Ethnic group of South Indian Tamil origin in Réunion
Not to be confused with Malabars.
Ethnic group
Malbars
Total population
180,000[1]
Regions with significant populations
Saint-André, Saint-Denis
Languages
French, Réunion Creole, Tamil.
Religion
Hinduism, syncretic religion, Indic religions
Related ethnic groups
Indo-Réunionnais, Tamils, Dravidians
Malbars or Malabars are an ethnic group of South Indian Tamil origin in Réunion, a French island in the Southwest Indian Ocean, The Malbars constitute 25% of the population of Réunion and are estimated to be around 180,000.[2]
There have been people of South Indian origin on the island since the 17th century, and those were mostly from Pondicherry.[3] Most were originally brought in as indentured labourers in the second half of the 19th century and were mostly South Indian Tamils.[4] Since then, the Malbars have developed some patterns of behaviour that are not quite those of their ancestors from Tamil Nadu nor those of the other inhabitants of Réunion.
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^"The Indian Diaspora". indiandiaspora.nic.in. Archived from the original on 2010-08-15. Retrieved 2020-03-23.
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