Christmas in Dhaka

[rijveemezbahuddin]

@UnculturedProject Are you Christian or Muslim?

[bakaranger1991]

@rijveemezbahuddin The question of religion is not important. He is doing a good job. We are thankful for that.

[bakaranger1991]

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Dude you are definetly LAME.

[aurayon]

What a great project! Bless all your efforts

[shancateyes]

I celebrate Christmas in my home, we heat the pool, clean the roof top, buy coolers for the drinks...and make sure the roads clear so the guys can have drag race...my parents are always away...so i get the house to myself...and its cleaned by the time of sunrise...raddisson i think also celebrates Chrsitmas...

[papaburger]

are you from Canada ?

[UnculturedProject]

@papaburger yep.

[xlitu]

i like your work brother ........thanks .....

[jashim2004]

very nice video God bless

[tokeur]

i am from ottawa canada you know i long take to go and i much i am in facebook (robin caron)be wellcome to be my friend

[abz3751678]

and for all religion to live in peace

[abz3751678]

bangladesh is 4 muslims

[rayslions2dot2]

And we do celebrate Christmas in Bangladesh, Christmas is refer to as Bara Din in Bangladesh which tranlate mean Big Day and do also celebrate the Hindu Holiday in Bangladesh called Durga because a secular culture and we want to keep that way. Again Great Post keep it up :)

[UnculturedProject]

I didn't know that! Thanks for sharing this :)

[UnculturedProject]

Agreed - Bangladesh's future lies in a secular culture. It can't be bogged down the problems seen in Afghanistan and Pakistan caused by radicalization and militants trying to impose their views on others by force.

[shakildcm]

gd job bruv i appreciate it,,,, cool ,,,:))

[44CanadianGirl]

Good video!

[aref9494]

ur paying bangladesh to become chirstian. keep paying but deep inside they will know the truth.. get a life, most ppl know whats your purpose is to bribe ppl. like i said get a life..

[UnculturedProject]

I'm doing what now?

[123456mrjohn]

@aref9494 Because of people like u, this world cant be united and in peace. We are all human and this earth is our homeland. we share the same sun, same moon, same air, same water and same earth. People like u divided us by religion, color or language.

[adnanrulz]

Great job man! I really appreciate your videos. And I am sorry about these anti-christian comments you got. Just don't bother about these extremists.

Thanks a lot!

[danslash87]

thanks..bro....for..showing the true picture of bangladesh...ur vedio is a vry good example of our country...i have a lot of hindu and chirstan frnds but we do enjoy all the religious fest all-together.But bengali is aculture of secularism...and me and my frnds keep our culture over our religion....

[dawah100]

How is it contradicting?

You can block me but you cant block hell fire!

[UnculturedProject]

Oooh your threatening me with hell fire!

It's contradicting because, if you were a real Muslim instead of just a trollish hater, you'd have spoken in a way that reflects what Islam is supposed to be - a religion of peace.

You're supposed to talk to those you disagree with differently with civility, politeness, and in ways the foster respect and peace. And, yes, you talk in ways whic allow you to learn from those that are different instead of looking at them with condescension.

[UnculturedProject]

Okay, you're clearly a being a hating hypocrite and a troll. So I guess our conversation is done here. Hard to chat when you threaten me with hell fire.

But, here's the deal. If there's an afterlife - whether that afterlife is run in the name of Jesus, Allah, Yahweh, or Elohim - you'll be feeling foolish you left these comments. I promise you that. I guess this is bye until then.

[dawah100]

christmas is a innovation in christianity and a sin. So you should not be celebrating this according to your religion.

[UnculturedProject]

Uh - you're dead wrong. But your religious extremism is a great example of what's wrong in the world.

[dawah100]

you are dead wrong with your man made religion every year u update what is permissible and what is not. Recently u made homosexualtiy as permissible although it wasnt before.

Christians do nothing but throw their book behind their backs and follow their evil desires.

my religion extremeism? what extremeism.

[UnculturedProject]

Don't make assumptions about what my beliefs are.

Also, don't make crass stereotypes on Christians or any people. Got it?

And if you are Muslim know this: you're not a prophet. So don't go around preaching like one. I find your moral condescension repugnant.

[dawah100]

Its not assumptions its facts about your religion. I didnt say i am a Prophet, but certainly i am a follower of a Prophet!

You dont even know your own bible, nowhere in bible does it say 'trinity' or anything pointing to that direction. Why you a christian? Your forefathers were thats why? You need to wake up to reality dude.

[UnculturedProject]

Forget whether or not I know the Bible. You don't know the Qu'ran.

What to be a true Muslim? Get off your ass, stop hating on Christians, stop criticizing them - and go help those less off than yourself.

The God of the Qu'ran says Muslims are supposed to seek peaceful coexistence. The God of the Qu'ran says Muslims should respect others on this planet of all races and religions and learn from eachother.

As the Qu'ran says, God hates hypocrites. So don't be one.

[dawah100]

Who said im hating on christians? I am only advising and warning.

Get of your 'ass' is this the way to speak, evil religion teach you?

learn from other false religions? We do not learn falsehood from you lot, you are wrong.

How am i being a hypocrite? You are the real hypocrite, you claim to be a christian but you dont follow your own book abd tamper with its verses.

Ger a life.

[UnculturedProject]

You say your not hating on Christians and, in the same comment, say "evil religion" and "get a life".

Because, as your comments show, you clearly know less about Islam than humble me. Let me point out your attitude, tone, and content of your comments are in contradiction of al-i-Imran;3:64 and al-Nahl; 16,125.

I have a zero tolerance policy on haters and hypocrites. Keep this line of commenting up and I'll block you for a double count of hating and hypocrisy.

[diomedelanteigne]

1 percent christians is 1 percent too many

[UnculturedProject]

There is more than 1% Christians in this (mostly) tolerant and (mostly) peaceful nation. But you know what? 1% of people like you, with intolerant beliefs like yours is too much.

I don't know what religion you are, but with that level of intolerance - no matter what religion you claim to believe in, you're a hypocrite.

[abz3751678]

im a bit late commenting im muslim bengali and i don't want bangladesh to end up like pakistan ignore the hate comments.

[jrozarioroz]

hey man im so happy that there are actual people who help in bangladesh it makes u feel so much better in your heart doesnt it wen u help. dude im 14 and i helped so many people out there wen i was there for the past two weeks. and hey in 2 weeks i helped a good amount of people. and im happy u helped out there. we should keep in touch ttyl

[sathish1234567890]

more people should srsly watch this stuff. its eye opening

[saadmanh]

honestly bro, your the man. as a bengali my self living in toronto, i never realized how tolerant bengalis were towards differences of religion and how western it has gotten. we are making progress and this project of yours is getting people to start thinking about the potential countries like Bangladesh. keep up the awesome work and fight the good fight. enough respects.

saadman-toronto

[ATVCO]

keep up your purpose shawn

change needs people

[jabedmoni]

WHAT SHALL I SAY DUDE.. simply awsome i wish i'll do something for my country and remember 1 thing we produced few of world most finest people..right now we r proud of u dude..forget us u r bangladeshi ...lolz

[eltheniv23]

from bangladesh my self... going to school and when i do finish with my degree, i hope i can contribute something

[dingus48]

you've made a big diffrence to a hard working country like bangladesh

[chewykiller]

200-2700 this project is growing i hop that once i save some money up i can help =)

[achar89]

I'm from bangladesh and I adore what your doing is wonderful!

[Briellesabop]

awesome all the way

i dont even have to say dftba because you never forget it. you rock all the way!

[chocolatecauldrons]

Hi, I'd really like to do a project about your project for college. The course I'm taking is "Visual Culture" and I'd love to set up an installation piece to see how people respond to the typical, commercial charity advertisments and compare it to how they might respond to ACTUAL proper information and insight (what you're doing). Would you mind if I did that? What you're doing has really touched me and I want to spread it. I live in Ireland. (Hi! :)

[UnculturedProject]

GO IRISH! :-) Sure chocolatecauldrons. All my videos are licensed under the Creative Commons which gives you the right to download any video and (unless I specifically mention it in the info section) can edit it, share it, and distribute it. As long as you can give credit and not use it for commercial purposes.

[chocolatecauldrons]

Brillllll! Thanks!! :) I should have mentioned that my name is Amy. Thanks again!

[JuicyOrange]

You have my viewer support.

[shahida1991]

hey i'm from bangladesh and god bless u

[UnculturedProject]

thank you shahida. One of the people I helped was named Shahida as well - so your name stuck out :-)

[shahida1991]

hahhaha yeah shahida is a common name in bangladesh so do u like bangladesh? i live in usa right now but i'll do anything to go back i just went like a year ago. bangladesh is my life.

[UnculturedProject]

There is a lot to like about Bangladesh - it grows on you :-)

[shahida1991]

yeah!! well if u need to know anything about bangladesh just ask me and thanxx again!

[xShariNgaN01x]

Are you Christian or Muslim? Just wondering

[UnculturedProject]

Fair question. But I'm of the opinion that it's not my beliefs that define me - but my actions.

And to add to your confusion, before embarking on this project I read passages from the Bible, the Qu'ran, and I consulted a Rabbi.

[xShariNgaN01x]

Nah I'm not confused. So you're undecided when it comes to spirituality or may I put "still searching".

[ultimatecybersurfer]

true true, Bangladesh contains more muslim population than all the middle eastern countries combined. in fact 1/10th of the muslim population are Bengali muslims, in simple terms 11% of the global Muslim population are Bengali. Bangladesh is not anti American because Bangladesh is democratic country, the country is trying its best to remove corruption and bring peace. but still Bangladeshis oppose the war in Iraq and Afghanistan.

[turjo101]

based on the fact that he consulted the BIble, the Quran and a Rabbi, I'll say he's a monotheist...whatever he may be, its a great initiative and there should be more of us taking one like this.

[jasmine218]

Is it really a relevant issue what his religious belief is?

[beachballgirl45]

keep on doing it , we'll support u all the way man!!!

[levio91]

give more

[DeaducK2]

Good work man! Bangladesh needs people like you man! Keep it up!

[3873236]

THANK YOU FOR DOING WHAT YOU DO!!

[Akmasterman]

great videos

[A2FatalAssassin]

How long have you been in Bangladesh/India so far? Good luck in your further indeavors.

Congrats on the newspaper!

[UnculturedProject]

I've been here for nine months. Probably will be here for a few more months. I want to take advantage of the interest this has generated to be able to help even more people here.

[mjbmailbox]

This is the 3rd video by uncultured I have watched today and I am very pleased by what I have seen. It is good to know that other people appreciate the help American troops give. I wish I was in uncultured's shoes because he is doing something that has significant meaning. I think all of us at some point want our life to mean something to someone or something much greater than ourselves.

[smexysammie12394]

ithink what u r doing is great

[deshicool]

america also took pakitans side while it was comitting genocide.

[jini80]

Great! Thank you for what are you doing trying to alleviate poverty. I wish you all the success in life. And hope some day this world and Bangladesh will recognize you for your effort.

[FlaviusAetiusII]

Isn't Bangladesh the second most populated muslim country after Indonesia? Or does Pakistan have more people?

(Karachi: 14,ooo,ooo)

[UnculturedProject]

I just googled it - Bangladesh is #4 - apparently India and Pakistan both have more Muslims. Indonesia is #1 though.

[UnculturedProject]

@straighterthanurmama - out of curiosity, are you religious? Because I'd like to know which religion allows you to make such generalizing and discriminating comments.

[talitha00cumi]

Me, me, me, meeeee! All about me! Less about you, dude, and more about whatever your project is would have been good.

[UnculturedProject]

@talitha00cumi, my video style is "vlogging" or video blogging. In this video I was talking mostly about what was going on in my life as an update for people to know what I was going on in my life.

If I was trying to make a bland documentary (which I'm not) than I wouldn't be doing personal things like this. Lots of people vlog on YouTube. Just because I have a project doesn't mean I can't do a bit of vlogging too.

[AnnaWillSay]

i think that's great for what your doing in bangladesh. =]

[thesku11s]

Currently coutries such as the USA, Canada, Uk simply plunder Bangladesh's precious resources throughly poorly orhestrated operations in anything from textile manufacture to mineral/gas exploration, creating hellish poorly paid factory conditions, environmental devastation, depletion of natural resources, and simultaneously feeding the culture of corruption and providing no inward investment/development.

[TruthAndKnowledge]

Those factories are run by Bangladeshi businessmen, noob.

[thesku11s]

Further more it harms the economy of these countries an very rarely gets distributed properly in a nations such as Bangladesh which are know for having the most corruption in the world (Both the prime minister and her opposition leader are awaiting sentencing for this)

Nations like the USA could do so much so easily to help build a strong civil and economic structure in these troubled countries by simply employing better ettiquette in international trade.

[thesku11s]

You seem to have good motives, but I feel you are rather nieve.

American Govt schemes such as USAID do NOT help countires such as Bangladesh and it is not their intention to.

They offload surplus or unwanted basic grain such as GM Maize, and use it as a political tool.

[MEHBUB16]

bro u r doing a great job!!!hope i can do something for my country..just can't wait to get back...good luck!!

[sforwt]

Shawn, love all of your videos. Thanks for all that you are doing. You show that just one person can make a difference in so many peoples life.

[DeekayOXM]

dudes im from BD 2...but to stick 2 the fact...i dont miss dat country...dat place piss me off so much dat i will never go back there..i support USA.. n i will be happy 2 die for USA..not BD. btw im from dhaka

[TruthAndKnowledge]

Shame. I live in Thailand and I still love and care about my country.

[ohXdorkyy]

I miss Bangladesh : (

I've been to that airport, too!

[sulz132]

nice video.....i miss bangladesh!

btw, that was a biman DC 10-30

[truebangla20]

Shawn are u of Bangladeshi heritage?

[proletariat1818]

have you ever considered a political career ?? i guess through politics impact of contribution to anything comes faster.

[UnculturedProject]

The thing I like about what I am doing now is that I don't have to convince others of what I am doing is right. I currently don't have any political ambitions.

In politics, there are too many people who claim they care about these important issues - but once they get into office they ignore them. Is it that we're voting for the wrong people? Or is it that something about politics that does this to people? I'm not sure about that yet.

[proletariat1818]

thanks for replying and let me tell you that i admire what you are doing.

not all politians are necessarily bad i blv, it is just they tend to retain their power cuz that provides the opportunity to do both good and evil.either way the impact in enormous. thanks again.

[forgetnot1971]

Shawn forgot to say, great insight into development issues in Bangladesh,Save the Children video great & recycling of bottles etc, pls do continue 2 focus on +ve role of NGOs in Bangladeshi development. Would be great for you to be da young champion of development issues in Bangladesh. Above all I think we all like ur positive vibe. PS Send your videos to CBS, CNN and BBC they'll love it. I can see it now - Shawn - South Asia Correspondent for the BBC in Downtown Dhaka. No joke. Ciao.

[UnculturedProject]

It's sometimes hard to be positive when there is such a large loss of life. That's kind of the reason I've had a hard time putting all my footage of cyclone sidr onto YouTube. I want to it be meaningful - but not gruesome.

[forgetnot1971]

Your reports are superb, keep up the good work and Happy New Year, thanks for providing great insight into the Cyclone Appeal, three cheers!! Thanks also for providing insight into this moderate Muslim country at peace with all its rich multi-religious traditions, all united under the banner of a secular Bangladesh, a true example of the moderation of Islam at peace with its faith minorities and very proud to be Bengali.

[UnculturedProject]

Thanks for your kind words :-)

[Ash360H2o]

Happy New Year to you Dude!!

[UnculturedProject]

Thanks! You too!

[ReverendSoma]

It's a great thing you are doing raising awareness, of the rest of the world.

[asifbsu]

THANK YOU, TELLING THE TURE

[LtotheP0859]

This is great. I have some questions though.

For one Do you have a cause on facebook? It could offer so many benefits, and could help spread the project. and when does your Visa expire? How much longer can we expect these videos?

I think its great thing what your doing and your at least trying to break down the imaginary world the west has constructed of the developing world.

[UnculturedProject]

I have a facebook group (uncultured project), but not a facebook cause. I just support causes like 'make poverty history', 'save the children', and 'the ONE campaign'. Never thought to make a separate cause because these causes pretty much cover it.

My visa expires when my passport does -- so I can stay here for a while. But since I am taking time off school and work to do this -- I will have to go back in 2008. Just not sure which month.

[UnculturedProject]

You can expect more videos in the next few months. I have tons of footage I haven't been able to edit and upload yet. I'm just not sure how much of that will be uploaded while I'm still here and how much of it will be uploaded when I get back home.

[getonit123]

best to you and happy holidays!

[UnculturedProject]

Thanks and same to you :-)

[alicewantstoknow]

I wish you all the best in the new year and may you be able to keep doing what you're doing.

[1joecool1]

well done;-]

[UnculturedProject]

Thanks Joe - and thanks for the five star rating :-D

[notashot]

Thank you! ;) Merry Christmas!

[UnculturedProject]

Wait a minute Dave... what are you doing watching my videos? Why aren't you writing the next episode of Iago + Dimitri? I want to know what happens to Keith! Get back to work! ;-)

[notashot]

yes sir. :)

[hekma]

where did you take the shot ?  looks familiar but i cant pinpoint it

[OMGitsLIMA]

thats awesome that u got put in an article. I voted for u in phil's contest :D

[UnculturedProject]

haha - thanks man :) The other guys are good too - it was a tough contest.

[ericpid]

its beautiful there.

thanks for the touch of hope that we aren't hated everywhere.

so what exactly are you doing there? have you considered including some video of the aid you're preforming?

keep the updates coming, and thanks for all you're doing

[UnculturedProject]

I definitely want to share footage of the aid work I'm doing. I have some up already. If you check the channel there is a playlist called "Trying to Help Hands On" which has all my videos where I give stuff out.

[UnculturedProject]

But I'm not just here to do independent aid work. I am hoping to educate and inspire others to start believing that poverty can be ended in our lifetime. I know that sounds optimistic - but that's what Harvard (now teaching at Columbia) economist Jeffrey Sachs believes. He even wrote a book called "The End of Poverty". It was one of his speeches and meeting him in person that inspired this whole project.

[AskCarrieLee]

Thanks for the thanks! :) Merry Christmas!

[GrandNarrative]

You know, your video's are the ones I get most excited about when a new one pops up in my 'Subscribed' bar, so I'm a bit sad to hear your finishing up in Bangladesh. I hope you keep vlogging when you get back; I'm guessing you're going to carry on with your masters? Have fun, and don't be a stranger.

[AskCarrieLee]

Me to! I was SO excited to see this pop up in my sub bar! :)

[Stiophain]

Me three! :)

[UnculturedProject]

Hey :-) In hindsight, I edited this video so heavily, I cut out my longer explanation.

I was SUPPOSED to be back by now. But I really want to stay and try and continue to make a difference. So, for now, I'm still here with no planned departure date. I have to go back eventually though :-)

When I do - I'd very much want to finish my Masters. I've found you really need that to get a job in the development/aid field.

[GrandNarrative]

Excellent news! Very much looking forward to the next chapter in that case.

[alicewantstoknow]

me four ... please don't stop vlogging

i get soooo exited when your vids pop up

you should be featured on the main page of youtube

if youtube was smart enought to mae you a parter you'd have a few more dollars to help people out there and maybe you can facebook with a purpose aswell!

love you vids

[PrincessSillyGirl]

the world needs more people like you

[PrincessSillyGirl]

I voted for you on phillydtv

[UnculturedProject]

Thanks! :-) I was really blown away to have come in second place with so many votes.

[amyvb1]

Another very interesting video-- thank you and happy christmas!

[UnculturedProject]

Thanks! Have a Happy Holidays and a Happy New Year :-)

[Chocaz]

I think what you're doing is truly great, and hopefully will inspire more to be like you.

^^;

[HEarl114]

Its a shame that a channel of this quality has so few subscribers when there are some complete idiots out there with thousands.

[animefreak1301]

im glad you have this channel its always nice to know a about whats happening all around the world and not just America :D

[dexiangyu]

First!

[UnculturedProject]

haha - wow that was fast man. That's dedication :-)

[dexiangyu]

thanks. i really admire what you are doing. keep it up!