“The indentured labour gave rise to a new culture in the Caribbean islands”. Explain with example.
These forms of cultural fusion are part of the making of the global world, where things from different places get mixed, lose their original characteristics and become something entirely new.
(i)In Trinidad the annual Muharram procession was transformed into a riotous carnival called ‘Hosay’ (for Imam Hussain) in which workers of all races and religions joined.
(ii)Similarly, the protest religion of Rastafarianism (made famous by the Jamaican reggae star Bob Marley) is also said to reflect social and cultural links with Indian migrants to the Caribbean.
(iii)‘Chutney music’, popular in Trininad and Guyana, is another creative contemporary expression of the post-indenture experience.
