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Savitri Tolan's Wedding Musicans and Dance Performers
In this slideshow, you will see:
Savitri Tolan's wedding in Miami, Florida in 2017 featuring musicians and dancer preparing to begin Indo-Jamaican wedding traditions.

Esrom Williams performing a North Indian/Bhojpuri region Nachaniya dance in the traditional "dancer frock" and wearing ghungroos (bells) on his ankles at his cousin's, Savitri Tolan, wedding.

Savitri Tolan's Nani
Savitri's Tolan's maternal great-great-grandmother and siblings: Jestina Maragh, Phylistina Maragh, Icilda Maragh, and Moses Maragh in Jamaica

Chowtal Singing
Various Indo-Jamaicans gathered in 2013 in Miami, Florida for the Hindu holiday of Phagwah. The holiday is celebrated with chowtal singing, throwing of abir (colored powder), and other activities.

Photos of Young Rajiv Maragh
In this slideshow, you will see:
Young Rajiv Maragh - second from the left - with his parents, aunts, and uncles at a horse race in Kingston, Jamaica in 1997 after his uncle, Allan "Bongo" Maragh, won a race.

A young Rajiv Maragh posing with his cousins in Kingston, Jamaica

Banana Factory
Kiem Banana Factory

Septimus Charoo
Undated photo of Septimus Charoo, an Indo-Jamaican who sailed to the US during WWII as a farm worker. The ship's passenger manifest is also included in the archives. Septimus Charoo is a distant maternal relative to Michael A. Henry.

Elizabeth Picoe celebrating Phagwah
Elizabeth Picoe waving the Jamaican flag at the 19th annual United Phagwah/Holi Celebration at the Broward Regional Park & Cricket Stadium in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

Mahendran Thiruvarangan Performing as Lago in Shakespeare's Othello
A stage performance of Othello in which Mahendran Thiruvarangan ('Thiru') acted as Iago in Shakespeare's Othello when he was fifteen years old at Jaffna College. Jaffna College is discussed in detail during Thiru's interview for the Archival Creators Fellowship project on Ilankai Tamil Feminism, for which Thiru is also an advisor.

Land Commission Meeting in Northern Sri Lanka
Mahendran Thiruvarangan was part of a land commission initiated by an umbrella organization that works on land related issues known as People's Action for Right to Land. This photo was taken when a Muslim woman in Mullaitivu spoke about the challenges she faces in re-claiming her land following her return to Mullaitivu.

Dr. Rajani Thiranagama's Portrait
The University of Jaffna Teachers' Association displays the portraits of deceased university academics in the Senior Common Room. When an academic or ex-academic dies, a commemoration event is organized by the Association and afterwards the portrait of that person displayed in the Senior Common Room.

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