guyana in the year 1922

Oye ,

she did a ton of research ....than any of us !

ON Indentureds and finding your roots....


Forget the jagdeo thing ....

Scenes from British Guiana, circa 1940's and 50's.

40  and 50 ? , my friend that is a scene from my childhood

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40  and 50 ? , my friend that is a scene from my childhood
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Are you in that footage Kwams?  So was it 60's or 70's?

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Are you in that footage Kwams?  So was it 60's or 70's?
[/quote]  could be  , but aint no different from my youth days

British Guiana, Circa 1965 - the year before independence.

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[/quote] will watch tonite, seems very interesting

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I've always been fascinated at how the majority Indians in Guyana and Trinidad kept alive all aspects of their culture (music and dance) and religions (Hinduism and Islam) but lost their mother language altogether.  At what stage, or at what point in time did the Indians start speaking creolese English and stop speaking bhojpuri?
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i DON'T THINK all of our ancestors were bhojpuri...

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i DON'T THINK all of our ancestors were bhojpuri...
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No, but the majority were from bhojpuri speaking regions in India.  There were some from Madras and Tamil Nadu state who would have spoken a different language altogether.  Ie. The Nagamootoo's and Kallicharan's etc.

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No, but the majority were from bhojpuri speaking regions in India.  There were some from Madras and Tamil Nadu state who would have spoken a different language altogether.  Ie. The Nagamootoo's and Kallicharan's etc.
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there were some from punjabi land, luknow, ect... ect...  yes lots od madrasi and south Indians as weell... so i won't be too quick to label all of them Bhajpuri and inquire why they lost their mother tongue, you out of all people asking???  while you're at it, you should ask how and why the africans lost their tongues too... also the chinese...