History of British Ceylon Tea ( Documentary)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EvFVOHFMquk

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A personal journey into the history of tea and Britain's involvement with Sri Lanka. I trace my own ancestry to the days of the British Empire, when my family were planters in Ceylon. I meet a long lost relative from the Congreve family and I even find 19th century photos of my ancestor Norman Rowsell hung up in a Victorian sports pavilion called the Darrawella Club. The British Empire is viewed in the context of civilisational cycles and I explain author John Still's theory of the Jungle Tide and the jungle gods that are still worshipped here. Tea and the modern tea industry of Sri Lanka that was founded under the British Empire, is here used as a device by which the viewer can look at the history of that country and understand the impermanent and fragile nature of all civilisation. This channel depends on your support: Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/survivethejive Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/survivethejive https://rootbocks.com/projects/surviv... All footage and images owned by Thomas Rowsell or from Wikicommons. Drone footage by NR Media. All music used with permission - see credits for more info.

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