EP 11: WE EXPERIENCED A NEW SIDE OF SRI LANKA 🇱🇰 JAFFNA IS A DIFFERENT WORLD! (truly shocked!)
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- Jaffna Sri Lanka was a different world guys!
Every time we told locals we were going to Jaffna, that's exactly what they would tell us... and they were right 😂
We never take for granted when we can go to places that shock us. It's such a blessing to see how other people live and that's one of the best parts of being able to travel. Jaffna opened our eyes to a whole new world, and even though it was truly shocking at first, we left Jaffna with our hearts so full and feeling grateful we got to see and experience so many new things.
We truly appreciate you guys watching our videos. The only thing that makes our adventures better, is being able to share them with you. Thank you for being here!
See you next Saturday :)
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Thank you for visiting Jaffna!
Just a few facts about Sri Lankan Tamils:
1. Sri Lankan Tamils (also called Ceylonese Tamils or Eelam Tamils) are native to Sri Lanka for thousands of years. They are not Indian, even though they share a common language (Tamil but a different dialect) and certain cultural similarities with South India (due to geographical proximities). Genetically, SL Tamils are basically the same people as Sinhalese - a genetic study was conducted a few years ago.
2. You can find Indian Tamils (or Hill Tamils) in the central part of Sri Lanka. They were brought by Britishers during colonial era. They are different from native Sri Lankan Tamils.
3. Sri Lankan Tamils are Hindu, but you can also find important Christian and Atheist minorities. A lot of Sri Lankan Maures are also Tamils who converted to Islam.
4. Sri Lankan Tamils are NOT from South India. The same as Sinhalese are not from North India. Some of sinhalese ancestors are from North India though. But it's like saying "Europeans are from Africa" because their ancestors are from Africa.
5. Another fact, a lot of Sri Lankan dishes are in fact Tamil such as Idiyappam (string hoppers), Appam (hoppers), Kottu Roti, Dosai, Idli, Puttu, etc.
6. Sri Lankan Tamil food is different from Indian food. You can find similar spices and ingredients used in South Indian cuisine but it is different. Most of the dishes are vegan and vegetarian friendly. SL Tamils food is also known for its seafood based dishes (crab, shrimp, etc.).
7. Northern Province is less developed than the rest of the country because of Sri Lanka politicians, civil war and poor investment from the government. The region was one of the most developed and educated at one point before war...
Good information. Eelam tamils are genetically close to sinhalese are genetically close to indian tamils we mostly share the same genetics because same land
Eelam island and Indian subcontinent were merged when tamils formed in both lands
@@Palmman69 Actually Eelam Tamils and Sinhalese are genetically closer to Malayalee from Kerala, which is surprising.
The history of Jaffna Tamils you said is bit wrong, but glad you visited Jaffna, the pure Tamil cultural capital of Sri Lanka! 😊
Thanks for sharing! We had a great time 😊
Feel so lucky we got to see this side of Sri Lanka!! 🇱🇰
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my pleasure that you guys visit my home town. thank you so much to visit us. 90% of foreign explore s , they stop there visit the country within west part like colombo , and south like gall. pls recommend to your nice people to visit JAFFNA.. thank you so much..
Yeah, we hope more people visit and experience Jaffna when they visit Sri Lanka 😊 Maybe our video will help 🙏🏼
7:41 you're not meant to mix in all the curries with the rice like that. Instead, you take a little bit of rice, then add whatever curries you want into that one small lump, mix it in and eat it. Never mix all the curries in the rice like that - there is no way to distinguish the flavours if you do that :)
Was looking for this comment.
Oh no! Next time then :) But thanks for letting us know!
Jaffna was the one place I wanted to go to and we didn't have time to visit in Sri Lanka, glad I could watch your video there!! I'll have to go back one day for sure 😁😁
You would love it! It was an amazing experience ❤️
You guys are the cutest vlogger couple I have seen here on CZcams. I am truly impressed by how beautifully you two portrayed my country with such fondness and respect. Your words have not only captured the essence of Sri Lankan culture, but also conveyed a deep appreciation for its people, traditions, and natural beauty. Thank you for sharing such a heartfelt and inspiring perspective. Hope you guys will return to Sri Lanka again soon and discover every inch of this Island. ❤🌈🙏🏼
Wow thank you so much for the kind words 🥹❤️ We feel so happy that we were able to translate how we feel about Sri Lanka through our videos. Your country has a really special place in our hearts and we hope to be back many times to see more of it. Each time in a tuktuk of course. There's no other way to do it in our opinion
@@waysoftheworld_ couldn’t agree more! Tuk tuks are the best. Looking forward to seeing more Tuk tuk adventures in the future!❤️ lots of love from Sri Lanka!🇱🇰
Deliciousness in my face! 🤣 That cracked me up. I sometimes wonder if you guys shouldn't start a food channel. (coffee included). Cannot believe its Episode 11 already. Love this series! 💛
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hahaha I don't think we can handle a food channel 😂 we need to walk too! That food was honestly SO GOOD! One of the best restaurants we visited in Sri Lanka 😍 Thanks for watching friend!
I really like visit Jaffna ❤️🇱🇰
It's a really cool place!
Thank you for visiting jaffna ❤
Thanks for having us! We had a great time ❤️🇱🇰
@@waysoftheworld_ ❤️❤️ happy to hear that you had lovely time in Jaffna.
Hi Buddy I love your videos but please note Jaffna Tamils are not from south India we are the origin of Sri Lanka. Please don’t confuse or complicate. people who came from India they are living in hill side like Kandy & Nuwera Elia . North east Tamils are in Sri Lanka are the native people.
Thanks
Thanks for sharing!
Anyway the tamils came here after the sinhalease
Yeah bro ❤ from 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka...
We are sri lankan.sri lankan tamils original sri lankans
@@rushilabeykoon3162Are you kidding?😂 You guys are the descendants of deported King Vijayan from West Bengal, India,Tamils are the inhabitants of Sri Lanka.
You guys are crazy and not many foreigners would go there hats off I’ve been there . Jaffna is awesome new tourist destination unlocked
Jaffna was such a great experience! We feel so grateful we have the time to see places like these ❤️ Thanks for watching!
Oh my dearest, everyday I admire you the most. Your bravery and love for adventures have no limits. I would never cross to or from that island sitting on the roof of an overcrowded boat 😮
Thank you ❤️
Jaffna is unique
We can survive here without the outside of the world
You always welcome to Jaffna 🙏 and Thank you for sharing my birth place Jaffna 🙏 from Canada 🇨🇦
AWSOME VLOG 👍.
50 YRS. OF WAR TORN NORTHERN SL NEEDS YOU GUYS 🤝🤝. PREVIOUSLY NORTHERN CITIZENS NOW LIVING AROUND THE WORLD AND THEY ARE RICHER THAN COUNTRY OF SRILANKA.
Great and interesting content. I enjoyed watching it and loved it as well. Thanks for sharing it. 👍👍👍😍😍😍
Thanks for watching! ❤️
Hi guys , thanks for sharing this great experience. Wonderful places with beatifull temples, lots of cute cows , great food and rooftop ferry , what do you want more ??
hahaha exactly!!! It was a wonderful adventure! 🙌🏻
You couple are amazing.
Please keep uploading more about srilanka 🎉❤
We hope to be back in Sri Lanka! 🇱🇰❤️
Tamils of Sri Lanka are of two types
1. The native tamils who have inhibited the island since the tribal era
2. The indian tamils who have been in the central srilankan areas for more than 200 years they are now proper srilankans but the age gap is huge between the natives and them.
Another thing id like to mention is though the culture followed here is now influenced by indian culture the native sri lankan tamil culturr is distinct from indian culture.
Even the indian srilankan tamils share a distinct dialect a little off from indian tamil
Still we consider eachother as srilankan tamils from different origins
But tamils are mostly all over srilanka now mainly in the capital and in the tamil homeland.
When you mentioned hindu temples they're more like tamil cultural and architectural temples
The food of srilankan tamil crusine is distinct from indian crusine
It may look similar but its native to the land so instead of mentioning us as indians maybe you should refer to as srilankan tamils or srilankans
Other than that i love your visit and documentary thank you for visiting my motherland ❤
Hello! Thanks for the informative and thoughtful comment. We really appreciate learning about these things 😊
Good editing and nice view, 👍 video editing 👌
Thank you :)
So good to see you enjoyed my motherland and loved you vlogs Come back again soon,Ayu Bowan ❤😅😂
We had the time of our lives! Thanks so much for watching 💞 We will be back!
AWSOME VLOG
Jaffna!😎
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Yalpanam NOT Jaffna
You must visit DELFT ..it even has real wild horses introduced by the Dutch settlers...now wild
We didn't have time unfortunately :(
Srilanka ❤❤❤
Yes ❤️🇱🇰
EELAM not Srikanka
Tamil is the oldest living language under the sun and more than 5000 years old language but Sinhala language only came after 6 AD after they came from India as illegal immigrants to Tamils' oen Island EELAM.
Eelam is the original name of the island 🏝️ and only after 1972 the Sinhala racists run Srikankan regime changed the name as so called Srilanka.
We Tamils R the ORIGINAL inhabitants or the island and Sinhalese were the the immigrants to the island as their Mahavamsa clearly states that.
We have enough PROOF of Tamil Culverts and archeological evidence dated more than 2500 years old unlike the Sinhalese whose SINHALA language itself cooked UP after 6 AD.
if you belive mahawansa ppls who lived before vijaya were tribal and had no civilisation. so if it s tamils they were lived here as uncivilised tribes. btw where bare your archeological evidence. there no any archelogical evidence of a tamil civilisations. so the conclusion if you belive mahawansa, is civilisation was started by sinhalese who took tribal ppls out of the caves, let it be tamil or chinese what ever you call them@@user-tm2fy5mi1i
Although I was born in Jaffna I did not know of these possibilities. Thanks
We had an amazing time and saw so many new places! Hope you get to see them too 😊
Thank you brother
Thank you for visiting Tamil area of Sri Lanka. While you got many historical facts wrong we are still appreciative as tourists try and steer clear of this area. Always vlogger channels will always try and portray Sri Lanka as a perfect paradise who has done no harm while also ignoring, sometimes on purpose, the conditions in the northeast. Thank you for not being like those travel channels
Thanks for sharing your thoughts so respectfully ❤️ We always love visiting the places other people don't go to and always end up having a great time!
Great video! But a small correction, Sri Lankan army not just consists of Sinhalese, but also Tamils, Moors, Malays and Burghers as well.
Makes sense - thanks for the clarification ✌️
My home town
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Thank u visiting jaffna ❤❤
We had a great time! It was a whole new world to us and we feel so grateful we got to see it 🩵 Can't wait to go back to SL! 🇱🇰
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Sri lanka has different foods and taste where you visit ❤
Yes, so true! We loved the food everywhere! 🤤
Lovely couple and beautiful vedio . Enjoy the beauty of lonely planet. From Australia .
Thank you so much. This part of Sri Lanka is so beautiful and basically untouched by tourism. It was special 💞
🥰🥰🥰🥰 welcome
Thanks so much ❤️🇱🇰
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❤ from 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka...
Thank you 💞
Nice❤
Your sarong/lungi is a multi functional tool apparently. Love the fact you use fingers to eat.
Haha yea it totally is - I love that sarong!
hi, i found that you have explained about the Civil War but it's entirely wrong information. there was not a civil war but a war with the tererist. Please correct it in your next video. thanks
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A calf, a puppy, and a crow in a line 😄.
😂 so cute!
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O man she mix all at once , nice nice😂
It was so good! But apparently I did it wrong 😂 still a lot to learn!
@@waysoftheworld_ there are no right or wrong if you feel tasty you can do what ever , my mom use to feed me mix the all things at once when i was little ,
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Welcome jaffna ❤😂 am jaffna
Thanks so much!
Jaffna Price is high 😮 But foods great.👌👍
Yes, we know prices were quite high - but the food was incredible and the people working there were very kind. So we were happy 😊
Vegetarian 👌👍❤
Really you missed kathankudy eastern
Visit Kerala (south India) too ❤️.
Welcome my brother and sister all world s now know
Yummy banana leaf
It was so so so good!!! 😍
@waysoftheworld_ I love banana leaf rice. But getting expensive here in Malaysia.
Welcome to Jaffna. Try drinking some coconut toddy
Thanks so much! We already left and we didn't try it! Can't believe it. We've never heard of it and it sounds so good! I guess there's always next time :)
@@waysoftheworld_you should've tried palm toddy
Thank you for visiting Jaffna. Just a correction: Ceylon Tamils or Eelam Tamils are one of the first population from the island. After that came the Sinhalese. Until the British colonialization, Jaffna was a separate kingdom. Hope you visit the land of the Tamils again. We would be very happy.
😭😭😭OHH really...! 75% of Sinhalese living srilanka 🇱🇰 and maximum 17% Tamils are living here. So you're the small national of our country. It's better get out of your mother lend India 😅😅😅
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Jaffna have 7 th island all thamilan place
Cheese burgers is available on pizzahut in jaffna😂
haha really?? i don't think pizza hut sells burgers in the US 😅 anyways, much better to eat the local food in Jaffna!
@@waysoftheworld_local Jaffna food is also cheaper than the Western imports there
I'm the jafffna
Try observe how a local eat his/ her meal and u get it right.
Great advice :)
pancakey dough = Dosai
Thanks!
Why u scared with cows?Cows very cute
I wasn't sure if they were looking for food and going to be a little more feisty than usual. and I didn't know if touching them would be disrespectful... they are very cute 😊
Tamils have NOT come from south India! Historically Sinhalese came from north India. If you have noticed Tamil Nadu, South India, and Sri Lanka are a continuous land separated by a very narrow sea. Tamils lived in SriLanka all the time, long before Sinhalese came here British when they came brought hand ful of Tamils from south India for tea estates which is what you are referring to!
okay ✌️
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Sorry for those disrespectful comments from tamil people. Most tourists hesitate to visit jaffna. Btw You guys are amazing vloggers.
It's totally fine. We are so happy we visited :) Thank you ❤️
Many tourists are hesitant to visit the predominantly Tamil areas in the North and East of the island due to the heavy presence of Sinhala military forces. Military bases are visibly scattered throughout these regions, with an army presence that amounts to one soldier for every five Tamil residents. This military presence has led to incidents of intimidation, forceful disappearances, land seizures by Sinhalese individuals, and reports of sexual violence, all largely attributed to the military forces.
The Sri Lankan government has been accused of committing war crimes during the conflict and has shown reluctance to allow UN intervention to investigate these alleged atrocities against innocent Tamils. Furthermore, the government allocates insufficient funds for the development of Tamil areas, resulting in a noticeable disparity in living standards compared to Sinhala-majority regions.
As a consequence of these hardships, over three million Tamils fled the country during the civil conflict, many settling in Europe and North America. These diaspora communities often contribute financially through charitable organizations to support the well-being of their fellow Tamils who continue to face discrimination and abuse under the Sri Lankan government.
Most tamil comments are just correcting their historical information errors nothing harm in it. No hesitation needed to visit n jaffna it's peaceful and respectful
Okay its a little true some tamils are taking it a little too personal my bad
If you do not know how to comment without attacking another community, do not comment on this. Tamil people are starting the true historical fact. Your Mahavamsa story says Singhala people born from lion, what an idiotic history is that.
How can you say that Jaffna people are not educated? How do you know? My birth place is from North of Srilanka.
We never said people in Jaffna were not educated.
Chll out they never say such a thing respect tourists ok put your manners back in
They are more educated.
@@maheshbudhdhika3748yes, they didn’t say that. Because they are tourists we don’t need to agree with false information and insults.
@@malaantonidas5326 education dose not make you a good citizen ,look at your surrounding how much garbage you throwing , look other places in the country , we are sri lankan not indian
Tamil language is from south India. Tamil people belong to Sri Lanka.
Lol
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Indian tamil language and sri lankan tamil language is different in words .there lot of words are different means ❤
@@eshikaudayanawanigasekarado you understand tamil in the first place. Jaffna tamil is different because there were malayalees who migrated from Kerala to Jaffna.
@@tamarind1459nope wrong jaffna tamils are native to the island
Malayaalam again is tamil dialect
Nice video , FYI tamils from North of srilanka are not from India don't be confused don't give false informations just because we share same culture, food... we are originally from srilanka, Tamils from Kandy are Indians brought by British for work. 😊
Thanks for sharing 🙏🏼
How come you speak the same language then? The northern tamils did migrate arounf the 12th century with south Indian invasions and also for tobacco plantations during the dutch period.
@@tamarind1459 just because we speak the same language we are coming from India that some stewpid interpretation , you are misunderstanding with kandy tea plantation tamils , did you check your history book where you ppl come from ?
@kunkun5174 plantation tamils came in the 18th century..Northern tamils migrated during 12th century with kalingha magha
First, learn the historical background. In central Sri Lanka, places like Kandy are inhabited by Indian Tamils. On the other hand, the North and East Tamils are the original indigenous people influenced by South Indian cultures due to invasions by Tamil dynasties like the Chola and Pandya, followed by European colonizers such as the Portuguese, Dutch, and British. The Sinhalese, originally from North India, also came and settled after Prince Vijaya's arrival. Over time, they intermixed with the original Vedda inhabitants, becoming natives. The key takeaway is that Sinhalese and Tamils from the North and East share a common genetic heritage, shaped by Indian invasions and cultural blending. Historically, we coexisted peacefully, each community ruled by separate linguistic kingdoms. However, British colonialism united these regions for administrative purposes, leading to a power shift to the Sinhalese upon their departure. Unfortunately, this change resulted in discrimination against Tamils, including the takeover of government positions, destruction of Tamil businesses, and violence against educated Tamils during the 1950s riots organized by Buddhist extremists. Despite peaceful demonstrations for Tamil rights and freedom, we faced racial discrimination by some extremist Buddhists. It was in the 1980s that the Tamil Tigers took up arms in their fight for freedom, shaping the course of history from that point onwards.
Srilankan Sinhalese come this corner 👇💔
Jaffna Tamil people can abroad to their mother country easily because North of srilanka little bit close to the South of india 😂(srilanka don't need tamil people and there cow culture)
you are talking wrong...not indian culture and not indian food in Jaffna....There is Jaffna Tamil foods and Tamil culture
okay ✌️
How come it's the same...i mean that's how the visitor feels..😅
How come even the so-called Sinhalese food is a carbon copy or slight variation of the traditional food from Kerala which was Tamil a few centuries ago and southern Tamil Nadu? Can you also explain this? Teh reason is most of the present day Sinhalese are descended from South Indian immigrants from Kerala ( Tamil Chera Nadu and modern Tamil Nadu. You can scream howl and deny but this is the truth. Go and check your DNA . The closest relatives to the Sinhalese are the Sri Lankan Tamils and they are all closely related to the population of South India and not to north Indians or another people and this includes the Sri Lankan Muslims or Moors. @@tamarind1459
And said there land is jaffna rhis attitude made this war
No, the tamils are not from South India. Tamil people have been there longer than the Buddhist people.
Do you have proofs?
Bro why are you lied 😐
Dont lie men. Dont comment If you dont know
@@KINGKAVINDA Do you have proof??
Cow arrived u can milk by yourself & drink free . Cow can walks anywhere they want without license . Same thing you can do that too .
KKS not really conservatives in our time no Indian restaurants in srilanka . I was born and raised in kandy . My parents from northern province .
20 miles away from Jaffna ( puloly ) l lived in Jaffna Colombo & kandy
You came to Jaffna with good intention, but in your video the way you spoke didn’t show that.
However you are eating meal in Jaffna Srilanka and saying “ Indians knows how to fry “ It wasn’t India.
Civil war started because Jaffna people top in education, position. wealth and so on. 30 Years war destroyed our land.
As they flee from country from their land to save their lives to other countries , now doing so well in education wealth power and so on wherever they are.
So please don’t insult us .
Lady what you said and warn other tourists about dress sense was wrong.
You don’t need to cover shoulder arms .. I born raised in Jaffna 1976 as teenager we wore mini skirts and shift . Now last 40 years I live in London. Now people you saw in Jaffna they went through war continues bombing and so much hard ship for 30 years.
Check other tourists videos how they praised Jaffna. You don’t need to compare religious worship places, every religion has their unique way of worshiping.
If you think out of box we all came from Africa 😊
All Sri Lankans are from various parts of India. Sinhalese are from Bengal and Jaffna tamils are from Tamil Nadu.
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Of course.. But, We both should understand. How she's screwing us... Ha... Ha.. Ha....
Jaffna Tamils aren't from TamilNadu.plz improve your knowledge about SriLankan Tamil.
But bengalis don't speak Sinhala
Absolutely not, what kind of bullsh*t is that?
It's like saying Indians are from various parts of Africa because their ancestors came from Africa a long time ago.
Yes Sri Lankans ancestors (Tamil and Sinhalese) came through what is today called India but they are not from India or Indian. That's a st*pid statement.
It would be great to do some research about people and place before visiting. Tamils in North and East of SL were the first resident and they were not brought by British...
To be honest by making Ceylon as 1 country, British colonial made a big mistake.
We were occupied by Portuguese and Dutch but no one messed up with our history but when British came that's it...
Please do some research 🤯
I agree with you, I found this vlog to be very rude, this couple traveled to this part of the country without knowing the history or people, the comments about the Tamils coming from south India is wrong and false information. Do your research or at least ask the locals, it seemed like this couple was looking down on the locals. The comments made throughout this vlog I found insulting; commenting on the temples cleanliness, boat ride and even the interaction with the locals. Not sure where this couple is from but not very friendly and certainly not very open minded. I’m sure Jaffna would’ve been fine without them visiting. Just a word of advice, when visiting anywhere without being invited please be mindful of the way you speak and behave. I don’t think you need to be a body language specialist to know this couple had a dislike for this part of Srilanka. Sad to see CZcamsrs with this mindset.
@@KS-sd4yc That's Right. Very well said.
We never said they were brought by the British. I would never have assumed that they were brought by the British. South India and Sri Lanka are incredibly close... people move around. And I thought the Vedda people were typically recognized as the first residents of Sri Lanka.
@@waysoftheworld_ tamils are some spontaneous beings never a migrated population ..
@@waysoftheworld_well said. It is obvious the northern people share similar culture with south india..if you look at history there wer invaders like Kalingha magha who invaded Sri Lanka and moved the Sinhalese kingdom from the north to the south. After that the aryachakrawarthis from south india made a regional kingdom in Jaffna. Even today there are buddhist temples been found from the earth in northern province which belongs to the Anuradhapura period. Tha tamil culture became dominant there after the 12 th century. The nallur kovil was also built by Prince Sapumal from the south when the country was last unified in the Kotte period just before the Portuguese invaded the coastal areas. It is sad to see people don't like to accept the truth. If tamils were the first people the dominant language would have been tamil. But the Sinhala kingdom has existed for more than 2500 years hence the tamils from south india could not colonise the whole island. There cannot be two homelands for one language.
Hey man, First, learn the historical background. In central Sri Lanka, places like Kandy are inhabited by Indian Tamils. On the other hand, the North and East Tamils are the original indigenous people influenced by South Indian cultures due to invasions by Tamil dynasties like the Chola and Pandya, followed by European colonizers such as the Portuguese, Dutch, and British. The Sinhalese, originally from North India, also came and settled after Prince Vijaya's arrival. Over time, they intermixed with the original Vedda inhabitants, becoming natives. The key takeaway is that Sinhalese and Tamils from the North and East share a common genetic heritage, shaped by Indian invasions and cultural blending. Historically, we coexisted peacefully, each community ruled by separate linguistic kingdoms. However, British colonialism united these regions for administrative purposes, leading to a power shift to the Sinhalese upon their departure. Unfortunately, this change resulted in discrimination against Tamils, including the takeover of government positions, destruction of Tamil businesses, and violence against educated Tamils during the 1950s riots organized by Buddhist extremists. Despite peaceful demonstrations for Tamil rights and freedom, we faced racial discrimination by some extremist Buddhists. It was in the 1980s that the Tamil Tigers took up arms in their fight for freedom, shaping the course of history from that point onwards.
Fair enough... appreciate your detailed explanation. Information out there does not provide a strong consensus about the historical background and origins of the Tamil people in Sri Lanka. Thanks for sharing this in a calm and detailed way ✌️
@waysoftheworld_ thank you bro!
@@KethTamilTubingMan I see your comments everywhere. But thid time you gave really valuable info
Name one Tamil king who ruled the entire island 💀
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Jaffa peoples 100 : study better good now srilanka two male singalam and thamilan all sisther s and brother s pro singalam leaders 90 : some thamilan leaders only 4 : Karina pe tacan at all bad thamilan leaders Prapakaran good leaders
I found this vlog to be very rude, this couple traveled to this part of the country without knowing the history or people, the comments about the Tamils coming from south India is wrong and false information. Do your research or at least ask the locals, it seemed like this couple was looking down on the locals. The comments made throughout this vlog I found insulting; commenting on the temples cleanliness, boat ride and even the interaction with the locals. Not sure where this couple is from but not very friendly and certainly not very open minded. I’m sure Jaffna would’ve been fine without them visiting. Just a word of advice, when visiting anywhere without being invited please be mindful of the way you speak and behave. I don’t think you need to be a body language specialist to know this couple had a dislike for this part of Srilanka. Sad to see CZcamsrs with this mindset.
I agree
That's not what we did at all. But everyone sees what they want to see. Peace my friend ✌🏼
I think you should be more sensitive about your hospitality and how to treat our guest , tamil and sinhala culture treat our guest like god , at least they promoting this country of course they dont want know everything about this place , they came here to enjoy so don't hurt their feelings
@@maheshbudhdhika3748 I don’t think visitors need to be treated like God, I’m sure no one expects that unless you’re vein. If you’re visiting a country/ city and wish to vlog about it, you should respect the people and culture and give facts, not assumptions or preconceived notions. I found this vlog slightly demeaning to this city/people, that is already suffering.
@@Anonymous-pj7db don't just make up things , that's your weakness to think every vlogger should do a full history education about every country they visit , they came here to have fun and do some videos, who cares where you are came from or where you go, who cares about you are jaffna tamils or nuwaraeli tamils you are just tamil that's it, suffering is everywhere not only jaffna people are suffering , it is important to welcome this kind of people , they have lots of country to visit, but they came here , respect that .
Tamil don't just originally come from South India, Eelam Tamils are originally from Sri Lanka just like the Sinhalese
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Hey buddy tamil origin not india sinhala buddhist migration srilanka 7th century 2nd calss sinhala 15th arrival srilanka naykar but nowadays 5000 years tamil history
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Tamils was in Srilanka before Sinhalese, ofc we have proof, 1st and 2nd centuries they have found so many stuff, including pots,
They found proof about Sinhalese after 4th and 5th century,
Of course this CZcamsr confused with Indian tea work and srilankan tamils,
We Srilankan Tamils completely different to Indian Tamils, in fact we are more closer to Sinhalese and Srilanka b moors than Indian Tamils
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Stop using words like Indian because we are nothing to do with India regards to our attitude.
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The tourists say what they observe... it looks like south india..the culture food clothing..everything is borrowed as the ancestors of Jaffna were migrants from india who came during Chola Kalinga magha invasions during 12th century..
@@tamarind1459nope the ancestory leads back to megalithic era the dna composition is similar but culturally distinct
Tamils have been in the island for millenia since mesolithic culture
Budhist temple are clean cuz thats maintained by government navy and army and hindu temples are maintaining by their own teme money so they have to pay to workers 😖😢
Jaffna people are just stupid little bit & not educated much So don't worry too much.(sorry for the beach side) anyway welcome to Sri Lanka ❤
Oh yes and the rest of Sri Lanka very intelligent, that is why they believe in racist myths like you and practice Sinhalese Buddhist racism and bankrupted the country with their racist ideology.
Again wrong! Lord Budha did not step in Jaffna. This is something the Sinhala government distorts the history of taking Tamils' land after the war and building a Buddhist Temple. Ther is the story of a man from Idia who arrived here to spread Buddhism in Sri Lanka, that's all. Jaffna was never polluted with tourism up until now It is a peaceful place where people live with nature. Unlike the south, Tamils in the north don't pretend a life to attract tourists. I am pleased it is not attracting tourists. Leave us alone!
okay, may you be happy ✌️
There were no Tamils in Sri Lanka during Ramayan period. Maharaj Bali, Tamil ape king and a good friend of Sinhalase King Ravan, ruled South India. South India is your land. You guys came later like the Muslims. Watch Ramayan if you are still not sure.
@@ssap3717 Really stop lying. Most probably you are one of these Sinhalese hardliners who go around spreading lies and misinformation with regards to the Island's indigenous Tamils, It is not the Tamils but the Sinhalese and the Muslims who are of South Indian origin, especially the low country Sinhalese. Read the history and origins of the Sinhalese Karawa, Salagama, Durawa and many other castes. Please stop deliberately lying and spreading misinformation
@@ssap3717ravanan was a tamil king his name literally means man of the night in tamil pure tamil. The tamils are native to island.
Tamils in the island have been before tamil king ravanan learn history not myths
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Gauthama Buddha never stepped out india , the story Buddha visited sri lanka it is just an illusion from their religion books
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Tamils are not from South India! Wrong information- Tamils have been in North & East for more than 3000 years. Do you know Tamil is one of the oldest language in the world!
okay thanks. genuine question - where did the Tamils arrive to the North & East Sri Lanka from?
@@waysoftheworld_ Tamils are the origins of Sri Lanka. The whole of Sri Lanka was part of India thousands of years ago . Google about Kumari Kandam and Tamil Civilization , you will learn little bit more about Tamil Civilization.
@@waysoftheworld_exactly if they were separate the language should have evolved to another language different to that of tamil.
@@tamarind1459 You seem to be an extremist Sinhalese Buddhist fanatic trolling along to deliberately give false information, Just because people are separated the language need not change See English is still spoken in many lands separated by sea. SO is French , Arabic and Spanish. Learn your history properly instead of lying. Sinhalese only came into existence from 7Ad a mixture of native Tamil, Pali and Prakrit/Sanskrit. It is not the Eelam Tamils who are largely descended from south Indian Tamils many recent but the present-day Sinhalese. Go and google and learn the history and origin of the Sinhalese Karawa, Salagama , Durawa and many other castes. They make up 30-5-% of the present day Sinhalese and most of the South Indian invaders and immigrants to the island did nto get assimilated into the Sri lankan Tamil identity but into the Sinhalese identity. Please stop misinforming
Mostly I just saw you guys talking. For a report to long with less information. Boring! Sry guys!
Gerald, this is CZcams... free content that people just put out to the world. if there's a video you don't like, just look for another free video among the 10,000 that are out there instead of leaving a pointless comment.
EELAM and Tamilnadu were same LAND seceral 1000 yeqrs ago and unfortunately divided by SHALLOW sea called Palk Sea due to Natural Disasters like Tsunami.
EELAM not Srilanka
Tamil is the oldest living language under the sun and more than 5000 years old language but Sinhala language only came after 6 AD after they came from India as illegal immigrants to Tamils' oen Island EELAM.
Eelam is the original name of the island 🏝️ and only after 1972 the Sinhala racists run Srikankan regime changed the name as so called Srilanka.
We Tamils R the ORIGINAL inhabitants or the island and Sinhalese were the the immigrants to the island as their Mahavamsa clearly states that.
We have enough PROOF of Tamil Culverts and archeological evidence dated more than 2500 years old unlike the Sinhalese whose SINHALA language itself cooked UP after 6 AD.
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Please DON'T distort our History my friends.
We Tamils R the ORIGINAL inhabitants or the island and Sinhalese were the the immigrants to the island as their Mahavamsa clearly states that.
We have enough PROOF of Tamil Culverts and archeological evidence dated more than 2500 years old unlike the Sinhalese whose SINHALA language itself cooked UP after 6 AD.
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Correction.... Sri lankan Tamils not from India.... they are aborigines of the nothern land. this faults propaganda is spreaded by Sinhalese who originally came from India.... descendent of King Deva nambiya theesan who kicked out by his farther Indian Emperor Ashoka
Thanks for sharing. I hope you know we never meant to offend anyone ✌🏼
@@waysoftheworld_ Sri Lankan or Eelam Tamils are largely descended from the indigenous Dravidian Naga who migrated from South India, when there was a land bridge during ancient prehistoric times and spoke a form of Semi or Proto Tamil dialect called Elu(hence Eezham). The Naga largely occupied the northeast and northwestern coasts and were generally the elite and traded a lot with the ancient world. Around 3000 years ago they gradually assimilated into the proper Tamil culture and adopted proper Tamil and not the semi/proto-Tamil dialect they used to speak as their mother tongue. They had always been Saivite but when Buddhism arrived lots of them converted to Buddhism but 10AD reconverted back to their ancestral Saivite Hindu faith. The ancient Buddhist sites found i on the north and east of the island are Tamil Buddhist sites, even the one that you showed and not Sinhalese, as they now falsely claim. Sri Lankan Tamils closest relatives are not the South Indian Tamils but the Sinhalese with whom they had shared the island for thousands of years and like the Sinhalese they share a 30% Western Asian DNA and South Indian Tamil DNA that came with invasions and immigration, but they are predominantly of descended from the prehistoric Dravidian Nagas. The Tamil they speak is very archaic and very conservative and is very different to the South Indian Tamil dialect due to their long isolation. It is much closer to classical Tamil and shares a lot of vocabulary with Malayalam ( Kerala) a language that is largely derived from middle Tamil and the Sri Lankan Tamil culture and cuisine is very similar to Kerala than to Tamil Nadu. Food that you showed on the video is more South Indian Tamil than typical Sri Lankan Tamil food. The Sinhalese are largely descended from the Dravidian Semi/Proto Tamil speaking Yakka who are closely related to the Naga and arrived with them from ancient South India during prehistoric times. The Yakka largely populated the southern western and central parts of the island and were more boorish and peasant like, unlike the more Naga who were more sophisticated elite and outward looking towards the world and traded extensively with them. Despite both people being closely related. There was some North Indian immigration to the island from the Northwest parts of India and they introduced the Prakrit language. However, they never created the Sinhalese. They came settled and got assimilated into local Naga and Yakka tribes. This is the reason the Sinhalese and Sri Lankan Tamils have a high percentage (30%) of R1 male DNA markers (Indication of male Aryan steppe Eastern European/Cental Asian ancestry) and western Asian genes. It was the arrival of Buddhism around 2300 years ago from India and the large scale or mass conversion of the native Dravidian Semi Tamil Yakka tribes down the south of the island that created the Sinhalese people, language and identity in the south of the island. The Yakka converted from Saivite Hinduism to Buddhism on a mass scale and gradually over the centuries started to mix their local Tamil dialect with the Pali and Prakrit of Buddhism to create a new language and identity called Sinhalese ( from the ancient Tamil word for the island Chingkallam meaning the red or copper land) by 7AD. In the Naga predomination Northeast and northwest coast of the island a significant number also converted to Buddhism but most remained Hindu and in these Naga predominating areas the ancient Tamil language, culture and identity survived, even though a large number of them also converted to Buddhism too. The close proximity of their areas to ancient Tamil South India and they are being the elite and outward looking may have saved the ancient classical Tamil language, the only surviving ancient classical language in the world now, in these areas. However, by 10AD after the invasion of Raja Raja Cholan from South India Buddhism vanished in the Tamil areas of the island and these ancient Tamil Buddhists reconverted back to Hinduism like the rest of India. Raja Raja Cholas also settled thousands of Chola Tamils in the Sri Lankan Tamil areas to ensure and safeguard the Hindu Tamil culture prevailed, however they only made a small contribution to the native Sri Lankan Tamil's genetic makeup , however contributed more to the culture. Infact it is not the native Sri Lankan Tamils but most of the modern Sinhalese who are largely descended from South Indian Tamil invaders and immigrants who remained and got assimilated. Most of the so called Sinhalese kings and aristocrats from ancient times are of South Indian Tamil ancestry and addition to this, they imported thousands of Tamil soldiers and craftsmen from south India. During the Portuguese and Dutch colonial rule they imported hundreds of thousands of low caste Tamil indentured labour from then Tamil Kerala and modern Tamil Nadu to do menial service work and to work as indentured slave labour in the huge southern spice estates, just like the way the British imported South Indian Tamil labour 200 years ago and settled them in the central highlands to work in the tea estates. These people over the centuries gradually got assimilated as Sinhalese Buddhists and Catholics and Created new Sinhalese castes called the Karawa, Salagama, Durawa and many others and they make up 30-50% of the present-day Sinhalese population. The Sinhalese are very quiet about this as they do not like to tell the world the real truth about their actual predominantly Dravidian Tamil origin but want to portray falsely that they are truly indigenous to the island and of North Indian heritage which is a lie and a myth. Just like the imagined Arab origin of the Sri Lankan Muslims. There is hardly any Arab in them but thery are converted Tamil Muslim immigrants from South India and DNA has definitely proved this. It is these lies and deliberate racist myths that has created all these problems in Sri Lanka and wesern tourists and journalists who come here with no real or correct knowledge of the actual history, and too lazy to read or find out, keep on spreading these lies and myths and contribute further to the marginalization and structural genocide and dispossession of the island's native Tamils, who actually have a far older history than the Sinhalese majority. Just like the Celtic Scots and Welsh in Britain. Just because German is spoken in Austria, Germany and Switzerland does not mean they all originated from Germany, these are ancient Germanic tribes that migrated and spread.
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Tamil is the oldest living language under the sun and more than 5000 years old language but Sinhala language only came after 6 AD after they came from India as illegal immigrants to Tamils' oen Island EELAM.
Eelam is the original name of the island 🏝️ and only after 1972 the Sinhala racists run Srikankan regime changed the name as so called Srilanka.
We Tamils R the ORIGINAL inhabitants or the island and Sinhalese were the the immigrants to the island as their Mahavamsa clearly states that.
We have enough PROOF of Tamil Culverts and archeological evidence dated more than 2500 years old unlike the Sinhalese whose SINHALA language itself cooked UP after 6 AD.
According to the same Mahavamsa y'all first came here as slaves 😭😭
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🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️ Tamils are the natives in Sri Lanka and Sinhalese are the migrants, this can be confirmed in their history book called mahavamsa.
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