The World's Strangest Ethnic Enclaves

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  • čas přidán 8. 06. 2024
  • What are the world's weirdest ethnic enclaves? Today we're going to be looking at some of the history behind some of the most wacky, zany, out of place peoples in the entire world.
    Be sure to let me know which ethnic enclave you find to be the most strange in our crazy mixed up world, and be sure to check out some of the videos referenced here! Thanks for watching!
    Videos referenced:
    What if everyone returned to their country of origin? • What if Everyone on Ea...
    Hungarian Magyarabs of Egypt • Arabic Hungarians from...
    Welsh in Patagonia • What Happened to the B...
    Croatians in Tierra del Fuego: • The Croatian Colony on...
    Music:
    • It's Always Sunny in P...
    Sources:
    www.ancient-origins.net/ancien...
    kavehfarrokh.com/arthurian-leg...
    www.nytimes.com/2008/12/22/wor...
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  • @sigmuntking8529
    @sigmuntking8529 Před 6 lety +660

    Most interesting are Polish Haitians descendants of troops sent to suppress Haiti. They proved that Poles usually side with the oppressed people. Same happened in Mexico when Polish immigrants sided with Benito Juarez against emperor Maximilian.

    • @XochiCh
      @XochiCh Před 5 lety +31

      Well, rather than being opression, the war between Benito Juarez and Maximilian von Habsburg wasnt a war of opression, but more of a political struggle, either way, the good side lost we wou'dlve been a lot better with Maximilian, a professional Statesman and Businessman with way better political, economic and geographical ideas than Juarez, plus he had hundreds of years of experience, as his family was that of expert rulers.
      The argument basically boiled down to Juarez: "No Allies!! France would use us!" vs Maximilian: "France is Ally! We'll use them as much as possible."

    • @vladstefan5216
      @vladstefan5216 Před 5 lety +15

      Here in Romania we still know how you used to rule over Moldavia like the powers ruled over the Duchy of Warsaw. And while you were better than the soon to come overlords like the Ottomans, Hungarians and Russians, we actually choosing you over the first two, you still did your fair share of oppresing.

    • @Pandzikizlasu80
      @Pandzikizlasu80 Před 5 lety +29

      Polish motto is "God, Honor, Fatherland", so even if we can't fight directly for Poland, we can still fight for previous ideas with equal commitment. Fighting against uprising of enslaved people in Haiti was not honorable at all. Ok also French insted let those people fight for Poland used them in theirs affairs on the end of world.

    • @ebrelus7687
      @ebrelus7687 Před 5 lety +7

      Sadly power corrupts everyone equally. There was also a time of big misunderstanding and bad will towards Ukrainians in PolihsLithuanian Kingdom - still polish occupation was always less damaging thanrussian one which lefts in such a state only... Russians.. like it happened in Ukraine under theirs rule. Polish Kingdom was to long peaceful and prosperous what dimished high values of nobles and strict christian rising of polish kids degenerated them for generations to come. That was a cultural corruption which also with political one made Kingdom weak and easy to manipulate and partition by enemy nations age or two later was imminent. Romania didnt really help Poland much in comparison to Hungary in the time of WWII but to be honest polish elites screw their job so much (not mobilising effectively even half of soldiers and with government which escaped in first days of invasion) that hard to blame anybody else here (and still better than Slovakia that was a Hitler's puppet state). Romania has it's own problems but i like what a nice direction it goes now in pro-freedom reforms and i also hope you will be able to merge peacefully with Moldova in the future. Similar people should be living in nation that is close to them and represents their interests making their living more bearable in this crazy world.

    • @fidelelethiopico
      @fidelelethiopico Před 5 lety +14

      And that's probably the reason why Poland is such a welcoming country when it comes to Syrian war refugees nowadays, right?

  • @MS-dl2co
    @MS-dl2co Před 6 lety +860

    The reason the polish soldiers sided with the Haitians was that they felt compassion for the Haitians as they just as the Polish desired independence.

    • @dumbdeep3036
      @dumbdeep3036 Před 6 lety +31

      Heartwarming story

    • @vanrensburgsgesicht4048
      @vanrensburgsgesicht4048 Před 6 lety +64

      And now they are brown and free in shithole country. Congratulations!

    • @andrek.1399
      @andrek.1399 Před 6 lety +97

      van......France is not that better this days. Shithole with fresh baguettes.

    • @phuckyall6079
      @phuckyall6079 Před 6 lety +20

      van Rensburgs Gesicht their descended ones are now the elites and rich people along with the Arabs.

    • @nekocekoBiHMK
      @nekocekoBiHMK Před 6 lety

      lol, no.

  • @mr.anderson2241
    @mr.anderson2241 Před 6 lety +77

    Surprising how you didn’t give Brazil a brief mention, especially with the fact they have many ethnically European cities scattered throughout the nation which even retain the old languages of their ancestors

    • @katarzynalpzm0arajko-nenow32
      @katarzynalpzm0arajko-nenow32 Před 9 měsíci

      Yes, exackly. I know about Polish and Ukrainian comunities but there is possibly more. If you're Brazilian or better oriented than me 😊, let me know. I'm curious.

    • @hieratics
      @hieratics Před 7 měsíci +3

      ​@katarzynalpzm0arajko-nenow32 there is a city called Prudentópolis which is made of Ukrainian migrants, and many other of Germans and Italians, and also we have the biggest population of Japanese outside Japan.

  • @blakops000007
    @blakops000007 Před 6 lety +382

    Hey I'm a Fin who needs to escape from this arctic waste land to a more arable country.
    *Goes to America*
    Oh, Snowy forests. Count me in!!

    • @got2kittys
      @got2kittys Před 6 lety +5

      black ops Hey, it is trees, not tundra. Whats not to like? 👍

    • @williedaniels3882
      @williedaniels3882 Před 5 lety +5

      It is spelled Finn; and Finland does not have real Tundra landscape. I have been to Finnish Lapland and the land of the midnight sun! Lots of forests are there, though. And lakes to go fishing at 2 a.m. too.

    • @ContrarianCorner
      @ContrarianCorner Před 5 lety +19

      black ops -
      Being of Swedish descent, I've often wondered the same thing since those northern states are full of Swedes too. Not only did they come to a land that was almost exactly the same, they managed to find an area that's even _colder_ than most of Scandinavia! Lol! Of course, it's likely they chose this area because nearly all of them were poor farmers and finding a familiar landscape allowed them to put their skills to use right away. Still, I'm grateful that my Swedish mother said "Screw this freezing weather! I'm going to Southern California."

    • @joeykelly0157
      @joeykelly0157 Před 5 lety +4

      I have Finnish ancestry and I live in southwest Ohio of course it can reach into the -10s here the coldest I’ve experienced was -20 and since it was super moist the day before it reminded humid in the house so we had a thick layer of ice on the inside of the windows so I guess they still went to a cold place

    • @warrenmackeydiscdragons
      @warrenmackeydiscdragons Před 5 lety

      Finn bro

  • @jesslyn4335
    @jesslyn4335 Před 6 lety +652

    Some of the Finnish immigrants actually married the local Native Americans in Minnesota and they are known as "Finndians"

  • @Aciek25
    @Aciek25 Před 6 lety +117

    Just imagine. You are a Pole from the Napoleon era. You have just lost your country. You heart that Napoleon is preparing an invasion on your greatest enemies. So you packed up and walked over 1000km to Italy to join the French army. And Napoleon is sending YOU to fight with people fighting for THEIR freedom?! No way!
    BTW. France is our greatest ally. Never forget your help in 1939.

    • @kalvincastro9042
      @kalvincastro9042 Před 6 lety +14

      Aciek25
      Indeed. Seems rather redundant. Sending Native French to Haïti would of been the best course of plans, while keeping the poles in the front lines of the French border would probably have served France well.
      Of course a simple switch up of some people might not change much or anything at all in the grand scheme of things.

    • @adixmax1558
      @adixmax1558 Před 6 lety

      hahaha

    • @talknight2
      @talknight2 Před 6 lety +5

      What did the French do for the Poles in 1939? You mean just that they declared war on Germany?

    • @akwilionowyakwista9680
      @akwilionowyakwista9680 Před 6 lety +16

      Duff Clem Don't feel offended. We love Napoleon. He is even in our anthem. Poland isn't 3th world country. We are European country too. And Poland is richer comparing to east European countrys and balkans. Of course we aren't as rich as France, Germany or UK, but we are on similar level as Spain or Portugal if it comes to economy. Poland is very safety country too. Prizes are smaller than in west Europe and we know languages so many people go aboard for vacation job to get more money. It's not hard to find well paid work in Poland if you are well educated, but if not you can go aboard to get more money.

    • @saddamhussein3849
      @saddamhussein3849 Před 5 lety +7

      Was that last line about France's help in 1939 sarcastic?

  • @johandeklerk3401
    @johandeklerk3401 Před 4 lety +23

    Hi, thanks for the excellent information. I am from South Africa, I speak Afrikaans. There is an enclave of South Africans in Argentina, actually farmers (Boers) since 1902. In the 1950's a group of South Africans also moved to Kenia and settled the town of Eldoret. They moved back when Kenia became independent, but there is at least one family still farming outside Eldoret, after these years.

  • @C0NQUISTADoR
    @C0NQUISTADoR Před 6 lety +289

    The Poles did not "turncoat" during the Haitian Revolution (that implies betrayal), the Poles were fighting for their independence back home, started understanding that Napoleon lied to them in terms of why they were sent there, and that the Haitian rebels were fighting for a similar cause. Poles joined the Haitian rebels and the rest is history.

    • @Badatname
      @Badatname Před 6 lety +23

      James Smith Poland's history is absolutely fascinating.

    • @naukanaukowo9671
      @naukanaukowo9671 Před 5 lety +1

      Not every Pole changed sides though.

    • @ebrelus7687
      @ebrelus7687 Před 5 lety +7

      Snow Fawn We say where 2 Poles theres 3 political parties. It sometimes hard to assess what is more honorous. Check up Kosciuszko and Pulawski. Sometimes with good intentions you end up on the wrong side. The merit is to be always true with your values and the rest in the hands of the fate.

    • @naukanaukowo9671
      @naukanaukowo9671 Před 5 lety +2

      @@ebrelus7687 I am Polish and this saying is "Where there are two Poles, there are three opinions".
      PS: I agree with you, I was just staiting the fact.

    • @MisterPeterColeman
      @MisterPeterColeman Před 5 lety

      Well said James Smith

  • @hewhocanfly
    @hewhocanfly Před 5 lety +47

    Cool video! Growing up in Northern Mexico, your video made me remember a few unique related things. We had a Chinese-Mexican family in the town that had a really good bakery. We also had Korean-Mexican families. A lot more Koreans will be seen doing the State fairs as they will have unique things to sell. The state that I grew up in also had a very sizeable Mennonite colony. It was common to find Mennonite cheese all over the the state of Zacatecas. During the 80s, we had a lot of Argentine refugees who settled in fleeing the military dictatorship. I remember that cuz my first crush was for an Argentine girl who lived down the street from my house. LOL.

    • @covenantor663
      @covenantor663 Před 5 lety +6

      Motivational speaker Nick Vujicic married a Japanese Mexican.

  • @deletedskagg
    @deletedskagg Před 2 lety +20

    The Finnish settlers in the USA is fascinating. I was also always fascinated by German Settlers in Texas. Specifically the New Braunfels area.

  • @tylerhill9510
    @tylerhill9510 Před 3 lety +20

    I'm from the Upper peninsula of Michigan right on lake superior and proud of my Finnish heritage, surname was originally Maki but my great grandfather changed to the English meaning Hill to sound more American. We ski jump, cross country sky, have camps with saunas and hunt, fish just like back in Finland 🇫🇮

    • @shaunalynn2997
      @shaunalynn2997 Před 10 měsíci +4

      I’m 2nd gen Finnish & speak it, but live in NJ. The only other Finns I’ve met in my life are from Minnesota/Michigan, & usually further back than me (4th gen+) but it amazing me how culturally tied they still are to Finland 🇫🇮 I love my Great Lakes Finnish friends 😊 You guys definitely have sisu

  • @Artur_M.
    @Artur_M. Před 6 lety +248

    Thanks for talking about the Polish-Haitian connection, but there were some inaccuracies. Polish troops were send there in 1802, when the Duchy of Warsaw did not yet exist. They're the soldiers of Polish Legions - volunteer auxiliary forces organised after the 3rd partition of Poland in 1795 to fight for independence. After the Treaty of Luneville (1801), which made France temporarily not at war with any of the partitioning powers, they got incorporated into the French army and their morale was low. Being send to the other side of Atlantic to die on yellow fever while fighting other people wanting freedom did not rise it.
    Although it is debated to what extent Poles actually turned to insurgents side, or were just showing them some sympathy, and in return were treated better when taken captive (like not murdered on the spot, for starters).

    • @jjkosinski
      @jjkosinski Před 6 lety +12

      Artur M. Good info. Thank you.

    • @hussar80
      @hussar80 Před 6 lety +16

      It seems this episode from history helped Polish special forces GROM when they went to Haiti in the 90s as a peace keepers .

    • @expatstone8310
      @expatstone8310 Před 6 lety +9

      That is interesting,we could go a step further and make all police officers black,that would eliminate all of the so called racism and would be very intresting itself seeing how they would profile criminals.

    • @HsienKoMeiLingFormerYANG
      @HsienKoMeiLingFormerYANG Před 6 lety

      Only few 150 traitorous legions detected to rebel scum.

    • @ksztyrix
      @ksztyrix Před 6 lety +2

      Resplendent Moron Only communist mind can call such mental acrobatics "ingenious"

  • @laowhy86
    @laowhy86 Před 6 lety +658

    Absolutely fascinating. I am enthralled with your channel.

    • @Manpacxs
      @Manpacxs Před 6 lety +27

      bet you want to visit that china town in italy to check their food :P

    • @laowhy86
      @laowhy86 Před 6 lety +31

      noticed for his brilliant content

    • @laowhy86
      @laowhy86 Před 6 lety +8

      you know it

    • @Char12403
      @Char12403 Před 6 lety +17

      Oh shit C Milk, what are you doing here

    • @jacobr-mp1dn
      @jacobr-mp1dn Před 6 lety +3

      Hey there C-Milk

  • @mr.dr.genius6997
    @mr.dr.genius6997 Před 6 lety +180

    9:20 The Finns just love lakes.

    • @thomasraahauge5231
      @thomasraahauge5231 Před 6 lety +9

      And forests :)

    • @captainobscurity491
      @captainobscurity491 Před 6 lety +8

      not just Superior, the UP has got a bunch of little lakes all over it, just like Finland.

    • @adamrawn2063
      @adamrawn2063 Před 6 lety +4

      Secret Info: Lake Superiors rocky shore has the best flat stones that do not crack in high temperature, perfect for SAUNA. The secret is out now Suomis :(

  • @JackSardonic
    @JackSardonic Před 6 lety +79

    Polan can into Caribbean!

  • @GD-jc3wx
    @GD-jc3wx Před 6 lety +295

    Poles are good people, proudly nationalistic, yet willing to be fair with other groups.

    • @Pandzikizlasu80
      @Pandzikizlasu80 Před 5 lety +16

      @@ginomanshit2365 To betrey a betreyal is not a betrey.

    • @Pandzikizlasu80
      @Pandzikizlasu80 Před 5 lety +10

      @@TheGraduate702 I think much more Jews borned and died in Poland during the 600 years history, of mostly save refuge in this country. This history was brutaly stoped by Germans in 40' after invasion on teritory inhabited by 3,5 milion Polish citizens of Jewish descend.

    • @kapitanrobur6428
      @kapitanrobur6428 Před 5 lety +10

      Yes, by Germans. Not only Jews were victims...

    • @ManchesterBlue1894
      @ManchesterBlue1894 Před 5 lety +5

      They're all in England now

    • @monroecorp9680
      @monroecorp9680 Před 5 lety +13

      I wish all Anglo-European peoples would take up attitudes and spirits like that of the Polish or Hungarians.

  • @LionKing-ew9rm
    @LionKing-ew9rm Před 6 lety +33

    There is also an African community in southern Iran, and they still practice a type of Shamanism, known as the "Zaar" ( which is mixed with other religions)

  • @outofsight0
    @outofsight0 Před 6 lety +35

    An interesting video maybe about the hazaras of Afghanistan. They live also in Iran and Pakistan. They have very Asian features and thought to be descendants of mongols about 700 yrs back and have the most genetic similarity to mongols or genghis khan outside of Mongolia. Mongolia to afghanistan is huge distance- why so many there.- is very interesting topic

    • @agent2383
      @agent2383 Před 5 lety +5

      Im hazara afghan myself thank you for acknowledging us

    • @rahuladesilva7686
      @rahuladesilva7686 Před 2 lety

      @@agent2383 I really like hazara people they did great job to protect bamiyan buddha statues

    • @pelandolickasshole8715
      @pelandolickasshole8715 Před rokem

      @@rahuladesilva7686 Hazaras are actually Iranian people

  • @LinusOva
    @LinusOva Před 6 lety +1

    DUDE! I love your brain! The way you seamlessly flow from one group to the next was very impressive and engaging. This is your first video I've seen and I subscribed after 5 minutes.

  • @christophe5756
    @christophe5756 Před 6 lety

    Mason, your production quality keeps getting better and better. The slow pans over the stills give just enough movement to keep the viewing surface “alive”. Your delivery was great. As always: your subject matter is completely fascinating!

  • @robr2731
    @robr2731 Před 6 lety +9

    You're easily one of the best channels on here, and deserve way more subscribers.

  • @Tumbipungi
    @Tumbipungi Před 6 lety +5

    Another brilliant effort.
    Thanks for your good work,Masaman!

  • @BlackZWolf
    @BlackZWolf Před 6 lety +24

    There's a Latvian settlement called "Varpa", located near Tupã, in Brazil. There are many plaques written in Latvian and a "esat laipni sanemti" written in the town's gate.

  • @robyrcmp
    @robyrcmp Před 6 lety +4

    You're doing a great job Mason. Keep it up. You keep a lot of people interested and informed.

  • @MerganNaidoo
    @MerganNaidoo Před 6 lety +44

    No mention of the Indians in South Africa?

    • @conniepayne4425
      @conniepayne4425 Před 6 lety +9

      Mergan Naidoo Everyone knows there are Indians in South Africa. That would not be “little known” or “ surprising.”

    • @yahyamoro
      @yahyamoro Před 5 lety +4

      He mentioned the coolies in Guyana & Trinidad

    • @amineyht6324
      @amineyht6324 Před 5 lety +3

      Even the Malaysians in South Africa no one speak about

    • @reeckoyoshi5887
      @reeckoyoshi5887 Před 3 lety

      I mean theres Serbs and all sorts of people in ZA so...

    • @rickalbhagwadeen1120
      @rickalbhagwadeen1120 Před 3 lety

      Same thing I'm wondering

  • @Knowledgia
    @Knowledgia Před 6 lety +324

    Many Turkish are white European this days. But genetically speaking their are a mixture of Greeks, Bulgarians, Serbians, Romanians or Hungarians. Thousands and Thousands of Balkan children were taken to grow and fight for the Ottoman Empire.

    • @ahmetcakir1899
      @ahmetcakir1899 Před 6 lety +35

      Knowledgia Have ever been to Turkey? Have you know difference between Turk and Turkish? By the way the Turks i saw was eurasian looking not caucasian.

    • @anicetusurban8516
      @anicetusurban8516 Před 6 lety +89

      Turks are 45% Middle Eastern, 40% European (because of Anatolian farmers and Janissaries) and 15% Central Asian (the actual Turkic component).

    • @ahmetcakir1899
      @ahmetcakir1899 Před 6 lety +12

      Anicetus von Obstfelder Well dumbass janissary were forbidden to have children. Majority of the janissaries died in battle before the age of 25. You say Turks while researchers say Turkish. Do you even know the difference between Turk and Turkish?

    • @ahmetcakir1899
      @ahmetcakir1899 Před 6 lety +26

      VERY INDO-EUROPEAN nobody in this world are pure blooded dude.

    • @anicetusurban8516
      @anicetusurban8516 Před 6 lety +25

      Ahmet ÇAKIR
      You're right, almost all of the 40% European component actually comes from Anatolian farmers. The Janissaries contributed a very small amount of genetic legacy. Though you can see it in actors like Kivanc Tatlitug. Good luck to you, sir.

  • @erickfromthegrave
    @erickfromthegrave Před 6 lety +5

    Polish in Hispaniola? Chinese in Italy? This video was super fascinating and one of my favorite videos by you

  • @dirtyyy7668
    @dirtyyy7668 Před 6 lety +27

    I'm Polish but I had no idea that those soldiers made an ethnic enclave there. Very interesting video!

  • @brockaho6155
    @brockaho6155 Před 6 lety +24

    Man I’m one of those Finns. My family moved away from that Lake Superior area but geez you’re spot on.

  • @andershaverdal
    @andershaverdal Před 6 lety +9

    Great video! Maybe check out two interesting Swedish enclaves: Gammelsvenskby in Ukraine and Oberá in northern Argentina.

  • @torchtube5621
    @torchtube5621 Před 6 lety +1

    Thank you for all the info. I recognize how much work you must put into it and you do a great job

  • @youcantalwaysgetwhatyouwan6687

    AFRIKANERS/BOERS are one of the Strangest. They are the youngest Ethnic Group in Africa dates back 400 years ago while Austronesians of Madagascar as 2nd youngest

    • @igoralmeida9136
      @igoralmeida9136 Před 6 lety +8

      YouCan'tAlwaysGet WhatYouWant Afrikaners should have their own country separated from South Africa.

    • @sonikku956
      @sonikku956 Před 6 lety +3

      Igor Almeida The Khoisan should team up with them.

    • @furiosa8304
      @furiosa8304 Před 6 lety

      Igor Almeida That's would be great.

  • @sonikku956
    @sonikku956 Před 6 lety +162

    Ooh, here's another one. You know how Jamaica has a decently sized population of Hakka (and now) Han Chinese people? There's a very small enclave of *Japanese Jamaicans* now.

    • @eljamaicano1
      @eljamaicano1 Před 6 lety +6

      sonikku956 Jamaican singer Sean Paul is the product of a chinese and a jamaica, important to note thay

    • @sonikku956
      @sonikku956 Před 6 lety +3

      eljamaicano1 Yep. Sean Paul is practically everything at this point.

    • @the_Kutonarch
      @the_Kutonarch Před 6 lety +39

      sonikku956 *"Japanese Jamaicans"?*
      Top 10 Anime crossovers of all time.

    • @sonikku956
      @sonikku956 Před 6 lety +3

      JUST TRAPSUKI Sounds amazing.
      Also NATSUKI IS NOT A TRAP CEASE THESE MEMES

    • @the_Kutonarch
      @the_Kutonarch Před 6 lety +1

      sonikku956 *NEVER!!!* You will not crush my dreams! 😢

  • @pongop
    @pongop Před 5 lety +4

    Hello Mason! Cool video! Thanks for posting. Another interesting and surprising ethnic enclave is in the state of Kerala in South India. In the city of Kochi/Cochin, there is a neighborhood called Jew Town. The Jewish community there had a big hand in the spice trade (much of the prized black pepper came from there). There is even a 16th century synagogue. I was fortunate enough to see it. The Jewish population there (Paradesi Jews) has dwindled over the years, to only a few people today. Kerala is very interesting for its multiculturalism and immigration history. These Jewish people began settling in Kerala 2000 to 3000 years ago, and also Syrian Christians settled in Kerala around 2000 years ago. Chinese people also settled in Kochi. Today you can still visit the famous "Chinese fishing nets." Anyway, cheers!

  • @QDStewart
    @QDStewart Před 4 lety +2

    Thanks for your utterly fascinating videos. I always learn a lot or have confirmed what I've read in various books. Truly outstanding work.

  • @lunino4374
    @lunino4374 Před 6 lety

    this is actually the coolest channel, keep up the good work man!

  • @mikistjep
    @mikistjep Před 6 lety +22

    There is an interesting Croatian-Maori mixed ethnic group in New Zealand. They are called Tarara people. You will be very surprised.

  • @nomad155
    @nomad155 Před 6 lety +72

    Respect to the Dutch/Poles for helping Haiti! Union Fait LA Forte!

    • @donaldclifford5763
      @donaldclifford5763 Před 6 lety +8

      Then came the Clintons.

    • @nomad155
      @nomad155 Před 6 lety +3

      Donald Clifford, man you're right...and they said Hillary was the lesser of two evils.

    • @yanmaya7290
      @yanmaya7290 Před 6 lety +6

      Nicolas Noisette : ''l'Union fait la Force'' du coup. Salut à toi !

    • @srsrikndadje448
      @srsrikndadje448 Před 4 lety

      Union Fait LA Forte! AHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

  • @HCVAdvocate
    @HCVAdvocate Před 4 lety

    Love your stuff dude!!

  • @leadersofthenewschool
    @leadersofthenewschool Před 6 lety

    so glad you covered this topic! it's always something i thought was unusual but no one ever talked about it

  • @arturokapo23
    @arturokapo23 Před 6 lety +26

    There is a Venetian settlement in Chipilo, Puebla, Mexico. Italian settlements are common in South American, but that is the only one of it's kind in Mexico.

  • @sonikku956
    @sonikku956 Před 6 lety +279

    You know, I know a cute girl who's of Haitian and Afro-Cuban descent who's name is Manouchka. I always wondered why she had such a Slavic name.

    • @sonikku956
      @sonikku956 Před 6 lety +11

      Kyle S. Most likely.

    • @Vitalis94
      @Vitalis94 Před 6 lety +92

      sonikku956 Manouchka doesn't strike me as a Polish name, and I'm Polish. It's more Russian to me. But what do I know, maybe it's the result of some wierd French spelling...

    • @sonikku956
      @sonikku956 Před 6 lety +11

      Vitalis It's Russian? Hmm, maybe some of the Poles were Russian migrants who moved to Poland prior?

    • @Vitalis94
      @Vitalis94 Před 6 lety +49

      Most of the soldiers were either nobles or other upper class Poles. Poland had it's share of Ruthenian and Russian people inside the Commonwealth, yes, but nobles were almost entirely Polonized. So I really doubt it, but there always can be an exeption.
      Anyway, I've looked it up. Your friends' name is a first name, no? Not a surname? Because it turns out that Manouchka is indeed a popular female name that is Haitian-Creole version of Russian Manushka, which in turn has it's origin in Slovakia. Weird, I know.
      Had her grand-grand-grand mother have such a name I would argue that the possibility of her being descended from some Ruthenian Pole would be high, but there is one more thing to consider.
      Russian names are simply popular nowadays, even abroad. Hell, in the Netherlands, where I currently live, many girls have Russian derrived names, even ones that are variants of Manouchka. So in the end, it's got more to do with the popularity of the name today, than some weird Polish ancestors on her part.
      Unless, of course, it's a surname.

    • @dansouthlondon9873
      @dansouthlondon9873 Před 6 lety +10

      Ask her out, I know you want to. Geeza can't stop thinkin about her

  • @thegoodfight4874
    @thegoodfight4874 Před 6 lety

    This is awesome! Thank you for making it!

  • @n0lain
    @n0lain Před 6 lety +1

    This was really informative and interesting, well done!

  • @pbhoulden8212
    @pbhoulden8212 Před 6 lety +13

    Very interesting! I had no idea there were Hungarian Egyptians! I love your videos. A great subject that could have been in this video or on its own I have an idea to give you is the Melungeons, a mysterious ethnic group located in the Appalachian Mountains of Kentucky, Tennessee and North Carolina here in the U.S. They are a dark-skinned apparent tri-racial ethnic group with distinctive olive skin and Mediterranean features but who have predominately Celtic (Irish, English and Scottish) surnames. Lots of debate on their origins, which are rumored to be every and anything from the Lost Colony of Roanoke descendents to Romani to descendents of the 10th century Welsh prince Madoc.

  • @Gergoo1991
    @Gergoo1991 Před 6 lety +48

    Masamam, what about a video about Germans in Namibia? Btw, this was a great video too, congrats!

    • @lmonk9517
      @lmonk9517 Před 6 lety +4

      Namibia is an interesting country.

    • @StudiosDiego
      @StudiosDiego Před 6 lety +7

      Gergő Balázs Sinka what about Germans in South America?? He did Italians, Arabians, Croats and even welsh.....why no Germans? XD

  • @sportsfisher9677
    @sportsfisher9677 Před 6 lety

    I always enjoy these videos. Thanks Masaman.

  • @KuroiHato69
    @KuroiHato69 Před 6 lety

    Another great video! Please keep up the great work!

  • @FaaduProductions
    @FaaduProductions Před 6 lety +62

    W E W U Z E N C L A V E S

  • @salutic.7544
    @salutic.7544 Před 6 lety +20

    This. Is. Amazing!

  • @filipmerksa1426
    @filipmerksa1426 Před 6 lety

    Was looking for few days to finnaly watch this, was awesome as expected :D :D :D

  • @maciek_k.cichon
    @maciek_k.cichon Před 6 lety

    Fascinating it is! This is why I watch your works, apart from knowledge itself, pure awe!

  • @ethanwilco110
    @ethanwilco110 Před 6 lety +5

    Was not expecting It's Always Sunny music to play at the end. Good choice though

  • @Alistoriv
    @Alistoriv Před 6 lety +3

    I'm glad you talked about Welsh-Argentinians! That was an... interesting pronunciation of Y Wladfa (understandable considering how odd Welsh orthography is).
    Whatever happened to the Italians in Libya? Do they still form an identifiable ethnic enclave or have they more or less disappeared?

  • @Gribbo9999
    @Gribbo9999 Před 6 lety

    Really interesting - thanks for all the research you put in.

  • @kassimkhankhan3875
    @kassimkhankhan3875 Před 6 lety

    I am always in awe after watching your videos. You truly have one of the greatest minds that I have been fortunate enough to know. Astounding documentary

  • @nikeayuiop
    @nikeayuiop Před 6 lety +21

    You could speak about the arabs (mainly palestinians) in Chile and Peru

    • @petergray2712
      @petergray2712 Před 6 lety +7

      There are Arab communities all over the Americas: Lebanese in Mexico, Palestinians in Venezuela etc....

    • @omp199
      @omp199 Před 6 lety +3

      I would very much like to learn about the Palestinians in Chile, because my nephews have Chilean ancestry, and the genetic testing by 23andMe turned up a whole load of Palestinian relatives of theirs, which presumably means they're descended from Palestinians who moved there.

  • @bezwzglednypierozek7884
    @bezwzglednypierozek7884 Před 6 lety +14

    Poles didn't want to suppress other nation independance when they were fighting for their own independance back then (Napolean promised to give us it). Later it bacame clear that Napoleon was just using us xd

  • @modestoca25
    @modestoca25 Před 6 lety +1

    Your videos are so interesting, thanks for making them

  • @elfofwoods
    @elfofwoods Před 6 lety +2

    Another interesting now dead enclave was in Crimea. There used to be a enclave of gothic people. They were germanic people that originated possibly in southern Sweden, ~1800 years ago took a wild ride across Europe, playing a big role in the fall of Rome, building several kingdoms, conquering most of the modern Spain among other things and faded away. The most interesting thing is that some of them survived until 18 century in Crimea by the Black sea.

  • @luxeproultimate360
    @luxeproultimate360 Před 6 lety +425

    I have an enclave of Nigerians in my basement.

    • @gerald1495
      @gerald1495 Před 6 lety +70

      Is there internet down there?
      -a Nigerian

    • @igoralmeida9136
      @igoralmeida9136 Před 6 lety +4

      Me too.

    • @Wanderer628
      @Wanderer628 Před 6 lety +6

      Luc Groshens That made me laugh more than it should have.

    • @arom7811
      @arom7811 Před 6 lety +4

      I am Brazilian and here have many people from African Countries like Nigeria, Angola and Moçambique

    • @DustuLokVanish
      @DustuLokVanish Před 6 lety

      Arise o compatriots

  • @eliasfrahat7074
    @eliasfrahat7074 Před 6 lety +337

    Do about mongolia please no one seem to care about mongolia sadly

    • @viorp6982
      @viorp6982 Před 6 lety +40

      Yea, the Lipka Tatars are an interesting group. Tatars which are descendants of the Tatars from the Polish Lithuenian Commonwealth. They speak Polish, practice Islam etc.

    • @igoralmeida9136
      @igoralmeida9136 Před 6 lety +64

      There are more mongolians living in China than in Mongolia.

    • @lekhwaramit
      @lekhwaramit Před 6 lety +2

      Elias Frahat nobody care for you unless you made them to do so, whether be like india or north korea.

    • @blakops000007
      @blakops000007 Před 6 lety +24

      I'm Iraqi and I do care about the mongols, I even know a bit of their throat singing and currently practicing horse archery. It's weird since they practically razed Iraq to the grounds yet you can't stop but admire their culture.

    • @eliasfrahat7074
      @eliasfrahat7074 Před 6 lety +8

      black ops greeting brother

  • @bruceyung70
    @bruceyung70 Před 6 lety

    As usual, another informative and well described interesting videos article...keep coming! Thank You

  • @levabeva786
    @levabeva786 Před 6 lety

    your approach is much appreciated. Great channel

  • @sportsfisher9677
    @sportsfisher9677 Před 6 lety +11

    Great Video. Proud to hear that majority of Poles fought on the right side, against oppression.

  • @gododoof
    @gododoof Před 6 lety +9

    I've always like the history of France's North American colony Saint Pierre.

  • @creex7118
    @creex7118 Před 6 lety

    Excellent information as usual!

  • @datamedlb1
    @datamedlb1 Před 6 lety

    Oh my gosh - thank you for your channel!

  • @torger8305
    @torger8305 Před 3 lety +3

    There’s an ethnic enclave of Micronesians living in a town in Minnesota called Milan. The class of Islander and Norse culture there is quite unique

    • @shaffy856
      @shaffy856 Před 2 lety

      Quite a bit Germans in Micronesia. Seems l

  • @Julius1997.
    @Julius1997. Před 6 lety +11

    You have one of the most fascinating channels on yt! I always wondered what happened to the Scythians...

    • @Katharsis540
      @Katharsis540 Před 6 lety

      suhas lamkhade have you heard of Comyns Beaumont?

    • @kerryl7455
      @kerryl7455 Před 6 lety +1

      definetely a northern iranian nomadic group proveeding the probably Turkic-Tungsic-Mongolic Huns

  • @guillermone1
    @guillermone1 Před 6 lety +2

    You provided quite amazing information. I now realized how ignorant I am as well as probably most of everyone else has little to no knowledge of the existence of these ethnic enclaves. One of the most striking bits of information which I found very interesting were the Polish soldiers in Haiti who assimilated with the mostly homogeneously black Haitian population.

  • @lontongstroong
    @lontongstroong Před 3 lety +2

    There is an interesting enclave in South-Central Java (Indonesia) which was made of West African (mostly ethnic Asante in modern-day Ghana). In 1830s Ghana (Gold Coast as it was called then) was also colonized briefly by the Dutch, which in turn recruited these Ghanaians into their army to quell rebellion of the Javanese kingdom of Mataram. Some of these soldiers settled in Central Java (around the city of Purworejo) after the war and eventually assimilated to greater Javanese culture. although their descendants exhibit some West African physical features especially the curly hair. These former contract soldiers, as well as their descendants, are later called Londo Ireng (black Dutch) by the locals.

  • @Jakedrake11
    @Jakedrake11 Před 6 lety +12

    You should do a video on the Circassian diaspora, especially in Turkey

    • @petergray2712
      @petergray2712 Před 6 lety +6

      Tragic story. The first actual genocide of modern history.

    • @camberon2225
      @camberon2225 Před 3 lety +1

      he finally did it

  • @Rationalific
    @Rationalific Před 6 lety +31

    Interesting video. By the way, the "y" in "Scythian" is pronounced in its "short vowel" way, meaning more like it "Myth(ian)".

    • @Rationalific
      @Rationalific Před 6 lety

      +Angie Brown: No problem!

    • @Rationalific
      @Rationalific Před 6 lety +1

      +Ikallicrates: I think that is true. People who read a lot gain a lot of knowledge and pick up a vocabulary that average people might not know. Because so few other people know much about the topic, nearly everything you find about the topic is through reading, and thus it is difficult to know the pronunciations. (In addition, there are often words that sound different in British English, American English, and in the original language of the group where the word originates.

    • @ridesharegold6659
      @ridesharegold6659 Před 6 lety +2

      Watching these videos I've pretty much come to expect that he's going to mispronounce stuff at random - more often by putting the accent on the wrong syllable. In this video, for instance, at 1:48 when he mispronounces "Levant".

    • @Rationalific
      @Rationalific Před 6 lety +1

      +Leif Burban: Good point. The original is technically "Skythian".

    • @Rationalific
      @Rationalific Před 6 lety +1

      +RideShareGold: Oh yeah. "Levant" should have its second syllable stressed. Of course, as stated above, Masaman has a ton of knowledge, but little of this knowledge is shown on TV or talked about except in certain circles, so books (or written works on the internet) are the main resource, hence some divergent pronunciations.

  • @caroletomlinson5480
    @caroletomlinson5480 Před 6 lety +2

    I spent summers and one school year with descendants of the Finns who founded Finland, in Minnesota’s Arrowhead country. Now I would love to see story of the Ojibwe (Chippewa) migration from Atlantic seaboard to Minnesota since 1492. You do a great job, Masaman!

  • @troman5000
    @troman5000 Před 5 lety

    I really enjoy your videos!!!

  • @fartreta
    @fartreta Před 6 lety +12

    Please make a video about the Trans-Baltic Swedes (Finland Swedes, Estonia Swedes and the Swedes of Gammalsvenskby in Ukraine) A lot of people know about the Finland Swedes but these other Eastern Swedes are less known.

  • @djmuscovy7525
    @djmuscovy7525 Před 6 lety +7

    There are a small number of Jews in kaifeng 开封 city, henan 河南 province in China. They got there around 11th century as traders, I think, traveling along the silk road.

  • @kristyann9912
    @kristyann9912 Před 6 lety

    Another awesome episode.

  • @mohammadbinmahbub9160
    @mohammadbinmahbub9160 Před 6 lety

    Very well oganized video. Liked how smoothly it transitioned from one group to the other.

  • @VenomTwisted
    @VenomTwisted Před 6 lety +9

    You should do a video on the Mennonites and the Amish

  • @59DGO59
    @59DGO59 Před 6 lety +8

    "The largest chinatown in Europe is in Prato, Italy"
    There is just no way that Paris'chinatown is smaller than Prato's.

    • @geoffoakland
      @geoffoakland Před 4 lety +2

      yeah, I made the same comment, the 13th adrondissement in Paris . Also Milan Italy has a Chinatown, which I think is larger than Pratos, but obviously Milan is a much bigger city therefroe the overall percentage of Chinese is much smaller

  • @tada869
    @tada869 Před 6 lety

    Good job on your research. Thanks for sharing.

  • @thorts
    @thorts Před 5 lety

    Great video!!!

  • @molexi6537
    @molexi6537 Před 6 lety +6

    I think all of the Uralic speaking people in Europe are intrestin (probably because im finnish myself) and would be nice to have a video about them.

  • @singhizhem
    @singhizhem Před 6 lety +6

    Wow! I never seen such a detailed video like this about ethic enclaves.
    I'm curious if you ever done one specifically about the Indian Dispora during British colonialism?

  • @jedhigh1443
    @jedhigh1443 Před 6 lety

    Cool info thanks as always

  • @cyrusthegreat1893
    @cyrusthegreat1893 Před 6 lety

    Well done as usual.👍🏻

  • @AlanAndalon
    @AlanAndalon Před 6 lety +5

    There is a huge diaspora enclave of Armenians in Glendale, Hollywood & Fresno California. Russians & Ukrainians (my sister in law is Ukrainian) are all over California especially in West Hollywood, Encino, Sherman Oaks, North Hollywood, Burbank, & Sacramento. There is also a Portuguese community in Artesia/Cerritos, CA (my aunt & Cousins are Portuguese), Italian & Sicilian immigrant community in San Pedro, CA & San Francisco.

  • @v4l3nt1nn
    @v4l3nt1nn Před 6 lety +5

    can you do a video about Gagauzia in colaboration with Barby from geography now?

    • @rizrazak3422
      @rizrazak3422 Před 6 lety +1

      haha that would be kinda weird and great

  • @brankogolombos9402
    @brankogolombos9402 Před 6 lety +1

    great video man

  • @johnbecich9540
    @johnbecich9540 Před 6 lety

    Keep publishing, Mr. Mason. Your presence is unique, by my observation!

  • @skysthelimitvideos
    @skysthelimitvideos Před 6 lety +3

    Can you make a video of the ethnic enclaves of NYC and it’s suburbs? The demographics here are really interesting here.

  • @xp10199
    @xp10199 Před 6 lety +4

    The Basque diaspora in Nevada, Idaho and Wyoming is a very bizarre enclave. If you ever make a part 2 you should include it.

  • @YourHumbleServant831
    @YourHumbleServant831 Před 6 lety

    Very interesting. Thanks for the video.

  • @uzairahmed8309
    @uzairahmed8309 Před 2 lety

    Great video keep it up your doing amazing job

  • @bblacha38
    @bblacha38 Před 6 lety +4

    My jaw dropped several times while watching this. I'm Polish in the US, not nearly as unusual as these.
    Great video with a lot of facts compressed into 10 minutes, fun to watch.

  • @aishikpanja3931
    @aishikpanja3931 Před 4 lety +3

    Largest Chinatown in Europe in Italy - that explains everything

    • @geoffoakland
      @geoffoakland Před 4 lety

      you mean the COVID epidemic in Europe starting in Italy?Chinese people sneaking into Europe come through Italy. Milano has a Chinatown which I think is larger, though since Milano is a huge city, the overall percentage of Chinese is much smaller. Also, from what I read the largest Chinatown in Europe is actually in Paris, the 13th Arrondissement.

  • @amphibiangoddess
    @amphibiangoddess Před 6 lety

    I felt like this was so much information so quickly. I may turn down the playback speed and watch again! Great video though, love the research. One group that I thought for sure you’d mention was the Gulla People though. Now they are a fascinating case study of how culture can be preserved.

  • @faezmohtar947
    @faezmohtar947 Před 5 lety

    wow, this topic is so informative. hope u can explore more on this topic later on