Jamaica Memory Bank
Jamaica Memory Bank

Hindus in Jamaica

Dublin Core

Title

Hindus in Jamaica

Creator

The African Caribbean Institute of Jamaica/Jamaica Memory Bank

Items in the Hindus in Jamaica Collection

Hosay Procession on July 13, 2006

Hosay (originally from Husayn) is a West Indian commemoration and popularly observed in Trinidad and Tobago, a twin island country, in which multi-colored model mausoleums or Mosque shaped model tombs known as Tadjah to display the symbolic part of…
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Installation of murti

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Hosay band, July 13, 2006

Frame of the Tadjah

Construction of the tadjah in progress on July 13, 2006
Constructing the Tadjah

Hosay procession on 13 July 2006

Tadjah Details

A close-up of the intricate designs that adorn the tadjah
Building the Tadjah

Mr. Leroy Jagasar and friends engaged in the construction of the frame of the tadjah on August 17, 2016