Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange (right) dances alongside performer, Veejai Ramkissoon, during the annual roti festival and Indian Arrival Day celebrations, held at Chedwin Park on Old Harbour Road in St. Catherine on Sunday (May 14).
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Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange, brings remarks at the annual roti festival and Indian Arrival Day celebrations at Chedwin Park on Old Harbour Road in St. Catherine on Sunday (May 14). Indian Arrival Day is observed in honour of the first set of East Indian indentured labourers, who landed at Old Harbour Bay on May 12, 1845, to fill the labour gaps left by enslaved Africans who became emancipated in 1838.
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Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange (right) is in conversation with (from left) High Commissioner of India to Jamaica, His Excellency Rungsung Masakui and Chairman, National Council for Indian Culture in Jamaica, Vishu Tolan. Occasion was the annual roti festival and Indian Arrival Day celebrations, which were held at Chedwin Park on Old Harbour Road in St. Catherine on Sunday (May 14).
Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange, brings remarks at the annual roti festival and Indian Arrival Day celebrations at Chedwin Park on Old Harbour Road in St. Catherine on Sunday (May 14). Indian Arrival Day is observed in honour of the first set of East Indian indentured labourers, who landed at Old Harbour Bay on May 12, 1845, to fill the labour gaps left by enslaved Africans who became emancipated in 1838.
Last Updated: May 15, 2023
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