Commemoration of the Arrival of Hindustanis in Suriname
Between 1873 and 1916, more than 34,000 Hindustanis migrated from what was then British India to Suriname. The first immigrants arrived in Suriname aboard the ship Lalla Rookh. This video shows an impression of the 1973 commemoration of the arrival of the first immigrants in Suriname. Polygoon-Profilti (producer) / Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision (archive holder)
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