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Festival of the GIRMITIYAS Arrival Day

Festival of the GIRMITIYAS Arrival Day

  By Ariti Jankie HOUSTON: Unique in India’s diaspora is the history of its 3.5 million people transported during the period 1833 to 1920 to European controlled colonies, to provide labor, following the abolition of slavery. The Gitmit or Indenture-ship system started a new chapter with added color to its ancient culture that has since […]