Macau (Part 1)

[f16tuga]

Haaaaaaa i miss the old times i lived There during portugese administration in that tomei dident know why my parents were packing our things and they just keepsaying we are going home and few days later i was in Portugal it was weird very i dident like it too much át. First i miss Macau

[MustangManiac1115]

Anyone else American or European find the more inner-city areas of these Asian megacities very dark and dirty looking. Funny thing is they are probably literally more clean, but the architecture and design is horrific and jumbled making it look much more slummy.

[SeventhSun]

Looks like Hong Kong.

[frankiexllx]

With the european an specialy the portuguese crises every day goes more portuguese people to Macau. In Macau as every where English is the international language.

Macau as more gambling than in Vegas!!!

[bloomwoodbloomwood]

Macau is really a nice place for tourists, if you like gambling..

btw, i am from Hong Kong, my grandma is Macau people, most of the people in Macau speak Cantonese; Mandarin and English are quite common, most of the teenagers can speak these three languages but not Portuguese.

[michaelNYC1024]

Great music.. Somebody help out with the names??

[hzjs4n]

nice video

[arsenic5150]

I wish Macau didn't have to go under china's awful laws and human rights in 50 years. Looks like a very beautiful place to live (and the human development index is proof of this)

[ukusapillage]

what i the main languagwe they speak in china, mandarin or cantonese

[ukusapillage]

but you got to give it to the portuguese at least and unlike hong kong the city was style and is much prettyer much more exotic then hong kong that is just high buildings

[ukusapillage]

there were some portuguese schools that had mostly chinese ppl but they had portuguese as second language they never tried to implement portuguese for several reasons the first was that macau was to be chinese, the second was that unlike hong kong that had lots of english colonys near by and a economic dynamic macao was pretty much isolated the nearest colonys were in india and were just citys mocambique was far away and chinese kept to themselfs

[mysseq]

please, tell me the name of the second song!!!

[smalfishfungwc]

trudeau514qc wrote: does somebody know the name of this song??? i where in marcau 2 years ago and i remeber that the people still speak the portuguese language.. so this is part of portugal ..... reply by a Chinese: "Macau is part of portugal" once their military force is still in Macau. If Portual military force invades china again, many people will be died and most of them are Portuguese. When will you send your force to macau again????

[AsainAlyssa]

i Was Born in Macau , Then My Family Moved To U.S.A. Every Summer We Go Back And Visit . And Thats True .. In Macau They Mostly Speak Cantonese , then Mandarin , and I Went To A English School In Macau At The Age Of 7. But Portuguese is Actually One Of The Common Languages (They Dont Teach Them In Schools) But I Was With My Mom Once and Her Friends And One of Them Spoke Portuguese - the Others Understood but Dont Know How To Speak It.

[pedroantunes]

I live in the first capital of Brazil (Salvador) and it's nice to see that Macau architecture and old traditional portuguese buildings are very well conserved. In my city most of those buldings never had repair, they collapse every time and people who smoke crack and do robbery and prostitution live in some of this buldings.

[f16tuga]

well one thing is true the handover was a good thing

at least that place will give alot of money to alot of people

i just hope the chinese goverment dosent fuck up every thing

and you mother fuckers stop the censurship to macau WE HAVE MADE A FUCKING DEAL YAH BASTARDS until 2040 macau will be a autonomous area with his own rules !! long live to macau democratico

[chocho999]

I was born and raised in Macau, thanks for posting this video. It is very nostalgic for me.

[Lemurai]

Forget all this BS! Where the hell are the females son? Tryin to beat something down while i'm out that way. Singapore and Batam island are ok but I need a grimy spot like this to creep.

[iluvphones]

I live here :D!!! Go MACAU

[ML678v]

Does 0.6% are the real people from Macau,,,the others are from chinese descend they stold Macau from Macaense people.

SAY NO TO MASSIVE EMIGRATIONS!

[arpitluvsappy]

amazing place... staying at venetian hotel made my trip a memorable one.. :)

[llAlanParsonsll]

After all what language they speak in Macau? I saw several words in English and Mandarin and the music is in Portuguese, I am Brazilian and I loved the video, really beautiful place.

[monkeetime]

@llAlanParsonsll They predominantly speak Cantonese (almost 86%), followed by other southern Chinese dialects, then Mandarin, and English. Portuguese is pretty much extint in Macau, as only 0.6% of the people use it, although as a tradition the street signage is still heavily Portuguese.

[jonaspv]

Portuguese is still an official langage of Macau, alongside Chinese (not specified if Cantonese or Mandarin)

However, both the currency and legal system of Macau have been kept unchanged by China since the handover, that's why even today so many law graduates from Portugal finish their degree and move to work in Macau. Altough Portuguese culture is fading from Macau, we still hold many ties and Portuguese citizens still have an easier migration process should they wish to move to Macau.

[GivenchyParisFr]

@monkeetime but in Macau, they know notion of portuguese and how to speak it right?

[SeventhSun]

@monkeetime

European languages must be too hard for them.

[f16tuga]

@llAlanParsonsll not perty much extint there are alot of portuguese businesmans in there and alot of people from portugal still have homes in there and other stuffs my father was a policeman during the portuguese rule when the handover happend we came to portugal but in the streets of macau the portuguese culture is in 100% funy thing is that i dont have a lot of memorys from that place

saudaçoes amigo fica bem

[oyama82]

Macau is wonderful but small

it has the biggest casino in the world though(Venetian)you cant miss it if you visit Macau

[0503526F]

What's the name of the second song?

[SunTanMan2007]

Song: Foto Viva - Mo' Horizons

[Cachicochip]

@monkeetime Great video... Macau is on my to-go-list, I know people that have been there and loved it! Btw, what's the name of the song in the first half of the vid?

[koutorstar]

good video

[Mesmoarrasca]

wonderful!

[xsiranthrax]

what's the song, it's awesome :D

[trudeau514qc]

does somebody know the name of this song??? i where in marcau 2 years ago and i remeber tha the people still speak the portuguese language.. so this is part of portugal

[monkeetime]

@trudeau514qc Macau USED TO BE a Portuguese colony until December 20th 1999 when it was handed back to China, but, like Hong Kong, it preserved a high degree of autonomy.

[danylls]

@trudeau514qc

The first song in the video is called "Foto Viva" by Mo'Horizons. You can find it on the Putumayo album World Lounge. :)

[trudeau514qc]

does somebody knows the name of this song, ?? i where in macau and i think this part of portugal i heard a lot people speaking portuguese

[MrandMrsFlamer]

Damn im dying to go here. I wanna take my wife there for vacation.

[grandexandi]

great trip! do people speak portuguese there?

[monkeetime]

@grandexandi supposedly, but I don't remember hearing any on the street. The street signage is bilingual though, so SOMEONE speaks it. According to Wikipedia, only 0.6% of the people speak Portuguese at home...

[manelth]

@grandexandi Usually they do but most only speak Portuguese at home.. only 0.6% speak Portuguese at home.. the majority speaks Cantonese.. the signs are billingual and many public schools make it mandatory to learn portuguese

[chocoholic77cw]

@grandexandi Not alot of people speak portuguese they have potuguese people there and all the signs have portuguese but not alot of people there are portuguese i lived there for 3 years and i only knew a handful of portuguese people and only saw 3 portuguese people on the streets everyday

[Rotebuehl1]

@grandexandi Portuguese is revigorating now! After the handover in 1999, Portuguese seemed to be decaying to a state of almost complete irrelevance! But nowadays Portuguese is being tought again in schools and many Macanese learn Portuguese again, due to strong chinese interests in Africa and Brazil!

[floridakleen]

i was in macau a year and was missin it very much...this video is GREAT everythings there to reminise :D thanks

[kokulink]

isnt it aslso knoiw as jyutping (jyupin) how to you say macau like ma cow ma cau

[saulo320]

this is of portugal

[gegito]

@saulo320 not anymore

[DarthVantos]

So i was pretty high while watching this and it felt great this video is seriously Awesome!

[TheIxtlan]

Macau is suppose to be riches in the world.

[tuga8492]

@TheIxtlan and it is great times in there my father was a cop there when that was still under the portuguese rule god dam i miss so much tose times men i want to cry

[MrRafaellam]

Great! You know more than me about Macau! Haha!

[MrRafaellam]

Great! You know more than me about Macau! Haha!

[onemorewinter]

So good the video and this music in Portuguese is so delicious too. That sidewalks is one of my favorite kind like in Rio de Janeiro. Portuguese did a good work! There's no sense the traffic being English hand.

[rdub520]

GREAT video. I am so ready to check out Macau!

Please tell me the songs you used in the video too!!!

[tamshai]

Worth a few days to explore. Been there several times to get my visa to China.

[ScorpionFire98]

EXCELLENT video!!

well done : )

[sum200310222000]

I lOVE THIS

[lynnchpin]

I second that Thank You. Great view of the area

[blaablaaah]

OH MY GODD.. I'v been in Macau, Hongkong and China . I lived in macau about two months . IT'S JUST AN AMAZING PLACE ! :):) just loved it.

[dlpereira]

Thanks for the video! Just like a City in Portugal : )

I really want to goto Macau one day...

[cpretartedmuch]

then go u fucking kiss ass.

[betalover1]

In the 1960s and 70s, the Portuguese wanted to return it to China, but China told them to keep it for a while longer, as the situation was not ripe. It is ripe now, obviously.

[betalover1]

Macao started as a Portuguese administrative region in Ming. History was that China at the time did not understand the connotation of losing sovereignty over a small part of its territory. China wanted to just isolate the foreigners and just to give them a small part of China to live on. Later, the Portuguese learnt from the Brits, and made Macao a colony. Macaos status as either a colony or an administrative region has been cloudy.

[15141313]

Disculpa mas, eu quero saber uma coisa....entao a gente falam o portugues no Macau? ou outra idioma?

[damogu27]

En realidad son pocos los que hablan portugués, el chino es predominante allí.

Un saludo desde Colombia

[rdub520]

Falam português sim.

[qtadosol]

Correction: Macau is a former Portuguese administered territory, not a colony! The portuguese were there since the beggining with the consent of China!

[cactus2791]

十分喜歡影片開始時那首歌,

望有朋友告知,謝謝!

[kiqzz]

Great song in the start of the video, what;s the name of it? i love macau and hong kong. thanks for the great video man

[koolslimerki]

Great vid! I just came back home from there yesterday! It was a great city!

[chinaahgxm1]

Macau is just a city of China.

[coaksial]

Cool man! I liked a lot of your video. Who's the singer of the first music? I never listen it in my country ( Brazil). Your video showed of me very well the city of Macau. Because, in the future, I would like to visit Macau . Thanks for your movie.

[ivokim01]

what street is that 4:03??? i need to go to that canon store?

[camilo4636]

linda cidade veja o vidio , aldair camilo=youtube

[PMKENNY]

why are they driving on the left side of the road in Macau?

I now that Hong Kong have left side driving, buth eighter PR of China or Portugal have left side driving... (Hong Kong have left side driving from the british rule and the traficsystem in HK its to comlicated to turn it on to rigth side driving).

[monkeetime]

You know, this is an excellent question, but I have no idea... Wikipedia mission..

[drpoi]

Because the closest markets to import cars from at the time were Hong Kong and Japan (still are).

[DAUCUSCAROTATHEMOVIE]

Have you ever been to England and Portugal :)

I currently live in England , and been to Portugal.

And I use to live in Macau and worked in Hong Kong.

Same over here ;) just the way they love to piss each other off.

The cars are important directly from Japan - not Hong Kong.

[mlsi]

@PMKENNY, i could be wrong but i believe that some countries changed their side of driving not too long ago. portugal was one but not macau. i was born in the 80s and that's what i'd been told and i'm too lazy to google that.

[rdmpampanga]

i miss macau, i miss my darling, we were there last year but now she is in canada. sad though.

[oumun99]

Great!

[jonhestananet]

força delta, in these days what would china possible want from portugal ? lol a nice holyday site maybe ? ..

[ma19720703]

hfjg

[forcadelta5]

Macau was a concession by the Chinese for the Portuguese maintained Chinese waters free from the pirates. But some Chinese dont want to admit that. Maybe in future they want again our help, and in that time we want Macau for ever! And for those who dont believe. Dont say ever!

[shademurtagh]

Portugal will probably never gain recontrol of macau. I don't know why china would let that happen.

[Rotebuehl]

Portugal tried to pass over Macau to China since the sixties and it was China that declined, for reasons I don't know! The question is rather: why would Portugal want Macau "back"? Macau was never conquered, was never a colony! It was a deal between these two countries, for the advantage of both cultures! The 465 years lasting portuguese administration was a chinese idea and a chinese proposal dating back to the year 1534...

[tazkwok]

This video/clip definitely inspires me to travel back to Macau. It brings back a lot of childhood memories.

[Seekinsion]

to wubi2008:

it must be Portuguese.

[wubi2008]

cool first music but which language is it? not english...

[znaya]

Group: Mo'Horizons

Track: "Foto Viva"

German DJs Ralf Droesemeyer and Mark "Foh" Wetzler are Mo'Horizons. The voice belongs to the brazillian singer Leila Pantel.

[monkeetime]

Nicely done! You know your stuff...

[justanotherkiwi]

Awesome stuff =D, i can't wait till i go for a Trip now =D.

~Jayson