Drugb posted:.True enough there is some assimilation by some Indos. But when at indo weddings or religious functions, the dress and act appropriately according to the cultural norms inherited and passed down from generation to generation.
While it is true that AfroG's were forbidden to embrace their culture, the fact remains that now that they have free will, they still do not embrace the culture. You for example are ashamed of your Afro roots therefore you fully assimilated to European culture, even eating with knife and fork. Meanwhile the whites will privately snicker behind your back and joke that a monkey can now eat civilized.
Let me answer in two parts.
1. Given that most Indians aren't that religious and that weddings don't occur every day and that people who aren't part of the wedding party dress in western wear you are chatting share nonsense. As soon as they finish their religious ceremonies, that they most likely don't even understand these "Hindus" go and eat a beef roti, something that could lead to their deaths if they tried that in India.
The fact remains that most of the times Indo Guyanese do not lead lives that are radically different. They speak no Indian languages and they really don't adhere to Indian culture, apart from the ceremonial.
2. A DNA test that I did suggests that I am part Senegal, part Guinea, part Ghana, part Togo/Benin, and part Nigeria, and maybe part Congo. It doesn't indicate what specific African ethnicities that I have.
So can you please tell me which African culture should I adopt. Mandingo, Wolof, Fulani, Fante, Fon, Ewe, Igbo or any number of ethnicities in the Congo basin. There is NO AFRICAN culture. There are THOUSANDS of African cultures.
I will also ask you why don't you think that Guyanese aren't capable of creating our own diverse cultures. Why do you see us as making jackasses of ourselves copying ancestral cultures that we don't know. Like the woman who tied her headtie and gave the Ghanaian the impression that she was a single woman looking for a man.
People of African descent have been living in the Caribbean for over 400 years. The "Africa" that we left no longer exists.
People of Indian descent have been living in the Caribbean for coming up on 200 years. The "India" that your ancestors left no longer exists.
So cease being a jackass and just draw pride in what you are. A GUYANESE!
Please also don't be an idiot and tell a Trinidadian or a Jamaican that they have no culture. You will be tossed into the incinerator!