JAMAICA - 174th Anniversary of Indian Arrival Celebrations

Indian Arrival celebrations, Chedwin Park, Jamaica. Very honored to be a part of this annual celebration. As a Pandit and Motivational Speaker serving the people of Jamaica for the several years now, I am forever grateful for all the love and appreciation that is always emanated by the wonderful souls on the Island. I look forward to returning soon to serve in whatever capacity is required from a spiritual angle.
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[@Lifestylewithjada]

One love...Love my indian brothers and Sisters🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳I hope this video open some ppl eyes and show them how diverse Jamaica is and there's not only black ppl in Jamaica!

[@jahlincoln5504]

This celebratory event gives a indication of how Jamaica used to look visually 50/60/70/100 + year ago. Had so much migration not taken place Jamaica's demographic population would look similar to this visually in some parishes in 2023...

[@vake506]

Our grandparents and great grandparents started this journey May 5-1838. Today we continue their journey. 🇬🇾🇬🇾🇬🇾🇬🇾

[@vikassaxena1719]

Loved to see our brothers & sisters 🇯🇲 I'm planning to be there next year ✈️ Keep the legacy alive ✊ Lots of love from 🇮🇳

[@yogeshsukhdeo4837]

Sending peace and love from Guyana 🇬🇾🇯🇲 ❤💚💛

[@ripaccount-n2x]

Yogi Sukhdeo From NYC

[@yogeshsukhdeo4837]

@Mr Lex Not at all.

[@mannyescuela3511]

Yessir 🇯🇲 🇬🇾

[@boynton20]

Jamaica needs Guyana and Trinidad help to preserve the Indian blood in Jamaica we need your help.

[@boynton20]

We need suriname too

[@patrickdial5810]

We in Guyana greet you with deep familial feelings. I lived in Jamaica some 70 years ago when I was among the first students at the University at Mona. I remember Jamaica with feelings of nostalgia and Jamaican Indians with a great deal of love. I hope the Indians from Guyana, Trinidad and other West Indian islands who have settled in Jamaica would integrate themselves in the Jamaican Indian community and help in the resuscitation of Indian culture. Now that Guyana has become an important oil country, I hope in due time more Jamaicans would come to Guyana.

[@kingnaldo4058]

They should Integrate ASAP, because this is not what I remembered seeing as child, when they were thousands. We need to preserve this culture indeed...🤔

[@theclarendongroupii437]

My Maternal Great Grandfather was an Indian. My Paternal Great Grandfather was a Scottish and British White Man. My Paternal Great Grandmother was African. They assimilated into the Jamaican culture. So I know how great it is to practice “Out of Many One People.” While I welcome the migration of Guyanese or Trinidadian Indians to Jamaica, I do so as a way to promote unity among the races; as opposed to creating disunity.

[@RahulRaj-yt9bp]

They are my people,my Bhojpuri sangeet, my culture... ❤🙏🇮🇳🙏❤love and respect from Bihar,India.

[@Ryan-jk5xn]

Indian Biharis if possible should help teach bhojpuri to Caribbean Indians. Because most Jamaican/Caribbean Indians either only know abit of the language or don't know it at all. Maybe online classes or send delegations to come to the Caribbean and build cultural schools. This will help bhojpuri become abit more prominent internationally and provide some jobs for native speakers. Plus help Caribbeans stay in touch with their roots. Win win for both.

[@spicylifevlogs8355]

Ryan its better to learn from suriname indians or fiji indians . Yes u r always welcome to trace your roots.

[@isaacclarke4229]

Much Love to our Indian Brothers and Sisters... 🇫🇯🇮🇳🇮🇳❤️❤️🙏🏼

[@kroy8564]

Unbelievable, excellent, Indian people in Jamaica. Lots of love from Indian.

[@indrabudhu1069]

I wish happiness to all the different races in Jamaica. I hope all the races live happily together.

[@mrladnek5858]

Love from Trinidad 🇹🇹

[@ayana2493]

I love my people🇮🇳🇯🇲🇮🇳🇯🇲❤️

[@timesaregettingbadpatrickd6207]

I love my people but not the food most of my relatives are indian looking but l do not like curry goat .

[@jamaicanice1522]

Love seeing ppl embrace them roots.

[@Arjunkumarp]

Love and wishes to all Jamaican from south tip of india .. Stay connected to ancestors' land ....

[@pavitrajaimungal1889]

Nice to know Indian Kulture is celebrated in Jamaica with songs from Trinidad. Jai Girmitiyaa. Jai Jahaaji.

[@luxurydoll6007]

Beautiful my Indian roots 🇯🇲❤️

[@RoshanSingh-tj9gd]

Hi

[@myyoutubechannel9137]

Am from Trinidad🇹🇹🇹🇹🇯🇲🇮🇳i love my people

[@yogendrasingh8090]

Thanks for preserving Indian culture in West Indies

[@nishaanpatel9985]

Today is Diwali and I am in the UK. I'm Indian and watching this warmed my heart seeing people coming together and celebrating 🥰 makes me wish I was there more unity my brother's and sisters more love and understanding 🙌🏽

[@janasaamy3193]

Congratulations from Sri Lanka

[@kingnaldo4058]

When I was a child, there were much more *Indians* in *Jamaica.* I remembered *Vere, Clarendon* was the epicenter of all things *Indians.* Also half of the students population of *Garvey Maceo* were indians, over 90 percent of *Kemps Hill High* were *Indians* ..... Now it's very sad and emotional to see the declined in the overall numbers due to migration. I'm happy that the government recently expanded the *No Visa Requirements* for immigrants coming from *India* we need to expand the population real quick.....🤔🇯🇲👍

[@jamaicanwilson3474]

Still alot..Come to Kingston

[@ayana2493]

yes my indian family lives in kemp’s hill

[@Original274]

King Spotlight, it is very sad to see the decline in numbers of J.A. Indians to foreign shores. Both my parents are Jamaican Indian from Westmoreland. They migrated to England early 1960s along with many family & friends, work being a major factor for their departure. My parents spent 12 yrs in England & returned to Jamaica early 1970s with myself & my two siblings...If Vere, Clarendon is the epicentre of all things Indian, then 'Paul Island', Little London, Grange Hill & several other areas in Westmoreland, from my experience also had a very high demographic Indian population. A high percentage of my school in Paul Island was attended by Indian students. Sad to say my parents & family relocated back to England after several months in J.A...

[@kingnaldo4058]

@@jamaicanwilson3474 Yup especially in *Cockburn Pen* and *Olympic Way* .....🤔

[@kingnaldo4058]

@@ayana2493 One of my good friends from high school family and other relatives still resides in *Kemps Hill* ....👍

[@Original274]

So sad thousands of Jamaican Indian families/Individuals have relocated abroad globally over past decades. Good turn out for this celebratory event...

[@ripaccount-n2x]

Original Donovan There’s like often Indo Caribbeans living in NYC but mostly are from Guyana but also of Jamaicans descents and from T&T too.

[@Original274]

You will find the main reason why people from Caribbean islands migrating to the U.S., Canada & U.K. are for work, studying & lifestyle changes...

[@darmakiss4829]

Why the relocate? I am Caribbean Indian also but Guyanese

[@indirasingh6126]

There's still alot here in Jamaica.

[@higherregion]

I guess the same applied to Chinese jamaicans and other minority groups.

[@amalraj8032]

Love from Kerala , India 😍😍

[@lowKut]

Nice!! Roots and Culture live on.

[@higherregion]

Lots of practicing Jamaican hindus live in florida

[@princekushwaha3210]

This kind of singing is from Uttar Pradesh & Bihar India .... 🇮🇳🙏🇯🇲🙏 ! Still same ( 10 May 1800s)..

[@basavarajagoudara7247]

DNA OF INDIA ,still shines in Jamaica since 174 years

[@vipin4690]

Indian diaspora😇❤️ love from INDIA

[@GeetaSingh-kr1rn]

Never knew Jamaica have so many Indians the video is very beautiful with everyone enjoying the festival I think we will take a vacation to Jamaica next year on their Indian arrival day it was very very beautiful I’m from Trinidad but live in the U. S. and I was looking at the festival so beautiful to see every culture celebrating

[@jahlincoln5504]

Focusing just on Indian Jamaicans, had so much emigration not taken place out of J.A. this is how Jamaica would look visually today in some parishes...

[@kimlee399]

Ofc we do the population in Jamaica is 100,000 you have to go to Saint Andrew you will find a lot of of Indian Jamaicans like town of them lol they are mainly uptown though

[@rupaksen9678]

Very nice.I love Jamaica.

[@user-of2vn2ho9n]

Love from Bihar, India

[@anjupeswani9769]

Nice to see you celebrating Indian and Guyana people have fun

[@praneshsingh7840]

One love from Fiji Islands 🏝 always remember that fighting 💪 spirit our ancestors show and had if they made it from gyrmit we can survive anything. Unity is the key

[@anthonraj6168]

Sending 💕from Borneo, all this while thought Jamaicans are black. Just realised my Indian brothers and sisters there. In Malaysia we Indians are a minority but we blend with all the races like "Flowers of one Garden"❤❤

[@Nyammings]

Are you a Bahai?

[@anthonraj6168]

@@Nyammings , yes I am.😄

[@krisemrith5259]

Good to hear and see people of Indian origin anywhere in the world. Never expected that we were in Jamaica but very proud now. Lots of love and best wishes to all brothers and sisters from a brother in Mauritius 🇲🇺

[@hh-ck3yw]

Love to jamaica from india

[@Bibi-xn5rn]

I never knew so much Indians in Jamaica.

[@higherregion]

@Zeidane Hall I think that number is too high..maybe a few thousand full blooded indians.

[@richard_M7116]

There’s a few Reggae singers from Indian decent 😊

[@kimlee399]

Yes over 100,000

[@nadiraguyah1060]

I was there too

[@mrwarmonga]

do they have more stuff like this in JA? I know they used to have a roti fest that use to be mad.. will love to visit JA for one of theese events..

[@darmakiss4829]

1 year imma go to see my neighboring Indians countries do it

[@NewOrleanCeltics21]

Are there a lot of Indians in Clarendon Jamaica?

[@Lifestylewithjada]

@@mrwarmonga Yea they still do it but mostly on anniversary of indians arrivals

[@mrwarmonga]

@@Lifestylewithjada thanks will definitely check it out one year

[@stacyguyah7856]

I really miss this every year on the 5th of may or mothersday

[@advocateamitgond2224]

U great u alive indian culture in jamica Namste

[@dinoboodram3961]

Congratulations Indians of Jamaica peace and love.

[@stevenramsar456]

Love from Trinidad 🇹🇹 ❤

[@ashleyhodelin8172]

🇯🇲🇮🇳❤️

[@hh-ck3yw]

Love you from india

[@darmakiss4829]

Hi I am Indian Caribbean but we nah mix up with the east indies

[@pullamrajumudunuri8766]

We love Indian origin people every where in the world stay connected to India preserve Indian culture the world ancient living

[@user-bm1ie6ns7l]

Happy to this celebration in Jamaica love from Trinidad ❤

[@user-bm1ie6ns7l]

Indian arrival day celebration us very big in Trinidad

[@tomindia1661]

Blessings to all who celebrate the Indian Arrival celebrations. Receive grace and peace from God our Father, and Christ Jesus our Lord. May God bless you in all your endeavors and hard work…. May you be a blessing to this wonderful nation!

[@shivakrishna5249]

Very happy to see you all god bless

[@newtonmorris8247]

Jamaica out of many one people

[@mayena]

The estimated number of Girmitiyas/Indentured Indian labourers to Jamaican was 36,000 (1845-1917). The largest ethnolinguistic group was the Bhojpuris. Indo-Jamaicans represent 0.8% of the total population of Jamaica in 2011.

[@paulvarathan6349]

Greetings from Durban, South Africa

[@renisingh5730]

Beautiful 💕we share a similar culture in South Africa 🇿🇦 lots of love 💕

[@pyjahta9438]

Zennophobic south Africa you mean?

[@ripaccount-n2x]

p y jahta South Africa hates Whites but unknowingly Indians and other Asians.

[@renithabechan7262]

P y jahta true knob you are . Stop believing everything you see in the media you knobshine.Please educate yourself about South Africa during this Corona pandemic. Did you make your graduation for primary school?

[@renithabechan7262]

@@ripaccount-n2x being a knob? Go educate yourself bru. Discrimination and racism exists in all parts of the world.

[@welcometototalitarianism812]

@@pyjahta9438 Have you no idea that the largest populations of Indians outside of India, are in South Africa?

[@SleptWithYourMother]

Love from India Bihar

[@mrladnek5858]

Purushottam Kumar Bihar is the place where all Indians from Trinidad, Guyana, Suriname & Jamaica came from in the 1800’s.

[@SleptWithYourMother]

@@mrladnek5858 Ya! I know

[@Misspravita]

Sending love to all, from a Malaysian Indian

[@SHIVAM-hw3iy]

Love from India ❤❤

[@cobragaming5069]

I was there, wow i saw my self

[@rohanpandohie1663]

I was there.

[@raghunathnautiyal9215]

Great love fm India

[@Southkali]

Sounding like trinidad chutney love from trinidad

[@stephenlutchman2101]

Lovely from Maryland USA

[@85pkg]

This is amazing man! blacks and Indians together instead of fighting and being racist towards each other. Is this really In Jamaica??

[@mstemplgod2717]

I'm surprise they show up at Indian people celebrations tbh.

[@mannyescuela3511]

Yea only in Trinidad and Guyana does that happen really. In Suriname Jamaica Belize Guadeloupe Martinique etc the Indians r fully integrated and get along with the black population

[@kimlee399]

Yes the black and Indians love eachother in Jamaica

[@bgupta5693]

Love my indian brodars

[@anil2695]

Love from India

[@sagarsuman7596]

Waah waah jiyoo

[@uhuru27]

The thing i notice and like about Jamaica, they're no hyphenated people you're just Jamaican unlike Guyana and TNT. when i look at these two islands, its like two countries in one you have the Indian section and the black section.

[@mushymoshy]

Yesss! You are so right we are very comfortable & happy with who we are. We know who who are ethnically it is visible and is our strength. But at the heart of who we are is JAMAICAN- plain and simple. Same with Chinese, Lebanese, Syrian etc we never need to yell and shout about who we are ❤️

[@paulturner1363]

Guyana is not an island.

[@SimpleStephy]

I was there,, I wish I took more videos

[@spicylifevlogs8355]

Its rural folk harmoium baithak songs of UP bihar india..... ( east) ..... but now custimized as afro or chutney....

[@VimalKumar-cc2ri]

Can you please tell me which song is this?

[@spicylifevlogs8355]

@@VimalKumar-cc2ri what you will do? Gangs of wasseypur bollywood movie song " I m a hunter" Actually is from chutney music ( indian carrebian mix) only

[@balakuntalamsridhar5789]

Interesting. One tip. Next time you video record, pan slowly for better viewing.

[@triciabrown4487]

Thank you!

[@jodhanbeshaan5535]

Wow!

[@EntrumAnbudan]

love from india

[@tonyr3060]

It's my culture going on strong

[@nelly5054]

🇯🇲🇮🇳

[@nitinmishra4483]

Happy new year

[@theprincessxaniyah]

PERSAD!

[@saikatghosh2312]

Smoking marijuana is holy in both of the religions, Hindus and rastafarians. One more big reason they can live happily together ❤ har har mahadev🇮🇳 A prayer to Jah🇯🇲

[@sayyamzahid7312]

❤❤❤❤❤

[@jagatkebumenexplore5465]

Love

[@darmakiss4829]

Hello everybody this is so too similar to Guyana Trinidad and even in Belize music, its chutney I think , Caribbean Indian music ,we call it coolie music.tho I am Indian Caribbean but Guyanese I don't know rass what the music is saying none Trini or Guyanese Indian do not talk like that but yet when I ask around I can't get a straight logical answer. Big up super cat

[@wazeedali9673]

This is Trinidad chutney music played in Jamaica. Please don’t call it coolie music; that’s insulting. It’s a genuine genre of song and music.

[@Original274]

Good to celebrate cultural past but the vast majority of Jamaican Indians do not celebrate or worship any form of Asian religion, e.g. Hinduism etc. Christianity/Catholic religions etc being the chosen choice of the majority.

[@welcometototalitarianism812]

No offense, but maybe that's a good thing. I'm Indian and I'm a born again Christian. Also, even if ppl aren't Hindu or Muslim per se, they still listen to Indian music, eat Indian food, etc.

[@ike6209]

wasn't a choice...the ancestors were tricked,beaten and blatantly were not allowed to practice their traditions in order to be 'good' indentured servants

[@jahlincoln3618]

@@welcometototalitarianism812 I'm Jamaican Indian, I do not listen to Indian music & I do not consume Indian food...

[@Original274]

@Mr Lex I agree with some of your points. My family hail from Westmoreland, but J.A. Indians cook different to the Asians. Jah Lincoln made a point he don't consume Asian food, I can relate to that I don't either. Asians food tends to use Yogurt, Geel & other ingredients that are just too rich for me...I love Chinese but not South Asian food. I could eat yard food everyday...

[@rachelletyson3041]

They don’t have enough temples in JA to preserve their religion.

[@amitswami7127]

Namaste

[@happyinlove.8097]

🙏

[@AmanSharma-sj4ir]

I think they their ancestors were from UP/BIHAR

[@mrwarmonga]

yes many of them was

[@jannackchand9130]

why we cannot unite and live like this in Guyana

[@anthonybroxton9644]

🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲

[@42swanroad]

Indians replaced British labour force when slavery was abolished?? People of Black African origin are perhaps the most spread out after Europeans. Afro-Brazilians make up 91 million followed by Afro-American that are about 47.9 million. Add Africans in South American, Caribbean and other nations and the number could be 150 to 200 million ??

[@TheHaagendazs0]

It’s crazy cause Indian people and Jamaican people look very similar.

[@jodhanbeshaan5535]

Is there any Hindu Temple in jamacia?

[@akhan4727]

there is one in kingston. Almost all the indians in jamaica converted to chrisitanity. The numbers were too small for indians to retain their religions. Most indians are mixed with blacks too. The indian population is slowly dying out in jamaica.

[@alfredmohan5655]

There's more than 1 Hindu Temple in Jamaica The main Temples is Prema Satsangh in Henderson Avenue, Kingston And Sanatan Dharma in Hagley Park Road, Kingston

[@VedangKevlani]

There are many temples. Even one in Ocho Rios where I’m from. In Taj Mahal Plaza

[@mstemplgod2717]

@@akhan4727 Down the road there will be only one race there.

[@reys9840]

i didnt know jamaica has indian people there I thought it mainly trinidad and guyana

[@Original274]

Indians & Africans residing in the America's for thousands of yrs. 2046 will be 200 yrs since the arrival of East Indians to J.A.

[@boynton20]

Jamaica was one of the first places outside of Asia that the ship brought Indians as indentured servants

[@richerthaniam9067]

@@boynton20 are you a white man?

[@boynton20]

Are you crazy jamaica received Indian before trinidad . The ship brought Indians to Jamaica on may 10 1845. Go check it out right now. Dont be ignorant. Both my great grandparents were on those ships from India I'm 3rd generation jamaica.

[@boynton20]

Where the hell are you from . Everyone in the Caribbean region especially the English speaking Caribbean knows Jamaica as indians .

[@hermanfletcher7791]

Where in jamaica is this

[@triciabrown4487]

Clarendon, i think.

[@jamaicanice1522]

Must Clarendon or St Thomas

[@DRMZBeatz]

Looks beautiful

[@TheDarkDresser]

I can't watch it; I'm literally getting dizzy with all the constant movement of the camera.

[@jodhanbeshaan5535]

What is the Indian population in Jamaica?

[@jodhanbeshaan5535]

Wow!!

[@akhan4727]

pure indians like 20 thousand. But many blacks and mixed jamaicans have some indian indian blood somewhere.

[@jamaicanwilson3474]

350 thousand

[@Original274]

@Brian Abisdid True. What is sad is large numbers of J.A. Indians have relocated globally over the last 50 yrs thus changing the demographic look of Jamaica. If you were to time travel back to the 1900s/20s/30s/40s/50s etc in almost every parish Indians would be very visible not like today where the Indian presents is almost invisible due to mass migration out of J.A.

[@jahlincoln3618]

@@Original274 Time travel back to the 1845/6 onwards far larger Indian population than today in 2020...

[@ANKITVERMA42]

Bhai bhojpuri gawata ka?

[@vedicsiddhanta21]

Do some better quality videos on the indian people.South African Char Ouen Here

[@spicylifevlogs8355]

No problem even Bhojpuri is not understood by everyone in india too.... only east UP and Bihar but songs used in dances.//// well done hindu ppl saving ur ancestors culture but try to maintain it and if possible language also. Come to india you can get jobs business

[@BK-rj7eg]

Bhojpuri Jamaica

[@OMKali-mz3nr]

Maybe next year, the family would have known us better, we would have joined in. But my ghost Muslim fighter boyfriend from the island is out in space with y’all Obama in Facebook world, Nice job. He’s yelling at y’all asking for the real deal, soca. Where you at? I didn’t get the message or the invitation. But I got y’all in spirit and in the dream world. I K.ali got yo ship in kaliwood production. They checking out my inventory.

[@rudeboytree8944]

I wonder if Supercat family attends ? Got to reach out for some Trini GT brother come sing man bet u they come if u ask big up the world.

[@bernardsingh981]

Trinidad and Tobago

[@badboydunie5603]

As a Jamaican am so proud 90%we are black people, that means you can't come with your racist attitude like in South Africa

[@juliusmcbean1611]

Looking more like Guyana 🇬🇾. Most Indians made up Guyana population along with Trinidad 🇹🇹