Na Shalima Mohammed
ʻO ka Indo-Caribbean Cultural Center (ICC) i kēlā me kēia pule ʻo ZOOM Public Meeting i kēlā me kēia pule he hana paionia a me ka ʻāina i hana ʻia e ka anthropologist Dr. Kumar Mahabir o Trinidad a me Tobago.
Hoʻokumu ʻia i ka makahiki 2020 ma ke ʻano he kumu waiwai ʻole i ka wā o ka maʻi maʻi Covid-19, hāʻawi ka ʻaha kūkā i ka leo a me ka ʻike ʻana i nā poʻe o ka ʻohana India, he mau lāhui liʻiliʻi i nā ʻāina a lākou e noho ai. Hoʻoulu ʻia e ka US Black Lives Matter movement, he misionari kēia ʻaha kūkā e hoʻopau i ka like ʻole, ka pono ʻole, ka hoʻokae a me ka racism systemic i nā poʻe o India. Eia hou, ke ʻimi nei ʻo ia e ʻike a lohe ʻia nā hui liʻiliʻi ma ka Caribbean a me nā wahi ʻē aʻe.
ʻO ka pahuhopu o ka pule pule ZOOM Public Meetings ʻo ia ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻana i nā kūkākūkā e pili ana i nā mea e hopohopo nui nei i nā India. Eia naʻe, ʻaʻole no ka poʻe India wale nō nā kūkākūkā. Hoʻokipa ka poʻe hoʻokipa i nā mea a pau, me ka ʻole o ka lāhui, i kā lākou hui virtual i mālama ʻia i kēlā me kēia Lāpule mai 3.00 pm a 5.00 pm EST. ʻOiai ua hoʻokumu ʻia ma ka Caribbean, he honua ia i ka ʻike a me ka laulā.
I kēia manawa, ke ʻimi nei ʻo Kauka Mahabir a me kāna hui i kahi ʻoihana waiwai ʻole: ICC Indian Diaspora Country Tours, i manaʻo ʻia e hoʻohui kino i nā poʻe ma India Diaspora - ʻoiai inā hoʻokahi makahiki - i nā kolone kahiko a pau kahi e lawe ai nā moku i nā malihini India indentured. ua ku i kekahi manawa.
Ua ʻōlelo nā mea hoʻonohonoho: "Manaʻo mākou e hoʻomau i ka moʻomeheu India o nā hui ʻohana lōʻihi. ʻAʻole hiki ke wehewehe ʻia ka ʻohana e ka pili koko, akā ma ka mōʻaukala, ka hoʻoilina a me ka pilina moʻomeheu, e like me kā mākou e ʻike nei me ka ʻohana ICC ZOOM. ʻOiai ʻo Trinidad a me Tobago ka home o ka ICC, ke hoʻokipa nei mākou iā ʻoukou a pau ma ka Diaspora India i kēia huakaʻi hoʻomaka ʻo ICC Indian Diaspora Country Tour i kāleka ʻia no ʻAukake 4 a 11, 2022.
Ua hele mai nā kono i ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi e hele mai e ʻoliʻoli i nā ʻono, nā mea ʻike, nā leo, nā mea kanu, nā holoholona a me nā kānaka o ka repubalika mokupuni māhoe nani kahi i hele mai ai 143,939 Indentured immigrants a hoʻokumu i kā lākou hoʻoilina. ʻO ka ʻike moʻomeheu e loaʻa kahi huakaʻi kaʻa i Debe ma ka Hema no nā pālua ʻono, nā meaʻai momona a me nā mea ʻono kupaianaha.
Ma ka huakaʻi hoʻi, hele nā malihini ma ka Ward o Montserrat ma Central Trinidad - ka papa kahi i ʻae ʻia ai ka helu nui loa o nā haʻawina ʻāina (7,875 ma waena o 1871-1879) e nā indenture India ma kahi o ka hoʻi ʻana i India. E kipa aku lākou i ka Hale Hōʻikeʻike Karipiano Indian, ka luakini kaulana i ka honua-i-ke-kai a me ke kiʻi kūʻokoʻa a kapu ʻo Hanuman 85 kapuaʻi. I kekahi lā aʻe, e hoʻi lākou i Central e kipa aku i ka hale waihona puke ma ka National Council for Indian Culture (NCIC), a kūʻai aku ma nā hōʻikeʻike India no nā lole India maoli, nā kāmaʻa, nā mea nani, nā huahana mālama ʻili a me ka make-up. E lawe ʻia nō hoʻi lākou i ka Hale Liona, i hoʻopaʻa ʻia i loko o ka puke He Hale no Mr. Biswas, kahi i noho ai ka mea kakau Sir VS Naipaul.
ʻO kekahi ʻāpana o ka ʻike moʻomeheu ʻo Hosay/Muharram ma St James, North Trinidad. Hiki i ka poʻe kipa i ka huakaʻi ke komo i kahi huakaʻi kū hoʻokahi i ke Komohana Komohana e kū wale ana i hoʻokahi makahiki. Ma St James - i kapa ʻia ʻo "ke kūlanakauhale ʻaʻole hiamoe" - hiki i nā malihini ke hauʻoli i ka pō a ʻai i ka roti wela ma ia wahi.
No ka poʻe aloha kūlohelohe, ʻo Naema's Estate i ka nani o Maracas, St Joseph Valley, kahi e hiki ai iā lākou ke hoʻolulu iā lākou iho i loko o ka ʻōmaʻomaʻo ʻōmaʻomaʻo a hui hou me ke ʻano ʻoiai e ʻimi ana a e aʻo ana e pili ana i nā mea kanu lāʻau e ulu nei ma ka ʻāina. Hiki iā lākou ke ʻauʻau i loko o ka loko wai a i ʻole ke koho ʻana e hele i 10 mau minuke kaʻahele nani ma ke ala i kahi mauna nani no ka nānā ʻana i ka hanu o Trinidad.
Ma mua o ka haʻalele ʻana i ka home, hiki i nā mākaʻikaʻi ke hoʻopaʻa i nā kaula kaikunāne o Raksha Bandhan.
ʻO nā koho no ka noho ʻana me Morton House - ka home mōʻaukala 141 makahiki o Reverend John Morton. He mikionali Presbyterian o Morton mai Nova Scotia, Kanada, a ma kona manao iho, ua hele mai i Trinidad i ka makahiki 1868 e lawelawe i na Inia Hikina i hookahi makahiki wale no ma mua o ka haawiia ana o na haawina aina mua i na limahana Inia. Wahi a ka mea kākau ʻo Gerard Tikasingh, "ʻO kāna diary e hōʻike ana, ʻo ia wale nō ka moʻolelo lima mua o ka poʻe India ma nā kauhale a me nā kauhale i ka hopena o ke kenekulia 19 a ke waiho nei i kumu kumu kūʻai ʻole o ka ʻike".
E kaʻana like ʻia nā mea hoihoi o kēia wahi a me nā kikoʻī ʻē aʻe, me nā protocols ʻāina COVID-19, me nā poʻe hoihoi. E ʻoluʻolu kaomi ma kēia loulou a hoʻopiha i ka palapala ma ke ʻano he hōʻike hoihoi i ke komo ʻana i ka ʻohana ICC no kā mākou "lime" Caribbean ma Trinidad a me Tobago mai ʻAukake 4 a 11, 2022.