History
A form of labor where a person is contracted to work for a period of time without a salary.
What is indentured servitude
What percentage of Belize’s population is made up of East Indians ?
What is three percent.
Name at least three East Indian foods.
What is Tacari, cohune Cabbage, Dahl , Roti,sorosi, calaloo, curry,rice.
Which religion do most East Indians practice?
Hinduism
When did The East Indians arrive in Belize?
What is during the period 1865 - 1917.
Name two East Indian surnames
What is Williams, Ranguy, Parham.Mangar, Coleman ,Rancharan,Supal .....
What is the local time for tumeric?
What is yellow ginger.
What is the doctrine of Sansara all about?
The continuous cycle of life, death and reincarnation.
Which area of Belize did East Indians first settle?
They first settled in Southern Belize in an area once called the Toledo Settlement.
Which present day areas of Belize can we find the East Indians living?
What is Corozal and Toledo Districts.
What does the Hindi phrase Sano mean?
What is "eat with fingers”.
What is the universal law of cause and effect in East Indian traditions and beliefs.
What is Karma.
Name at least two present day villages that were a part of the Toledo Settlement.
What is Elridgeville, Forest Home and Cattle Landing.
A native East Indian dance is only performed on special occasions.
What is the the “who-se-mi-se” dance
What is Dahl?
What is split peas?
What is reincarnation?
What is a person or animal in whom a particular soul is believed to have been reborn.
Where did the final wave of Est Indians settle and what type of work did they do?
What is the coast of Belize City in the Yarborough area.They were merchants.
What is the longsheet of colourful cloth, that East Indian women wear draped over a simple or fancy blouse called?
What is a Sari.
What is the name of the East Indian food which is a type of spiced meat that has been hit with a blast of either curry, known as “masala,” or yellow ginger.
What is Tacari
Why do the East Indians take a bathe or shower before entering a temple ?
To clean themselves of negative thoughts and evil influences .