I Even Regret Night: Holi Songs of Demerara
A rare 19th-century collection of Holi songs by an indentured laborer in Demerara, preserving the cultural voice of Indian migrants in the Caribbean.
About This Book
This volume presents a unique set of Holi songs composed by Lalbihari Sharma during his time as an indentured laborer in British Guiana.
The songs capture the cultural and religious practices of Indian migrants in the Caribbean during the late 1800s.
Originally written in Demerara, the collection offers insight into the lived experience of indenture and the preservation of tradition.
The work stands as an important historical document of diaspora and cultural continuity.
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