somethings gotta give, water(isnt in good shape, water wars sooner or later for other countries, and our own), food, environment, many other factors. maintaining a billion pop #... I don't think thats possible over 100-200 coming years.
India got it's independence in 1947 and has more than 1..4 billion people india is very diverse u can't judge whole india based on this ask him to go banglore Mumbai goa Manali Lucknow u will be shocked after 1947 when Britishers left west bangal cpi came in power and all industries shifted towards sea connected areas also main reason of this chaos increase in muslim population in West Bengal they live in dirty place and make other places dirty too
In the meantime, we in the west complain when our shopping bill goes up by 5%.
@@koilamaoh4238 India has consistently been one of the most heavily populated places on earth, probably not going to change any millennium soon lol
@@milklordnomadic Nature finds a way to sort itself out.. Nothing in life is fair. Resources will always run out to a certain time frame; people think these resources are gonna last forever... I hope as humans as a whole, we do figure out something in the future, as it'll be very bleak and disastrous for the next generous of humans.
Very interesting Tommy. Dum Dum is very crowded but the people seem very friendly.
Man I don’t know how you do it, but I’m glad you do.
I can’t finish watching this. It’s giving me too much anxiety
This video got the real sound healing going on😂
This has to be the best satire video essay on Kolkata.
Bro British doesn't united india, they just give independance to 500+ princely state, and give then options to either join india or Pakistan or make a separate nation, it's the person sardar vallabhai patel negotiated with these princely states and united india..
If British didn't invade India in the colonial-era, then Indian sub-continent would be a place of several countries way more than 3 countries at present state. It wpuld be quite possible that all states would be independent countries. I'm not glorifying those British colonists at all. They are bad. But it's a fact.
@@koushikdas1992 if British never occupy india, india would be like current European Union, where each and every country had unique features , culturally and linguistically and people don't need to compromise their culture due to majoritian north indian based politics, more over every country ( states) would be wealthier than current eu group, and can form economic and militarily co- operation to make the group of indian Union more powerful
@@randommedia3441doubtful
I have often wondered if there is correlation between honking and IQ
wow man your channel is really a hiddem gem in youtube! cheersss from brazil!
You're one brave man to try that Indian street food. I will keep you in my prayers
Lol, I knew we'd see the chaos soon enough. You started out in a quieter location and then came straight to chaos in Calcutta! Way to spice up life!
Love the way the guy made sure to thumb your spoon.
Twice
Don't tell Wisespade7 😅
I'm Indian but some of the cities in India are quite overwhelming due to the sheer noise, population, and speed at which the city works at. Some cities were a culture shock for me too despite living in India all my life. Hope you have a fun time here!
I like the way to explore and show places!
Just loving the clean fresh vibe the place gives off.
No wait, I was thinking of a tropical beach.
My bad.
Watching this video stresses me out fully.
Yea wealthy brings noises you will.. fifth largest..
@@vikramgurung3043 WHy does that even matter when everyone is so poor and lives in filth and trash?
@@vikramgurung3043 Dude its good that such videos will get attention, we need every shame there can be so that the municipalities actually start working
@@jorgesalazar818 not everyone tho, check newtown in the same city... WB Bihar UP are a different breed tbh, cities there are bad as f-
Kolkata used to be a great city, that was back in the 1800s when it was the seat of the British government. At present it's even worse than many African cities. The entire nation's poor, unskilled, slogging population came here and set up home. Naturally this is the result.
Lol, no. Its because of communist government. Its unfolding in kerala as well as we speak. Both communist run state going to hell. Atleast kerala remittances supporting it. Kolkata has nothing. People need to come out of the coma and start changing the leadership
Biggest loot in World history.
most of india looks this way.... sad reality ...
@@BizVerseTv India needs a brutal change. Like at least a reduction of 1 billion people in it's population then only we can start to see some change. Mostly North India is extremely medieval, corrupt and crime prone. Most of India's problems arise from that region. If North India can be managed by straight or other methods India would start to see change.
@@BizVerseTv Not Most of India. Kolkota has a lot of Illegal Bangledeshi immigrannts.
The constant honking for no reason. 😂 i would go crazy.
I’m so impressed you didn’t get lost! I definitely would have.
No money in the world would make me go there
What if someone offered you 1 million dollars to live there for 90 days? But the catch was, you can’t receive that money until after the 90 days is complete.
I would probably do it, but then again I’m broke 😂.
I’ll always appreciate your videos for how respectful you are of the culture. Thank you for showing me parts of the world I have never seen!! 😇
Truth
I just love how honest you are lol
the relative quietness of being on the train felt like a mental checkpoint in this video, a brief respite from cacophony
You make good vids.
Watched one minute and I need to take a shower
That guy laughing at you for the flower is gold.
That was too stressful for me!
unfortunatly, the city is known by scamming...
It seems to be a must to visit flower market in Calcutta for CZcams? I didn't visit it when I spent about 5 days in Calcitta/Kolkata
Ew Kolkata is the worst tier 1 city in India. Should’ve gone to Shimla or the Andamans
Always enjoy following you be safe
Does sound healing cure all the negative effects from the street noise? I would have gone lolol
TomTom in dumdum! I Did not survive the yogurt in India... You are very brave!, 😅 don't you use the sony action camera anymore?