ImmigrantsIndentured labourersFolk museumEthnopharmacological relevance: Mauritius is famous for its floricultural diversity and traditions practiced across the island by various ethnic groups. During the British rule in the 1835s, Indian indentured labourers migrated to Mauritius and played a very ...
Sikh, and Jain diaspora and the main day of the festival of Diwali (the day of Lakshmi Puja) is an official holiday in Fiji, Guyana, India, Malaysia, Mauritius, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Suriname,
Chapter I discusses the factors that gave rise to large-scale sugar cultivation by Europeans in Province Wellesley, and examines the reasons why the local Malays and the Javanese and Chinese immigrants were not adequately responsive to ... DS Chanderbali 被引量: 0发表: 1983年 ...
albopictus assumed to be introduced into the Reunion Island by immigrants from Asia in the 17th-18th centuries [47] has been subjected to major bottlenecks that cause strong genetic divergence from the Asian mosquitoes [48]. Thus Ae. albopictus from the Reunion Island may be genetically different...
8. Smile Train in Chennai did cleft repair surgery at no cost for poor children. A man was asked how many children he had. He said he had 1, a boy. It turned out that he also had 5 daughters which he did not mention. 9. Indian midwives in Tamil Nadu are paid $2.50 to kill gi...
were common plants used by Indian indentured immigrants against a wide range of ailments. Data obtained from recent ethnomedicinal surveys revealed that A. indica and C. longa were the most traditionally used plants in India, while in Mauritius, C. longa was the most popular plant followed by ...
It presents the origins and forms of the indentured immigration to Mauritius, followed by the forms of coercion and resistance in great detail, using plantation, police and justice archives. The experiences of immigrants and the enormous difficulties they encountered in defending their rights ...
3. Sailors in the British Empire 4. Slaveries and Emancipation 5. Immigrants and Planters in the Reunion Island 6. From British Servants to Indentured Immigrants: The Case of Mauritiusdoi:10.1177/0843871415571047tNoneSAGE PublicationsInternational Journal of Maritime History...
Citing a few instances of transnational networking among the diaspora communities, the paper analyses the nature and functioning of such networks among the Indian immigrants in South Africa. The state initiative to reconnect the People of Indian Origin (PIOs) and Non-Resident Indians (NRIs), ...