Everything about East Indians Ethnic Group totally explained
East Indians are a
Marathi-speaking,
Roman Catholic ethnic or sub-ethnic group, based in and around the city of
Mumbai in western
Indian state of
Maharashtra . These people are of the original
Marathi ethnic group and had been evangelized by the
Portuguese, while retaining much of their pre-
Christian traditions.
Origin Of Name
The history behind the name is such: Bombay was formerly under the Portuguese in the 1500s; and East-Indians were then known as Bombay Portuguese. Bombay then became increasingly anglicized after the handover to the British in the 1600s. Under the British, they were known as Bombay Portuguese too, but, when immigrants from Portuguese-ruled
Goa began to enter Bombay, in order to distinguish themselves from the Goans (whom the British also called Portuguese), they renamed themselves "East Indians", purportedly after their affiliation to the British as locals of Bombay and as such to be distinguished from the Goans and the Mangloreans.
Bombay mentioned here's the metropolitan Bombay. To the East Indians, "Bombay" refers to the seven islands of Bombay, which is from Mahim to Colaba. Not many are aware that it's the Island of Salsette, which ranges from Bandra up to Vasai Creek. This is important, as many think that the Metropolitan area of Bombay was given as a dowry by the Portuguese to the British, where as, in reality the dowry was only the seven islands of Bombay. There were very many innocent East Indians who died as a result of skirmishes (Cannon fire) between the Portuguese garrisons (located at Bandra) and the British garrisons (located at Mahim). The cannons at both these areas were unearthed very recently.
Culture
The East Indian culture is unique. Although, they've preserved their pre-Christian Marathi culture and traditions, many Portuguese and
Anglican influences have been absorbed. Their language is almost exclusively
Marathi. However, the urban section is fluent in
English as well. It should be noted here that there exists a village of East-Indians who to this day speak Portuguese. The language of the Shamedi Christians is a dialect of Marathi known as "Shamedi". The East Indian cuisine is a unique blend of
Koli,
Marathi,
Anglican and Portuguese cuisine. They still retain many of the practises of pre-Christian tradition. Most of the East Indian women wear typical
Maharashtrian saree and
Koli dresses . They also wear "
tikali" (bindi) and "
mangalsutra". The East Indians of
Vasai also practise the pre-Christian tradition of visiting the
Vajrayogini temple every year.
There are five broad cultural groups of East Indians - Kulbis,Samvedi Christians, Koli Christians, Vadvals, Salsette Christians and the urbanized section.
Cusine
The Cusine is a 'fusion' of Portuguese and Indian.
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