Hoʻoponopono e Ms. Sherry Hosein Singh, Trinidad, West Indies
Ua hiki mai ka Caribbean Festival of Arts (CARIFESTA) ma Trinidad a me Tobago a ua hala he $ 6 miliona.
Pono e hana ʻia kahi lāʻau make.
Me ka mahalo i ka moʻomeheu Indo-Caribbean ma CARIFESTA, ua palena ʻia ia ma nā hōʻike ʻo Trinidad, Guyana, a me Suriname. ʻO kahi ʻikepili ʻike ma nā pākēneka e hōʻoia i kēia koi.
ʻO ka Indians ka hapa nui o ka lāhui i kēia mau ʻāina a ʻo ka hapa nui o ka lāhui i ka ʻōlelo Pelekania Caribbean.
Mai noʻonoʻo i ka ʻaʻahu aniani o ka liʻiliʻi ʻo Ramleela ma aneʻi a me ka Sangeeta liʻiliʻi ma laila ma CARIFESTA.
Ua hōʻike akāka ʻia kēia tokenism i ka wehe ʻana ma Queen's Park Savannah, Port-of-Spain, i ka pō Pōʻalima i ka wā a David Rudder i mele ai iā "Trini i ka iwi." ʻO Indo-mea mele Neval Chatelal a me kekahi mau mea hulahula India i hele i ka hopena o ka huelo (ʻaʻole e ʻōlelo e like me ka ʻīlio, eh) o kā Rudder hānau ʻana.
Ua muted ka leo o Chatelal e hāʻawi i ka aurality a me ke kaulana iā Rudder. Ua hoʻopā ʻo Chatelal iā Rudder, e ʻimi ana i ka hōʻoia a me ka ʻae ʻia, akā ʻaʻole ʻo Rudder i kiaʻi iā ia.
Ma ka symposia CARIFESTA ma ke Kulanui o West Indies (UWI), ʻaʻole nā poʻe Indians i hoʻowahāwahā ʻia a me ka moʻomeheu India wale nō nā poʻe haʻi ʻōlelo hiʻohiʻona āpau.
Ma ke kūkā kamaʻilio e pili ana i ka reparations no ka kauā, no ka laʻana, ʻaʻole i kuhikuhi ʻia ka indentureship. ʻAʻohe Indians a i ʻole i ola i ka luku ʻia o nā Amerindians i kū ma ka panela.
Ua hōʻike ʻia ke kihi kiʻekiʻe o ka hoʻokae ma ka Pōʻakahi, ʻAukake 19, ma ke Kulanui o West Indies (UWI) i ka manawa a Professor Kei Miller i kamaʻilio ai e pili ana i ke kumuhana ʻo "Re-Imagining Caribbean Futures."
Miller, a me nā mea kamaʻilio āpau i hele mai i ke alo o ia ahiahi i ke ahiahi - Kumu ʻO Brian Copeland, Kuhina Nyan Gadsby-Dolly, Kauka Paula Morgan, Kauka Suzanne Burke, a me MC Kauka Efebo Wilkinson - ua wehewehe ka moʻomeheu i ka Caribbean ma ke ʻano he Carnival i kāna mau hōʻike āpau.
Ua kamaʻilio wale lākou no ka pan, moko jumbies, Jʻouvert, nā daimonio polū, Dame Lorraine, Sailor Mas, a pēlā pū me ka dancehall, reggae, a me soca. ʻAʻole kahi huaʻōlelo mai kekahi o lākou e pili ana iā Divali, Hosay, Ramleela, kassida, Pichakaree, Rath Yatra, chutney, churail, saaphin, tassa, etc.
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- The high point of discrimination was exhibited on Monday, August 19, at the University of the West Indies (UWI) when Professor Kei Miller spoke on the topic “Re-Imagining Caribbean Futures.
- Ma ka symposia CARIFESTA ma ke Kulanui o West Indies (UWI), ʻaʻole nā poʻe Indians i hoʻowahāwahā ʻia a me ka moʻomeheu India wale nō nā poʻe haʻi ʻōlelo hiʻohiʻona āpau.
- ʻO ka Indians ka hapa nui o ka lāhui i kēia mau ʻāina a ʻo ka hapa nui o ka lāhui i ka ʻōlelo Pelekania Caribbean.
