The Origins of Sri Lanka's Ethnic Conflict
Sri Lanka's civil war was one of the longest running in modern history. The conflict between the Sinhalese and the island's Tamils was brutal and terrifying, yet its origins were surprisingly recent. This video examines the forces of populism and population that grew into the horrifying experience that still scars Sri Lanka today.
Sources:
-A History of Sri Lanka, K. M. de Silva
-Elephant Complex; Travels in Sri Lanka, John Gimlette
-The Cage: The Fight for Sri Lanka and the Last Days of the Tamil Tigers, Gordon Weiss
-The Ocean of Churn: How the Indian Ocean Shaped Human History, Sanjeev Sanyal
-This Divided Island: Stories from the Sri Lankan War, Samanth Subramanian
+ Various news sources, especially The Economist
00:00 Intro
01:17 Buddhism under the British
01:40 Henry Steel Olcott and Spiritualism
03:10 Dharmapala
04:00 Hindu-Buddhist history
05:02 Other contributing factors
07:18 Cricket in Galle
13:24 Sunday evening in Galle
15:19 Sri Lanka since independence
17:49 1956 Official Language Act
19:22 Was it inevitable?
20:27 Going east
22:19 Next video
I found this channel randomly; it is really a channel that produces quality content.Keep up the good work.
Thank you, trying to put out more videos soon!
@@AlexRothman please do, highly digestible style of presentation. You have a gift for this.
I am a Sri Lankan and watching this video made me realize more about the connections in history compared to the mainstream education provided in Sri Lanka. Like many other places, it seems history has been twisted to accommodate the social structures prevailing today. Thank you for this insightful video
Thank you for watching and commenting!
Nice work 👏...Realise ourselves... Geopolitics is the key to disabled the power house....by doing that srilanka could be under foreign powers all the time, that would allow them to carry on their Trade,Global supply, and strategically safest spots for many western and Eastern countries... Still srilanka is one of the important country in Geopolitical Terms...
Rubbish. There is no such insight here. The video is produced with the intentions of sugercoating old and new versions of economic, cultural and political colonialism. A project Anglo British culture intiated long long time ago in order to ensure the long term spread and survival of the said culture, and they have succeeded so far, for better or worse, because that's how the human social animal function when it comes to our true behaviour.
I just can't believe the level of quality here, how the hell this channel hasn't exploded yet is beyond me. Your story telling and the fluidity between focusing on different topics such as going from something light like the cricket to something heavier explaining the beginnings of the ethnic conflict works so perfectly and seamlessly. Definitely the most inspiring KZheadr I've seen for a long time
Btw, this is by far the most in depth and informative channel on not just Sri Lanka but Tajikistan. I only just found this channel within the last week and it’s my “go to”. Makes me want to visit these places. Thanks so much! Keep up the AMAZING work mate! I’ll be watching the rest of your vids 👍🤙
I am absolutely hooked on these. I cannot wait for the rest!
Thanks for watching and for the comment, trying to get them done as quickly as possible
Alex, this is a really impressive series (which I stumbled upon completely randomly!). As someone whose roots are forged from this ethnic fault line, I have learnt so much from your videos and have enjoyed your unpacking of the history. Not sure if you have a way of receiving DMs/emails, but I’d love to share some more thoughts and ask some questions. You have a new subscriber :) KM x
Hi thank you so much for watching and taking the time to comment! I really appreciate it. I'm not actually sure about messaging, I know that used to be a feature but I don't see if that is possible now. I was looking at your profile to see if its possible and I saw you had a Soundcloud, I can message you on there?
@@AlexRothman you’re so welcome! Yeah - drop me a message on there :)
Ps my profile has a link to my website which also has an email address - so you can message me via that too :)
Congratulations on another great video on this series!
Thanks for watching as always!
Sri Lankan here.. This series is very well put together and insightful. You've even captured some of the nuances of the life and atmosphere here.. Well done,. and thanks.. I look forward to further videos down the line!
Thank you very much for watching! I'm working on the next one as we speak
Tamil people were never enemies historically, Chola empires had an enemity with Sri Lanka and other "indian" Tamil people like Chera and pandyans, Who happened to be allies of Sinhalese depending on their ruler. What caused the war was how British tried to separate major two ethnicities like how it is in Burma. And as a Sinhalese i believe that certain politicians will use the negative sinhala Buddhist nationalism(almost feels like a twisted version of christian culture of Europe simply localized.) And Sinhalese Royalty had always had intermarriages with Chera and pandyan tamils from India. But this doesn't mean today everything is all hunky Dory with our races its simply a battle with the good and bad. There are bad and good tamil/sinhala/muslim politicians. Bad and good priests and bad and good military personnel. Its just a very human story about people who will sacrifice many things for peace and those who will be greedy.
Dutu gemunu thama pumping air on the stage
@@philippinesmassu7245 ???
There is no good politicians in sl
@@raavanan8264 i believe sirimavo was one
Indeed! Well explained. The author has stepped into an area he has very little knowledge about the recent or past history. Branding Dharmapala as a xenophobic, Sinhala racist is pure ignorance, if not fueled by vested interests. Dharmapala was a product of his time, the same way colonials, Tamil and Sinhala privileged politicians had created Prabhakaran. The only difference between Prabhakaran and Dharmapala are the biggest differences in the opposite direction. Prabhakaran was a dedicated, ignorant and stupid megalomaniac. Dharmapala employed the tactics of modern western liberal culture to attack cultural and economic colonialism. A far cry from what colonials did in this island and what the LTTE did.
Excellent video and very insightful!
I haven't seen any 'Sri Lankan' explain the fundamental issue in this country so well. I need to emphasize that the racial division has lead to the civil war and thousands of casualties along with economic damages. But it has done more damage to the country by keeping the corrupted politicians in the power. Until all sinhales, tamils and muslims comes to a true reconciliation I don't think Sri Lanka will ever be the country that it really capable of.
Thanks so much for your comment! It is absolutely fascinating to think about the direction that Sri Lanka could go in now. It could be an opportunity post-Rajapaksa, but will Sri Lanka take it?
@@AlexRothman it doesn't look like that at the moment. You know that there is a certain group of people, elite people in countries like Sri Lanka that want to keep the things as it is so that they can continue whatever they were doing. This people's moment was a big blow for them. Yes they got a step back aroun May-July. But with the appointment of Ranil W as the pres they have slowly building up their authority again. We see huge repression against the activists in the peoples movement, media campaigns to change the people's mind set and build bad picture on people's movement, attempts to delay any elections these days. There will be 10 time hard economic crisis around this march than 2022 march. They are getting ready for that. Thing is Rajapakshas, Ranil Ws are the people run this elite class. These politicians give the required protection and the elite group provide the financial power. This is the cycle that causing all these issues. This racial division is just a tool that they use and with the stupidity of the most of the Sri Lankans its a very effective tool. Until the majority of the people realize this there is no hope for this country. In my estimation on 20-30% population are in this people's movement. That's not good enough to turn the country upside down which is exactly what SL required. Btw half of that people who seeked a change now have left the country since there is no hope staying here.
@@AlexRothmanIt's not just the ethnic conflicts that made Sri Lanka to this present day situation. People are trying to make it look like it's the main cause. The politicians that are Sinhalese, Tamil and Muslim are responsible for the downfall of our country. Each had their own agenda and didn't care about the country or her people. Especially business owners, government officials were so corrupted and blame only the Rajapakses. Corruption have been happening since 1947. Majority SRI LANKANS do not change their foreign currency in banks, but from private business owners, because they offer more for your dollar. Where do the money go? To their foreign bank accounts. So first of all the govt should put restrictions on that. Corruption should stop from ground up. Sinhalese, Tamils and Muslims here and living abroad were able to bring Sri Lanka to the present state of chaos, and pointing fingers to others.
This made me appreciate my country (Malaysia) a lot more. The Malays, Chinese, Indians and many other races all live in peace
That's interesting. How do you think it feeds through into politics? Especially with the position of UMNO?
@@AlexRothman I'm not really knowledgeable in the political world but from my observation. The government has always tried to incite racial conflict but thank God nothing serious ever came from it. We Malaysians have probably learn from our past history. Back in 1969 May 13, there was a huge fight between the Chinese and Malays right after the general elections. Hundreds were dead in the capital city of Kuala Lumpur. I won't go into the details but the incident is still classified till this day. Rumor has it that UMNO was the one that stir the conflict because they lost a lot of seats in the capital. Anyway with our new Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim currently, I believe Malaysia is in good hands.
@@alexfzg9936 very interesting to hear about it, and a few years ago I would never have guessed that Anura Ibrahim would have made it to prime minister. I wish you guys all the best!
@@AlexRothman Thank you
Your videos are different from other geopolitical channels that I watch on KZhead. Yours bear a sense of closeness while presenting the ground reality without being biased.
You should tag the location as Sri Lanka, then you might have gotten a lot more views for these videos as well. Quite an interesting to watch. Thank you for making them.
Absolutely well done. Thanks Alex.
This was a really god watch. Interesting to find out the history of Sri Lanka and the growth of a once fading religion in the area.
Keep up the good work!❤️
Thank you! Will do!
Discovered your channel thru the Tajikistan n Uzbekistan videos. I really really appreciate is the nuanced take you bring to the table. Honestly the best discovery in a long time. Hope for some content on Pakistan eventually, and if you plan on travelling, I'd be happy to help in whatever way I can.
Don't worry, Pakistan is definitely on the list. Hope to make my way there soon
Thankyou 👌 well explained.
GREAT video!
Another well researched video! Perfect
Glad you think so! Thanks for watching
😂
Amazing content. Which country is going to be next?
I have a plan for this summer, but I have to wait for a few things to come together first!
Tamils and Sinhalese are siblings. But Rajapakse family, Bandaranaike Nayake, sirisena, ranil wikramasinke etc are not Sri Lankans, they are Telungu nayakars ,they came to srilanka from India, they are the real enemies of tamils. People who followed Shivam they speak Tamil, people who followed Buddhism who speak Sinhalese ( Tamil mixed with Pali to form Sinhalese )
Tamil mixed with Prakrit. They found potteries with Tamil words like marumakal, written with Tamil brami but with prakrit pronounciation.
@@tamilpatriot7815lol they aren't
Bro Buddhism was diluted by the colonials( Portuguese Dutch and Brit ) using a systemic discrimination that favored the Converts and nearly extinguished. it had to be reestablished by importing priests from Thailand an Burma. So yes you do tell a part of the story truthfully but ignore far more important pieces.
I think it was engineered by none other than S.W.R.D. Bandaranaike a former PM for his own personal gain. effects of which the people of Sri Lanka still suffer from. you should do a video on him.
Sinhala only act created conflicts among Sinhalese and Tamils true. But this act affected mostly Sinhalese as only Tamils, Muslims and Burgers were allowed to study in English medium. So the Sihalese were unable to secure highly paid jobs. Ceylon was called "Asia's Treasury " in her Golden Era. But due to J.Rs corrupted open economy ruined Sri Lankan's local companies like DASA, Velona, Hirdramanis, Vilasitha Nivasa which boosted Sri Lankan local goods. JR helped his business lobysts prosper by letting them export foreign goods. Dasa mudalali who brought the department store concept selling all Sri Lankan goods, and Velona and Vilasitha nivasa selling all made in Sri Lanka textiles and clothing couldn't compete with Majestic City foreign goods. Who owned most businesses in Sri Lanka ? Tamils and Muslims. Dasa mudalali the only Sinhalese entrepreneur was thrown to the curbs. Even the paddy farmers, and farmers who produce vegetables, onions, coconut were thrown to the curbs. Now the main exporters of coconut products overseas is Thailand and Phillipines. The propagandists say Coconut is a superfood now. All foreign currencies are given a high exchange rates by jewellry shop owners in Sri Lanka, and they promote it to the tourists who come to Sri Lanka. All Sri Lankans, including Sinhalese, tamils, Muslims and foreigners that come to Sri Lanka do not exchange their currency in banks. Hence the shortage of foreign currency in Sri Lanka. So in my opinion the downfall of our nation is due to Sinhalese, Tamil and Muslim politicians, business owners, government officials, and a percentage of citizens. Once a Prosperous country now have to export rice, even onios from India, thus affecting our local farmers. So sad to say bringing Sri Lanka down to her knees is not the fault of one ethnic community, it's a team effort by the Sinhalese, Tamils and muslims.Vultures are waiting for a perfect opportunity to have a piece of our beautiful land.
@@vision2096open economy policy of jr made hell for local business men
I really love your history/vlog hybrid videos very informative and its nice to see live footage from the country your talking about. Also I love that as a Kiwi you have to hate Australia 🤣🤣
That's very kind of you to say! Definitely still trying to find my exact style, but working hard and feel like I'm on an upward curve
Perfect. 👍
Thanks 👍
amazing content
Hi, I hope you see this comment! I really love your videos and I want your channel to reach the kind of success you're looking for! I've always been very interested in the history of my country. I would say I know quite alot compared to most kids. But your videos have alot of content I can't find in any srilankan history text book. Things like the tooth relic allegedly being destroyed by the Portuguese, The influence of the North Korean embassy, Ceylon being the second wealthiest nation in Asia, ect. I feel like schools and SL MSM are gatekeeping alot that there is to know. I would love to read the books you've read ! Can you please give me the names of the books and the sources you got your knowledge of srilanka from? PLEASE ❤
Bro you're so good at what you do the professional the nitty gritty details and the well researched facts you present, it's such high quality content i hope you will come to Pakistan in future
Good one.. ☺️
Thanks 😊
Keep up the good work! One day your channel needs to explode. Political leaders always use ethnicity as leverage in Sri Lanka even right up to this moment. The sinhala only act is the worst that's ever been done.
Thanks for watching!
The Sinhala only act actually affected the Sinhalese the most. After the Sinhala only act the Muslims, Tamils and Burghers were allowed to study in English medium in Schools but not the Sinhalese.Thus producing majority Sinhalese youth getting out of schools and universities without fluency in English. They had a hard time securing jobs even with a university degree. Rich including the Bandaranayakes sent their children to private schools, UK and other western countries and private tutors.The govt company that I worked at had two peons who were degree holders from Peradeniya campus, because they couldn't speak or write in English. I felt so bad as they were making tea and distributing mail in the office.
amazing video
Woah this is pretty good. im from SL
Great to hear, which part?
I really liked how you mentioned Olcott and Theosophy in your explanation. I have been researching on the connections between occultism and nationalism and broadly about extreme political ideologies. In the context of Sri Lanka, it just strikes me how Buddhism is the result of a socio-cultural set up by on European main strand of mainstream occultism. Nationalism is in my opinion the real globalist strand of political ideology. In the case of Sri Lanka it shows perfectly, mainly by its destructive effects: a wonderful island destroyed
I got an itch to look up the LTTE - I think i fell into the rabbit hoe by reading up on separatist movements recently. Found your channel. Really good stuff. I wish I'd have come up with it when I was in college, also studying history, political science and the like. A quick scan shows you have videos on Sri Lanka, Tajikistan and Guatemala. Good on you for researching and putting together updated analysis on these regions that don't get as much sunshine as others.
Give us the rest of the videos quickly pls 😮
I'm working on it!
I appreciate the sharing of your exultation at the opportunity to settle into a match of test cricket. I get the rules, but not the appeal. Happy to be informed.
16:16 In 1928 Nathan Rothchilld brought millions of indian tamils from india to work His tea plantation Lands(where in 1818 british had massacred and eliminated millions sinhalese and burnt millions of sinhalese villages from upcountry Completely Erased sinhalese Identity of upcountry ) , and those plantation workers are not only tamil they were malabarians and telugus people and all that plantation money went to England and Nathan Rothchilld and why didn't Nath Rothchilld or britain take all those indian lower cast(sakkiliyar ) slaves to England or Germany ,didn't give anyone to citizenship of England 🤔
Wtf there were tamils in sri lanka way before that time. You're acting like tamils displaced the sinhalese from the north
This is some bullshit. The language of Tamil has been in Sri Lanka at least since the 9th century
I lived in sri lanka all my life!!am 42 yers old!!i know & witnessed what happened. Tamil tinges were terrorists.(thats why they were banned in many countries)they were always planning attacks from and among civilians. (garilla techniques)by doing that they used the civilians as a shield. and use the civilian casualties to bad mouth S.L army. of Couse sri lanka is the mother land of singhalese. yet every one was living peacefully. war was planted by the external forces. (prabakaran played the Villon's character. only he didn't know how the story ended.) just that country held back from its economic growth due to this. whole of india, south east asia grabed all our opportunities during that 30 yers. now they are all ahead of us. Every body needs a piece of sri lnka given its geo political location. best way do it is to paralyze the country by triggering internal conflicts, promote corruption via greedy politicians) now we are a bankrupt country. now those vultures can have a piece of this.
LTTE is not a representation of all SL tamils. Many Tamils were affected by their approach for Tamil Eelam.
Are you a professional historian? You are amazing.
You r rocking
Great Narration. Would have made David Attenborough proud.
You're very kind, thanks for watching!
This dude doesn't know what he's talking about. North wasn't a Tamil state before. There was Sinhalese in the North. However, due to invasions from South India, Sinhalese had to fled the Northern regions to stay alive. It's like the situation in Ukraine. Russia invaded Ukraine many times during the history and killed Ethnic Ukrainians in Eastern Ukraine. Then populated those areas with Ethnic Russians which carried from rural areas of Russia. Then in 2014, Russia called Crimea as a Russian territory. Then in 2022, Eastern and Southern Ukraine as Russia. Why? Because the majority of the population was Russians. But the truth is, it was forcefully populated by the invaders over the centuries! Sri Lanka was governed by Portuguese and Dutch before British. Before them, there were kingdoms which were fighting with each other. There were many invasions from South India before the arrival of damn westerners who are trying to teach history to us. A s a result, there were Tamil Royals who received pardon from Sinhalese kings lived in Jaffna. As the Sinhalese kings fights each other, those Tamil royals betrayed Sinhalese kings and started a kingdom in Jaffna. That's how Tamils started to live in Jaffna with a Kingdom. Now this %%^%^ a$$ is trying to tell a $h!tty story which has no evidences. He's probably referred to some websites or books published by LTTE Terrorist diaspora who living in Europe by fooling decaying westerners which funded Terrorism and Child soldiers.
Bro chola invaded Anuradhapura .
There some instances when Tamils do invade srilanka to put Thier culture and imposed on others like cholas
There were Sinhalese living in Jaffna even during colonial times .Jaffna had few Sinhala villages
According to Wikipedia The early form of the Sinhala language is attested as early as the 3rd century BCE. of course it is over 2000 years old, but The earliest period of Tamil literature, Sangam literature, is dated from c. 300 BC until AD 300. It has the oldest extant literature among Dravidian languages. Tamil was well developed even before a single word of Sinhala existed. and also Tamils were closer to Sri Lanka and at the time people could even walk to Sri Lanka over Adam's Bridge. The early form of the Sinhala language is attested as early as the 3rd century BCE. The language of these inscriptions with long vowels and aspirated consonants is a Prakrit similar to Magadhi, a regional associate of the Middle Indian Prakrits that has been used during the time of the Buddha. did you notice the word "Regional associate of the MIDDLE INDIAN Prakrits"? Tamils have a history of ruling even far away lands, including Sri Lanka too: i.e: Southeast Asia: Tamil traders and maritime activities influenced various Southeast Asian regions, including present-day Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Cambodia, and Vietnam. The Chola dynasty, in particular, had strong maritime connections and established trade links with these regions. Tamil inscriptions and artifacts have been found in Southeast Asian countries, indicating their historical presence and influence. Sri Lanka: While not a faraway land in the strictest sense, the Tamil Chola dynasty exerted control and influence over parts of Sri Lanka during certain periods of history. The Cholas, for example, invaded and ruled parts of Sri Lanka in the 10th and 11th centuries CE. Maldives: The Maldives, an island nation in the Indian Ocean, had interactions with Tamil traders and occasionally came under the influence of Tamil dynasties like the Cholas and the Pandya dynasty. Tamil inscriptions have been discovered on some of the Maldivian islands. Sumatra and Java: Tamil traders and cultural influences are believed to have reached Sumatra and Java, in present-day Indonesia. The inscriptions and artifacts discovered in these regions suggest the presence of Tamil influence. Philippines: While not under direct Tamil rule, there is evidence of Tamil trade and cultural influence in the Philippines during ancient times. The presence of Tamil inscriptions and artifacts has been found in certain areas. These examples shows that Tamils have already explored more nations in the early stages of history. I am not saying that we should rule the country. I am just asking a simple question. "If you (Sinhala politicians) are so sure about the country's history, why destroy the historical artifacts which are related to Tamil people? If what you say is true those artifacts will only prove it and make your point much stronger!
Hey Rothman, how many years 😄 it took for make these videos on srilanka?
Six months research, then two months filming, then another year of editing (though still not finished)
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Great introduction video on the conflict. Notice how colonizers end up destroying every place once they leave. The destruction and conflict goes on for generations afterwards. It's almost as if the seeds of post-colonial conflict are planted upon the arrival of the colonizers.
The American Mission to Ceylon was established following the war of 1812. The Buddhist sangha banned it from Sinhalese areas. It was exceptionally well resourced.
No american missionaries were banned in sinhalese area full stop. The British banned them even from coastal Sinhalese areas
@@Slhistory What about British missionaries?
Tamils are native to Srilanka and India. Indian Tamils and Srilankan Tamils share a similar culture. The frequent trades have been happening for more than 5000 years through the sea. Archaeological evidence of megalithic burial sites in Sri Lanka that are similar to those found in Tamil Nadu, India, and date back to the 5th century BCE. Ceramic sequences similar to those found at Arikamedu, an ancient Tamil port city in India, have been found at Kandarodai (Kadiramalai) on the north coast of Sri Lanka, dating back to 1300 BCE. Cultural similarities in burial practices in South India and Sri Lanka have been dated by archaeologists to the 10th century BCE.
How come a land originally connected to tamils land in India that had tamils living over 10000 years, did not have tamils in lanka. Tamils according to you came to Srilanka at the least 700 years ago! Your status of tamils in srilanka does not add up - it looks like propaganda.
low country sinhalese are more sinhalese than high country.
I skipped the parts of your traveling through Sri Lanka and went back to the original story .
Good Info Alex...thumbs up . But It would be better if you have done more indepth research on the Tamils side. Definitely its not 700 yrs , 7000 maybe Yes / Btw , whats your secret of fitness? Rowing?
Yes Tamils live along with Sinhalese in north until few Tamils kings come chase away all the Sinhalese population .if you look all the city names in the north of country .like Jaffna and other cities ,everything has a Sinhala prakit origin
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There were 2 jvp I surrection on 1972 a d 1988
quality vid fr dubs in the chat
Good work Roman
Olcott has a name and a statue named under him
You have definitely e a great job coming the country sceninck beauty train journey our multi culuture Portuguese Dutch Fort depicts its ancient glory grandeuere it’s beautiful caste system no body care s now may. be in the North still exists practised very well organized manner as being the. Bed men for Janakan Sri Kanthn from Nirth Govt Agent son lived in a Palstial official Bunglkw in Jaffn
seeds of tamil problem in sri lanka has sown even before the independence. Hon. Dharmapala only did removing wanna be european mind set among sinhalese and turned people away from alcohol and meat consumption. he had no intention of riddling with sri lankan/ceylon politics. both 1956 and 1958 riots caused by killing of sinhalese by tamils.
Im sorry, how come nobody told me someone involved with investigating the assassination of lincoln became a majorly influential religous leader and who indirectly helped set the conflict that sparked the sri lanka because of whi he had as a translator
Promote Sri Lanka as a tourist destination for enjoying the nature and culture by all means. However, refrain from passing false judgements on guys like Dharmpala as a xenophobe. He was nothing of the kind. Dharmapala's choice of words and phrases were to address the lethargic, politically illiterate Sinhala people in that certain era of colonialism in Ceylon. Dharmpala took on a mission that was too big for him and eventually, more or less abandoned it when he started noticing the exploitation of his work(or the results of his work being below his expectations). Perhaps, he would've come to a realization that according to the Buddhist world view, both Sinhala as well as Buddhism(as an organized religion) will eventually vanish from this planet, as everything will, including humans.
Also for the part where u say that Sri Lankan tamils don't support the SL team, you are wrong. Read VOC by Sarah Kabhir ,here you will say how a former LTTE cadet says how they cheared the SL team when they were winning the World Cup(While the SL army was very actively bombing the LTTE areas and LTTE vice versa). The stories in Sri Lanka can make you cry,you will not believe the things you will hear as a Sri Lankan. It is definitely not what the western or even indian media want the world to believe. And things like the Sinhala Only act there is many debates how this was instigated with the Indian politics in the then Sri Lanka.
Yeah, I said up north specifically the team isn't quite as popular, which is something I've read and heard from travelling there, not that they don't support them at all
@@AlexRothman that's news for me man,cuz when i found out the LTTE cheared for them ,i thought it must mean they know well enough about the SL cricket team. Maybe it's the new SL team. Even in the south the new team is not really appreciated cuz there is not much to be excited about them other than a few players.
@@szoom6066The reason why civil war and ethnic clenching in first places because of discrimination in every sector since independence . Not alone cricket. This video didn't tell real history basically 80est made up text book story of the government.
@@AlexRothman The real reason of civil war erupted? you didn't mention discrimination in every sector, not only cricket What happend? Tamils living Srilanka 5000years and Hinduism all over the Island from Ravanan Era.
Oh poor tamils , anyone can write their opinion in a paper lol😅 always you people seeing the world from your side! My father would still alive if your nation wouldn’t exist in this world.
You dis not talk of strategic netholigy used by the European christian missionaries to destroy aboth Buddhism and Hinduism. That backfired unlike in the Philippines the Buddhists countered the direct forceful conversions and insentivised conversions ,
Your Halfbacked knowledge prevail throught this video , and your supporting sinhalese , the genocide conducted bt them on tamil civilians ..
Thaties. Not. A. Ethnic. Problem. Bruto😢😢😢😢😂😂😂😂l. Tamil. Terrerisiom
As sri Lankan it is a great documentary but i hope you could change the heading because i never experienced discrimination for religion my whole life all these ethnicity conflict is derived from politicians to gain more votes i have met many English,sinhala,Tamil speaking people but they are all nice as for why I said such is because i don't know their religion because i didn't care to ask they don't either i have never seen anyone going around asking other peoples religion because it awkward and hilarious 😂😂😂
Buddisham brought up from India in 4th century. There is a tree branch brought up that is the symbol. You basically talking about the root of the Civil War creation ,
Wtf is wrong with .u r again a Tamil separatist not a good fellow
If the Sinhala language ACT had not been imposed, Sri Lanka could have been one of the wealthiest countries in Asia with the support of the educated Tamils. However, racial discrimination and the suppression of Tamil rights led to suffering and unrest, including government corruption and financial crisis. If the government had acted more responsibly in the 1950s, it is possible that the current generation would be living in harmony with all communities.
Couldn't agree more! 👍
BS.... the same educated Tamils u mentioned above gave their vote to remove citizenship from "Indian Tamils"... I mean the Tamils (mainly the so called "vellala" group) in Jaffna literary discriminated against their own in a big way which still exist to this day.... u cant see that in other groups like Sinhalese, Muslims and etc..
@පැරකුම්බා The Vellalar caste has undergone significant changes in recent years, particularly during and after the LTTE era. Intercaste marriages have become more common, and attitudes towards them have become more accepting. Additionally, there has been a shift in the beliefs and actions of some educated Tamils, who previously supported the government until they were thrown out by the sinhalese chauvinism.
I am saying this as a Vellalar caste origin.
@@KethTamilTubing lets get together and change this feudal systems once and for all.....
NZ would do well to take note of what happened in Sri Lanka and stop this nonsense of “co-governance” and going down the path of dividing society through ethnicity. We will turn into a banana republic as well…ruled by selfish serving bureaucrats and elites. Watch this space
The Kiwi rooting against Australia huh? Maybe it’s because we thrash you in cricket? Jokes.
In 1956 jaffna ,northern and eastern sinhalese were also killed
Thanks to KZhead & YOU=ALEX ROTHMAN for teaching me about recent history of Sri Lanka.
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Great white explaining lol! The modern conflict between the Tamils and Sinhalese is due solely to British colonialism and the system’s preferential treatment of the Tamils. This can be seen in Africa with the ethnic tensions between Indians and Africans, and Malaysia with the ethnic Chinese and Indians with the Malays. Buddhist Sinhalese have mostly lived in harmony with the Tamils throughout history with the exception of the Tamil invasions by the Chola dynasty. As you mentioned, Buddhist Sinhalese royalty often intermarry with Chola princesses. Buddhism in Sri Lanka is syncretic with Hinduism. Oftentimes, one can see Hindu deities in Buddhist temples. The British destroyed this mutual cohabitation with their imperialism. But really how can I expect a kiwi to remain impartial in his explanation.
There is no evidence of preferential treatment of the Tamils, that is a lousy myth and you clearly know nothing about Sri Lanka history. It's because of American missionaries building English schools in Jaffna, and the hard work that Tamil clerks had put into passing the exams by merit. This has even be recognised by swrd Bandaranaike and historian GC mendis
@@sltruth317 so you’re saying the Sinhalese are lazy and don’t bother working hard…nice one dumazz
@@Verity888 Jaffna Tamils worked harder in studies because of cultural reasons and for lack of opportunities in the dry zone, as well as aptitude, and this can be seen even in the disproportionate success of the Jaffna Tamil diaspora. This is not to say others did not work hard, but there were more ppl from Jaffna passing these exams based on merit. Note how I say Jaffna Tamils, other Tamils of the island did not have this level of academic success. It was a Jaffna peculiar thing. But yes it was definitely unfair that Sinhalese got into university with less marks than Tamils in the early 70s, my mother lost her place in university because of this racist system which did not reward merit. And the current state of the country reflects this corrupt state of affairs for not rewarding ppl purely on merit. Btw don't put words in my mouth, just becoz Jaffna Tamils worked extremely hard, does not mean that all Sinhalese are lazy.
@@sltruth317 so now you are ragging on the hill country Tamils who due to colonialism were forced into indentured servitude in the tea plantations. Academic success is not just a function of innate gifts or cultural priorities but a complex interplay of opportunities, favoritism due to colonialism etc. Your ignorance is really showing.
@@Verity888 intelligence/IQ is definitely part genetic and there are many scientific studies that demonstrate this. Environmental factors play a big factor too. There is a reason why Brahmins for example score the highest in IQ tests among all south Asian populations (similar with Jews). But regardless your false canard that Tamils were favoured has no evidence whatsoever in regards to education. If this was the case then the Tamils of Vanni, east and up country would have been disproportionately represented in the civil service as well. Which they weren't. No historian agrees with this canard.
Henry Steel Olcott is a national hero of Sri Lanka. Most Sri Lankas may not know or appreciate his contribution to save Buddhism and Buddhist education. He was instrumental in founding many schools in Sri Lanka appropriately called Olcott schools. It is however unbefitting to therefore call him "this guy" in your narration. We Sri Lankans still bow to this great man.
Just to be clear. Your history is wrong from the outset. Nobody really knows who was on the Island first for certain and it does not matter. But for the record Tamils were more likely on the Island first. Sinhalese migrated from the North, Tamils from the SOuth. Sri lankan archaelogists themselves have confirmed that Tamils were probably their first. Generally on an Island the minority were there first - Jews, Aboriginies, Maories etc. Tamil is an older language than Sinhalese. Hinduism is older than Buddhism. The Sinhalese were originally Buddhist fgs - a known fact. You have not mentioned the Mahavasama - which really caused the racial conflict. The Ramayana itself referenced Sri lanka and this book predates a lot of what you said. The Ramanya itself is a good proof that Tamils were there a lot sooner than you mention and probably the original inhabitants. The root cause of this conflict initially was nothing to do with Religion for the MOST part. It was the fault of the British who favoured the Tamils. The Tamils and Sinhalese got along fine for the most part. The British messed everything up. Dharmapala - nothing to do with the conflict. It was the ethnic minority being favoured and outperforming the majority which sowed the seeds of resentment and caused the war. Period. This video is so off.
Sinhalese heartland MATARA and HAMBANTOTA
Jaffna Kingdom from 2nd century king Sangili 1 and Vanni Kingdom roled by king Bandaravannyan . You didn't talk any thing about it, try to avoid real Tamils history or original history
I assure you I haven't ignored the Tamil's history, check out the first video in the series to get the background
@@AlexRothman you may not ignore, but you can't changed every videos the foundation of history such as years, times , religion language of the history, definitely it happened in this video 🙂
What 😂😂😂 king sangilli, what on earth is king sangilli is he brother of LTTE leader 🤣 this guy written his own history by his own imagination.
@@derekperera3501 first and for most find your history, Do you know where is you ancestors from check out Perera is Portuguese name I am sure king Sangiliyan and king Bandaravannyan had beaten several of your ancestors. Some ran to India some die and buried. For sure Jaffna Kingdom and Vanni kingdom has rich culture and values Portuguese came ,disroyed all Hindu temple from India to Srilanka and stole asked tax. Perera can you find what part of Portugal you are from because there is Island in the country poor not even know the letter s left for better life.
Get to know you and you ancestors when they came to Sri Lanka then only you can ask them who had been lived this country. I am sure king Sangili 1,2,3,and king 🤴 bandaravanniyan had beaten several of your ancestors some of them ran to India and die.🙂
Of course I am Tamilian was born and raised in kandy but my parents from northern province . Did spend so much money & time for freedom I am not young anymore & hand over to young generation it is up to them
1:07 it's so ridiculous that you are saying over 2000 years they've been in srilanka It shows your quality of biased video
You are factually incorrect the north central areas were the origins of the sinhala race far before the Tamils came as invaderstdmil.
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How come all the oldest inscriptions are in Tamil, in Trinco you can find Tamil inscriptions which are from BC, Trinco used to be the Tamil capital even during BC. The pancha Eeswarams existed even 3000 yrs back, at that time no such thing as Sinhala, only Tamils and vedar.
@@tamilpatriot7815 don't lie and distort not a single inscription in Sri Lanka in Tamil found by British or anyone in Tamilmor even equal to to Tamil🤣🤣🤣🤩
@@warsil3735 Broken potteries were discovered with Tamil Brahmi writings which go as back as 3000 yrs. Words like marumahan, marumahal, parumahan...etc with prakrit pronounciation. Research about Trincomalee. Also coins were discovered in the island with Tamil names on them which are from BC, you can google and see. Know anything about Ibankatuba burial site? Practice of the Tamils. Learn about pancha Eeswarams. Learn what Arjun Guneratne concluded? Your Ammey came from our Amma, Ayya is a tamil word, also akka, thaatha, sahothara... why are you using tamil words to refer to your relations? What's the connections?
@@tamilpatriot7815 there are sinhala inscription which age over 10000 years..
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Why apologise, they didn't/
You don’t know srilankan history because toke different,
half baked documentary , go study on prince viajaya bringing Buddhism to the island, government even released a stamp as a remembrance of that
No bro who told u that
The downfall of Sri Lanka is due to her own corrupted Sinhalese, Tamil and Muslim politicians and civilians. The majority of hardworking people lived their lives harmoniously minding getting about their business. The real situation in Sri Lanka should be narrated by an unbiased Sri Lankan.
thanks for these remarkable videos. However, you are wrong about one thing: cricket, and especially test cricket, is the most tedious sport on earth with the exception of crown green bowling. Sure, Sri Lankans LOVE cricket and they almost make it fun. But i can't BEAR it. even more dull than football... 😂 would have been lovely to cover Sri Lanka's shitty treatment of its LGBT citizens, but ya can't have it all...
Sri Lanka did not exist before 1971. It used to be called Ealam for more than 4000 years. Then the Portugese, Dutch and the British came, captured and ruled for nearly 1000 years respectively. During the colonial time, it was called Tabrabane, Ceylon. We had three kingdoms in the Island. Those were Jaffna, Colombo and Kandy that were merged by the British Empire as Ceylon for their administrative convenience. Jaffna Kingdom did exist for over 4000 years and the last king was Sangiliyan, defeated by the British Empire in 1614, and before Sangiliyan, was ruled by his father Pararajasekaran. Tamil language is the mother of Sinhala, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada languages. It has been on the record in the Oxford University archives. Also, it is well proved by a Harvard University professor as well.
Absolutely He was mentioned about forest 🤣 until British arrived the south and central part of the Island full hevey forest land British cleared and did tea plantation and built the roads and railways. I think he is talking other side of the story
Portuguese first came to the island in 1505 & founded a fort at the port city of Colombo in 1517 and gradually extended their control over the coastal areas. Then Dutch in 1638 to get rid of the Portuguese who ruled most of the coastal areas of the island till the arrival of British in 1795. There isn't any archeological evidence which proves the hypothetical dating that you've mentioned. Sanskrit is the mother language of Sinhala not Tamil despite Sinhalese scripts were heavily influenced by Dravidian Script as a result of Chola interventions happened during late Anuradhapura & Polonnaruwa Era.
@@madushanka4551 You may check with the Oxford University Archives.
@@madushanka4551 Kingdom of Jaffna யாழ்ப்பாண அரசு යාපනය රාජධානිය 1215-1619 Flag of Jaffna kingdom A reconstruction of the Jaffna Kingdom flag (Nandi Kodi) based on archaeological and literary evidence.[1] Capital Nallur Common languages Tamil Religion Hinduism (Shaivism) Government Monarchy Aryacakravarti • 1215-1255[2][3][4][5] Cinkaiariyan Cekaracacekaran I a.k.a. Kalinga Magha[2][3][4][5] • 1617-1619 Cankili II Historical era Transitional period • Kalinga Magha's invasion of Sri Lanka led to the fall of the Polonnaruwa Kingdom.[2][3][4][5] 1215 • Independence from Pandya dynasty 1323 • Jaffna in the Kingdom of Kotte 1450 • Aryacakravarti dynasty restored 1467 • Portuguese conquest of the Jaffna kingdom 1619 Currency Setu coins Preceded by Succeeded by Kingdom of Polonnaruwa Chola dynasty Pandya dynasty Portuguese Ceylon
@@madushanka4551 Click on the link below en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Jaffna_Kingdom
Stop telling things that are not true …. Are you rewriting SriLankan history.. again in 20th century ? 😅 hello … Who is paying you to do this presentation 😅😅😅
You got me! I am paid extremely handsomely by a big, shadowy organisation with shadowy business interests in rewriting the modern origins of Sri Lanka's ethnic conflict. Thanks for watching!
@@AlexRothman Sinhalese are cringe 😬
5:52 90% of socalled sri lankan tamil was Brought here by portuguese , dutch , english time to time from india to costal aria to work as slave workers (before they were lower cast tamils in india , sakkiliyar, roddi,.. etc , who later became suicide attackers and were forced to do so by upper cast tamils ) after the massacred of those costal living sinhalese by colonizers and immediately sinhalese villages became tamil villages , after ponnambalam ramathan (also migrated from sound india and who didn' t even knew much about ceylon people or culture and british gave him higher possession in government than sinhalese becouse sinhalese were alway fighting for freedom against the british ) became registar general changed those indian tamils Identity as a ceylon tamils and nowadays they says they are oldest here , my advice you to read old ceylon gazettes and what was did by Ponnambalam ramathan and arunachalem🧐 30 years of civil war was created by british , dutch and portuguese colonialism and their slave labours outnumbered native people and disenfranchised the identity of vanni and north-eastern coastal living sinhalese
This video, for instance, is exactly the reason why Eelam Tamils in particular need to make their own history-related videos or gather information about the conflict. This KZheadr is not only whitewashing the conflict; he also spreads lies like the one that, before the war, Jaffna was 50% Sinhalese in his other youtube videos. The Tamils living in the foreign land are well settled, and they are not going to return to their ancestral land unless there is a Black July on those continents, which is highly improbable. So, as usual, the Eelam Tamils will never create or do anything to defend their history. On the other side, the Sinhalese are well educated-only politically when compared to the Tamils-and they are doing their best to tame and create a fake history about the Eelam War that is favourable to them while glorifying and whitewashing their genocide against Eelam Tamils. This video is created with some sort of agenda in mocking Eelam Tamils. There are 7 videos like this in this paid propaganda channel. This video clearly looks like a well-paid one because he concentrates on and contains the Tamil's struggle within child soldiers and suicide bombers (Eelam Tamil's Self-benefactors), whereas he glorifies the Sri Lankan military and its invasion and occupation of the Tamils' homeland, i.e., Tamil Eelam. The sources he used were written by Sri Lanka supporters and those who were in its favour. They are not neutral sources. As it's a video glorifying the Sinhalese victory over the Eelam Tamils and taming our freedom struggle as terrorism, as usual, the comment section is filled with Sinhalese who are appreciating and praising the video and the maker, who did this for money. Mark my words: sooner this video will be widespread, and the foreign-born Eelam Tamils will promote it and learn their history through it. Even now, I could clearly see some Tamils in the comment section appreciating this video. But I'm not sure 100% they are Tamils, because even Sinhalese with a fake Tamil name could comment like Tamils appreciated this video. This will result in our own future generations spitting up their own authentic, brave history because of the laziness and unwillingness of the present Eelam Tamil generation. Not only Eelam Tamil people but also everyone in the world will learn about our struggle for independence through this video, because it was created by a white man - without knowing that this was fake propaganda! Until we create a video about our history, this video must be reported or disliked in large numbers. Even if it is created, it will not be appreciated by our own nation and may sometimes be reported by our own people. i.e. paramilitary groups like EPDP, TMVP supporters and members and Colombo mixed Tamils. That's the unrest with the Eelam Tamils
I'm Sinhalese .I don't know what f is really wrong with u .
In fact there is no any ethnic conflict. But the illusion was created by tamil orthodox high class politicians who wanted to stay in power forever. Tamils do not have problems just being tamil. I myself have lots of tamil friends. There is a language barrier. That should be accepted.
700 years Tamils peoples living where in the tea plantation area , those people brought up from British colonial time for Tea plantation. These people didn't the history of the Tamils history of the Island. 5000years history.
hahaa... 700 years? where did that dating come from? British took over the Kandy in 1815, Tea was introduced to the country in 1867 by James Taylor. Does that make 700 years? Learn proper history & math. Being proud of your race is fine but as a result of that being delusional to make hypothetical claims with absurdity is not good for your race, just keep in mind that!
@@madushanka4551 one think better get to know your history first 😆and been not to stolen. Singhalese are from North India (North east)where Odessa and Behar area. Came to Srilanka first came in 4th century who was vija .
@@rathy_v Yeah ancestors of Sinhalese came here by the arrival of Vijaya. Then those people started families with the local Yakka, Naga, Deva tribes. As a result, parts yakka culture was well preserved with the Sinhalese to this day, veddah tribe rituals, devil rituals, sanni rituals etc. You can't see those native cultural values with Tamils, because your ancestors were the Chola settlers, that's why Jaffna culture is very similar to the culture in Tamilnadu, You can't see that with the Sinhalese & Odessa people. And yet you believe Indian Tamils brought here 700 years ago! haha 😅
🤣 700 years wow, British brought them for tea plantation, British started to ruled the island over 200 years, how did it becomes 700 hundreds. 🤣
@@madushanka4551 so true...good point abt rituals ..jaffna tamils hardly have any ancient indigineous rituals..they are an extension of south indian tamils..bulk of them migrated for tobacco plantations during british..before that the royal family came from ramasethu..the aryachakrawarthin...and before that it was kalinga magha who came with 3000 kerala army and the java king chandrabhanu who took over the peninsula..before these invaders migrants arrived jaffna was under the Sinhala rule.
99% Tamils are living in Northern province , so it is better to Muslim And Sinhala people get to Northern province in order to decrease tamil population to 50% ...
Thanks for showing the world the evil messed up mindset of the shitalese of shitlanka 😊
It’s good we never have had ethno nationalist movements since, and learned our lesson? No? Crap.
Sri lanka is sinhalese country . Tamilnadu is Tamils country ... All.tamils in sri lanka took here as a labours by british and some of came after cholas 12th century invation.
Sin hell ese are locust😢
Look like your history knowledge is weak, the Cholas went around south Asia around 1000 AD but no history of settling anyone anywhere. If you go to Trinco you can find Tamil writings which are from BC, Trinco used to be the tamil capital. Know anything about Ibankatuwa burial site? Pots were discovered there which were used for urn burials which around 2500 yrs old, the formation of the burial structure was exactly the same as the one found in Tamil Nadu, means same people lived everywhere in the south. If that not enough Sudarsan Seneviratne had some broken potteries with Tamil writings which go as back as 3000 yrs. Also they found coins with Tamil names which are from BC. Know anything about pancha Eeswarams? Know anything about Tamil king Ellalan who ruled most of the country during BC, at that time probably Tamils were majority.
@@tamilpatriot7815 all the time tamils make fake history . No evidence only talk. Anymore no tamils live in sri lanka . All should be kicked out from sinhalese sri lanka
There is no such Sinhalese pure origin. The Sinhalese are descendants from Indians and mixed with Indians time to time. 1. Vijaya came from West Bengal India and established Upatissagrama - 5th Century BCE 2. Mihindu Himi, Sanagamitta therani and 18 types of craftmans came from Kalinga Desha India in Anuradhapura era. 3. King Parakramabhahu is a Pandyan prince. 4. Many south Indian Chola Invaders and troops lived in Anuradhapura and Polonnaruwa era including Kalinga Magha, Elara, Arya Chakrawarthi 5. In Kotte era many Traders and soldiers came to Sri Lanka because of Cinnamon, Gem and Pearl Trades. Karawa caste people came for Mukkuru hatana against Moor traders in Puttlam - Chilaw areas. Chetti came for trades. 6. In Kandy era , four Nayakkar kings ruled country. They spoke Malayalam, Tamil and mix of Sinhala languages. Many singnatures in 1815 agreement with British rules had Sinhala and Tamil mixed letters. Sinhalese having a unique tradition currently when comparing to Tamils and south Indians. The beauty of it is , they derived from Buddhism, Ayurveda and some of the south Indian traditions.
The claim in the statement questions the idea of a "Sinhalese pure origin" and suggests that the Sinhalese are descendants of Indians who mixed with them over time. It references several historical figures and events to support this assertion. Let's delve into the details: 1. **Vijaya and Upatissagrama (5th Century BCE):** Vijaya, the legendary founder of the Sinhalese lineage, is said to have arrived in Sri Lanka from West Bengal, India. He is a central figure in Sinhalese folklore. While this suggests an Indian origin for the Sinhalese, it's important to note that Vijaya's story is part of a mythological tradition. 2. **Mihindu Himi and Sanagamitta Therani:** Mihindu Himi, an Indian Buddhist monk, and Sanagamitta Therani, the daughter of Emperor Ashoka, played key roles in the propagation of Buddhism in Sri Lanka. While this shows historical interaction between India and Sri Lanka, it's primarily related to religious diffusion. 3. **King Parakramabhahu:** There is historical evidence to suggest that King Parakramabahu had Pandyan connections. However, the Pandyan dynasty itself was a part of the broader South Indian cultural sphere. This interaction doesn't negate the possibility of a distinct Sinhalese identity. 4. **Chola Invaders and Other Inhabitants:** The statement correctly points out that South Indian Chola invaders and other South Indian groups had an influence on Sri Lanka. However, it's essential to recognize that such interactions occurred in many regions and don't necessarily negate the existence of a unique ethnic identity. 5. **Kotte Era and Nayakkar Kings:** The reference to Nayakkar kings is accurate. These South Indian rulers did have a significant presence in Sri Lankan history. However, the dynamics of rule and influence don't necessarily negate the development of Sinhalese identity. The key point here is that the history of ethnic identities is often complex, with interactions and influences from neighboring regions. It's also worth noting that the development of ethnic identity involves not only historical factors but also cultural, linguistic, and even genetic elements. While these historical interactions are valid, they do not conclusively negate the idea of a distinct Sinhalese identity. Ethnic identities are multifaceted and evolve over time, influenced by various factors. Reference: "History of Sri Lanka" by K. M. de Silva and Howard Wriggins.
Please learn actual history of sri lankan tamil or Eelm tamils, tamils are in Sri lanka for more than 2500 years.
Much more than 2500 years
And Sinhalese, much older than that.
This video is imo his weakest one. Your just wrong on alot of things
Probably. He is probably being informed by one of your vellala uncles from the inside. And like everyone else, he and they will never realise what game has been played with them.
Tamils are native people of Srilanka... But British and Singhala political cheating them. Tamils are currently wanted indipenent land. Study Physical connective between India and srilanka Tamils. South part of India is Tamil... SMe north part of Srilanka is Tamils..... Where is Singhala came from.... No Funder mental knowledge... Ask you said privious video there is no way Singhala people in Jaffna 50%.don't publish wrong information 😡
no they are not. the veddah people are the aboriginals