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Re: my indenturship story - Googley - 10-27-2010
[quote author=SCA link=topic=41877.msg282394#msg282394 date=1288201722]
I mean who officiated? What type of 'ceremony' was there? Did they celebrate the honeymoon....wait that was a cruise...so perhaps they did.
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good question. lets ask the captain! ::rofl::
Re: my indenturship story - SCA - 10-27-2010
[quote author=Goog Lee link=topic=41877.msg282401#msg282401 date=1288202506]
good question. lets ask the captain! ::rofl::
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Bai you knwo all these nicey-nicey story doan work wid me....I question the veracity of these bizness...that is why people doan like to chat wid me. What is the possiblity that there could have been a marriage?
Re: my indenturship story - Googley - 10-27-2010
[quote author=SCA link=topic=41877.msg282402#msg282402 date=1288202719]
Bai you knwo all these nicey-nicey story doan work wid me....I question the veracity of these bizness...that is why people doan like to chat wid me. What is the possiblity that there could have been a marriage?
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well, i think you are taking this "marriage" too literally. They had no condition to get "married" the traditional way. From what i hear, in many cases the single ladies and men "teamed" as couples to avoid being harassed. So in guyanese lingo, most of dem "tek up" with each other.
Re: my indenturship story - SCA - 10-27-2010
[quote author=Goog Lee link=topic=41877.msg282403#msg282403 date=1288202969]
well, i think you are taking this "marriage" too literally. They had no condition to get "married" the traditional way. From what i hear, in many cases the single ladies and men "teamed" as couples to avoid being harassed. So in guyanese lingo, most of dem "tek up" with each other.
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Well I suspected as much. But then again...nah...lemme not go there. I cool wid that.
Re: my indenturship story - BK - 10-27-2010
[quote author=VillageBelle link=topic=41877.msg282386#msg282386 date=1288200970]
mine stayed in Demerara - not sure which estate but I want to say Ruimveldt (was there on in ruimveldt?)
If they were on the same ship they probably lost touch with each other simply because of the plantations they were sent to and it was probably impossible for them to communicate.
sad, eh?...losing that connection?
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Yes there were plantations in Ruimveldt. Three ships landed in GY in 1903 - Arno, Moy and Forth.
Re: my indenturship story - Meseret - 10-27-2010
i nanee take you nana to be my husband, i promise to love you for ever yada yada yada .....
there, marriage took place .....
Re: my indenturship story - SCA - 10-27-2010
[quote author=Meseret link=topic=41877.msg282406#msg282406 date=1288203120]
i nanee take you nana to be my husband, i promise to love you for ever yada yada yada .....
there, marriage took place .....
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Quite plausibe..but not really. They didn't know to speak english..and furthermore, they were is less than ideal conditions...amongst a strange crowd. How do you fathom exercising a relationship? How do you meet someone and sez, aiite it time fro bedtime? i dunno...
Re: my indenturship story - BK - 10-27-2010
[quote author=Meseret link=topic=41877.msg282406#msg282406 date=1288203120]
i nanee take you nana to be my husband, i promise to love you for ever yada yada yada .....
there, marriage took place .....
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exactly. story done.... in any case the white massa did not recognize the 'bamboo or the nikha' weddings in any of their colonies.
Re: my indenturship story - Meseret - 10-27-2010
[quote author=SCA link=topic=41877.msg282407#msg282407 date=1288203278]
Quite plausibe..but not really. They didn't know to speak english..and furthermore, they were is less than ideal conditions...amongst a strange crowd. How do you fathom exercising a relationship? How do you meet someone and sez, aiite it time fro bedtime? i dunno...
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Re: my indenturship story - Googley - 10-27-2010
[quote author=SCA link=topic=41877.msg282404#msg282404 date=1288203070]
Well I suspected as much. But then again...nah...lemme not go there. I cool wid that.
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remember, most of these people never seen each other before until they got on the ship. that relationship that was formed was more of a protective one which later grew into a husband/wife in many cases.