Coolie Christmas

English

Coolie Christmas

(South Africa, archaic, now offensive) Either of two festivals associated with Indians.
1. Muharram
  - 1902, Rev. Frederick B. Bridgman, “Durban — Its Fakirs and Its Christians”, in The Missionary Herald at Home and Abroad, volume 98, page 348:
    This is "Coolie Christmas," as it is popularly called here. Natal has over sixty thousand immigrants from India, and if we can believe our ears, it would seem that a good share of them have been beating tom-toms day and night for the last two weeks.
2. Diwali

单词	Coolie Christmas
释义	Coolie Christmas English Proper noun Coolie Christmas (South Africa, archaic, now offensive) Either of two festivals associated with Indians. Muharram 1902, Rev. Frederick B. Bridgman, “Durban — Its Fakirs and Its Christians”, in The Missionary Herald at Home and Abroad, volume 98, page 348: This is "Coolie Christmas," as it is popularly called here. Natal has over sixty thousand immigrants from India, and if we can believe our ears, it would seem that a good share of them have been beating tom-toms day and night for the last two weeks. Diwali
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