Indo-Caribbean people

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Indo-Caribbean people are descendants of Indian indentured laborers and later migrants who settled in Caribbean nations, forming a distinct cultural group blending South Asian and Caribbean traditions.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf diaspora community
ethnic group
ancestralCountry India
ancestralRegion Andhra Pradesh
Bihar
Jharkhand
Tamil Nadu
Uttar Pradesh
West Bengal
colonialPowersInvolved British Empire
Danish colonial empire
Dutch Empire
French Empire
Spanish Empire
continentOfOrigin Asia
culturalInfluence Caribbean culture
Creole culture
Indian culture
culturalOrganizationType cultural associations
religious mandirs and masjids
culturalPractice Divali
Hosay
Phagwah (Holi)
linked to: Holi

Qaseeda and Tazia processions
Ramleela
demographicRole largest ethnic group in Guyana
largest ethnic group in Suriname
largest ethnic group in Trinidad and Tobago
diasporaIdentity hybrid South Asian-Caribbean identity
economicHistory plantation agriculture
ethnicOrigin Indian
foodTradition aloo pie
dal and rice
doubles
paratha roti (buss-up-shut)
pholourie
roti and curry
sada roti
formedAsReplacementFor African slave labour
heritageLanguage Awadhi
Bhojpuri
Caribbean Hindustani
linked to: Bhojpuri

Hindi
Patois-influenced Hindustani
Sarnami Hindustani
Tamil
Telugu
Urdu
linked to: Urdu language
historicalMigrationPeriodEnd 1917
historicalMigrationPeriodStart 1838
historicalMigrationType indentured labour
holidayObserved Arrival Day in Guyana
Indian Arrival Day
Indian Heritage Month (some territories)
identityLanguage East Indian (Caribbean usage)
Indo-Caribbean
mainLanguage Caribbean English Creole
English
mainReligion Christianity
Hinduism
Islam
Sikhism
migrationWave 20th-century secondary migration to North America and Europe
indentured labour migration
post-indenture free migration
modernOccupationPattern diverse urban professions
musicTradition Baithak gana
Chutney music
Chutney soca
linked to: Chutney music

Local bhajans
Tassa drumming
notableSubgroup Indo-Guyanese
Indo-Jamaicans
Indo-Surinamese
Indo-Trinidadians and Tobagonians
primaryAncestralRegion South Asia
primaryRegion Caribbean
relatedGroup Afro-Caribbean people
Indian diaspora
linked to: Indians

Indo-Fijians
Indo-Mauritians
Indo-South Africans
significantPopulationIn Belize
Canada
French Guiana
Grenada
Guadeloupe
Guyana
linked to: British Guiana

Jamaica
Martinique
Netherlands
Netherlands Antilles
Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Suriname
Trinidad and Tobago
United Kingdom
United States
traditionalOccupation rice cultivation
small-scale farming
sugarcane labour

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Caribbean hasEthnicGroup Indo-Caribbean people
Indo-Caribbean people relatedGroup Indo-Fijians
linked to: Indo-Caribbean people
Indo-Caribbean people notableSubgroup Indo-Trinidadians and Tobagonians
linked to: Indo-Caribbean people
Indo-Caribbean people notableSubgroup Indo-Guyanese
linked to: Indo-Caribbean people
Indo-Caribbean people notableSubgroup Indo-Surinamese
linked to: Indo-Caribbean people
Indo-Caribbean people notableSubgroup Indo-Jamaicans
linked to: Indo-Caribbean people
Indo-Caribbean people identityLanguage Indo-Caribbean
linked to: Indo-Caribbean people
Trinidad and Tobago ethnicGroup Indo-Trinidadian and Tobagonian
linked to: Indo-Caribbean people
Suriname ethnicGroup Hindustani Surinamese
linked to: Indo-Caribbean people
Hosay practicedBy Indo-Caribbean communities
linked to: Indo-Caribbean people
Indo-Mauritians relatedGroup Indo-Trinidadians and Tobagonians
linked to: Indo-Caribbean people
Indo-Mauritians relatedGroup Indo-Guyanese
linked to: Indo-Caribbean people
Indian Arrival Day relatedTo East Indian community in Trinidad and Tobago
linked to: Indo-Caribbean people
Sarnami Hindustani spokenInDiasporaCommunity Indo-Surinamese people
linked to: Indo-Caribbean people
Sarnami Hindustani spokenInDiasporaCommunity Indo-Guyanese people
linked to: Indo-Caribbean people
Sarnami Hindustani spokenInDiasporaCommunity Indo-Caribbean people
Sarnami Hindustani ethnicGroup Hindustani Surinamese
linked to: Indo-Caribbean people
Sarnami Hindustani ethnicGroup Indo-Surinamese
linked to: Indo-Caribbean people
Dutch Surinamese relatedGroup Indo-Surinamese
linked to: Indo-Caribbean people
Caribbean Canadians relatedGroup Indo-Caribbeans
linked to: Indo-Caribbean people
Trinidadian Creole English usedBy Indo-Trinidadian population
linked to: Indo-Caribbean people
Afro-Trinidadian and Tobagonian relatedGroup Indo-Trinidadian and Tobagonian
linked to: Indo-Caribbean people
Chaguanas ethnicGroup Indo-Trinidadian and Tobagonian
linked to: Indo-Caribbean people
Dutch America ethnicGroup Indo-Surinamese
linked to: Indo-Caribbean people
Trinidad ethnicGroup Indo-Trinidadian and Tobagonian
linked to: Indo-Caribbean people
Indian diaspora hasSubgroup Indo-Caribbeans
linked to: Indo-Caribbean people
Creole Surinamese relatedGroup Indo-Surinamese
linked to: Indo-Caribbean people
Carriacou hasEthnicGroup Indo-Grenadian
linked to: Indo-Caribbean people
Baithak Gana associatedWith Surinamese Indian community
linked to: Indo-Caribbean people
Hussain Day associatedCommunity Indo-Caribbean Muslims
linked to: Indo-Caribbean people
Tadjah festival observedBy Indo-Caribbean Muslims
linked to: Indo-Caribbean people
Tadjah festival associatedWith Indo-Caribbean diaspora
linked to: Indo-Caribbean people
Chutney parang hasCulturalOrigin Indo-Caribbean community
linked to: Indo-Caribbean people
Chutney parang isPopularIn Indo-Trinidadian communities
linked to: Indo-Caribbean people
Sundar Popo ethnicGroup Indo-Trinidadian
linked to: Indo-Caribbean people
Sundar Popo culturalBackground Indo-Caribbean
linked to: Indo-Caribbean people
Rikki Jai hasAudience Indo-Caribbean communities
linked to: Indo-Caribbean people
Babla associatedWith Indo-Caribbean diaspora
linked to: Indo-Caribbean people
Nani and Nana associatedWith Indo-Caribbean diaspora
linked to: Indo-Caribbean people
Nani and Nana hasAudience Indo-Trinidadian community
linked to: Indo-Caribbean people
Nani and Nana hasAudience Indo-Guyanese community
linked to: Indo-Caribbean people
Shakira Caine ethnicGroup Indo-Guyanese
linked to: Indo-Caribbean people
Grenadian Creole English usedByEthnicGroup Indo-Grenadians
linked to: Indo-Caribbean people
island of Saint Vincent hasEthnicGroup Indo-Caribbean people
Noor Hassanali ethnicGroup Indo-Trinidadian
linked to: Indo-Caribbean people
Guyanese Creole hasEthnicGroup Indo-Guyanese
linked to: Indo-Caribbean people
Dougla people partOf Indo-Caribbean diaspora
linked to: Indo-Caribbean people