| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 180,000[1] | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Saint-André, Saint-Denis | |
| Languages | |
| French, Réunion Creole, Tamil. | |
| Religion | |
| Hinduism, syncretic religion, Indic religions | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Indo-Réunionnais, Tamils, Dravidians |
Malbars or Malabars are an ethnic group of South Indian Tamil origin in Réunion, a French island in the Southwest Indian Ocean, The Malbars constitute 25% of the population of Réunion and are estimated to be around 180,000.[2]
There have been people of South Indian origin on the island since the 17th century, and those were mostly from Pondicherry.[3] Most were originally brought in as indentured labourers in the second half of the 19th century and were mostly South Indian Tamils.[4] Since then, the Malbars have developed some patterns of behaviour that are not quite those of their ancestors from Tamil Nadu nor those of the other inhabitants of Réunion.
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- ^ "Réunion" (PDF). The Indian Diaspora. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-08-21.
- ^ de Garine, Valerie (2001). Drinking: anthropological approaches Volume 4 of Anthropology of food and nutrition. Berghahn Books. p. 225. ISBN 9781571818096. Retrieved 2009-11-29.
- ^ "The Indian Diaspora". indiandiaspora.nic.in. Archived from the original on 2010-08-15. Retrieved 2020-03-23.
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