Indian Arrival Day | |
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![]() Early Indian indentured arrivals in Trinidad and Tobago. | |
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Significance | Arrival of the first British Indian indentured laborers in each respective country. |
Celebrations | Celebrates South Asian-Indian people and their contributions. |
Observances | Parades, religious prayer services, and cultural shows |
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Frequency | Annual |
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Indian Arrival Day is a holiday celebrated on various days in the nations of the Caribbean, Fiji, South Africa and Mauritius, commemorating the arrival of people from the Indian subcontinent to their respective nations as indentured labours brought by European colonial authorities and their agents. In Guyana, Mauritius, Fiji and Trinidad and Tobago, where it started, it is an official public holiday.[3][4][5][6]
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