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This document summarizes the origins and history of the Bidesia folk culture among migrants from the Bhojpuri region of India. In the 19th century, many laborers from the Bhojpuri region migrated overseas to work on European plantations due to economic hardship in India and demand for workers in the colonies. This led to the emergence of Bidesia folk songs, theater, and culture that referenced the experience of migration. The word "Bidesia" was first used in 1884 to refer to someone who had left the country

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namita

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