The Shaping of a Culture

The Shaping of a Culture Rituals and Festivals in Trinidad Compared With Selected Counterparts in India, 1990-2014

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Publisher's Synopsis

Trinidad and Tobago reflects the dynamic rhythm of a cosmopolitan mix of cultures where the Indo-Trinidadian contribution is significant. This has its genesis in the 19th and early 20th centuries when more than 500,000 contract workers, from various regions of India, were shipped to the Caribbean to arrest the labour crisis in these plantation economies. These indentured immigrants brought their religions, languages, rituals, festivals, cultural practices and other performative traditions and planted them in its fertile soil.

Book information

ISBN: 9781910553589
Publisher: Hansib Publications
Imprint: Hansib
Pub date:
DEWEY: 394.269729830904
DEWEY edition: 23
Language: English
Number of pages: 396
Weight: 960g
Height: 167mm
Width: 237mm
Spine width: 28mm