he's not a genius, obviously calling a nation weirdos. Argentines are the nation of weirdos not yu who kept your heritage but argentines who pretend they have no indigenous blood bc they commited a genocide to kill their indeigenous and paid europeans to settle the argentines are weirdos.
Lol, I was shocked when he said that. All my life I thought Paraguayans were a Spanish-speaking people's. Then as I continued to listen, it became clear what he meant. Thanks for clarifying it anyway! Greetings from USA via 🇲🇽
They are ignorant and choose to speak without knowing the truth...They can try denying the truth and what is obvious...but they can't...Ethnically, culturally, and socially, Paraguay has one of the most homogeneous populations in South America. About 95% of the people are mestizo (mixed Spanish and Guaraní Native American descent). Little trace is left of the original Guaraní culture except the language, which is spoken by 90% of the population.
*I got here because I want to know why I'm the weirdest latino Tambien somos los más buena onda. El paraguayito ivaleterei. Todos los extranjeros que vienen aca se enamoran de nuestro país...y de nuestras mujeres.
@@araara953 CONFIRMO jakska todo bola que somos el país más buena onda, si son re selectivos con el tipo de persona que van a tratar bien y la mayoría tiene prejuicios (no todos obvio)
Visited Paraguay a few years ago... beautiful and diverse scenery, friendly (quite shy) people, fascinating history, lovely chilled out atmosphere, and no tourists taking selfies everywhere. Such a great country would love to revisit one day.
Half Paraguayan here, it’s fascinating how now many people are “finding out” about Paraguay, and I just wanted to say that I really appreciate how well expressed and on point this is. Well done, and thank you
Pasado pisado hermanos, pero cabe destacar el error en el vídeo, de que Brasil quería quedarse con Asunción, y gracias a los Uruguayos, que desistieron de ello, honrando el tratado al que se había llegado, no se hizo.
A very enjoyable and informative video, thank you. I spent three weeks there about five years ago working as a volunteer and I stayed with a local family who were most hospitable. It's one of those few countries I have been to with no discernible tourism, which particularly attracted me. Apart from Asuncion, I also visited Encarnacion (and the Jesuit 'reducciones') and Cuidad del Este on way to Iguazu Falls in Brazil. If you have a mind to extend this video, I would also include the following: the Chaco War against Bolivia, which Paraguay won; their heavenly harp music, the most joyful in the world.
Paraguay is a great country. One of my paraguayian classmate teached me the word "TROLASO". I guess this is a commonly used word. Viva Paraguay! Respect from Turkey
I see so many people in the comments getting confused by the language here in Paraguay. I'll make it easy for u guys to understand haha we do speak spanish, but also guaraní, some people are more fluent in one than the other. Anyway, in a daily basis we mix the languages speaking something called "jopara" which actually means "mixture" so between ourselves we would speak jopara most of the times. Elder people and people in the countryside are usually more into speaking full guaraní than the youngest/city people. If u are a foreigner from a spanish speaking country, we will talk to u in spanish so don't worry about not understanding Paraguayans because the people who cannot speak spanish are just a few.
Hispanic is an USA made word around the 1960s People of latin American always called them selves simply Americans or Latin Americans. Till this day most Latin Americans have never heard or used the word Hispanic.
It was made in the US for government surveys and stuff because on those forms they let you put your race down. Many from central and south americas would put down White as their race so the government had to come up with the term Hispanic because Latin isn't a race same with the term Latino. Thats why you see on government forms White/Non-Hispanic and Hispanic in seperate areas.
Yeah. I shake my head when i hear other Latinos call themselves or refer to themselves as hispanics. nixon administration came up with that term. Fuck nixon 😠
@K1TheOne1 It’s kinda nice to hear that for me. My father is from Venezuela, and I’m let’s just say “pale” So for a long time I would put down “White” until basically I asked someone about the “Hispanic/Latino” portion of my W2 and they were like “yes, you fit that” I was like, “Oh… I learned something about myself today”
Yeah! We are weirdos and I love it! Another fact is that we speak both languages perfectly (guarani and Spanish) but normally you would hear the “jopará” which is a mix of Spanish and guarani. Nambre luego anga piko katu ra’e, que pio lo que tanto. Soy paraguayo y qué 🥳🇵🇾
Asunción: the mother of all cities, as we say in South America. It was already a thriving urban center before there was even a Brazil to speak of. For some point in history up to the 18th century, it seemed that Asunción would be the natural hub and political center of a polity extending from Santa Catarina to the Cuyo.
Informative and largely accurate video... I lived in Paraguay for four years and have much love for the place and culture. Some important chapters missed in this video: the war with Bolivia over the Chaco region, more details about Stroessner's dictatorship, and it's global strategic importance being on top of th acuífero Guarani--the largest source of subterranian fresh wáter in the hemisphere (possibly the world?)
As a Paraguayan I confirm that foreigners are welcome, we are peaceful, we live in communities called towns and cities, we do not practice cannibalism. We have learned agriculture, hunting and fishing so we can find enough food. We also divide the year into 12 periods of approximately 30 days and these in turn into 4 periods of 7 days that we call weeks. In the intervals of these weeks you can go out to socialize and celebrate our gods of life and fertility
You forget to tell WHY the Guarani is still spoken in Paraguay. The reason was the Jesuitic education who just use the Guarani language, the same happens in Brazil until ~1750 when Brazilians (even the whites) speak the indigenous languages knows as Nheengatu Or Língua Geral Paulista (General Language from São Paulo), but when the Jesuits was expulsed from Portugal empire (Brazil) also was forbidden to still speaking this language. Nheengatu is the same family language of Guarani but has a small difference, but both are mutually intelligible.
You know, there is a lot of bad talk concerning Jesuits and Inquisition, but when you dig deeper into their history, it turns out they weren't that bad actually.
You are right. A language similar to Guaraní was spoken by the general population in Brazil. I've read that the Marques de Pombal decreed that Portuguese were the only language to be spoken, used and taught in Brazil.
The Bandeirantes (or Paulists) actually help to spread the Nheengatu language, that is true they invade the Jesuitic reduction to make them slaves but the Paulists speak the Nheengatu language they self and make some other indigenous tribes start to speak Nheengatu (as the native of Jê family, who isn't the same language family group of Tupi-Guarani). In fact, nowadays the tribes who are able to speak Nheengatu are most in Amazonia even this language is originitade from Tupinamba of Rio de Janeiro way of speak (who was written down by Anchieta and spread by Paulists Bandeirantes.)
A lot had to do with the arrival in Brazil of the Portuguese royal family in 1808. Pedro I made Portuguese the only official language and squashed the usage of Tupi-Guaraní.
I think you should have called them the most unique Latinos instead of the weirdest. It seems to me that you were talking about what made them different and being different doesn't necessarily make you weird.
Cursing in guaraní is as strong as doing it in german, sounds so rough. But you can say the most beautiful things too, it's a very emotional and expressive language.
I wish i could speak guarani fluently. I only know bits and pieces that i used a lot in my everyday speech but i could not, for the love of me, say a whole sentence in guarani. Also, cursing in guarani is an art
yup!! Only reason I speak bits of Guarani also ( jopara ) is because my parents always spoke it to me back home in Jersey! Its hard as hell to speak it really fluently! not many people can do it...Props to you for knowing some!
Half Korean & Half Paraguayan here! I'm so surprised that someone actually makes videos about paraguay, I feel like Paraguayans are one of the forgotten Latinos haha, I don't know any other paraguayans except for my mom and her family, since my mom is Paraguayan. Most Latinos I have met are Mexicans. Edit: thanks for uploading this video, this really means a lot to me.
Acho incrível como o Paraguai é cosmopolita. O brasileiro se acha o mais cosmopolita do mundo, mas desde que eu comecei a estudar o Paraguai ficou evidente que, proporcionalmente, o Paraguai é MUITO mais cosmopolita. Principalmente se tratando de um país tão pequeno. Se vê todo tipo de gente, dos lugares mais variados do mundo, por lá. É realmente incrível
We had a paraguyan exchange student in Germany once. His name was Axel, he came from a village where everybody spoke German and was more German than anyone of us. He even had this traditional thick accent which was amazing to listen to. Come to think of it, Every paraguyan I've ever met spoke fluent German.
Im also from a german colony here in paraguay, do u remember how the colony was called? Mine is called "Hohenau", it was founded by germans back im the 19 century, also im from german family and speak fluent german.
Argentina and Brazil received bunches of germanies and italians in the XIX century, there are some cities in the south brazil wich the official language is Germany, same could have happened to Paraguay but I don't know too much
Love Paraguay. I have been living there for over fifteen years (on and off); well I have to my wife is Paraguayan 8-). And if you don't want to get stopped by the traffic police, don't drive an expensive car. The strangest thing about Paraguayans is that they eat their empanadas in a bread roll! And the best thing is caña, fried mandioca and pajagua mascada! Oh, and cocido - love the drink. I have ten kilos of Yerba Pajarito to make it.
As a paraguayan myself, I thank you for getting this out there. I think 95% or so of this is actually correct. For people reading this and interested to know, Paraguay is a beautiful country filled with mostly loving, nice and friendly people, but has the highest rate of curruption in America for a country that's not ruled by dictatorship. That makes this a country really full of injustice, social inequality and class struggles. I personally am proud of our history and ashamed of our present.
I'm paraguayan too and I live in Brazil, and I would say here is unbelievable corrupt as well. In my opinion this is a problem of south american countries in general. But then I have to remember my times in Europe and Ukraine and other eastern european countries are the same level of corruption. The problem is power and human beings.
The Republic of Paraguay is a mostly bilingual country, where both Spanish, an Indo-European language in the Romance branch, and Guaraní, an indigenous language of the Tupian family, have official status.[1]
If you had to guess how much of your DNA is european vs guarani? 50/50? You ever take DNA test? My grandfather migrated to Uruguay from Yugoslavia in 70s and a Uruguay is 95% European DNA
Paraguay is the only country where the traffic police stops you in 3 different languages saying the most horrific sentence you can hear "ndoikoi la nde luz de stop" using the three lenguages just to say your stop light doesn't work jajaja
Oh what a coincidence! I have also only met one single Paraguayan, he had blue eyes, brown hair and a German last name starting on H letter. He felt a bit familiar tho
My girlfriend is from Paraguay. She speaks 4 languages: Guaraní, Spanish, Portuguese, and English. German and Italian are also spoken in her family. She’s mostly indigenous, African and European. She is the kindest woman I’ve ever been with.
Man, you born in Paraguay and you practically are speaking four languages: Spanish and Guarani obviously, but also portuguese because all the brazilians and an advanced english is teached in schools. Also somewhy there's a lot of germans.
@@dexterspeights3484bruh... most people around the world speak more than one language, here in the US we are culturally and linguistically illiterate over our Anglo Saxon exceptionalism.
Good video, but you choose the poorest images of Paraguay. Asunción is a beautiful city with a good skyline . The chaco has beautiful and unique landscapes . Encarnacion, misiones, etc.
claudio guanes doldan I mean the states are quite nicer in comparison obviously and paraguay is very poor but many of the pictures chosen weren’t nice or representative of the country
@@julianlopez1534 I'm not comparing obviously the states is a much more developed country but trust me I lived many years there and there are ugly places to but of course they don't show that in their movies! But if it's Mexico or South America they always show slums and poor places as if that's all that there is...
"Muero por mi patria" is not "I die with my nation" in that case would be "muero *con* mi patria" the correct translate would be "I die for my nation" but still a great video, amazing job! Greetings from someone in this unknown and mysterious land!!
According to what I studied in History of Paraguay, it is correct to say "I die with my country", since López believed that when he died, the country also suffered
@@juanmanuelayalabenitez4852 Yes it makes sense but is wrong translated because "con" means "with" and "por" means "for" So "Muero por mi Patria" means what i say if not it would be "Muero con mi Patria" Greettings!!
@@enmanuelgrau3887 "pues no se sabe si dijo «¡Muero por mi patria!» o «¡Muero con mi patria!» . Se cree sin embargo que dijo esto último, sabiendo que el país estaba destrozado y a completa merced de los aliados, propenso a desaparecer." Wikipedia
it means i die because of (in the cause of) my country (partriatism) . por in spanish is more like , representation, in exchange for, by, .... por and para meaning for is a difficult concept to understand by english speakers. you pretty much just have to understand the language to understand this statement..
I visited Paraguay once and I found that this country is not only beautiful, it has also great and friendly people. If you have a chance to go there, don't think twice, is a wonderful place. 🇵🇾
I am a Latino. I do not consider the Paraguayos to be weird. I think they're interesting. I think they're different in certain ways. But, I don't think they're weird. For me, Paraguay has the distinction of having produced one of the greatest composers Latin America has ever had. His name was Agustín Pío Barrios Mangoré.
philomelodia I think “weird” in this use isn’t an insult. I also see it as a marketing tool - potential viewers are more likely to click on weird than interesting or unique.
Mangoré is a marvellous, world-class composer. I can hear some of his beautiful compositions right now, in the complete silence of my study. He is a gem still to be discovered by many.
Hi, dyed-in-the-wool Paraguayan from Asunción here. Thanks for your video. Some random trivia: After Guarani and Spanish, the third most spoken language here is German. In Asunción there is a high degree of street with names of Russian people. That is because a lot of White Russian officers fought (gallantly and bravely, I might add) for Paraguay and became war heroes. We have perhaps the world´s best cattle beef. We are a subtropical country but our cuisine has the calories for perhaps working in Norway or Finland during the winter. Yes, they are caloric bombs... Come visit us!
They can speak it just fine, though "proper" Spanish tends to mostly be used in more formal settings or when talking to non-Paraguayans. The reputation for speaking it poorly comes from other Latin Americans hearing them talk when speaking among themselves (more casual Spanish tends to have a lot of Guarani mixed in and vice versa)
@@BroadwayRonMexico bold to asume that other latin americans speak the proper version of spanish, none other country speaks spanish properly anymore, not even Spain, that´s because of globalization. And in Paraguay we do have a spanish linguistic class on how to speak-write it properly.
@@mirthaadrianamezacaballero6989 Nowhere did I say Paraguayans can't speak it properly, so I dont know what you're on about. I was just explaining why Masaman mentioned in the video that Paraguayans have a reputation with other Spanish speakers for "speaking two languages poorly". Some hear Paraguayans speaking Jopara, and assume that Paraguayans cant speak standard Spanish
Paraguay is the elephant in the room. No one wants talk about Paraguay. I’m traveling to Paraguay next month. I always wanted to travel to this unknown country.
thenobletariq i would bet that it is the most unknown (in the USA at least) country in (spicy) Latino America. Well Paraguay and those two loser countries in the north/northeast of the continent (Suriname & Guyana).
He man, you should definitely come. Theirs tons of cool things to see here. Lots of nature tourism and Asuncion is a very fun city to be in. Also everything is pretty inexpensive.
Mk a mi siempre me ha fascinado y encantado tu país. Aunque nunca lo he visitado, solo lo conozco a través de libros y vídeos. Espero algún día poder hacerlo. Un saludo desde Colombia❗
Interesting fact: during the war in Paraguay, the Colombian government decreed that if Paraguay disappeared as a nation, every Paraguayan citizen would automatically become a Colombian citizen. The decree reads as follows: "Si por efecto de la guerra, el Paraguay desapareciera como Nación, ningún paraguayo será paria en América; con solo pisar tierra colombiana, en caso de producirse, gozará en forma automática de los privilegios, facultades prerrogativas y derechos colombianos, es decir que de perder la nacionalidad paraguaya serán automáticamente colombianos". Translation: "If, as a result of the war, Paraguay disappeared as a Nation, no Paraguayan will be pariah in America, just by stepping on Colombian soil, if it occurs, they will automatically enjoy the privileges and rights of Colombians, that is, if they lose Paraguayan nationality they will automatically be Colombian ".
And as a Paraguayan, I'm still grateful about that noble gesture from Colombia. We paraguayans even consider the colombians our only true brothers in South America. Fact.
I am a Bangladeshi. But I am living in Paraguay very happily and harmoniously for last 8 years. Here people are very good and friendly. Here people speak Spanish and Portuguese when they meet others. They speak guarani when they communicate paraguayan.
I've been to almost all of the Spanish-speaking countries now (even lived in Equatorial Guinea for a few years) and I have to say that Paraguayan Spanish is my favorite. I love the accent and how it sounds when spoken. What I love most about Paraguay is that it refuses to change for anyone and retains its unique culture.
That culture is also Spanish whether they want to accept it or deny it...and here is why? Ethnically, culturally, and socially, Paraguay has one of the most homogeneous populations in South America. About 95% of the people are mestizo (mixed Spanish and Guaraní Native American descent). Little trace is left of the original Guaraní culture except the language, which is spoken by 90% of the population.They are probably denying their Spanish side because of the black legend...But they are very much of Spanish descend...as much as of Guarani ....
Meanwhile my great-great-grandparents came here from Italy just after the war with their 12 children lmao. Although my family couldn't escape war, as the husband of one of those 12 children, my great-grandmother, got to fight in the chaco war, but luckily he survived it even tho he got injured by a grenade.
Sad to see you did not mention that Paraguay was the only country without analphabetism in South America or that it was the first one to have trains, telegraphs or shipyards in the southern hemisphere of the continent. Main reason why Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay grouped up to stop its rapid development. It would be also relevant to end the video saying its the highest growing economy, with the most stable national coin amongst its surrounding countries. Paraguay has indeed suffered a lot throughout its history, nevertheless its people have always held its culture and customs, and will never stop thriving.
I was about to comment something like this. Here in Argentina we study how that war was sponsored by england and performed by the triple aliance which was of brasil with a lot of slavery, uruguay with it's president overthrown and argentina goberned by the reural aristocracy of buenos aires. It's really sad that none of this is mentioned on the video.
Keeping their native language shows resistance to assimilate to the language of their colonizers and that is something that needs admiration instead of calling it weird. That showed that they rather die instead of being on their knees agreeing to let their native language disappear. That is not weird, that is BRAVERY. Paraguay should be called The Land of the Brave and this video should have been titled: Paraguayans, the Bravest Country in the Americas.
@@factsoverfeelings1395 Have you ever heard of the war of the triple alliance? The Paraguayans were a bunch of suicidals who even forced kids to go to the front. You guys are nuts.
I'm still struggling to picture a world where 90% of men are gone. That's basically 45% of the entire population destroyed in one war. 1000 LIKES THANK YOU SO MUCH!
It's because Uruguay Brazil and Argentina allied together and made a massacre. Some Argentinians nowadays meme around about their ''military triumph'', shameful as that crap nation they have.
As there were so few men after the war there was a massive amount of women compared to men so they could be complete arses and still have women falling at their feet. Even today it is one of the most machista countries around.
the confusion comes that the total casualtes were estimated to be 50% of THE TOTAL population (men, women, adults, children), while 90% of the FIGHTING FORCE and that estimation comes from the 1870s census, which they compared to an unofficial guess done in 1850s. the remaining population was 300k people, and the guess was roughly 600k, therefore "half was lost"
@@inakijesus17 "higly accurate" no dice es todo perfecto obvio que tiene unos que otros datos que omitio y otros que capaz no esté correcto. Lee entrelineas, saludos
They speak Guarany, an indigenous language. I wish I could learn it! THere's a band in my town that writes songs in Tupy Guarany! They're a Folk Metal band called Arandu Arakuaa
The Republic of Paraguay is a mostly bilingual country, where both Spanish, an Indo-European language in the Romance branch, and Guaraní, an indigenous language of the Tupian family, have official status.[1]
They also speak Spanish and about 95% of the people are mestizo (mixed Spanish and Guaraní Native American descent). Little trace is left of the original Guaraní culture except the language, which is spoken by 90% of the population.
@@julirodas9761 they do, schools are required at least 2h of guarani a week, but 2h a week for 12 years is not enough to be fluent, specially if they dont even want to learn
As an Irishman living in Paraguay, I am surprised you did not mention the part of Madam Lynch, the Irish woman that stood with López to the very last, burying him and Juan Francisco one of her 6 children by him, with her bare hands. She was exiled and died in Paris in 1886, but one hundred years later her body was exhumed and brought back to Paraguay where the dictator General Alfredo Stroessner proclaimed her a national heroine. Her remains are now located in the national cemetery "Cementerio de la Recoleta"
These historical tidbits are so incredibly fascinating. Would love to visit Paraguay someday. Knew a beautiful paraguayan girl in university. A couple actually.
I agree with John Anthony. I have visited the site. Also a main avenue in Asuncion is named Madam Lynch. I am a Paraguayan who lives in the US; I hope to retire in Asuncion; I just love the place,
No, no la conocen tan bién y si la conocen la niegan.. Esta es la verdad y lo he conseguido en la computadora...Paraguay es el 95% mestiza...the españoles y guaranis...y no queda casi rastro de los Guaranis originales...Solo queda el idioma...Y otra cosa que o no saben o no quieren aceptar es que los españoles son blancos y existen muchísimos de ojos azules, y verdes y de pelo rubio...Hay que ir a España y verlo con tus propios ojos.... Ethnically, culturally, and socially, Paraguay has one of the most homogeneous populations in South America. About 95% of the people are mestizo (mixed Spanish and Guaraní Native American descent). Little trace is left of the original Guaraní culture except the language, which is spoken by 90% of the population.
Paraguay has a border with three countries, Argentina, Brazil and Bolivia. In the war of the triple alliance we were attacked by Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay and after 62 years we were attacked by Bolivia, that is, all our neighbors tried to exterminate us... and we are still alive and kicking
Trying to sum up thoughts and feelings over the Paraguayan Nation is very complicated. I can only write comments after being married to a Paraguayan Lady, celebrating 10yrs of marriage today. She is pure fire and ice, black and white, Heaven and Hell, ying and Young, the most ferocious lioness, attentive kitten, the most amazing wife and mother. I thought Asunción was disorganized, a corrupt city which had offered no hint of its real culture. Sadly, I was happiest leaving Asunción behind, but it is a great place to start, EVERYTHING GETS BETTER!! The moment you leave the capital city, embarking on a journey through Paraguay's Many towns and villages, you find that the people are HOMELY (I hope you can understand what I'm trying to say), and really the most respectful people I have met in my life. I was amazed, truly amazed!! how different I felt about Paraguay and its people, just a few short hours later. I will honestly say that Paraguay and the Paraguayan people are different in a truly fantastic way. I REALLY WANT and HOPE!! one day SOON, they find DIRECTION FROM LEADERSHIP, who can help its people to build, structure its capital city to be a true reflection of his people, that is a far cry from what it currently offers.
@Dory & Co This is so true. People in Py are wonderful, calm, homely. Really genuine people, in my opinion, even in Asuncion. A traveller who speaks some spanish will be highly rewarded if he/she is curious about people and cultures. Having said that....living here, well, might be a real challenge if you don't have an open mind and complain about services, infrastractures, puntuality, lack of cultural events etc.
I respect the Paraguayans, they are a landlocked country that doesn't who went to war with their 3 neighbors (Brazil, Argentina, and Uruguay) who put up a good fight and were even winning in the beginning, what I'm trying to say is, those guys have cojones
Paraguay did not attack Bolivia. The Bolivians were the first to attack the small Paraguayan forts in the northern Chaco. Bolivia invaded since they needed to get an outlet to the ocean. Over 50 years before the Chaco war (Paraguay vs. Bolivia) Bolivia lost there coast on the Pacific ocean to Chile. So they were looking for an outlet via the South Atlantic via the Paraguay river. The Chaco region was claimed by both nations but Paraguay had a better claim and connection to the Chaco then the Bolivians who mainly lived in the Andes. Many losses in that war on both sides. The hot and dry region of the Chaco did not help. Then it would flood during the rainy season. Paraguay had help from Argentina via supplies. Paraguayan also had there river warships to transport troops via the Paraguay river near to the fighting. After the war ended at least Paraguay allowed Bolivia a small corridor to the Paraguay river. Chile did not allow Bolivia any direct access to the Pacific ocean.
There was winning in the beginning?? You mean when they advanced into the border territory taking over villages and the defender army was not even there yet? It was rly a strategy marvel by paraguay..
*Me: *Is 100% Paraguayan** *Also Me: *Doesn't Know How To Speak Guarani** Gente Porfavor Dejen De Pelear En Los Comentarios, Esto Simplemente Fue Un Chiste, No Porque Alguien No Sepa Hablar Guarani "Deje" O "Pierda" Su Indentidad, A Mi Me Encanta Mi Pais Y Amo A Paraguay, No Entiendo Porque Todos Nosotros Nos Estemos Discutiendo En Los Comentarios, No Podemos Pio Estar En Paz?
2 languages wow, smart people! I remember when my tías visited Paraguay some years ago. They loved Paraguay and Paraguayans and Paraguayans loved the two Argentinian ladies. It is a shame that those in high power get so easily corrupted.
As a Brazilian I love Paraguay and it’s one of the most important south american countries for us since it’s where we get our iPhones and other eletronics for cheap 🇧🇷🇵🇾
Paraguay military claim is "Vencer o morir" "Triumph or die" During the war against the triple Alliance, the battle of "Acosta Ñu" were fought by children dressed as adults against Brazilian soldiers because even though the commander said to them that they didn't have to fight, the little kids were willing to risk their lives for our country. In the end, they lost and were burned alongside their mothers in the field. That's why in Paraguay August 16th is "the national children's day" honoring all those who died. Also, we're known as the COUNTRY OF PEACE because despite winning the "Chaco war" we decided to give up some territory to mantain a good relationship with Bolivia. And finally, we had the only one American independence without bloodshed. We obtained our freedom in two days without having to fight so for those reasons we're a country that advocates for peace
Anyways Bolivia remains saying Paraguay robbed their territory and teach their children history episodes and geography that made Paraguay a little country and Bolivia near the Paraguayan river hilarious, just as Americans teach their children US is the biggest country in the world
Paraguay is the country in South America/Latin America with the greatest connection with Brazil, not even Uruguay (which was part of Brazil) or Argentina has such close relations.
Uhg yes but all the paraguayans I've meet (Im paraguayan tho) don't like brazilians, we really really really don't like the president of Brazil or neither their people, but were I live (Ciudad del Este / The Eastern city ¿¿) is the border with Brazil and we all talk portuguese cause all the good works are selling things to the brazilians, so we have to be nice to them so they buy stuff BUT WE DON'T LIKE THEM AAAAHHHH
@@bbqsauce875 really? It was me? I do not support this government, by the way, I am veggie, I am who fight against that in my country! Do not hate every Brazilian because of some.
Cause we DO speak spanish, tho we prefer to speak in guarani with our friends and family cuz it hears funny JAJAJAJA tho we use spanish in some schools, politics and international relationships
Paraguay is one of the few countries in Latin America that adopts the native language - Guarani - on the same level as the colonizing language - Spanish. When a (north)american says this is weird, then it should be seen as a source of pride
@@eddiesantos4978 What do you mean by 'pagan languages'? Is it a Brazilian expression? Because, if you say it for religious reasons, you know that Portuguese (as well as Spanish) comes from an incredible pagan society (the Iberian people), right? Greetings from Colombia.
@@bajoespacio Spanish and Portuguese come from latin, from the romans, not th iberian people, though I agree the term pagan languages makes no sense, the old testament was writen in hebrew and aramaic and the new testament in greek, therefore all other languages including latin could be named pagan.
I'm brazilian as well and I don't think this is weird. It should be something to be proud of. I wish we spoke our native languages fluently as well as Portuguese.
I've been to Paraguay, more white than Chile or Costa Rica, blonder than most in Spain with the Germano/Paraguayans everywhere, and they all proudly speak Guarani.
That's incorrect. About 6% of Chileans are of German descent. Not to mention Croatians and other European groups which inhabited Chile. There are many blondes in Chile. Redheads too.
@@mathiasbarrios8359 I had thought that he was referring to Solano López, I just asked because I wanted to confirm. Because in my country (Brazil) Solano López is considered a monster, (after all he invaded Brazil). And yes, Brazil has genocided several Paraguayans, something to not be proud of. Even though Solano was a good person or a bad person, the fact is that he invaded us, made a provincial president die in jail after being captured by Paraguayan troops (if I am not mistaken the president was from the province that is now Mato Grosso), soon he was the cause of the war. There are theories that Paraguay was a superpower that threatened England and this was all a plan by England to destroy Paraguay but that is not true. Paraguay had the best army, with more men, but it did not quite threaten the British Empire. Even with the atrocities of the past, what matters today is the harmony between our South American nations and those of all Americas. 🇧🇷🇵🇾🇻🇪🇧🇴🇨🇴🇪🇨🇺🇾🇦🇷🇨🇱🇸🇷 Saludos desde Brasil
@@pparisps5141 Hey what's up, I see your point and that's how your country teaches you the history, after all the "Acuerdo de la Triple Alianza" is quite known and Brazil's and Agentina's intentions, also that the British Empire wanted a place where to import cotton from after the civil war in the US. Also, back then, the propaganda was that Lopez was a savage dictator and we paraguayans needed to be saved. This propaganda even claimed that the three countries would bring us civilization, anyway I guess what I mean is that I would really like to know more about how you see this war and how Brazil teaches its people about it. Here are two videos from Argentina that I really like. ruclips.net/video/-R79OPrOv5w/видео.html ruclips.net/video/lK89bYWclq8/видео.html Saludos desde Fernando de la Mora - Paraguay
Greetings from California as well. Paraguay seems like a pretty dope place. I would love to taste authentic Paraguayan cuisine. I bet their food is bomb.
@@jonathanaldecoa1099 As a Paraguayan I can confirm food is amazing right here, and not like the vid said we do speak Spanish. I reccomend you try some mbeju or empanadas!
I have visited Paraguay at least 15 times and I must say it my favorite country of the 60+ that I have traveled too. I always get a weird look when I tell people this! However my reasons are many! #1 Reason: Not many tourists! #2. The fresh food. #3. Excellent Conversationalists there....
I live in Paraguay. I am born here, speak english fluently and german, my spanish isnt the greatest. My parents are german, I went to a german private school, but everything else here is spanish. What is so amazing here, is that we all work together, many different cultures and languages.
@@anonmon6236 You are not very bright since you cannot realize that English is not her first language, she speaks 5 languages and you? How many languages do you speak?
@@JimskiBeatz some of us still do, but I would say only 2-5% now (at the most). It was a highly hispanicized culture in most of the North and Middle group of islands (Luzon and Visayas), although some tribes kept to the old ways particularly those in the North North highlands and some aborigine and/or pagan tribes and Moros in the South. In a place in the North and South a ethnic minority speak a pidgin Creole Archaic Spanish called "Chavacano" which sounds like you are talking in Ancient Spanish akin to Don Quixote. 🇪🇸 spent a longer time lording over most of the Philippines than any Latin American country. 300-333 years depending on when you want to measure "Spanish rule" as they were not able to colonize some tribes and groups. More like bribed really, as opposed to outright conquest. Then we simply fought amongst ourselves some choosing to be Mercs for the Spaniards (as a people we have a long history of Piracy and Mercenary work, throughout Southeast Asia, kind of like an ancient Blackwater or XE -one only need to ask the ancient Thais "Ayutayah" or Ancient Burmese). Most of us were largely immune to smallpox during the Spanish conquest because as you know smallpox came from Asia. So we were somewhat inoculated to most of their diseases. Hence we kept some of our culture and language. Not to mention some tribes already had metallurgy and working canons and arquebuses even before the Spaniards came. So they were not conquered. Spanish radio shows playing old style Spanish songs were still on the air until about the late 1960s, when Marcos the dictator went on a massive Nationalistic campaign and got rid of chief instruction of advanced Spanish in primary schooling. Which was good for us! :) . But my family remembers my great grandfather who was born in the late 1880s. He was still singing along to those Spanish radio shows. Bolero music is big for a certain really old demographic of Filipinos. Almost all dead now of course. Hope that helps* to clear some stuff up. Despues de Colon. The Spaniards never really left as a lot of the rich Tycoons are Spaniard, Filipino admixtures like the Ayalas and Zobels. :/ .
@@JimskiBeatz The ratio of Filipinos who know the term "desde" is about 1 in a million, or generously about 1 in every 500,000. Fluent speakers of Spanish, well of course even less. Even during Spanish rule, only a maximum of 10% could actually speak Spanish, and that's quite generous coz that counts to 1 million people, which is way too high an estimate lol. Mostly it was just nobles who learned Spanish because they were legally required to in order to communicate with the Spanish government and be granted privileged status, as well as other wealthy folks like merchants and some middle class later on when they could afford education. However, Spanish was very rarely a native language. It's very much like Indonesians speaking Dutch.
Very amazing presentation. You did not mention the Paraguayan harp or its harpers. It is the finest engineered harp being a center pull design with guitar tuners and is very light built much like guitars. And its harpers are some of the best in the world, with lots of very rhythmic dance music.
I learned to play harp when I lived in Paraguay in my youth. In high school I took it with me on a band trip to California. I played percussion in the band, then performed harp solos in my marching band uniform. It is very light. I would swing it around my body by the column, switching hands behind my back. It is just as large as a concert harp. I learned concert harp in college. You can buy Paraguayan harps from Sylvia's Harp Shop in Pasadena.
Demographia we need to reach further to that end here in my home country of South Africa . Several thousand at most of the Eur-Asian speak native languages proficiently (out of a total of over 6,million) ...change is happening but needs to be expedited -,considering we have here 11 official languages !!!
I was taught that what he actually said was Muero con mi patria instead of muero por mi patria, so he did say he would die with his nation and not for it.
@@paraguaijin I just looked it up and apparently opinions are divided as to wether he said Muero con mi patria or muero por mi patria. The latter would have been a bit boring though.
Fun fact: In the war against the Triple Alliance, at the Battle of Curupaity 2000 Paraguayan soldiers fought against 20,000 allies (Argentines, Brazilians and Uruguayans) after the battle the allies suffered more than 10,000 casualties, while only 194 Paraguayan casualties making it one of the most studied battles by military schools only comparable to the battle of Thermopylae of the 300.
I’m half Mexican yet I didn’t know much about Paraguay but I don’t think they should be considered a weird country by anyone for speaking other languages than Spanish. It’s fairly normal having indigenous languages. Mexico has so many indigenous languages but unfortunately the country doesn’t do a good job at supporting their indigenous community. That being said, Paraguay seems like a beautiful country ❤ hope to visit it one day!
"Hispanic nation that doesn't speak spanish". We speak spanish AND guarani, that is what bilinguism means...
he's not a genius, obviously calling a nation weirdos. Argentines are the nation of weirdos not yu who kept your heritage but argentines who pretend they have no indigenous blood bc they commited a genocide to kill their indeigenous and paid europeans to settle the argentines are weirdos.
Lol, I was shocked when he said that. All my life I thought Paraguayans were a Spanish-speaking people's. Then as I continued to listen, it became clear what he meant. Thanks for clarifying it anyway! Greetings from USA via 🇲🇽
Wrong...They speak Spanish...You wish...
GOOD FOR SAYING IT...THE TRUTH SHALL MAKE US FREE...
They are ignorant and choose to speak without knowing the truth...They can try denying the truth and what is obvious...but they can't...Ethnically, culturally, and socially, Paraguay has one of the most homogeneous populations in South America. About 95% of the people are mestizo (mixed Spanish and Guaraní Native American descent). Little trace is left of the original Guaraní culture except the language, which is spoken by 90% of the population.
I love how there's just a random area in the middle of the jungle with a 9% german speaking population
Nazi's hiding out
@@crisportugal6703 my thoughts exactly!
I gotta find my corner in the sky, mossad is coming for my ass. --- the Nazis'
@@crisportugal6703 Aryans Hiding out... Dont support the Jews from ypur posture...
Hahaha in Brazil we have this too
Nazis
I got here because I want to know why I'm the weirdest latino
*I got here because I want to know why I'm the weirdest latino
Tambien somos los más buena onda.
El paraguayito ivaleterei. Todos los extranjeros que vienen aca se enamoran de nuestro país...y de nuestras mujeres.
@@inglesonlinesnpp5976 somos los mas mente cerrada querras decir, porfa saquenme de este pais
@@araara953 AJDJFJAJSJSJA AYUDa
@@araara953 CONFIRMO jakska todo bola que somos el país más buena onda, si son re selectivos con el tipo de persona que van a tratar bien y la mayoría tiene prejuicios (no todos obvio)
@@noemic.4542 si sos diferente fuiste ya aca 🤡🤡
Visited Paraguay a few years ago... beautiful and diverse scenery, friendly (quite shy) people, fascinating history, lovely chilled out atmosphere, and no tourists taking selfies everywhere. Such a great country would love to revisit one day.
Thx for visiting then!
Thank you!
Im gonna emigrate from the netherlands to paraguay next year. Do you think i can have a good fiture here
@@duncanstrik8764 yes you can i recomend you Colonias únidas or any City in itapua or alto parana
Half Paraguayan here, it’s fascinating how now many people are “finding out” about Paraguay, and I just wanted to say that I really appreciate how well expressed and on point this is. Well done, and thank you
Como argentino cada vez que escucho la historia de la triple alianza me apena muchísimo, siento muchísima vergüenza.
Como brasileño, a mi tambien.
Rafael Romagnoli Eles nos invadiram e vc tem vergonha? kkkkkkkkk
Pasado pisado hermanos, pero cabe destacar el error en el vídeo, de que Brasil quería quedarse con Asunción, y gracias a los Uruguayos, que desistieron de ello, honrando el tratado al que se había llegado, no se hizo.
No importa, esas son cosas del pasado, no tienen que sentirse asi por algo en lo que ni tuvieron responsabilidad. Saludos desde Paraguay 🇵🇾🇦🇷🇧🇷
@@Beartic. Cierto, al menos yo, como Paraguayo, puedo decirles que no tengo rencor contra mis queridos países vecinos, saludos!!
A very enjoyable and informative video, thank you. I spent three weeks there about five years ago working as a volunteer and I stayed with a local family who were most hospitable. It's one of those few countries I have been to with no discernible tourism, which particularly attracted me. Apart from Asuncion, I also visited Encarnacion (and the Jesuit 'reducciones') and Cuidad del Este on way to Iguazu Falls in Brazil. If you have a mind to extend this video, I would also include the following: the Chaco War against Bolivia, which Paraguay won; their heavenly harp music, the most joyful in the world.
Paraguay is a great country. One of my paraguayian classmate teached me the word "TROLASO". I guess this is a commonly used word. Viva Paraguay! Respect from Turkey
That means that you're gay...
JAJAJAJAJA
JAJAJAA MAN YOU GOT SCAMMED
OMG I'm dying hahahahahaha (Paraguayan here)
JAJAJAJAJAJAJAJA
Fun fact : chilavert is one of the greatest goalkeepers ever
I see so many people in the comments getting confused by the language here in Paraguay. I'll make it easy for u guys to understand haha we do speak spanish, but also guaraní, some people are more fluent in one than the other. Anyway, in a daily basis we mix the languages speaking something called "jopara" which actually means "mixture" so between ourselves we would speak jopara most of the times. Elder people and people in the countryside are usually more into speaking full guaraní than the youngest/city people. If u are a foreigner from a spanish speaking country, we will talk to u in spanish so don't worry about not understanding Paraguayans because the people who cannot speak spanish are just a few.
"Hispanic" isn't used anywhere in Latin America
Hispanic is an USA made word around the 1960s
People of latin American always called them selves simply Americans or Latin Americans.
Till this day most Latin Americans have never heard or used the word Hispanic.
It was made in the US for government surveys and stuff because on those forms they let you put your race down. Many from central and south americas would put down White as their race so the government had to come up with the term Hispanic because Latin isn't a race same with the term Latino. Thats why you see on government forms White/Non-Hispanic and Hispanic in seperate areas.
Yeah. I shake my head when i hear other Latinos call themselves or refer to themselves as hispanics. nixon administration came up with that term. Fuck nixon 😠
@K1TheOne1
It’s kinda nice to hear that for me.
My father is from Venezuela, and I’m let’s just say “pale”
So for a long time I would put down “White” until basically I asked someone about the “Hispanic/Latino” portion of my W2 and they were like “yes, you fit that”
I was like, “Oh… I learned something about myself today”
I hate these two terms. It singles us out.. I just put white
Yeah! We are weirdos and I love it! Another fact is that we speak both languages perfectly (guarani and Spanish) but normally you would hear the “jopará” which is a mix of Spanish and guarani. Nambre luego anga piko katu ra’e, que pio lo que tanto. Soy paraguayo y qué 🥳🇵🇾
Asunción: the mother of all cities, as we say in South America. It was already a thriving urban center before there was even a Brazil to speak of. For some point in history up to the 18th century, it seemed that Asunción would be the natural hub and political center of a polity extending from Santa Catarina to the Cuyo.
Cusco in Peru has been a larger city and capital of an empire before any other country in southamerica
Robbie yeah but in the virreinato del Río de la plata we hated peruvians
Informative and largely accurate video... I lived in Paraguay for four years and have much love for the place and culture. Some important chapters missed in this video: the war with Bolivia over the Chaco region, more details about Stroessner's dictatorship, and it's global strategic importance being on top of th acuífero Guarani--the largest source of subterranian fresh wáter in the hemisphere (possibly the world?)
One of the most interesting countries in the world by the sound of it.
Why are they weird though? Unique perhaps but surely not weird.
good point but its probably just because Weird gets more hits than Unique.
what's the difference?
syukri - Weird has some negative connotations. It’s like big vs humongous.
Well they made non mix mariage a crime that's worse than weird imo.
@@syk-8031 You don't know it?
As a Paraguayan I confirm that foreigners are welcome, we are peaceful, we live in communities called towns and cities, we do not practice cannibalism. We have learned agriculture, hunting and fishing so we can find enough food. We also divide the year into 12 periods of approximately 30 days and these in turn into 4 periods of 7 days that we call weeks. In the intervals of these weeks you can go out to socialize and celebrate our gods of life and fertility
I'm here because of Doom Patrol ... Jk I've met Paraguayans before. I like tereré ;)
No entendí nada, pero igual aguante Paraguay 😎👍
Podes poner en los subtitulos la traducción automática al español XDDD
Inglés básico
I still don't see how any of this makes the the "weirdest latinos."
Use me as a "Paraguay doesn't exist" button
You forget to tell WHY the Guarani is still spoken in Paraguay. The reason was the Jesuitic education who just use the Guarani language, the same happens in Brazil until ~1750 when Brazilians (even the whites) speak the indigenous languages knows as Nheengatu Or Língua Geral Paulista (General Language from São Paulo), but when the Jesuits was expulsed from Portugal empire (Brazil) also was forbidden to still speaking this language. Nheengatu is the same family language of Guarani but has a small difference, but both are mutually intelligible.
You know, there is a lot of bad talk concerning Jesuits and Inquisition, but when you dig deeper into their history, it turns out they weren't that bad actually.
I don't know much about the Jesuits outside South America, but here they was acctually really good!
You are right. A language similar to Guaraní was spoken by the general population in Brazil. I've read that the Marques de Pombal decreed that Portuguese were the only language to be spoken, used and taught in Brazil.
The Bandeirantes (or Paulists) actually help to spread the Nheengatu language, that is true they invade the Jesuitic reduction to make them slaves but the Paulists speak the Nheengatu language they self and make some other indigenous tribes start to speak Nheengatu (as the native of Jê family, who isn't the same language family group of Tupi-Guarani). In fact, nowadays the tribes who are able to speak Nheengatu are most in Amazonia even this language is originitade from Tupinamba of Rio de Janeiro way of speak (who was written down by Anchieta and spread by Paulists Bandeirantes.)
A lot had to do with the arrival in Brazil of the Portuguese royal family in 1808. Pedro I made Portuguese the only official language and squashed the usage of Tupi-Guaraní.
Dude thanks for this vid. Appreciate. Nde gringo aka tembo tuja ikoa
Xenyx jajajajjajajajajajajaj
Jajajajajajaj
Nde, ha los Bettles piko mba'e?...
I think you should have called them the most unique Latinos instead of the weirdest. It seems to me that you were talking about what made them different and being different doesn't necessarily make you weird.
As a Brazilian that has spent one week in Assuncion I would say Paraguay is great and has its people is young and beautiful.
Still less weird than the percussion section in my band (swear they’re a cult)
kremit the frog
watch my video in iranian Kurdistan
Donde estan mis hermanos de Paraguay? Diganse algo en guarani ligado con Español...💪🙌✌👍
Rohayhu Paraguay, Saludos desde Ciudad del Este compañero 👌
nderakore xd
Cursing in guaraní is as strong as doing it in german, sounds so rough. But you can say the most beautiful things too, it's a very emotional and expressive language.
Ironically though the word for 'yuck' sounds beautiful. The English 'yuck' or even the current 'eeeew' are much more expressive.
Fun Fact: When the Paraguayan national soccer team plays the players speak in Guarani and not spanish
Great if you play against a spanish speaking team, clever
If I could I would too!
Oh we do that whenever we find someone who doesn't speak guaraní 😂😂😂
They all speak Spanish but choose to communicate in guarani when they play so that other Spanish speaking teams won’t understand them.
Just like in The Chaco War
I wish i could speak guarani fluently. I only know bits and pieces that i used a lot in my everyday speech but i could not, for the love of me, say a whole sentence in guarani. Also, cursing in guarani is an art
As a paraguayan, I'd say thats definitely true, haha. Our curse words are unique in the entire world, I Guess.
with me are 2, i understand more english than guarani
@@JouDA61 lmao same
yup!! Only reason I speak bits of Guarani also ( jopara ) is because my parents always spoke it to me back home in Jersey! Its hard as hell to speak it really fluently! not many people can do it...Props to you for knowing some!
Tapiti moroti opopo tapepe.
(That's what I can come out after everything I was taught at school. Do not ask for more)
Half Korean & Half Paraguayan here! I'm so surprised that someone actually makes videos about paraguay, I feel like Paraguayans are one of the forgotten Latinos haha, I don't know any other paraguayans except for my mom and her family, since my mom is Paraguayan.
Most Latinos I have met are Mexicans.
Edit: thanks for uploading this video, this really means a lot to me.
Wow what an amazing mix! I’m Paraguayan and live in NY! Where do you live if you don’t mind me asking?
This comment section is so exciting for me, I'm over in LA and have never met any Paraguayans I'm not directly related to, lol. It's wonderful to see!
I am adopted from Paraguay, greetings
Acho incrível como o Paraguai é cosmopolita. O brasileiro se acha o mais cosmopolita do mundo, mas desde que eu comecei a estudar o Paraguai ficou evidente que, proporcionalmente, o Paraguai é MUITO mais cosmopolita. Principalmente se tratando de um país tão pequeno.
Se vê todo tipo de gente, dos lugares mais variados do mundo, por lá. É realmente incrível
We had a paraguyan exchange student in Germany once. His name was Axel, he came from a village where everybody spoke German and was more German than anyone of us. He even had this traditional thick accent which was amazing to listen to. Come to think of it, Every paraguyan I've ever met spoke fluent German.
probably desendants of old nazi's.
Im also from a german colony here in paraguay, do u remember how the colony was called? Mine is called "Hohenau", it was founded by germans back im the 19 century, also im from german family and speak fluent german.
Argentina and Brazil received bunches of germanies and italians in the XIX century, there are some cities in the south brazil wich the official language is Germany, same could have happened to Paraguay but I don't know too much
He was probably a "menonita", germans descendants living in the Chaco
@@panochadeliciosa3949 maybe
Love Paraguay. I have been living there for over fifteen years (on and off); well I have to my wife is Paraguayan 8-). And if you don't want to get stopped by the traffic police, don't drive an expensive car. The strangest thing about Paraguayans is that they eat their empanadas in a bread roll! And the best thing is caña, fried mandioca and pajagua mascada! Oh, and cocido - love the drink. I have ten kilos of Yerba Pajarito to make it.
Filipinos love empanada too.
@@ialexander8715 aguante la yerba pajaritooo
yerba mate campesino is better bro, try the menta y boldo, superb flavour
@@prosymbian4814 pajarito oikove cocidorã
Aguante la caña kp
"The only hispanic country that doesn't speak spanish"
Proceeds to show advertisements in spanish
JAJAJAJA lmAO
JAJSDJJDA amo
Watch and judge for yourself [Dr.adnab.ibrahim.eng.YB] thank you 🎁
I think he meant that "doesn't speak Spanish only"
We Speak spanish and Guarani. That afirmation is more like Brazil
As a paraguayan myself, I thank you for getting this out there. I think 95% or so of this is actually correct. For people reading this and interested to know, Paraguay is a beautiful country filled with mostly loving, nice and friendly people, but has the highest rate of curruption in America for a country that's not ruled by dictatorship. That makes this a country really full of injustice, social inequality and class struggles. I personally am proud of our history and ashamed of our present.
Bro I'm from Uzbekistan and I know exactly how you feel(( You just described my country
@@ШерЮлдашев-е6д bro your country is about to have a civil war
I'm paraguayan too and I live in Brazil, and I would say here is unbelievable corrupt as well. In my opinion this is a problem of south american countries in general. But then I have to remember my times in Europe and Ukraine and other eastern european countries are the same level of corruption. The problem is power and human beings.
besides of the corruption, it's still being one of the safests countries in latin america
Is it true that in Paraguay 60% of people speak guaraní?
All Paraguayans I have met spoke perfect Spanish.
No entendí una mierda
We speak both, guaraní and spanish
We can speak both languages very well
The Republic of Paraguay is a mostly bilingual country, where both Spanish, an Indo-European language in the Romance branch, and Guaraní, an indigenous language of the Tupian family, have official status.[1]
If you had to guess how much of your DNA is european vs guarani? 50/50? You ever take DNA test? My grandfather migrated to Uruguay from Yugoslavia in 70s and a Uruguay is 95% European DNA
Paraguay is the only country where the traffic police stops you in 3 different languages saying the most horrific sentence you can hear "ndoikoi la nde luz de stop" using the three lenguages just to say
your stop light doesn't work jajaja
Jajajjajajajajaja
Jajajajaja añarako
I'm a native Paraguayan living in Argentina, I have learned English and guess what... You have made my day 😂
Cierto jajaja!
Lmao
I only have ever met one person of Paraguayan descent. A blonde haired blue eyed woman with a German last name
Oh what a coincidence! I have also only met one single Paraguayan, he had blue eyes, brown hair and a German last name starting on H letter. He felt a bit familiar tho
Emmanuel Strasser really hitler had neither blonde hair or blue eyes
@@omgitsjoetime He was referring to my reply
Fake people.
What was her last name?
My girlfriend is from Paraguay. She speaks 4 languages: Guaraní, Spanish, Portuguese, and English. German and Italian are also spoken in her family. She’s mostly indigenous, African and European. She is the kindest woman I’ve ever been with.
Man, you born in Paraguay and you practically are speaking four languages: Spanish and Guarani obviously, but also portuguese because all the brazilians and an advanced english is teached in schools. Also somewhy there's a lot of germans.
Your girlfriend has too much free time on her hands to learn 4 languages!
@@dexterspeights3484bruh... most people around the world speak more than one language, here in the US we are culturally and linguistically illiterate over our Anglo Saxon exceptionalism.
@@Thiago_Alves_Souza Because AMERICAN GOVERNMENT wants to LIMIT YOUR OPTIONS to LEAVE AMERICA!
@@Thiago_Alves_Souza most people I know speak English and Spanish, and I live in New England
Gringos: sees that south america has white ppl
Also gringos: *imposible*
el auto corrector te quitó una "s" en "Impossible"
Si, los gringos y su obsesion con los colores es algo que veo mucho.
B-B-But how could that be, Latinos are all brown and Mexican!!!
@@imannam erai
Plot twist, latins in us will have much more sons that "whites", and there will be an America for all humanity ;:'"*D
Good video, but you choose the poorest images of Paraguay. Asunción is a beautiful city with a good skyline . The chaco has beautiful and unique landscapes . Encarnacion, misiones, etc.
agreed
I agree. They always got to the worst parts and show only that... As if in the states everything is all perfect!
claudio guanes doldan I mean the states are quite nicer in comparison obviously and paraguay is very poor but many of the pictures chosen weren’t nice or representative of the country
@@julianlopez1534 I'm not comparing obviously the states is a much more developed country but trust me I lived many years there and there are ugly places to but of course they don't show that in their movies! But if it's Mexico or South America they always show slums and poor places as if that's all that there is...
@Julio Argentino Roca half the population of Paraguay lives in a city
That sounds like a badass country definitely not weird! Saludos Paraguayos!
Saludos 💌
hi
H
Saludos desde Paraguay 👋🏻👋🏻
Thanks man!
Hi, Paraguayan here. Really good video. Well put.
Entonces te perdiste un par de cosas del video
please pick me up of this country
Claramente tenes 0 ingles o no viste el video
No shit
@@araara953 salí entonces
"Muero por mi patria" is not "I die with my nation" in that case would be "muero *con* mi patria" the correct translate would be "I die for my nation" but still a great video, amazing job!
Greetings from someone in this unknown and mysterious land!!
According to what I studied in History of Paraguay, it is correct to say "I die with my country", since López believed that when he died, the country also suffered
@@juanmanuelayalabenitez4852 Yes it makes sense but is wrong translated because "con" means "with" and "por" means "for"
So "Muero por mi Patria" means what i say if not it would be "Muero con mi Patria"
Greettings!!
@@enmanuelgrau3887 "pues no se sabe si dijo «¡Muero por mi patria!» o «¡Muero con mi patria!» . Se cree sin embargo que dijo esto último, sabiendo que el país estaba destrozado y a completa merced de los aliados, propenso a desaparecer." Wikipedia
it means i die because of (in the cause of) my country (partriatism) . por in spanish is more like , representation, in exchange for, by, .... por and para meaning for is a difficult concept to understand by english speakers. you pretty much just have to understand the language to understand this statement..
Up to this day it's impossible to know what he said, even if he actually said something..
they might be weirdos, but they are cool.
Thanks bud
I’m Paraguayan and my nation don’t have weirdos
@@rafaelaquino4230 yes we do.
@@rafaelaquino4230 of course we're weirdos
hecc yes we are
I visited Paraguay once and I found that this country is not only beautiful, it has also great and friendly people. If you have a chance to go there, don't think twice, is a wonderful place. 🇵🇾
Las fotos más antiguas de Paraguay están en este video, ni una sola foto es de este milenio
Wtf
nada que ver
Hi is right XD
Jajajajajja
wtf, fotos del mercado 4 y los indigenas en la plaza y eso pio que son, torta?
I am a Latino. I do not consider the Paraguayos to be weird. I think they're interesting. I think they're different in certain ways. But, I don't think they're weird. For me, Paraguay has the distinction of having produced one of the greatest composers Latin America has ever had. His name was Agustín Pío Barrios Mangoré.
philomelodia I think “weird” in this use isn’t an insult. I also see it as a marketing tool - potential viewers are more likely to click on weird than interesting or unique.
Mangoré is a marvellous, world-class composer. I can hear some of his beautiful compositions right now, in the complete silence of my study. He is a gem still to be discovered by many.
my ex..
Being weird isnt a bad thing.
Wingalaxi could not agree with you more! I will never forget the first time I had the privilege of hearing un sueño en la Floresta. Sublime.
I am paraguayan and I was not nearly offended by title. RUclips's community guidelines suck. Greetings from Paraguay!
Woah! Such a smart joke, did you come up with it yourself?
Mba’e la porte che’a?
Even if you were offended. It woudn't matter. 😎
long live the paraguayans!
Leave it to an American to call noble action weird. Wish more of the world would think like Paraguay.
Hi, dyed-in-the-wool Paraguayan from Asunción here. Thanks for your video.
Some random trivia:
After Guarani and Spanish, the third most spoken language here is German.
In Asunción there is a high degree of street with names of Russian people. That is because a lot of White Russian officers fought (gallantly and bravely, I might add) for Paraguay and became war heroes.
We have perhaps the world´s best cattle beef.
We are a subtropical country but our cuisine has the calories for perhaps working in Norway or Finland during the winter. Yes, they are caloric bombs...
Come visit us!
Es común tener nombres de pila rusos en Paraguay?
Hi
@@ajpoopfucker No mucho. Hay algunos Iván, Sergio, pero casi nada de Vladimiro, Basilio u otros.
I was in Paraguay: they speak very well Spanish.
They can speak it just fine, though "proper" Spanish tends to mostly be used in more formal settings or when talking to non-Paraguayans. The reputation for speaking it poorly comes from other Latin Americans hearing them talk when speaking among themselves (more casual Spanish tends to have a lot of Guarani mixed in and vice versa)
Broadway JR Thats called jopara
Thank you.
@@BroadwayRonMexico bold to asume that other latin americans speak the proper version of spanish, none other country speaks spanish properly anymore, not even Spain, that´s because of globalization. And in Paraguay we do have a spanish linguistic class on how to speak-write it properly.
@@mirthaadrianamezacaballero6989 Nowhere did I say Paraguayans can't speak it properly, so I dont know what you're on about. I was just explaining why Masaman mentioned in the video that Paraguayans have a reputation with other Spanish speakers for "speaking two languages poorly". Some hear Paraguayans speaking Jopara, and assume that Paraguayans cant speak standard Spanish
I’m from Costa Rica and never heard of Paraguayans being “the weirdest Latinos”.
Lodbrok Let it go, they are weird. Lol
@@Gabez82 ya, its true
Hola Tico. I love your country. Pura vida
lets face it bro, youve rarely heard of paraguay hahaha
have you ever met a paraguayan before lol
if you think that we are weird because we speak 3 or 4 languages, you haven't seen anything LOL
When they taste the only solid soup of the world... Itavyta!!
Yo en Paraguay ya hablaba 3, ahora vivo em Corea y ya hablo 5 😂 (Español, Guarani, Portugues, Ingles y Coreano)
@@calebcancian9321 Yo también hablo Alemán y francés😂
Insightful documentary, but you forgot to mention the Japanese immigration and their contribution to the development of agriculture in Paraguay...
Paraguay is the elephant in the room. No one wants talk about Paraguay. I’m traveling to Paraguay next month. I always wanted to travel to this unknown country.
thenobletariq i would bet that it is the most unknown (in the USA at least) country in (spicy) Latino America. Well Paraguay and those two loser countries in the north/northeast of the continent (Suriname & Guyana).
thenobletariq
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I went to Paraguay in 1998, it's really different. You'll like it, just don't go to Ciudad del Este (it's a dump)
Katie Frank - I read about the cheap electronics and illegal business CDE.
He man, you should definitely come. Theirs tons of cool things to see here. Lots of nature tourism and Asuncion is a very fun city to be in. Also everything is pretty inexpensive.
So weird seeing someone talking about our country, most people wouldnt even know where we are xd
thanks
Mk a mi siempre me ha fascinado y encantado tu país. Aunque nunca lo he visitado, solo lo conozco a través de libros y vídeos. Espero algún día poder hacerlo. Un saludo desde Colombia❗
Paraguay no existe amigo
@@bjack8315 buen punto, Nose ni de lo que estaba hablando
We learn the map of Central and South America in mandatory Spanish class in France.
Boliviano aqui... nosotros hablamos un poco de ustedes... jaja
Interesting fact: during the war in Paraguay, the Colombian government decreed that if Paraguay disappeared as a nation, every Paraguayan citizen would automatically become a Colombian citizen.
The decree reads as follows:
"Si por efecto de la guerra, el Paraguay desapareciera como Nación, ningún paraguayo será paria en América; con solo pisar tierra colombiana, en caso de producirse, gozará en forma automática de los privilegios, facultades prerrogativas y derechos colombianos, es decir que de perder la nacionalidad paraguaya serán automáticamente colombianos".
Translation:
"If, as a result of the war, Paraguay disappeared as a Nation, no Paraguayan will be pariah in America, just by stepping on Colombian soil, if it occurs, they will automatically enjoy the privileges and rights of Colombians, that is, if they lose Paraguayan nationality they will automatically be Colombian ".
And as a Paraguayan, I'm still grateful about that noble gesture from Colombia. We paraguayans even consider the colombians our only true brothers in South America. Fact.
Apparently there were some decent people in the Colombian government then.
Interesting. I did not know that. Thanks for sharing.
And guess what man stopped the disappearance of Paraguay? Dom Pedro II. Also the Count of Eu pushed for slave abolition in Paraguay's new government
This confirms what commenter JCG wrote, that the Brits intended to destroy Paraguay, and take it.
I am a Bangladeshi. But I am living in Paraguay very happily and harmoniously for last 8 years. Here people are very good and friendly. Here people speak Spanish and Portuguese when they meet others. They speak guarani when they communicate paraguayan.
Did you live in Ciudad del Este or Pedro Juan Caballero?
are you enjoying paraguay ?
You are only South Asian lives in South America most South Asians in South America lives in the Guyanas
I've been to almost all of the Spanish-speaking countries now (even lived in Equatorial Guinea for a few years) and I have to say that Paraguayan Spanish is my favorite. I love the accent and how it sounds when spoken. What I love most about Paraguay is that it refuses to change for anyone and retains its unique culture.
That culture is also Spanish whether they want to accept it or deny it...and here is why?
Ethnically, culturally, and socially, Paraguay has one of the most homogeneous populations in South America. About 95% of the people are mestizo (mixed Spanish and Guaraní Native American descent). Little trace is left of the original Guaraní culture except the language, which is spoken by 90% of the population.They are probably denying their Spanish side because of the black legend...But they are very much of Spanish descend...as much as of Guarani ....
@Mustafa Alam Where do you see that...I have not said that...Do you understand English?
@BenTeachesEnglishOverseas wow you're really lucky.It's one of my dreams to visit all of Latin America along with Eq. Guinea too
@Mustafa Alam all latin america countries
@Mustafa Alam When I see a Pro West politica country with a solid capitalism, then it can exist a 1st world, and Cuba in the 2nd worls is so pathetic.
Respect to Paraguay 🇵🇾 from Chile 🇨🇱
Estuve en Viña del Mar y Valparaiso en 1996, me encantaron, quiero volver un dia a 🇨🇱
Maitei (saludos), desde Lambaré 🇵🇾
I am Paraguayan. and I had a great-great-grandfather who fought in the Humaitá fort against the Argentines
My family still has their rifle and medal
Eso es muy purete.
my greatgrandfather fought in the chaco war
I wrote a book about it! “Sin laureles sobre sus tumbas” 😊
That’s cool, but he probably got wrecked.
Meanwhile my great-great-grandparents came here from Italy just after the war with their 12 children lmao. Although my family couldn't escape war, as the husband of one of those 12 children, my great-grandmother, got to fight in the chaco war, but luckily he survived it even tho he got injured by a grenade.
Orgulloso de ser paraguayo 🇵🇾🙏🏽🇵🇾
Sad to see you did not mention that Paraguay was the only country without analphabetism in South America or that it was the first one to have trains, telegraphs or shipyards in the southern hemisphere of the continent. Main reason why Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay grouped up to stop its rapid development.
It would be also relevant to end the video saying its the highest growing economy, with the most stable national coin amongst its surrounding countries.
Paraguay has indeed suffered a lot throughout its history, nevertheless its people have always held its culture and customs, and will never stop thriving.
As a paraguayan, thank you!
He forgot to mention Don Carlos Antonio López, our first elected president (father of the mentioned one Fransisco Solano López)
I was about to comment something like this. Here in Argentina we study how that war was sponsored by england and performed by the triple aliance which was of brasil with a lot of slavery, uruguay with it's president overthrown and argentina goberned by the reural aristocracy of buenos aires. It's really sad that none of this is mentioned on the video.
That’s why you don’t mess with Brazil.
@@ADAM-tx4nvwell, old paraguay against the Brazilian empire 1v1, I wonder how badly paraguay would beat them...
Keeping their native language shows resistance to assimilate to the language of their colonizers and that is something that needs admiration instead of calling it weird. That showed that they rather die instead of being on their knees agreeing to let their native language disappear. That is not weird, that is BRAVERY. Paraguay should be called The Land of the Brave and this video should have been titled: Paraguayans, the Bravest Country in the Americas.
The most suicidal country in the Americas*
@@factsoverfeelings1395 Have you ever heard of the war of the triple alliance? The Paraguayans were a bunch of suicidals who even forced kids to go to the front. You guys are nuts.
@@factsoverfeelings1395 I'd rather surrender than kill myself.
* the bravest country in America
They also assimilated Spanish as their language...Both are spoken
We Paraguayans speak both languages fluently (Guaraní and Spanish), we also have to take language classes such as Portuguese and English.
I'm still struggling to picture a world where 90% of men are gone. That's basically 45% of the entire population destroyed in one war.
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For a while the remaining men were legally allowed to have multiple wives, so that all the widows would not starve to death.
it was the adult male pop so there was like kids still
It's because Uruguay Brazil and Argentina allied together and made a massacre. Some Argentinians nowadays meme around about their ''military triumph'', shameful as that crap nation they have.
As there were so few men after the war there was a massive amount of women compared to men so they could be complete arses and still have women falling at their feet. Even today it is one of the most machista countries around.
the confusion comes that the total casualtes were estimated to be 50% of THE TOTAL population (men, women, adults, children), while 90% of the FIGHTING FORCE
and that estimation comes from the 1870s census, which they compared to an unofficial guess done in 1850s. the remaining population was 300k people, and the guess was roughly 600k, therefore "half was lost"
Native Paraguayan here. Highly accurate. Thanks for taking the time to teach the viewers a little bit of our history.
A lot of flaws in his video, and you just say highly accurate? Please grab a kuatia and keep studying your story, ejavyete voi!
Hi I'm from Ethiopia I liked your country's history actually reminds me of our own being different and so on big ups Paraguay
Jaestudiakeeee
@@inakijesus17 "higly accurate" no dice es todo perfecto obvio que tiene unos que otros datos que omitio y otros que capaz no esté correcto. Lee entrelineas, saludos
@@edohpy oh please
They speak Guarany, an indigenous language. I wish I could learn it! THere's a band in my town that writes songs in Tupy Guarany! They're a Folk Metal band called Arandu Arakuaa
And we are very proud to speak it :D
The Republic of Paraguay is a mostly bilingual country, where both Spanish, an Indo-European language in the Romance branch, and Guaraní, an indigenous language of the Tupian family, have official status.[1]
They also speak Spanish and about 95% of the people are mestizo (mixed Spanish and Guaraní Native American descent). Little trace is left of the original Guaraní culture except the language, which is spoken by 90% of the population.
@@amparoalvarez9001 95% is mestizo AND white.
You can learn it in Duolingo I think!!
And all paraguayans speak guaraní in a certain level, even if it's a very low level.
Not true...Some have forgotten....90% of them speak it...Not one 100 % Spanish is spoken by 87%
@@amparoalvarez9001 But it's still taught at most schools, the one school i'm not sure about is ASA lol
@@julirodas9761 That is the way it should be...Forgetting a language is forgetting who you are...They should keep on teaching guaraní...
@@julirodas9761 they do, schools are required at least 2h of guarani a week, but 2h a week for 12 years is not enough to be fluent, specially if they dont even want to learn
I don't
As an Irishman living in Paraguay, I am surprised you did not mention the part of Madam Lynch, the Irish woman that stood with López to the very last, burying him and Juan Francisco one of her 6 children by him, with her bare hands. She was exiled and died in Paris in 1886, but one hundred years later her body was exhumed and brought back to Paraguay where the dictator General Alfredo Stroessner proclaimed her a national heroine. Her remains are now located in the national cemetery "Cementerio de la Recoleta"
Interesting, thanks for the heads up. Learn something new everyday!
@@chubbydubby1 Stupidity’s not a crime, so feel free to go
These historical tidbits are so incredibly fascinating. Would love to visit Paraguay someday. Knew a beautiful paraguayan girl in university. A couple actually.
I agree with John Anthony. I have visited the site. Also a main avenue in Asuncion is named Madam Lynch. I am a Paraguayan who lives in the US; I hope to retire in Asuncion; I just love the place,
yes we are Irish descendent all Paraguayans are
I was adopted from Paraguay In 1991, my birth mother was white and half German, my father not a clue...
*Berberawy* Thank you for the info I’m going to give it a whirl and see what’s what
@*Berberawy* The DNA tests are fake...I learned that they are cheating people...They don't tell them the truth...I am not sure why...
@@amparoalvarez9001 not really, I know where my family came from and I did the DNA test and it's spot-on. No surprises.
@@elizabethelias1005 Suit yourself...I said the truth...You want to follow them go ahead...
@@amparoalvarez9001 ok then. At least you are passionate about something.
Hi, there! I'm a Paraguayan living in NY. Embogueeee! 🇵🇾✨
Quetal por nueva York yo iré pronto en Manhattan trabajo en energía limpia
So few Paraguayans live in UsA huh? Do you guys still speak guarani here? Saludos desde Connecticut.
@@abrahamlima5052 otro saludo para ti
Saludos desde Paraguay, increíble ver tantos paraguayos en los comentarios repartidos por el mundo. Ja'umina!!!
Jauuuuuuuminaaaa
Japita la inea
Watch and judge for yourself [Dr.adnab.ibrahim.eng.YB] thank you 🎁
Te di like para que tengas 69
Ja'umina kape 👌
90% of male population gone?
Sounds like Mormon heaven.
That was the plan.
We indeed have mormons here. They're as annoying as everywhere else.
Sound familiar to me
More like sjw heaven
Damn, I've been born way too late.
Mis mas grandes respetos para Paraguay saludos desde La Paz Bolivia 🇧🇴 Paraguayos saben muy bien su historia saludos
Saludos a Paraguay! Y saludos a mi hermano boliviano tambien!
Luis Saavedra gracias Bolita
@@davidgutierrez8795 buena paragua
No, no la conocen tan bién y si la conocen la niegan.. Esta es la verdad y lo he conseguido en la computadora...Paraguay es el 95% mestiza...the españoles y guaranis...y no queda casi rastro de los Guaranis originales...Solo queda el idioma...Y otra cosa que o no saben o no quieren aceptar es que los españoles son blancos y existen muchísimos de ojos azules, y verdes y de pelo rubio...Hay que ir a España y verlo con tus propios ojos....
Ethnically, culturally, and socially, Paraguay has one of the most homogeneous populations in South America. About 95% of the people are mestizo (mixed Spanish and Guaraní Native American descent). Little trace is left of the original Guaraní culture except the language, which is spoken by 90% of the population.
Luis Saavedra gracias
Paraguay has a border with three countries, Argentina, Brazil and Bolivia. In the war of the triple alliance we were attacked by Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay and after 62 years we were attacked by Bolivia, that is, all our neighbors tried to exterminate us... and we are still alive and kicking
Foram atacados? LoL
Sem avacalhar né, muchacho
Trying to sum up thoughts and feelings over the Paraguayan Nation is very complicated. I can only write comments after being married to a Paraguayan Lady, celebrating 10yrs of marriage today. She is pure fire and ice, black and white, Heaven and Hell, ying and Young, the most ferocious lioness, attentive kitten, the most amazing wife and mother.
I thought Asunción was disorganized, a corrupt city which had offered no hint of its real culture. Sadly, I was happiest leaving Asunción behind, but it is a great place to start, EVERYTHING GETS BETTER!! The moment you leave the capital city, embarking on a journey through Paraguay's Many towns and villages, you find that the people are HOMELY (I hope you can understand what I'm trying to say), and really the most respectful people I have met in my life. I was amazed, truly amazed!! how different I felt about Paraguay and its people, just a few short hours later.
I will honestly say that Paraguay and the Paraguayan people are different in a truly fantastic way.
I REALLY WANT and HOPE!! one day SOON, they find DIRECTION FROM LEADERSHIP, who can help its people to build, structure its capital city to be a true reflection of his people, that is a far cry from what it currently offers.
@Dory & Co This is so true. People in Py are wonderful, calm, homely. Really genuine people, in my opinion, even in Asuncion. A traveller who speaks some spanish will be highly rewarded if he/she is curious about people and cultures. Having said that....living here, well, might be a real challenge if you don't have an open mind and complain about services, infrastractures, puntuality, lack of cultural events etc.
I respect the Paraguayans, they are a landlocked country that doesn't who went to war with their 3 neighbors (Brazil, Argentina, and Uruguay) who put up a good fight and were even winning in the beginning, what I'm trying to say is, those guys have cojones
They attacked poor Bolivia and snatched Gran Chaco from it.
Paraguay did not attack Bolivia. The Bolivians were the first to attack the small Paraguayan forts in the northern Chaco. Bolivia invaded since they needed to get an outlet to the ocean. Over 50 years before the Chaco war (Paraguay vs. Bolivia) Bolivia lost there coast on the Pacific ocean to Chile. So they were looking for an outlet via the South Atlantic via the Paraguay river. The Chaco region was claimed by both nations but Paraguay had a better claim and connection to the Chaco then the Bolivians who mainly lived in the Andes. Many losses in that war on both sides. The hot and dry region of the Chaco did not help. Then it would flood during the rainy season. Paraguay had help from Argentina via supplies. Paraguayan also had there river warships to transport troops via the Paraguay river near to the fighting. After the war ended at least Paraguay allowed Bolivia a small corridor to the Paraguay river. Chile did not allow Bolivia any direct access to the Pacific ocean.
*they did have cojones
XD
There was winning in the beginning?? You mean when they advanced into the border territory taking over villages and the defender army was not even there yet? It was rly a strategy marvel by paraguay..
To call a dictator that started a war with little to no justification,killing almost all men a guy with cojones is like calling Hitler someone brave
*Me: *Is 100% Paraguayan**
*Also Me: *Doesn't Know How To Speak Guarani**
Gente Porfavor Dejen De Pelear En Los Comentarios, Esto Simplemente Fue Un Chiste, No Porque Alguien No Sepa Hablar Guarani "Deje" O "Pierda" Su Indentidad, A Mi Me Encanta Mi Pais Y Amo A Paraguay, No Entiendo Porque Todos Nosotros Nos Estemos Discutiendo En Los Comentarios, No Podemos Pio Estar En Paz?
Yo
@@corvii_jr6575 Yo
Matias Ruiz Díaz X2
@pry098 *XD*
se mas ingles que guarani JAJDSJA
Paraguay is always under appreciated. They need more spotlight
It does.
2 languages wow, smart people! I remember when my tías visited Paraguay some years ago. They loved Paraguay and Paraguayans and Paraguayans loved the two Argentinian ladies. It is a shame that those in high power get so easily corrupted.
As a Brazilian I love Paraguay and it’s one of the most important south american countries for us since it’s where we get our iPhones and other eletronics for cheap 🇧🇷🇵🇾
Que elogio sacana kkkkkkkkkkkkk por isso que os paraguaios nos odeiam
@@ricardomaximus424 soy de paraguay y tenes razón
@@ricardomaximus424 KKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK
Paraguay military claim is "Vencer o morir" "Triumph or die" During the war against the triple Alliance, the battle of "Acosta Ñu" were fought by children dressed as adults against Brazilian soldiers because even though the commander said to them that they didn't have to fight, the little kids were willing to risk their lives for our country. In the end, they lost and were burned alongside their mothers in the field. That's why in Paraguay August 16th is "the national children's day" honoring all those who died. Also, we're known as the COUNTRY OF PEACE because despite winning the "Chaco war" we decided to give up some territory to mantain a good relationship with Bolivia. And finally, we had the only one American independence without bloodshed. We obtained our freedom in two days without having to fight so for those reasons we're a country that advocates for peace
Paraguay se merece una pelicula de hollywood...mel gibson please..
Anyways Bolivia remains saying Paraguay robbed their territory and teach their children history episodes and geography that made Paraguay a little country and Bolivia near the Paraguayan river hilarious, just as Americans teach their children US is the biggest country in the world
Saludos, amigo paraguayo
Y dps hay gente la que no le gusta ser Paraguayo/a.
The same happens today in many conflict zones of the world. It is a crime of war, the use of child soldiers. Nothing to be proud of.
Paraguay is the country in South America/Latin America with the greatest connection with Brazil, not even Uruguay (which was part of Brazil) or Argentina has such close relations.
Perfect we don't need coronavirus! We don't want Brazil connection
Uhg yes but all the paraguayans I've meet (Im paraguayan tho) don't like brazilians, we really really really don't like the president of Brazil or neither their people, but were I live (Ciudad del Este / The Eastern city ¿¿) is the border with Brazil and we all talk portuguese cause all the good works are selling things to the brazilians, so we have to be nice to them so they buy stuff
BUT WE DON'T LIKE THEM AAAAHHHH
I am Brazilian, I and the most people that I know hate the president too! But why do u don't like us? :c
@@julianal3302 cause you kill the Amazon rain forest..
@@bbqsauce875 really? It was me? I do not support this government, by the way, I am veggie, I am who fight against that in my country! Do not hate every Brazilian because of some.
1:00 It's funny that the flag says "República del Paraguay" which means "Republic of Paraguay" in SPANISH.
Cause we DO speak spanish, tho we prefer to speak in guarani with our friends and family cuz it hears funny JAJAJAJA tho we use spanish in some schools, politics and international relationships
And the name Paraguay itself is in guarani
we mostly speak spanish, at least in the capital...
If it serves of any consolation this whole video is so poorly researched that even that innocent piece of data is wrong lol.
Paraguay is one of the few countries in Latin America that adopts the native language - Guarani - on the same level as the colonizing language - Spanish. When a (north)american says this is weird, then it should be seen as a source of pride
I am Brazilian and it seems weird for me. We abandoned these pagans linguages here as well.
@@eddiesantos4978 What do you mean by 'pagan languages'? Is it a Brazilian expression? Because, if you say it for religious reasons, you know that Portuguese (as well as Spanish) comes from an incredible pagan society (the Iberian people), right? Greetings from Colombia.
The weird doesn’t mean as an insult 🤣it’s just exaggerated so people will click.
@@bajoespacio Spanish and Portuguese come from latin, from the romans, not th iberian people, though I agree the term pagan languages makes no sense, the old testament was writen in hebrew and aramaic and the new testament in greek, therefore all other languages including latin could be named pagan.
I'm brazilian as well and I don't think this is weird. It should be something to be proud of. I wish we spoke our native languages fluently as well as Portuguese.
I've been to Paraguay, more white than Chile or Costa Rica, blonder than most in Spain with the Germano/Paraguayans everywhere, and they all proudly speak Guarani.
German/Paraguayans everywhere? There are 100 times more Koreans than Germans in Paraguay
Probably you were at a Mennonite territory
That's incorrect. About 6% of Chileans are of German descent. Not to mention Croatians and other European groups which inhabited Chile. There are many blondes in Chile. Redheads too.
It is not a big deal to be white and blond. It only exposes their inferiority complex.
So what? Does that make them superior to other race 🤔 or is it that ur internalized racism is finally lighting up?
Paraguay, el pueblo más aguerrido de América. Saludos desde Chile. Ustedes sí tuvieron un presidente que murió por su patria.
Which president?
Balmaceda y Allende hicieron otro tanto, eh.
@@pparisps5141 Presidente Mariscal Francisco Solano López, died in the genocide against the paraguayans
@@mathiasbarrios8359 I had thought that he was referring to Solano López, I just asked because I wanted to confirm. Because in my country (Brazil) Solano López is considered a monster, (after all he invaded Brazil). And yes, Brazil has genocided several Paraguayans, something to not be proud of. Even though Solano was a good person or a bad person, the fact is that he invaded us, made a provincial president die in jail after being captured by Paraguayan troops (if I am not mistaken the president was from the province that is now Mato Grosso), soon he was the cause of the war. There are theories that Paraguay was a superpower that threatened England and this was all a plan by England to destroy Paraguay but that is not true. Paraguay had the best army, with more men, but it did not quite threaten the British Empire. Even with the atrocities of the past, what matters today is the harmony between our South American nations and those of all Americas. 🇧🇷🇵🇾🇻🇪🇧🇴🇨🇴🇪🇨🇺🇾🇦🇷🇨🇱🇸🇷
Saludos desde Brasil
@@pparisps5141 Hey what's up, I see your point and that's how your country teaches you the history, after all the "Acuerdo de la Triple Alianza" is quite known and Brazil's and Agentina's intentions, also that the British Empire wanted a place where to import cotton from after the civil war in the US. Also, back then, the propaganda was that Lopez was a savage dictator and we paraguayans needed to be saved. This propaganda even claimed that the three countries would bring us civilization, anyway I guess what I mean is that I would really like to know more about how you see this war and how Brazil teaches its people about it. Here are two videos from Argentina that I really like.
ruclips.net/video/-R79OPrOv5w/видео.html
ruclips.net/video/lK89bYWclq8/видео.html
Saludos desde Fernando de la Mora - Paraguay
Greetings from California. I learned so much with this video, I was never taught any of that in school. Thank you and God bless Paraguay!
Greetings from California as well. Paraguay seems like a pretty dope place. I would love to taste authentic Paraguayan cuisine. I bet their food is bomb.
@@jonathanaldecoa1099 that's right!
@@jonathanaldecoa1099 As a Paraguayan I can confirm food is amazing right here, and not like the vid said we do speak Spanish. I reccomend you try some mbeju or empanadas!
Hey! This video is not an accurate representation of Paraguay and there is a lot of False and inaccurate information disseminated in this video!
As a paraguayan, why the fuck would they teach you about Paraguay in school? That's more something you would do by yourself if you care about history.
I have visited Paraguay at least 15 times and I must say it my favorite country of the 60+ that I have traveled too. I always get a weird look when I tell people this! However my reasons are many! #1 Reason: Not many tourists! #2. The fresh food. #3. Excellent Conversationalists there....
I live in Paraguay. I am born here, speak english fluently and german, my spanish isnt the greatest. My parents are german, I went to a german private school, but everything else here is spanish. What is so amazing here, is that we all work together, many different cultures and languages.
What year did your German forebears arrive in Paraguay?
Aren't you famous for winning world beauty contests?
@@sidstovell2177 Lmao, just being white doesn’t make you beautiful.
@@shutapp9958 it's an inside joke
"was" born here
@@anonmon6236 You are not very bright since you cannot realize that English is not her first language, she speaks 5 languages and you? How many languages do you speak?
Desde filipinas. Thank you Masaman. My respect for the Paraguayans have incresed tenfold. Now I want to learn guaranì.
I never knew they speak Spanish in the Filipina’s ! Because it’s a former Spanish colony right ?
@@JimskiBeatz some of us still do, but I would say only 2-5% now (at the most). It was a highly hispanicized culture in most of the North and Middle group of islands (Luzon and Visayas), although some tribes kept to the old ways particularly those in the North North highlands and some aborigine and/or pagan tribes and Moros in the South. In a place in the North and South a ethnic minority speak a pidgin Creole Archaic Spanish called "Chavacano" which sounds like you are talking in Ancient Spanish akin to Don Quixote.
🇪🇸 spent a longer time lording over most of the Philippines than any Latin American country. 300-333 years depending on when you want to measure "Spanish rule" as they were not able to colonize some tribes and groups. More like bribed really, as opposed to outright conquest. Then we simply fought amongst ourselves some choosing to be Mercs for the Spaniards (as a people we have a long history of Piracy and Mercenary work, throughout Southeast Asia, kind of like an ancient Blackwater or XE -one only need to ask the ancient Thais "Ayutayah" or Ancient Burmese).
Most of us were largely immune to smallpox during the Spanish conquest because as you know smallpox came from Asia. So we were somewhat inoculated to most of their diseases. Hence we kept some of our culture and language. Not to mention some tribes already had metallurgy and working canons and arquebuses even before the Spaniards came. So they were not conquered.
Spanish radio shows playing old style Spanish songs were still on the air until about the late 1960s, when Marcos the dictator went on a massive Nationalistic campaign and got rid of chief instruction of advanced Spanish in primary schooling. Which was good for us! :) .
But my family remembers my great grandfather who was born in the late 1880s. He was still singing along to those Spanish radio shows.
Bolero music is big for a certain really old demographic of Filipinos. Almost all dead now of course.
Hope that helps* to clear some stuff up.
Despues de Colon. The Spaniards never really left as a lot of the rich Tycoons are Spaniard, Filipino admixtures like the Ayalas and Zobels. :/ .
@@JimskiBeatz The ratio of Filipinos who know the term "desde" is about 1 in a million, or generously about 1 in every 500,000. Fluent speakers of Spanish, well of course even less.
Even during Spanish rule, only a maximum of 10% could actually speak Spanish, and that's quite generous coz that counts to 1 million people, which is way too high an estimate lol. Mostly it was just nobles who learned Spanish because they were legally required to in order to communicate with the Spanish government and be granted privileged status, as well as other wealthy folks like merchants and some middle class later on when they could afford education. However, Spanish was very rarely a native language. It's very much like Indonesians speaking Dutch.
the rest of the world: australia doesnt exist
south and center america: paraguay doesnt exist
Ha, ha funny... i think
Watch and judge for yourself [Dr.adnab.ibrahim.eng.YB] thank you 🎁
Mexico is from North America, you mean Latinamerica.
tu mama es ombre
Very amazing presentation. You did not mention the Paraguayan harp or its harpers. It is the finest engineered harp being a center pull design with guitar tuners and is very light built much like guitars. And its harpers are some of the best in the world, with lots of very rhythmic dance music.
Like anyone but you would know that.... lol
They consider it to be their national instrument.
The french are jealous
People from Japan go to Paraguay to learn how to play it tho.
I learned to play harp when I lived in Paraguay in my youth. In high school I took it with me on a band trip to California. I played percussion in the band, then performed harp solos in my marching band uniform. It is very light. I would swing it around my body by the column, switching hands behind my back. It is just as large as a concert harp. I learned concert harp in college. You can buy Paraguayan harps from Sylvia's Harp Shop in Pasadena.
I find it ironic how the Europeans here ended up speaking the Native American language.
Just shows we’re all equal.
Demographia we need to reach further to that end here in my home country of South Africa . Several thousand at most of the Eur-Asian speak native languages proficiently (out of a total of over 6,million) ...change is happening but needs to be expedited -,considering we have here 11 official languages !!!
Kristijan Car Or integrate into societies better then A-rabs and A-fricans.
It makes sense. Primary speaking languages historically have been passed down from mother to children.
Publius Maximus Manlius what are the two dominant languages in the americas?
Muero por mi patria = I die for my nation, not with my nation.
Francisco Lastra You forget, no mi muero con mi patria.
I was taught that what he actually said was Muero con mi patria instead of muero por mi patria, so he did say he would die with his nation and not for it.
@@13tuyuti What he (Masaman) said means I die for my nation...
you were taught wrong
@@paraguaijin I just looked it up and apparently opinions are divided as to wether he said Muero con mi patria or muero por mi patria. The latter would have been a bit boring though.
Fun fact: In the war against the Triple Alliance, at the Battle of Curupaity 2000 Paraguayan soldiers fought against 20,000 allies (Argentines, Brazilians and Uruguayans) after the battle the allies suffered more than 10,000 casualties, while only 194 Paraguayan casualties making it one of the most studied battles by military schools only comparable to the battle of Thermopylae of the 300.
I read a novel based on the Paraguayan War: The News from Paraguay by Lily Tuck. Tragic yet interesting.
Ok, we are just a bunch of weirdos
I agree
We're not weird, we're different 😌
I’m half Mexican yet I didn’t know much about Paraguay but I don’t think they should be considered a weird country by anyone for speaking other languages than Spanish. It’s fairly normal having indigenous languages. Mexico has so many indigenous languages but unfortunately the country doesn’t do a good job at supporting their indigenous community. That being said, Paraguay seems like a beautiful country ❤ hope to visit it one day!
All south Americans are weirdos except Brazilians