Ancestory and the Indian link – a post on Indian Arrival Day in Trinidad and Tobago. Next year, we might have more Indians going there for the world cup! 
On May 29 celebrated Indian Arrival Day, a holiday commemorating the first wave of migration to the islands from India, in 1845. The immigrants came as indentured labourers, bound for the sugar estates, replacements, as Dr. Roi Kwabena reminds us, for the newly-emancipated African slaves. The indentureship programme continued until 1917, with tens of thousands of Indians eventually making the journey.
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Georgia Popplewell
Jun 1st, 2006 at 6:41 pm | #
Please note that Indian Arrival Day is observed on May 30 and not May 29 as it says in this excerpt. It’s since been corrected in the original.
And yes, by all means, please come for the World Cup!