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  2. Indo-Guyanese - Wikipedia

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    Although Indian settlers maintained their traditions, the culture of the community is unique to Guyana. The Indo-Guyanese community originates from various regions and cultures in India, and as a result, over time in Guyana, they have cultivated a distinctive modern Indo-Guyanese culture that cannot be exclusively attributed to any specific sub ...

  3. List of Indo-Guyanese people - Wikipedia

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    Cheddi Jagan, former President of Guyana, dentist, and the Father of the Nation; Bharrat Jagdeo, Vice President of Guyana, former President of Guyana, and former Prime Minister of Guyana; Syed Kamall, British MEP for London 2005 - 2019; Edward Luckhoo, politician and Governor-General of British Guiana and Acting President of Guyana

  4. Guyanese people - Wikipedia

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    Although citizens make up the majority of Guyanese, there is a substantial number of Guyanese expatriates, dual citizens and descendants living worldwide, chiefly elsewhere in the Anglosphere. Located on the northern coast of South America, Guyana is part of the main land Caribbean which is part of the historical British West Indies.

  5. Indigenous peoples in Guyana - Wikipedia

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    Indigenous peoples in Guyana, Native Guyanese or Amerindian Guyanese are Guyanese people who are of indigenous ancestry. They comprise approximately 9.16% of Guyana's population. [1] Amerindians are credited with the invention of the canoe, [2] as well as Cassava-based dishes and Guyanese pepperpot, the national dish of Guyana.

  6. Guyana–India relations - Wikipedia

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    Indian Cultural Centre in Georgetown was established in 1972 with the objective of strengthening cultural relations and mutual understanding between India and Guyana and their peoples. [citation needed] The Centre runs regular classes in Yoga and Dance (Kathak). The Centre has a well equipped Auditorium where cultural events are organised on a ...

  7. Dougla people - Wikipedia

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    The 2012 Guyana census identified 29.25% of the population as Afro-Guyanese, 39.83% as Indo-Guyanese, and 19.88% as "mixed," recognized as mostly representing the offspring of the former two groups. [ 3 ]

  8. Culture of Guyana - Wikipedia

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    Guyanese culture reflects the influence of Indian, African, Amerindian, British, Portuguese, Chinese, Creole, and Dutch cultures. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Guyana is part of the mainland Caribbean region. Guyanese culture shares a continuum with the cultures of islands in the West Indies .

  9. Guyana - Wikipedia

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    Guyanese Hindustani is spoken by the older generation of the Indo-Guyanese community, but younger Guyanese use English or Guyanese Creole. Indo-Surinamese immigrants from Suriname speak the Sarnami variant, especially the Nickerian-Berbician Hindustani subdialect.