[1], The percentage of Hindus in Antigua and Barbuda as of the 2011 Census is 0.4%, or 379 adherents. [24] Most of them were recent immigrants. University of California Press, Berkley, pp 3–21. Trinidad (now part of the West Indian nation of Trinidad and Tobago) is about 10 kilometers east of the coast of Venezuela, encompassing some 4,385 square kilometers between 10°03′ and 10°50… Religion and culture web forum, University of Chicago. © 2020 Springer Nature Switzerland AG. Hinduism, major world religion originating on the Indian subcontinent and comprising several and varied systems of philosophy, belief, and ritual. Mosques, churches and Hindu temples stand peacefully side by side in Trinidad and Tobago. [17], Hinduism is followed in the Martinique by a small fraction of Indo-Martiniquais. The 2000 census reported 83 Hindus in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines making up 0.08% of the total population. [30], Hindu populations according to the latest Census, Learn how and when to remove this template message, "Local & Regional by AnguillaLNT a SMG Product - Anguilla's Preliminary Census Findings #5: "Who are we? Factbook > Countries > Trinidad and Tobago > Demographics Religions: Protestant 32.1% (Pentecostal/Evangelical/Full Gospel 12%, Baptist 6.9%, Anglican 5.7%, Seventh-Day Adventist 4.1%, Presbyterian/Congregational 2.5%, other Protestant 0.9%), Roman Catholic 21.6%, Hindu 18.2%, Muslim 5%, Jehovah's Witness 1.5%, other 8.4%, none 2.2%, unspecified 11.1% (2011 est.) They came as recently immigrants from Guyana. The population of Hindu's in Bermuda is 0.2%[10], Hinduism is a minority religion in the Cayman Islands and is one the smallest religions. Oxford University Press, Delhi, Vertovec S (1990) Religion and ethnic ideology: the Hindu youth movement in Trinidad. In the 1970s, 5,000 identified themselves as Hindus. [13]The 2010 Census showed the number of Hindus decreasing to 454 (0.8% of the total Cayman Islands population). Many Indians are self-employed, and some are employed in the local hospitality industry. More than 200,000 Hindus live on the island of Trinidad in the southern Caribbean Sea. Hinduism in Trinidad has always existed as a minority religion next to dominant Christianity. Caribbean Studies Thesis, Richaman P (1991) Introduction: the diversity of the Ramayana tradition. [1] Hinduism is also the 7th fastest growing religion by percent (28.9%) and the 9th fastest by absolute change (13). Even the Hindu festivals, like Divali and Phagwah, are popular in Trinidad. Hinduism is a minority but significant religion in Trinidad and Tobago, making up over 18% in the 2011 census, the second largest religion in the islands. Only 325 people were reported as Hindus in the 2001 census (0.2% of the total population census). One of the questions was, "Why are you a Hindu?" Most of them were recent immigrants from India, and most of them reside on St. Trinidad: Wedding rites On the morning of the wedding The remainder is wrapped in a sopani and paan leaf and then, the boy/girl blind folded is asked to bury it nearby. Hinduism has had a presence for 170 years, when the first Indians came to work. They were called "East Indians" by Europeans to distinguish them from Native Americans. Initially, Indian Trinidadians had to make new lives for themselves within the constraints of the majority Catholic Afro-Trinidadian colony under the rule of British Anglican and French Catholic colonial officials and plantation owners. There is no Hindu temple located in the Cayman How can religious freedom be granted to people who do not have a religion? Phagwa, or Holi, in Trinidad usually follows on the heels of Carnival.It is a festival of Hindu origin brought by the Indian indentured workers. Britons, Indians, and the colonial construction of religion. Jamaica was once home to 25,000 Hindus until the mid 20th century. [28], According to the 2000 census there were more than 400 Hindus in the United States Virgin Islands (0.4% of the population). [15], A non-negligible amount of Hindus live in Dominica, accounting for under 0.1% of the population. Bengal Secretariat Press, Calcutta, Cothonay MB (1893) Trinidad: Journal d’un missionnaire dominicain des Antilles Anglaises. The Hindu American Foundation (HAF) has listed Trinidad and Tobago among ten countries in the world which abuse Hindus’ human rights in its third annual Hindu human rights report for 2006 published on Wednesday. [citation needed], Hinduism is a minority religion in Guadeloupe, followed by a small fraction of Indo-Guadeloupeans. According to the 2001 census there were 31 Hindus in Montserrat, accounting for 0.8% of the total population and forming the 4th largest religious entity. J Am Acad Relig 83(3):697–721, Schwartz BM (1967) Caste in overseas Indian communities. 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