Henry Jaghai Oral History Interview
Henry Jaghai, a retired horse breeder & owner, and entrepreneur, discusses his love of horses, tracing his ancestry from India to Jamaica, his record label in Jamaica that produced Indo-Jamaican music, and why his family ultimately moved to the U.S.
Indian Folk Singers
Members of an Indian folk group gathered for a photo. Many of these artists are featured on the multiple records produced by Henry Jaghai.
Indo-Jamaican Cultural Society
Henry Jaghai and other members of the Indo-Jamaican Cultural society at an event in 1995.
Jaghai Grave in Jamaica
Henry Jaghai's grandfather has a memorial in his honor at the University of the West Indies, Mona campus which is a former sugar estate worked by many indentured laborers in Jamaica.
Kathgora Dance
Raju Maragh and Devon Singh perform the Kathgora dance (horse dance) from Uttar Pradesh which involves a male wielding a sword and riding a wooden horse structure ordained with red satin cloth.
Temple Built in Ratapur, India
Henry Jaghai returned to his grandmother's ancestral village and built a formal Hindu temple for the villagers in Ratapur, India.
Folk Songs of the Caribbean Collection
Henry Jaghai produced 8 LP records featuring multiple Indo-Jamaican and other artists singing folk songs. Mark Singh, who is Indo-Jamaican & Indo-Fijian, has amassed a large collection of Indo-Jamaican records and cassette tapes.
