Indo-Guyanese Erotic

Indo-Guyanese comprise approximately 40% of the Guyanese population per the 2012 Bureau of Statistics census — the largest single ethnic group. The community descends from approximately 240,000 British-Indian indentured laborers brought to British Guiana between 1838 (the first ship) and 1917 (when the British Empire ended Indian indentured labor) — the largest single national receiving country for British-Indian indentured labor across the entire Caribbean. Source populations were predominantly from the British-Indian provinces of Bihar (the largest source), Uttar Pradesh, and Bengal (Bhojpuri/Hindi-speaking) plus smaller contributions from Madras (Tamil-speaking). By religion the population was predominantly Hindu (~80%) plus Muslim (~15%) plus smaller Christian and other groups. Concentrated in the coastal sugar belt — Berbice, Demerara-Mahaica, Essequibo Islands-West Demerara, plus substantial populations in Georgetown. The community has maintained substantial cultural continuity in religion (Hindu and Muslim institutions are major Guyanese cultural-religious organizations), linguistic features (Guyanese Bhojpuri now declining as a first language but with substantial lexical retention), music (chutney, chutney-soca, Indian classical music), and cuisine (roti, dhal puri, channa, curries adapted with Caribbean ingredients). The post-1992 transition to Indo-Guyanese-led PPP government under Cheddi Jagan and successors marked the demographic-political ascendance of the community.