page_title: Indo-Caribbeans
section_title: Culture
hierarchical_section_title: Indo-Caribbeans / Culture
caption_attribution_description: English: PIC TAKEN AT 2006 DIVALI NAGAR IN TRINIDAD.
context_page_description: Indo-Caribbeans or Indian-Caribbeans, are people of Indian descent who live in the Caribbean. They are mostly descendants of the original jahaji Indian indentured workers brought by the British, the Dutch, and the French during colonial times.
  Most Indo-Caribbean people live in the English-speaking Caribbean nations, Suriname, and the French overseas departments of Guadeloupe, Martinique, and French Guiana, with smaller numbers in other Caribbean countries and, following further migration, in Europe and North America.
context_section_description: The indentured Indians and their descendants have actively contributed to the evolution of their adopted lands in spite of many difficulties.
caption: Many Caribbean islands celebrate traditional Indian festivals, such as Diwali, as shown in this Divali Nagar decorations from Trinidad and Tobago.
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