Priestess Backs Girmit Record Digitalisation
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Priestess Backs Girmit Record Digitalisation
Bulileka Durga Mata Mandir’s purochita (female priest) and caretaker, Leela Wati, are grateful that the record of approximately 60,537 indentured labourers, known as Girmitiyas, will be digitised. Between 1879 and 1916, Girmitiyas were transported from India to Fiji to work on sugar plantations. Ms Wati, said the initiative to be undertaken by the Ministry of Multi-Ethnic Affairs was commended. The digitalisation process was announced by the lin…
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