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Trinidad Indian Arrival Day Poem

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From Priyanka Maharaj Standard One, Grant Memorial Presbyterian Primary School
1845 aboard a ship,

Our great forefath­ers began the pro­cess of indentureship.

Some by choice, others against their will,

No matter the rea­son, we thank them still.

Their aim was survi­val, securing food and shelter,

They toiled in the sun, to make our lives better.

They educated their children, while maintaining their traditions,

So that today we may live, in luxurious conditions.

They wore their sari, dhoti and shalwar,

And in the kitchen, we can still find the dabla and tawa.

For music they brought dholak and jaal,

And today we pay tribute to their arrival

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