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It has influences from Middle Eastern cuisine, Southeast Asian cuisine, East Asian cuisine and Central Asian cuisine, as well as the Mediterranean cuisines due to the historical and contemporary cross-cultural interactions with these neighboring regions. Regional cuisine includes: East Indian cuisines: Bengali cuisine; Cuisine of Chhattisgarh ...
South Asians introduced some of their traditional games, such as kabaddi and kho-kho, into countries like South Africa and Malaysia during the colonial era. [ 20 ] [ 21 ] [ 22 ] In post-colonial times, kabaddi and kho-kho have been brought by the diaspora to some of the Western countries, [ 23 ] [ 24 ] [ 25 ] with kabaddi used in some contexts ...
India Square, home to the highest concentration of Asian Indians in the Western Hemisphere, [2] and known as "Little India," is a South Asian-focused commercial and restaurant district in the Bombay, Journal Square, and Marion Section neighborhoods of Jersey City, New Jersey, U.S.
The word Desi is widely used by South Asians, as well those of the South Asian diaspora, to describe themselves; those of South Asian origin, especially Indians, Pakistanis and Bangladeshis, use the term "as a means of asserting or reclaiming a sense of pride" in being South Asian, "particularly in the face of racism, discrimination, and stigmatization" of minorities in various parts of the ...
AsiaTown stakeholders inaugurated the Cleveland Asian Festival in 2010 co-founded by Lisa Wong, Vi Huynh and Johnny K. Wu. The one-day festival drew more than 10,000 people its first year., [ 1 ] bringing economic growth to the neighborhood as well as the pioneer event that helped inspiring other events such as Cleveland Flea Market and Night ...
Between the 1910 and 1940 censuses, "Hindu" was a census category for race, [76] a term which is now associated with religion but then referred to South Asians in general. [77] At the time, the South Asian American population was 85% Sikh, 12% Muslim, and 3% Hindu, [78] [79] but all were nevertheless referred to as Hindus.
Desi Americans may refer to: South Asian Americans American-born confused desi , an informal term referring to South Asian Americans who were born or raised in the United States
South Asians are in the highest concentration in the New York City metropolitan area, with other significant concentrations in California, Texas, and Illinois. As of 2012 the metropolitan areas with the largest South Asian populations are New York, San Francisco Bay Area, Chicago, Washington D.C., Los Angeles, Dallas-Fort Worth, and Houston.