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thread: Where does the term "Girmit" come from?
#girmit #girmitiya #fiji #indenturedlabours #indofijian #coolie
[Image 1 description: yellow background with dalo (taro) leaves and ganna (sugarcane). Text in pink reads: Where does the term Girmit come from]
#girmit #girmitiya #fiji #indenturedlabours #indofijian #coolie
[Image 1 description: yellow background with dalo (taro) leaves and ganna (sugarcane). Text in pink reads: Where does the term Girmit come from]
[Image 2 description: yellow background with dalo (taro) leaves and ganna (sugarcane). Text in pink reads: The term Girmit comes from indentured labour as a way to pronounce the English word agreement]
[Image 3 description: yellow background with dalo (taro) leaves and ganna (sugarcane). Text in pink reads: The majority of our Girmit ancestors could not speak or write english and the “contract” or agreement became known as Girmit]
