I had a lot of Papuan friends during my college days in the Philippines! Some of the most friendly and fun people I had the pleasure of hanging out with!

I love my Melanesia. ❤🇵🇬❤

As a native Papuan I want to say that white and yellow skinned people have destroyed us black people on the island of New Guinea by dividing us into two different countries. making us forget where our ancestors actually came from and losing our identity as indigenous people. .Most young people on the island of New Guinea today do not know and do not want to know where their ancestors came from

@paco680

6 ай бұрын

I've always thought you're from Africa....

@marquslams3451

4 ай бұрын

A COLONIAL STYLED TACTICS, STRATEGIES AND TRICKS USED AGAINST MELANATED PEOPLE GLOBALLY DEFINITELY IN AMERICA PRESENT DAY WITH THE HELP FROM THE COMPROMISED AMONGST OUR OWN.

@debathor9346

4 ай бұрын

I'm Polish but some of my ancestors were from French colony of the Reunion Island🇫🇷🇷🇪 They were enslaved Papuans sold to the French by the Indonesians..

@paco680

4 ай бұрын

@@debathor9346 Wow such an interesting mix

@user-qd8my4yy4c

4 ай бұрын

are you that dumb.. lol you saying you no longer look melanesians lol

Im Micronesian but my ancestors came from Fiji during the European era when they were colonizing the Pacific. My lastname is Polish/German & my blood is Melanesian(Fijian) & Micronesian(Chuukese/Pohnpeian/Marshallese & European)

@tavioka6243

7 ай бұрын

Today i have NZ, Samoan & Australian families ❤️

Bula vinaka from Suva! For a brief summary, that was really good :) Fun fact - Rotuma is made up of people whose ancestors were exiled from the Kingdom of Tonga.

Rotuman Polynesian from 🇫🇯 Fiji. Love all my Melanesian Brothers and Sisters. ❤❤💯💯 #PASIFIKAUNITE

In 1964 I served on a ship based out of Guam. Our routine voyages, patrolled Micronesia. One of our voyages took us to Rabaul, New Britain, giving me my first exposure to Melanesia and its people. My dad had been exposed to Melanesians in Fiji during WWII.

@waterboy.6001

Жыл бұрын

Was your father in Fiji during WW2 ?

@Me2Lancer

Жыл бұрын

@@waterboy.6001 Yes he was in Fiji while serving aboard the USS Raleigh CL-7.

@waterboy.6001

Жыл бұрын

@@Me2Lancer thank you ! 🇫🇯🇫🇯🇫🇯

FREE WEST PAPUA

I love my Melanesian people.

@STAR-wx8ey

Жыл бұрын

🇵🇬❤👍🏾

@eddietomasi6164

9 ай бұрын

Yes, I love you too from fiji 🇫🇯.

@janetwestwood9194

Ай бұрын

🫡✌️❣️🇵🇬🇬🇧

Love to papua new guineans, bougainvilleans, solomon islander and more melanesian peoples! ♥️ one of the most beautiful colorful and diverse people of all time. They dont deserve those racial stereotypes of just being uncivilised islanders, considering all those islanders did was to defend their homeland. Love from turkey 🇹🇷

You're right on addressing the problem of the term from the start. Nowadays, there are many outside the 'traditional' boundaries of melanesia who identified as Melanesian. From the one that should've been recognized as Melanesian from the start, like Aru Islanders to a more or less recent development like the Flores and eastern Sumbawan. If I ask friends and families, yes part of the reasons are colorism, religion, language, geographic vicinity, cultural, etc. But the unspoken one, the cassowary in the room, is the feeling of underrepresented. Specially in Indonesian politics.

Hello from fiji bless maluku from fijian

Don't forget about us Maluku Islanders,East Timorese and East Nusa Tengarrans such as Flores Islanders and Sumba Islanders.

@Remarema-we9qj

Жыл бұрын

Wasn't it covered/shaded along in the map?

@gpl992

Жыл бұрын

@@Remarema-we9qj No,it WASNT!🥲

@gpl992

Жыл бұрын

@@Remarema-we9qj And it shouldnt have been out of ignorance!East Timor is a whole new nation and also a part of Melanesia just like West Papua and Maluku in Eastern Indonesia!

@yourfriend809

Жыл бұрын

​@@gpl992are you like a country on it's own ? Politically speaking

@yourfriend809

Жыл бұрын

Are all 2 thousand islands habitable ??

The Torres Strait is such a unique area of Melanesia, essentially bridging the gap between Papuans and Aboriginal Australians while also having strong Austronesian influences

@teresafernandez9849

9 ай бұрын

The Natives of Papua New Guinea and the Aboriginals of Australia, r from the same place and ppl, all from ASIA, Eurasia Oceana to be exact! They have common ASIAN DNA!

@bobjacksom9776

7 ай бұрын

​@@teresafernandez9849there not from Asia they came out of Africa if I move to somewhere and then another place I'm me saying I'm from the place that left after I moved away from my original homeland does not make me from rhere

@teresafernandez9849

7 ай бұрын

@@bobjacksom9776 Take ur argument to science and genealogists, they disagree with you! The ancient DNA studies have been done and verified, they are from ASIA!

Love the video.. proud Melanesian Solomon Islands 🇸🇧 ❤❤

Saya bangga dan senang kalau saya disebut mekanesian... walaupun secara fisik 90% sya tdk terlihat seperti Melanesian asli..rambut saya tdk bisa berbohong kalau saya pasti campuran Melanesian 😂 saya orang Flores Manggarai..

Flores Sumba West Timor East Timor 🇹🇱 North maluku South malauku West paupa Png Fiji 🇫🇯 Solomona island Vanuatu 🇻🇺 New Caledonia 🇳🇨

@xcusemefrench171

11 ай бұрын

True hebrews israelites, the lost tribes

@WoBuXihuan

10 ай бұрын

How about the Aborigines in Australia? Their appearance is the same as Melanesian

@PositiveVibesOnly5774

5 ай бұрын

List completed

@tony78233

4 ай бұрын

​@@WoBuXihuan they are totally different,the indigenous people of Australia mainland,is similar with polynesian ,not melanesian,and in the northern territory,the indigenous people is very similar to negrito people of Philippines.actually,cross the great barrier reef,maybe fraser island people have some appearance of melanesian.

@simionenauluvula7981

2 ай бұрын

​@@xcusemefrench171.. Fiji is not a Lost Tribe.. sorry for that. Leave Fiji out

The people of the islands of molocas are also Melanesians. We are West Melanesians

Proud Fijian 🇫🇯❤️

What a fantastic and clear breakdown! I can't wait to share this with my geography students.

@pulanspeaks

Жыл бұрын

Thank you very much! I hope it proves useful to your students!

Loving this one thanks for sharing very information blessed love to all knowledge is power hopefully everyone pays attention keep up the good work 🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲

I am from North Wales and was surprised when my My Heritage DNA results showed trace Oceanic DNA, while my two cousins showed trace Melanesian DNA. My mother's brother and sister did/have facial features which hinted at a heritage outside Wales, and this has been confirmed by the family of the siblings my grandmother never knew. Her family were Master Mariners from Pembrokeshire called Gronow/Gronwy/Grono. They were from the same village as John Grono but I have no evidence to link us to him. I would love to understand if and how I might have Melanesian ancestry and whether one of my ancestors came from Melanesia to Wales.

@sonnyboytaukamo399

8 ай бұрын

welsh ppl have afro hair’ it makes sense

@Fijian_Brit24

8 ай бұрын

Bore da/Bula 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇫🇯

@opetaiaseni1955

5 ай бұрын

As a Fijian,we love the welsh.They are our favorite brits except for Rugby.You welcome to the part of melanesian family😂

@opetaiaseni1955

5 ай бұрын

​@@sonnyboytaukamo399not all welsh people but this person in particular has melanesian dna

@janetwestwood9194

Ай бұрын

My dad 🇬🇧 Married Mum 🇵🇬 and here I am... 🫡✌️❣️🏳️‍🌈🇬🇧

Very interesting and thank you for the videos. Regards from Vanuatu 🇻🇺 😊

Thank you so much for taking the time to curate this video and break down the historial, geographic and cultural aspects of the different regions in Oceania. This video is very informative and very important. We need more media that focuses on the other regions, especially Melanesia, because for far too long mainstream media has only focused on Polynesian culture. I really want to see media that focuses on Melanesian culture!

Saya dari west papua, tapi sekarang saya hidup di Marshall island

LOVE MY MELANESIAN BLOODS 100% WEST PAPUAN

Polynesia , Melanesia , Micronesia stand together 💯

@hekalkal8111

6 ай бұрын

❤❤🙏🏼🙏🏼👍👍💪💪

@user-qd8my4yy4c

4 ай бұрын

huh and what excatly would melanesia bring to the mix.. it only better melanesians dont itg@@hekalkal8111

@BenwardUmari

Ай бұрын

@11 onme808 , with you Pacific fam🔥🇵🇬💯

@natus6244

3 күн бұрын

🇬🇺

We often here it said in Polynesia , the great ocean of Kiwa does not divide us it brings us together. The great navigator Papa Mau Pialug of Satawal in Micronesia is testament to that who said, we are all of the ocean we are the same people. The lay lines, the boundaries are western concepts. However, we can use it as is shown here to be markers for geographical reason and more. Much like my Maori People of Aotearoa New Zealand. We identify first and foremost with our tribal identities. Maori is an identity which was introduce by European. Geneology is important to Maori, we can trace ourselves back to Polynesia and thus further back to the Indonesian areas. As I mentioned Te moananui a kwia does not seperate us but joins us together. Noho ora mai aku iwi o te moananui a Kiwa (be well my peoples of the great ocean of Kiwa).

@user-qd8my4yy4c

4 ай бұрын

what are you talking about ratomuans and tongans back then were quite racists in terms of keeping the polynesian blood strong// and why they only desire to marry samoan woman

@clearseeker1531

3 ай бұрын

long distant cuzin from phillippines ❤

God bless to all my black brother's and sister's 👍

Thank you for sharing this informative summary of the region's geography and cultural traditions! This video is excellent for introducing students and anyone who wants to learn about the region.

@pulanspeaks

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much as always! Hope this video may contribute to to helping students learn more about the Pacific.

our ancestors tell us of our life coming from lake tangayika’

@athanasmgungusi9996

4 ай бұрын

Good to hear , welcome back Africa, Tanzania-Tanganyika

Thank you PulanSpeaks for creating this... love From Melanesia

@pulanspeaks

Жыл бұрын

Si Yu'os ma'åse'! (Thank you!)

I’m so thankful I found your channel-this is such accessible and great public work. Vinaka from a diasporic Fijian.

Proud fijian and proud Melanesian..Fiji is the Heart of Melanesia.. together with our Melanesian Brothers and Sisters we are one Family ❤. We believed that the Original Lapita Pottery people were the Fijians themselves Only...from there it went all Through out the Regions.. to Asia..png..to Polynesia and Micronesia...

Bula from fiji 🇫🇯 🌴

Beautiful people

Cushites - Egypt- Rufiji Tanganyika Island pacific Fiji

I can see a lot of work went into making this, very concise and informative. Thank you for sharring , loved it.

Outstanding work!

MALUKU MELANESIA BARAT ❤

Beautifully done! Thank you!

@pulanspeaks

Жыл бұрын

Thank you very much!

Thank you This information was really interesting & helpful for me

Love your content! 🌴🌞🌴

TYSM this helped my report for our school project

Great work brother

I'm half Hawaiian and half white. My relatives are tough dealing with saltwater and crocodiles and sharks. I could do it I grew very modern. Lots of respect to them.

@janetwestwood9194

Ай бұрын

🫡✌️❣️🇬🇧🇵🇬

We Melenesians, Polynesians and Micronesians , are one, they cannot separate us. Our Ancestors where first sea nevigators in the entire world, they traveled the entire Pacific ocean about 90 to 100 000 years ago

Love the video. Papua Love. ❤

THANK YOU. for. EDUCATING me about my. ANCESTORS.....OBRIGADO.. **

Great video. Very informative 👍

@pulanspeaks

Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

I found out I was Melanesian. I test 50% Ethiopian Jew, 15% Yemenite Jew. Never would have guessed.

@baemon_haya

11 ай бұрын

Me too!! 😮

@mmiller8373

11 ай бұрын

That's crazy. I'm trying to wrap my brain on how that would have come about?. Although, very interesting to learn that.

@baemon_haya

11 ай бұрын

@@mmiller8373 I didn't understand what you mean?

@mmiller8373

11 ай бұрын

@@baemon_haya You good but let me rephrase it. Do you have any idea how you would have 35% melanesian in you?. Do you know of one of your ancestors who was melanesian?. Also, were you born and raised in Ethiopia?.

@baemon_haya

11 ай бұрын

@@mmiller8373 I only have 0.8% Melanesian.. I think I have Ethiopian roots because my father is black

Our identity is non- negotiable .proud islander 🇫🇯 ..

New boundary line shoud be drawn to include other melanesian islands that are currently not in the region.

@gpl992

16 күн бұрын

Yes!Like the West Melanesians of Maluku,East Nusa Tengarra,and East Timor!

@gpl992

16 күн бұрын

Yes!Like the West Melanesians of Maluku,Timor Leste,and East Nusa Tengarra!

@gpl992

16 күн бұрын

Yes!Like the West Melanesians of Maluku,Timor Leste,and East Nusa Tengarra!

Every map I’ve seen of Melanesia only go far west as Papua New Guinea, but Maluku and NTT count themselves as Melanesian. Where does it end and where does it begin?

@gpl992

Жыл бұрын

Maluku and East Timor is Melanesian too.

@efrans2627

Жыл бұрын

​@@gpl992 melanesian primitive person 🤣

@gpl992

Жыл бұрын

We are literally in the Melanesian Spearhead Group and it's well known in the Genetic circles. My old Moluccan Ancestry DNA results heavy with Melanesian and even Polynesian ancestry.Take in mind that I'm also only HALF Moluccan with still this much Melanesian and even Polynesian ancestry. kzread.info/dash/bejne/dYuizc-qaLC6kso.html

@urbnctrl

Жыл бұрын

It is a divide with the Australasia plate and basically ends left of the Wallacea line. So Maluku, Timor Leste, NTT are all part of West Melanesia and have also the first true polynesian genome - which is paternal Melanesian and maternal Malayo-Polynesian. Moluccas is basically the missing link between Melanesia and Polynesia (including Madagascar).

Mapia is part of Micronesia. It was an outlier until many of its inhabitants were already speaking the Indonesian language of Bahasa. The last speaker died in 1990.

@kemetrocky-xx4ky

7 ай бұрын

100% melanesian

Håfa adai!

Nice 👍

God bless your people in peace beyond understanding.

Shout-out to Melanesia for not allowing the Europeans to come and conquer. Much respect. Something Africa couldn't even do.

@virginia9820

6 ай бұрын

That was a highly unnecessary and honestly just racist comment about Africa. Africa did not need to be mentioned, and you need to evelaute what you were even trying to do by brining Africa up, because it is clear you are trying to belittle Africans, even if you yourself didn’t realize that’s what you were doing.

@vmlksm9

6 ай бұрын

@@virginia9820I’m black & they told the truth

@teressavance777

6 ай бұрын

@@vmlksm9 thank you, from one blk person to another.. @virginia9820 It wasn't racist because I didn't say anything negative about them as a people. I spoke on their DEFENSE towards the Europeans. I chose to bring them up as a comparison to make people THINK. But some people are already aware of some of the truth that Africans were sold by Africans. Take it how you want

@user-qd8my4yy4c

6 ай бұрын

Not really lots of blackbirding slaves taken to aust and samoa@@vmlksm9

@b1njjj95

4 ай бұрын

Instead of placing blame on Africans, instead place blame on the European settlers that *didn't need* to colonize and enslave millions of Africans just because of their superiority complex. 🙄 And let's not forget that Africa had royals and warriors that fought back fiercely to protect their land. Africans didn't just let it happen, but history seldom ever wants to talk about the Africans that fought back.

1st century cushites from Ethiopia settle in Tanganyika Rufiji river 10th century AD about this time the fable of fijian from Tanganyika ( Chronological History man in Tanganyika)

Melanesian in Indonesia,is people of Ntt provincy(Timor island),Maluku provincy,and Papua Indonesia provincy.all this is Melanesian from Indonesian.you now

Our identity is your languages and spiritual beliefs

They're Beautiful

Filipinos negritos aeta are melanesian they are the original Filipinos who lived in the Philippines there the most beautiful out of all the melanesian there just short they speak Filipino and cook our food the Filipinos negritos aeta or ati are scattered to our beautiful islands

@trevs9925

11 ай бұрын

I don't know why they are separated from under the Melanesian group.

@WoBuXihuan

10 ай бұрын

How about the Aborigines in Australia? Their appearance is the same as Melanesian

@trevs9925

10 ай бұрын

@@WoBuXihuan They're Melanesian race no such thing as Aboriginal race, Aboriginal means indeginous/native.

@kidmanila2160

10 ай бұрын

@@WoBuXihuan yes they dont have afro they tend to look like native indian from America

@trevs9925

10 ай бұрын

@@kidmanila2160 They are genetically related to Melanesians we have the same ancestors, and not all Melanesians have kinky hair, some have straight hair and light skinned tone.

Vanuatu 🇻🇺 here and I still have African DNA in me.

@rahkeemthegreat360

6 ай бұрын

That is false

@hekalkal8111

6 ай бұрын

YU TALLEM RING BLO U.😂😂😂

@katahi0749

Ай бұрын

That's a lie 😭 melanesians don't have African dna

05:55 what the flag at Tores Strait ?

IM IN LOUISIANA USA!!🙏❤️😭❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️45

The slave trade took place in all of Indo China. Keep in mind Black means multiracials of colour hence the word Sorte. They originated in New Zealand and Papua New Guinea and known in the Amerikas as the Amerindians.👍 Kanaks, Southerners, Canadians, Oregonians, Seminoles, Maroons, Dark Reds, ,,,

My mom is and grew up in Papua Indonesia, her story is similar but a bit different from what she heard from other local stories. She had told me that where she came from, Papua Indonesia, the “white man” provided jobs and was at peace, but when they left “black” islanders started getting enslaved ect by the more Asian looking Indonesiens. From what I’ve hear and seen, even to this day the separation between the two looks still provides many problems. 😢

@janetwestwood9194

Ай бұрын

🫡✌️❣️🇵🇬🇬🇧

@gpl992

16 күн бұрын

Same thing actually happened to us Ambonese and South Maluku.They literally called us "Black Dutch".

The 45 might have been a typo my thumb slipped but .❤

Not all Asian are the same white brown native African. Why can’t we just say Al Melanesian came from motherland aborigines Australia. Melanesian are black but different black from Africa.

@AntonioStewart-ng5pt

Жыл бұрын

I agree they can’t seem to get away from skin complexion but if you say all races with straight are the same they will feel mad so I understand what you mean we all not the same because I share melanin skin but I know these aren’t my people at all

@tsopmocful1958

Жыл бұрын

Melanesians and Aborigines are the most genetically distant peoples from Africans because their ancestors were the first to leave Africa about 70000 years ago. That means that Europeans are more closely related to Africans because their ancestors left Africa only about 40000 years ago. Skin colour only indicates the different latitudes where people have adapted to different solar intensities, so has nothing to do with how much different peoples are related to each other.

@trevs9925

11 ай бұрын

We Melanesians aren't Asian, Asians came after us, we were here first.

@malicktjmatiabeyuwi7587

10 ай бұрын

You right bro

@trevs9925

9 ай бұрын

@Nagin-zt6sc Didn't I say that in one of my previous comments, Papuan + Austronesian (Asian) = Melanesian, Polynesian, Micronesian? The first inhabitants of South East Asia were Papuans. You can still find a small group of Melanesians in Malaysia, Philippines and apart from West Papuans in Indonesia, there are other groups of Melanesians in Indonesia. East Timor is part Melanesia also.

MELANATED ISLANDS✊🏿💎

I did a genetic study and they showed me all the percentages that my genetics or blood type study percentages were and what and where they matched up too, and I was surprised! But then they changed the main areas 3 or 4 times, so who knows what was real about their study, but I have a feeling that the first one made the most sense. I have B Positive blood type and they said my highest percentages matched in the Indian areas and then some had African heritages like Mealanisia, Micronesia, Polynesia areas and the Asian areas were high on the chart as well, but not as high as the Indian areas. I was showed small amounts from some areas that I thought would have been higher, but obviously my blood type changed my thoughts about all of this. I found it to be very interesting!! I live in the US but neither of my grandparents' parents were born here, they all came here from somewhere else.

@teresafernandez9849

9 ай бұрын

Micronesia, Malanisia and Polynesia r not in Africa, they are also all in Asia!

@Daulomani1

3 ай бұрын

Huh? I stopped reading at “African”. Come correct love

Black people for the most part are found all over planet. Even the original tribes in the Americas where black and some of us are still here and some of us are indigenous and don't know. Shouts out to the Saponi Nation in NC, Cherokees of NC/Alabama and the Coharie people of NC and lastly the Fula people of Senegal. It's in my blood.

@teressavance777

8 ай бұрын

Yes. "Indigenous and don't even know "

East Nusa and Maluku and Timor and some bits of west Nusa and Sulawesi are also Melanesian

What about timor? I thouht the natives were closer to the papuans. If it werent occupied by indonesians would it be considered part of melanesia?

I'm from Totoya Fiji or Fijian

I'm from the Admiralty islands in the Bismarck archipelago. Why some Admiralty Islanders are light brown skin and soft hairs though they are Melanesians?

❤❤❤❤❤😍😍😍😍😍

There is a 4th one Australasia

DON'T forget Australia is also a part of the Melanesia no matter what

@roselee979

9 ай бұрын

Ummm...no

@daneironfoot2696

9 ай бұрын

What do u mean No?? Native Australians are is black asf

@zazzleq6139

8 ай бұрын

They stole black owned land and claimed they were natives.

@blackinton2526

7 ай бұрын

It's illegal to be gay and Melanesian

Soundtrack please🧐

@janetwestwood9194

Ай бұрын

Papua New Guinea (Rave) soundtrack 1980s 🫡✌️❣️🇵🇬🇬🇧

What is the difference between Melanesian and Papuans.

I have Melanesian DNA and Polynesian in Hawaiian DNA.

The American Democratic Mercantilist Empire formed another grouping, based in the Bikini Atoll, called “Amnesia” because they would rather the world forget what they did there.

I didn’t know what or where Melanesia was until I done a DNA 🧬 test from MyHeritage 🤦🏿‍♂️

Tonga mix melanesian and polyester

"islet" is pronounced more like "eye-let"

@pulanspeaks

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for this! Mistakes like these frustrate me like no other. I hope you still enjoyed the video.

I want to visit this place. I don’t know if they call themselves like how Black Americans do

They were Malaysian until the ocean weather in their travel made them darker.

You forget the moluccan islands. Like our brothers and sisters from papua our islands are politically a region of indonesia. That part of melanesia is now Indonesia. Its Indonesia because that used to be a dutch colony. And after the independence of the dutch indonesia was its own state. But culturally the moluccan islands are like the melanesians. Maluku & papua merdeka ✊🏾💙🤍💚❤️❤️❤️✊🏾

All Polynesian from Filipino Taiwan

Free west Papua

Genuinely beautiful. Looking at least, idk the culture

Fijian came from Tanganyika lake Ruah Fiji Grandfather brought circumcision culture tradition and name God's (YA)

a Melon🥝

PALEPER NEANDERTALBINO exonymic labeling is a colonial Darwinazi imposition.

Why called Melanesian uncivilized show some respect

Papua New Guinea*

Melanesians Micronesians Polynesians were brothers