How Did Nutmeg Cause Wars In Indonesia? | The Spice Trail | Absolute History
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- Опубликовано: 27 сен 2024
- Kate Humble embarks on a journey around the fabled spice islands of eastern Indonesia in search of two spices that launched epic voyages of discovery, caused bloody wars and shaped empires - nutmeg and cloves.
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The emotion with which the one leader speaks of the massacre, is so moving and sad. As a Hawaiian I can relate to the sadness you can feel for your ancestors and the treatment they went through by strangers who took over their land.
If only the Hawaiians were left alone with there rich history of cannibalism and human sacrifice...
@@joshcruise2657 Hawaiians literally have no "rich history" of cannibalism and there was human sacrifice (as nearly every culture has at one point or another). But since you don't know which "there" to use (it was THEIR not there) I wouldn't expect you to know anything about what you're talking about. Ps. ancient Hawaiians were so knowledgeable about sustainability and were conscientious of how to sustain MANY generations in advance with irrigation, symbiotic relationships with plants and animals etc that they would likely be able to solve the global climate crisis we're in right now. But please go on about how you assume ancient cultures untouched by conquistadors are all primitive. 🙄 I'll wait.
@@sisterslothington Maikaʻi nō. You wrote so eloquently in response to @Josh Cruise. The ending of the presentation made me smile as the musicians played their instruments (ʻukulele, a Portuguese import). Aloha nō.
@@lrein077 Haha mahalo. ✌ True true, I guess some good came from them then. But hey, ipu/ipu heke is aaaaall us, brada. 😎🤙🏼
@@sisterslothington Did Hawaiians not sacrifice people and animals and cook people to access their bones for rituals? If you are using a computer you have no place virtue signaling about climate change. Next time you need to go to the hospital you should only use techniques from peoples you elevate morally lol
My grandfather is from Indonesia, I'm from the Netherlands. It's so immensely terrible what we as a people did in the name of economy. To see that pain, that heartache we caused, still being very prevalent in that society is heartbreaking. I'm so sorry.
Yes people still do terrible things for the economy. Wonder what people will say in the future about Amazon and other cheap labor they have "tied to" the machineries and assembly lines just to make a meager living
Why are YOU sorry?
your government is still doing the same. or you haven't figured out how lives are ruined in the present?
@@dpt6849 hence the words 'still prevalent '. This video is about the past though, I'm not commenting on a video about modern day atrocities my country is commiting. My comment pertains to this particular video. No need to act like I am ignorant to my everyday surroundings.
still happening in the name Economic in middle East n Africa
I'm an Indonesian, I'm not a chef but I do use nutmeg for my regular cooking. You can use nutmeg for
Pasta sauce , red sauce or white sauce , they working well for either
Soup like corn soup, chicken soup, beef stew, vegan soup, creme soup
For little hint, don't get crazy with nutmeg, just use a tiny amount of them and it will enhance your recipe even more.
I like to think it as a magic dust, that are so valuable so I must use it with wise.
Also....if it possible, don't buy powder nutmeg, instead buy the whole nutmeg and grated it with Cheese grated when you are cooking. Powder nutmeg good for baking and drinks but not so flavoured for cooking.
Sorry for my bad English.
But Yes....nutmeg is amazing when you know how to use it. It's all about proportions. Nutmeg also goes well with bay leaves and pepper.
Thank you!
@@Nyctophora Your English is great! I'm not a chef either, but I find your advice good.
I've been using freshly ground nutmeg for forty years now. In dishes like mashed potatoes and bechamel sauce it's essential, and I could probably use it sparingly in a lot more food. I have a small grater (much finer than a cheese grater), just for nutmeg.
Awesome!! Thanks for the tips!! Oh and your English was perfect 👌🏾
Your English is a lot better than a lot of English people I know 😂
@@eskileriksson4457 , yes...yes... mashed potatoes are great with nutmeg ( yummy😋) also cordon bleau flour, KFC style fried chicken (add the nutmeg to the flour) oh so yummy.....
But again nutmeg can be overpowering, even some of my friends and family are afraid to use it. But when you found the perfect amount that you can use, it will become essential ingredient in your recipe.
The people she encounters are so beautiful inside and out. Their smiles and welcoming spirit are uplifting.
Most Indonesians really welcomes foreigners warmly. Especially foreigners visiting small regions.
I hate how they don't teach all of this in school in the Netherlands. I'm researching all of this by myself in my 30s. They're trying to hide all the horrible things that happened. Which is not right. Admit that this happened! I know that I'm not responsible for what happened back then. And I do recognise that this happened
I was thought about the voc and our slave trading history in lower school in the 80s. So maybe your school didn't teach you.
@@baronvonlimbourgh1716 I remember they did tell us a little bit. But I don't recall the true story about Indonesia. Also, my partner is Moluks. And they never told me in school that the people from the moluccan islands had to come to the Netherlands and didn't have a choice. They had to " stay for two years" and then they could go back. Not allowed to work. But after two years they still weren't allowed to go back (ofc thanks to that I met my partner. So it's a win for me :p )
@@Sink_Bread yeah ok. I did not get all the details, we where still kids.
But it was clear to us that we wheren't the friendliest bunch back then. And it was explained that our golden age in the netherlands was because of practices we now concider to be horrible but where socially accepted back then.
Our history was never glorified. But it wasn't condemned either.
It is just our history, we are not responsible for that ofcourse, but it is still important.
@@baronvonlimbourgh1716 what both you and @Jewels said is heartwarming, yes you are not to be blamed because of what your ancestors did but you should remember it as history.
Im Indonesian btw and I can relate to what you feel, because we Indonesians are doing the same to Timor Leste (tho it was smaller case and much shorter time). I havent born yet when Indonesian govt annexed Timor Leste as Indonesian province and barely a toddler when they declared independence. Timor Leste blame Indonesia like Indonesia blame Netherland for what they did to their predessor. Even tho it has nothing to do with me but I wont forget that it ever happened.
(Tho what makes it awkward, Timor Leste cannot hate us for long since they life nextdoor and they import anything (like 80%) from Indonesia)
Bullshit. Maybe you weren't listening in class
I am Australian and live in the Maluccas with my Indonesian wife and family. I am very interested and amazed in the history of the area. I enjoyed your account but found one important piece missing and that was the presence of the Spanish and the first circumnavigation of the world by Magellan and his crew in the search of a western passage to find the Spice Islands.
I think the documentary didn't note it anymore because Magellan never reached the Spice Island.
@@zebra.babes123 He did not but his ships did under Elcano. They reached Ternate and Tidore but nutmeg was not grown there. Only cloves.
@@tamaliaalisjahbana6849 You do realize when he mapped circumnavigating around the Earth he followed the ice wall until he got back where he started . No way past ice and didn't fall off the flat earth
@@zebra.babes123 Portuguese traders, led by Francisco Serrão were the first Europeans to arrive in the archipelago in 1512, known today as "Indonesia." Dutch and British traders, interested in nutmeg, cloves, and cubeb pepper in Maluku arrived shortly thereafter. In 1602 the Dutch established the Dutch East India Company (VOC) and became the dominant European power.
I would highly recommend you to look for this video that has been posted just two weeks ago. It is called "How the Dutch colonized Indonesia".
The tribal leader talking about the massacre was heartbreaking. It's been 400 years and it seems like it was yesterday.
My wife is from Sangir island. There is a monument there for her great great grandfather was killed by the VOC. I videoed a short clip here. ruclips.net/video/Y-andcp1Ymc/видео.html He is King Santiago,
he fought the VOC defiantly after refusing to be their puppet king. We have family links on this island still, even after so many of the family did flee the island and sailed south, island hopping for a couple of centuries to hide from the colonisers! We’re currently enjoying ourselves in the wonderful country of Indonesia and loving it so much here!
yes it seems likr he experienced it or witnessing it by his own eyes, maube because that spiritual ceremony he did before he got connected to their ancestors somehow, i dont know
Because that's only the beginning from the 350 years of colonialism, and fun fact New York are built by this island money.
they are not a tribe, that just sounded very colonial and orientalist, these people had kingdome kings and complex social structure.
Haha..he was just overacting. Cringy!
This woman has the best job ever!
Catching tape worm from street food. 😂
7:14 RIP that man's paddle
That was someone throwing water out
Chloe Baker dude dropped his paddle. 🙄
No spices for *him* today. Only bland porridge. 🤣
The guy like 4 down from him got it, watch again, lol
Haha I saw that and was like oop that's embarrassing.
I won't complain about the price of cloves or nutmeg ever again
Those people make hardly any money off of their hard work. It's all of the middle men who do.
I don't need to but them i grow them 😁
Back in the day, a sack of nutmeg can cost you a House in England. So yeah, I agree with you.
The Banda people survived genocide and retook the trees that were stolen from them. They deserve to be proud people. I pray they get all their land back.
I'm pretty sure they do have their land back?
Well, their government has their land.
You are so virtuous.
90% of all people living there where relocated. The massacre killed everyone except 300 souls.
In Dutch colonial time people had their own land and had to pay 30% tax. Now they dont have land and have to pay 35% tax. After ww2 the Dutch promised the Banda islands and Mollusks among other their own independen countries, as in the colonial time indonesia wasn't one country it was one colony consisting out of several kingdoms and states. Now it's one big dictatorships. Shouldn't have been one big Indonesia.
@@Hooibeest2D So kinda like the African continent in that way?
All of human civilization is just a story of one group of humans killing one another for land and territory, some go extinct, just look at what monkeys do we aren't any different
Nutmeg is a magical spice. I put it in everything. I always thought it be be exotic and knew it came from a place on earth very unlike my own. I am humbled by how easy it is to obtain now. I will never take it for granted and every time I grate it into my preparations I will see that man crying for his ancestors...may these people's god bless them abundantly, peace.
My grandmother immigrated from Portugal and I am now 62 yrs old she since passed . What lead me here is my betterhalf saw me putting a pinch of nutmeg in hamburgers and he was astonished at how much better and tender his burger had been. I told him my nana aka grandmother was huge on using nutmeg for just about everything rice puddings, , breads , beans you name it as always a pinch even in spaghetti sauce. So I decided to find out about this herb and who knew that the Portuguese went into a war over this spice. Thank you for posting. You all should know that nutmeg helps with cancer, stomach issues , pain in general infact in the old days dentist used nutmeg for pain. Look up the medical values of nutmeg. Blessings everyone. I got to try that rice recipe should be on Google. 💜✌🙏🏻💜
bukan berperang. lebih tepatnya menjajah, mencuri, membunuh dan merampas harta benda bangsa lain
Greetings from India 🇮🇳..Indonesia is a great nation with lot of spice '.
God bless Indonesia 🇮🇩 🙏 ❤
Since 2000 years ago, India and Indonesia have traded with each other and were culturally lined. Indian Traders arrived in the 1st Century. Hinduism and Buddhism were next to follow. During the 8th and 9th century, the world’s largest Buddhist complex Borobudur and Prambanan the largest Hindu temple complex in Indonesia were built near Yogyakarta in Central Java. In the 10th Century, students were sent to Nalanda Buddhist University in N.E. India. When Nehru visited Bali he said, "this is the morning of the world".
@@GM-cq6ez in odisha we celebrate our trade through Bali yatra and kartik purnima
Namaste.
Respect & love from Indonesia to India.🇮🇩❤️🇮🇳
Whenever there's a cat running around the footage always makes it into any documentary
Do you understand it’s the very same cat in every single documentary?
@Townsends has entered the chat.
I'd like to see a review of this on the Nutmeg Tavern!🤣
As an Indonesian, I thank you for bringing this story to the world
You are welcome.
... albeit incomplete and inaccurate.
@@GM-cq6ez Thank you just the same.
@@anacletwilliams8315 ... Brilliant reflections here, how do I get in contact with you?
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This is the reason behind the discovery of my island by the Spanish armada which eventually lead to the colonization of the entire group of islands for Spain. Moluccas's nutmeg and clove, for this reason, started a chapter in the lives of my ancestors and the birth of the nation now called the Philippines.
underrated comment. 80% philipine people surely forgot this also
Btw feel like you're everywhere kuya lol, also Spain didn't colonize the entire islands or all the places deep down in the countryside etc
the cat walking in the Sultan's court at 41:31 is epic.
They need some dogs
It looks like one of my boys lol
You fool; that IS THE SULTAN!
I am from Chicago and love to cook with the mentioned spices. I have always wanted to know the historical and sad history of the Spice Islands.
Spice islands are beyond than spices, even today, it's home of natural resources like Nickel (used to make EV battery), eternal gas offshore, and rich of fishes, if u ever heard troubles happening in that area because it was engineered even geopolitically
Not nearly as sad as India's under British rule. The local people in the Dutch East Indies intermarried, whereas the British did not so much.
@@GM-cq6ez Because the dutch don't have many colonial states as british
I LOVE HER GENUINE EXCITEMENT AND FASCINATION ABOUT EVERYTHING SHE SEES IN DIFFERENT CULTURES AND IS VERY RESPECTFUL OF THE WAYS OF THE PEOPLE.
HER ENTHUSIASM IS VERY CONTAGIOUS.
It really is a great mentality to have when approaching archaeology.
Yes i agree...a Great act she puts
Is there a reason why you are screaming?
Same here. What would our culinary palattes be without them?
@@lisapop5219 not every caps expressing that you’re screaming duh
As Filipino, not many Filipino knew that this nutmeg was the reason why Ferdinand Magellan travelled across the world and found Cebu island on his way to Banda island known as Spice Island
Nutmeg, cloves and cinamon ang hinahanap nila Magellan na spices. Bonus na lang ang discovery sa Pilipinas.
It was the reason why most colonizers took ship after Ottoman's blockade. Portugal started the age of Discovery and found it first, in its search, it even destroyed Malacca Sultanate, the biggest power in the archipelago at that time, and occupied Malacca strait and Malay Peninsula, they pretty much hid it after that. Spain wanted to follow the trend. Spice Islands=Moluccas was basically 'India' to the Spanish and Portuguese at the time since it was indian traders who did most of trade with Europe before Ottoman's conquest.
Portugal from Indian Ocean, Spain from Pacific Ocean, their goal was the same "Spice Islands", Spain landed in Philippines and couldn't quite get full monopoly to Spice Islands (although they did their fair share of robbings, killings, and hostage situations). The Dutch went for it because of Iberian Union that screwed it over with its spice monopoly. The british followed afterwards but took over the real India instead of 'East India'.
The Spice was really the 'gold' of that era. You can argue the reason why Portugal destroyed Malacca Sultanate and Spain colonized the Philippines was because of these islands' existence.
yeah so rare filipino wanted to know
@@skyinuri8868 Our history & cultures were removed by the spanish
Salamat pogi Filipina, Mabuhay from Indonesia
Despite the sadness and pain of the history, I have learned more from this series about the origins of these spice cabinet staples and appreciate them all the more.
It also raises the awareness and hopefully the effort that goes into them.
This heartwarming documentary has to be taught at schools how much those people can trust strangers and how much they are welcomed and hospitalized but which makes me staggered their way they keep represent the brutality their ancestors had faced to keep their memories alive thanks a lot ❤️🌷❤️👏
So it was with every society that welcomed the west, from Asia to Africa. They left destruction in their wake...
Love the farmer's enthusiasm!
Do you think he likes nutmeg? LOL I wish I had that kind of enthusiasm about something other than sleep. haha He's a hoot!
He was a character, effervescent and full of life! Love him
Well, now i know why asian and arab traders kept the location of spices island a "secret" to the european traders...
"Needs a bit more Nutmeg..."
I saved the history this episode..nutmeg and Cloves...its lovely country Indonesia 🇮🇩 ❤
My wife is from Sangir island. There is a monument there her great great grandfather, who was killed by the VOC. I videoed a short clip here. ruclips.net/video/Y-andcp1Ymc/видео.html He is King Santiago,
he fought the VOC defiantly after refusing to be their puppet king. We have family links on this island still, even after so many of the family did flee the island and sailed south, island hopping for a couple of centuries to hide from the colonisers! We’re currently enjoying ourselves in the wonderful country of Indonesia and loving it so much here!
My goodness I don’t even know this history , good to know VOC get that far even to Ambon . Indonesia very rich with all spices , no wonder when I smell clove why it smell like Indonesian cigarette. Indonesia have a lot of history and mystery in every island . I miss fresh coconut that I cook with my Indonesian curry all I can use coconut milk from can ,you Don’t see or judge the place where you eat in Indonesia , usually the most delicious one it’s not in restaurant but street food or small place call warteg. It’s funny story , I did met old Dutch lady not in Indonesia but outside Indonesia but when she hear My friend from Indonesia , I can feel she had sense of guilt and she feel ashamed want to avoid us 🤣.
After reading the fiction novels "Silver Nutmeg" and "Scent of Cloves" by Norah Lofts many years ago, I was delighted to see the islands and people of Banda Neira.. Their long history is fascinating, especially in the 1600s when the English and Dutch vied for control. Although the books are somewhat outdated now, Mrs. Lofts had a gift for human characterization and situations woven in true history. Thanks for this special, I feel like I returned to a place I knew many years ago, only better off now.
Imagine if the English had not lost to control by the Dutch how similar to India's sad history under British control the people of the Dutch East Indies would have ended up!
Thanks for mentioning the books. I am looking for a books with the setting of Indonesia around early colonialism century but from western perspective. If anybody know other books, I am glad to look at it.
I'm Indonesian so proud of spice-route is filmed. There are far before Europe come to archipelago and colonize, the local traders already exsisted like using traditional vessel called Phinisi vessel, a traditional austronesian type-technique vessel from South Celebes same as she used for sail to eastern Indonesia.
Pinisi have only been around since 1900, it was not from a native design nor was constructed by the Buginese or the Makassarese. Pinisi is a type of sailing rig (jenis ponton layar) and was made by the konjo tribe of Sulawesi. Do not state things that you don't know out of pride as it will shame yourself and your country. cited;
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinisi
As an Indonesian, I tell you that throughout history, the territory of Indonesia was colonized by 4 European countries, they are Spain, Portugal, the Netherlands and British, and one Asian country, Japan. However, all the colonial countries controlled only a part of the territory or in a very small area, except for the Dutch which controlled almost all of Indonesia.
But as an Indonesian, I must admit that all Indonesian people have never hated the people of those countries that have colonized us. Indonesians have never hated Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, British or Japanese. That's one of my pride as an Indonesian, we Indonesian people never hate them and our people are very friendly to anyone. Perhaps this character was used by the European colonizers in the past, and was seen as a "weakness".
If you don't believe it, come and visit Indonesia and prove for yourself that our people are friendly, humble and kind.
I still hate their country, but not their people, they not born when this happened.
The strong relationship between us Indonesian and the Dutch will remain be unfaded as long as we are willing to learn and accept the history. It’s a mixture of bitterness, evil actions from colonialist, and empathy from loving souls like Eduard (Multatuli) and Ernest Douwes Dekker. Now we are embracing a future where young generations must be taught not only about history of the past but also about love, forgiveness and compassion. We as human being should love each other regardless our colors, culture and civilizations. Love is the universal language we can share.
The story of the spice trade was the start of globalization.
the cat walking in the Sultan's court at 41:31 is epic.
Aaaah Banda.. my birthplace. Yes yes, you can find those spices in east of Indonesia
Please marry me.
I want to live there
Haha
I can tell it by your name 😂
Kate, you are a most charming presenter, and it is obvious you do arduous and voluminous research before you take on a challenge! I greatly admire you!
To understand and appreciate the subject much better, read: "The Nutmeg Trail"!
more documentries like this!!
such a dense and wild history just on some spice.
My wife is from Sangir island. There is a monument there her great great grandfather was killed by the VOC. I videoed a short clip here. ruclips.net/video/Y-andcp1Ymc/видео.html He is King Santiago,
he fought the VOC defiantly after refusing to be their puppet king. We have family links on this island still, even after so many of the family did flee the island and sailed south, island hopping for a couple of centuries to hide from the colonisers! We’re currently enjoying ourselves in the wonderful country of Indonesia and loving it so much here!
i also like how she interacted with people, many interviewers or documentary hosts dont have respectful joy or awe towards living locals. she seemed so friendly and happy to be included, instead of seeing them as just there to give her footage.
On my Caribbean Island we grow and use nutmeg a lot in drinks. Also mix in home grown cocoa drink.
Grenada?
All colonialism are bad but Dutch perhaps was the worst. They devide the social classes in Indonesia into three classes. First one, Dutch and European people. Second class, far eastern including Chinese, Arabs & Indian. The lowest is the indigenous people. The effects of this division still exist until today. Many Indonesian still feel inferior towards white people. There's also bad sentiment against Chinese descent. Arab descent is OK since they have privilege of the same religion with majority of Indonesian, Islam. Ironically, their descendants try to teach us about human right.
That's called paradoxically logic.
So sad.
Betul, hingga saat ini golongan yg di kelas dua masih tetap merasa derajatnya lebih tinggi dari penduduk keturunan ras melayu. Sebagai contohnya bisa didengarkan disaat mereka sedang berkomunikasi dengan penduduk keturunan ras melayu akan terdengar kata seperti "Loe orang".
In what way it is ironic?
Amazing indigenous people and lands... 💓
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Watching them whip each other with the palm leaves. That was hard to watch. I now have greater respect for where Nutmeg and cloves comes from.
So wonderful to see the 'Silolona' being used in this doco, added a wonderful presence and grace to a fascinating yet challenging story. . .
The presenter is terrific 👍. She is engaging and absolutely fantastic at conveying her information.
Phony!
Thanks, Absolute History, for making me crave nutmeg jam.
What is nutmeg jam?it sounds slamming.
My inner child would be smiling like I’m finally a princess! 😆
These documentaries are amazing! The Spice Trail is now among my favorites of all time. Thank you!
Such a great documentary, with an unexpected turn of events. Kate Humble humbly becomes princess of Banda. Loved it.
I will never look at nutmeg the same again! It’s a spice I will honor using now! Will pleasure and give a prayer before using!
I grow with nutmegs
I love nut meg
the nutmeg
You can see (and hear) the influence from Portugal in the ukulele-music. The three stringed ukulele is called a cuk.
Yes it is. That music is called Keroncong. Indonesian language is also one of the influence of Portugal.
@@boringbreaker any chance you know what the last song is called? Starts at 56:46.
fun fact: 'cuk' in javanese means fuck
@@boringbreaker Keroncong is Javanese. Are you sure that's Keroncong? It's their ethnic music. Don't try to mix it up.
people in 16th century : go to southeast asia for cloves and nutmeg 🧐
people in 21st century : go to southeast asia for youtube engagement and nasi goreng 😂
That's amazing video. I am Indonesian so proud that the history of the spice route in Indonesia is documented.
Banda is lovely isn't it?🥰 i'm from Banda island, born and grown up there. Favorite part in my childhood is picnic. Picnic for us means going to other island (kinda isolate or no people living) with friends or neighbor and bring many food. I really like the fish barbeque. I usually drop it in sea when its so hot and enjoy it while in water. What lovely memories.
As for information, here in Banda "everybody's know everybody's". Maybe this is perfect slogan to describe Banda. I also recognize some faces in this video.✌️😉
I enjoy this video, it's really informative.
Warm regards from Banda Neira🥰
but your name indicates your ancestor is from java
Hahaha no.. i am originally made from Banda✌️ maybe you see my family name "Candyono". Sounds Javanesse right?😄 My father convert it before from "Tjiang" or in Chinese 張. Because some regulation at that time.
Also what I know that my grany from father side was there for so long, before indonesia got it's independence even. They are chinese descent. Maybe you could say Indonesia-Chinese.
We are diversity, many descents living there. Arab, Java, also some mix with Dutch or Portuguese. We born there, we are Banda people🥰
Or maybe when you are in Banda you can ask some locals there. They know our family, we know them as well😉
*_Jangan Melupakan Sejarah, dari sejarah kita bisa belajar..._*
Maybe that 30 percent tax is part of the reason 150 trees doesn’t come out to enough to support a family. Sounds like Somebody’s robbing somebody
every country have their own tax policy. taxing industries is not robery.
and tax policy for residential, commercial, and industrial thing are different. usually the industrial tax is the highest. and also dont forget about the luxury tax.
but yeah i agree about that 30 percent tax. the government should make it lower. Like 20% maybe.
Just to resume all. Corruption is king in South Asia.
@@DBT1007 it is theft after a certain point
he who controls the spice controls the universe
Spice must flow.
Whoever controls the spice controls Dune.
That should be Indonesia, Indonesia have all the spices !
amazing history as told in the English point of view. it's nice to see or hear the other side of the coin before being judgemental. if we can speak Portuguese, Dutch, Spanish, or French, and watch their version of this same story, we might learn about British brutalities as well.
Agreed. The presenter being British presented an extremely biased report making it appear as if the Brits were such good guys. The British were always on the heels of the dutch looking for their piece of the pie (S.Africa). The British were equally if not worse brutalists!
I enjoyed the people on the islands more then the history. What wonderful communities. I also enjoy the commentors of this video!
Now, nutmeg and clove are spread all over Indonesian island. I am the farmer in Sulawesi island who plant nuteg and clove
The community there is so nice and welcoming 🥺🥺
Really with all my heart l love ket humble. From Zimbabwe
Are you real from zimbabwe?
Is there not a corner of the world where greed has not caused death and destruction to the hard-working native peoples? I had never heard the horrifying story behind the nutmeg trade. Why do these people need to ask for control over their own lands back? Haven’t they paid in enough blood yet?
Before European colonization our land,, we are Indonesian from kingdom Medang, Sriwijaya, Majapahit and many more in ( 900 - 1500 ), have trade with people from Banda island for ther spice, not to rule the island,,!! ruclips.net/video/O5P-t_o9M3Y/видео.html
Fantastic work I did learned a lot. Using does spices for years but never expected that kind of history and work behind it. That changed a lot about my few off spices. Thank you so much.
Amazing the people remember their history for hundreds of years.
I gotta say, her disdain for the dutch atrocities may very well be justified, but her trying to portray the english as some kind of plucky heroes occupying the moral high ground is laughable.
It really is remarkable how the Swamp-Germans managed to inflict so much suffering with such a small plot of land. If it wasn't for the Belgians, they certainly would have won the European prize for the most grotesque and awful of the colonizers.
Well the Belgians might surpass that after an estimated 10 million native Congolese died during Congo Free State (1885-1908).
It's hard to imagine how anyone could do that. What psychopaths they were.
@@dshe8637 We're still seeing it today. Look at the way non-human animals are treated. Because they are different from us, we tend to assume they do not think or feel on the same level we do. It is our own failure to understand that they do indeed think and feel similarly to us.
Back then, people often regarded different people the same way. And there is strong incentive to suppress empathy, when the party in question has something you want. In each of these cases, and often with non-human animals, people employ cruelty in their pursuit of what the other party has.
We are not so different from those cruel and insensitive people back then. We very slowly shift toward the realization that we too are being incredibly cruel. And frankly, there is more cruelty now than there was back then. Factory farming and industrial fishing operations do more cruel deeds than the entirety of human history before us.
Swamp Germans😂
Kate Humble, your presentations are beautifully done ...... As beautiful as you are. Well Done 👍👍
I planted 400 fruit trees today, but apples and plums…
I have planted maybe 25,000 fruit and nut trees this year sometimes I just throw the seeds in areas that I know are protected by I could easily say I did that with around 15,000 cherries. Most of it has been put in pots for sales in the future , so they can expand. Sometimes I grow for the farm that I am developing this nursery at the same time as a plant and wildlife refuges. Everybody expects nature to grow all of us everywhere and she can and just supply the seeds or the cutting work for each one of us to get some branches of your favorite tree, and just stick them in the ground
This is such a great documentary…
The Dutch had occupied Indonesia for 350 years. During its colony, The Dutch not only took nutmeg and clove but also many resources like tobacco, rice, sugar and Indonesian farmers were forced to plant those plants. Many farmers died on The Dutch cruelty at that time. Plenty of Indonesian hero died in resisting from The Dutch colonialist
also Coffee… hence the birth of Luwak Coffee.
@@vivitow873 yes also the coffee. Did you know that where’s the programming language called JAVA came from? Back in the day, the dutch plants coffee in java island, and these plantation program called ‘koffie-stelsel’, brought it to the europe, and at that time, java coffee became famous across the european, beat the middle east coffee. It’s all started from slavery and colonialism.
Lovely documentary. I'm so glad to see all those joyous little faces.
Any Townsends fans here?
Me. From Costa Rica. I know the Nutmeg Tabern. :)
@@mariadewey4369 Mumbai, India :)
Yes sir haha
Hello from Texas.
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very nice and interesting, informative and honest presentation . . . we need more of such history . . . thank you . . .
In a mountains village of munduk Bali, indonesia there are still a lot of historic old Dutch houses,with the local live in them.Some are still look good as new 🏠
Omg I love that first nutmeg guy! He's awsome 😀
Fascinating. Greetings from San José, Costa Rica. 💚🇨🇷
Indonesia, my second home country.
Nice report about the spices that introduced the Western world to the resilient and gifted people of Maluku.
Did anybody notice the similarity between the second Island and Te Fiti from "Moana" ?. I literally see Te Fiti laying right there lol
Yeah, since The Moluccans, as also The Indonesians are part of the Austronesians, brothers and sisters of Moana's, the sea people, the island people, or also the shepherds of volcanoes.
I was very lucky to visit the island of Banda
I feel very dumb right now. I just realized the source of the name of my BANDA brand spices. I had no idea it was an actual place and so old.
I have never seen Banda spices. I've seen Badia spices all over the place. I think they're headquartered in Miami, FL.
Excellent documentary!
he who controls the spice, controls the universe
Wonderful documentary. I learned so much about Indonesia history. Yes acknowledging history of colonialism is the right step as well. However one shouldn't be held in the past, since what is done is over. The next step is in the future to lift poverty. We Vietnamese were subject of colonialism as well, but we hold no resentment. It does nothing but killing us inside if we hold on to angers, instead we look at what they can do to us now. That's why we are striving.
so you guys don't hate the French? xD
@@wewenang5167 no, this was the past. Holding on to hatred serves no purpose .he's right
@@wewenang5167 Hating solves nothing. Beside, it's bad for the heart and mind. It's toxic energy, above all.
Quite the cutter that ship is. Black sails are beautiful. Excellent documentary. Smells good too.
Nutmeg and clove from Moluccas the spice's island
Portuguesse, dutch,spain, etc they come to eastern for looking for nutmeg and clove from Moluccas
I am a Moluccan
What island? Ambon, Haruku, Saparua, Nusa Laut, Ceram, Buru,
very great hospitality
This is another one of those things that makes me wonder who was the guy who decided to try eating these fruits & after spitting it out decided to keep trying to find a way to use it. It's a thing that I think about sometimes (the who & why). Someone had to be the badges or was so hungry that they were willing to take the risk of eating an unknown thing.
For me, it's the first guy who think we can harvest animal milk. What was the thing in his mind when decided to grab those cow's boobies. 😲😄
highly likely find it by trying to preserve it. since it's so humid down here all food are at risk of being rancid quickly. we tried to preserve everything. mostly by drying it in the sun. that's probably how we found out the nutmeg is delicious haha
I think they were a woman. But I don't think it was as genius as you suggest. People used to eat any edible plant they could find. Hunger is a strong motivation.
@K. H. I know that people have eaten any edible plant. I was thinking of unknown if it was edible plants and being the first to try it. Then trying to find a way to use it to make it more palatable
Then search for beef rawon soup in Indonesia which is also using another spice called kluwek and it is poisonous. The only way to neutralize the poison is by washing, boiling, drying and leave it for 40 days.
Sometimes when I eat rawon, I wonder about the one who tried kluwek on its 39th day and still died from it. That guy is the hero without emblems so people could eat beef rawon soup.
Considering so many households, restaurants, food caterers cooking rawon every single day, we still don't hear in the news that people died from kluwek poison, it tells me that people who harvest and prepare the kluwek, they still respect the food and don't try to cut corners.
Good job Kate Humble...! 👍👍👍
Fantastic series, Kate is an english treasure 😃
Clove = Cengkeh
Nutmeg = Pala
Spices = Rempah rempah.
Archipelago of Spices..... Indonesia
the spice must flow
I'll take my self out now
I love learning new things outside of politics or how to flip homes. All of her work is exquisite but one recurring theme is once the Europeans arrive horrific terror will follow. Yesterday I did research on the history of Hawaii and the indigenous people, the day before I learned that all Tazmanians were executed, today I wanted to learn about my favorite spices like Pepper and Nutmeg and again these lands are normal and idolic until the European steps foot. Is it in the Europeans DNA to be "Menace to Society? What is Europe's cash crop? Why did God allow Europeans to have such militant might and everyone else from Asians, Hawaiians, Native Americans, people from India to the lowest on the pole, that being Africans specifically those enslaved to be so humane, simple, forgiving, and most critically easily conquered?
you're right
Such a sad time in history for the Banda people.💔
Memorized by rote again and again until every single Spanish, dutch, english man etc, their position, times of things, places, big things they for this spices & power is one of the thing that motivated me the most in junior high school (I always got high score in social politics class for this subject)
Ah...cloves. My favorite spice, they smell so good! Try adding a whole clove to a can of Coca-Cola! Pure bliss!
Nice documentary..so good quality filming. touching humanity
I enjoy this show. Seen three of them. Spices are interesting, and the history of spice trading is interesting, though sometimes depressing to hear of the worst excesses of the colonialists and traders. But that's history for you. The hard work that's still done to harvest and process spices makes my job look easy. I used to smoke djarum clove cigs in my youth. I can virtually taste them in my mouth watching this
A fantastic series on spices.
I am from Greece for the first time I am hearing this story I have heard a lot about the colonialists but he was like Count Dracula for the islanders Well done and always he should be in your memory and never forget this massacre this genocide you made me hate the dutch one of the smallest countries in europe committed the biggest crimes in your place.. if i lived in that era i would like to be me where i would get him out of the way