Talk:Hinduism in South America

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[edit] East Indian?

About 84% of the East Indian immigrants 

Does this refer to people from the Eastern part of India, or from the East Indies? --Singkong2005 14:10, 2 April 2006 (UTC)

The term is a general term for people with origins in the Indian subcontinent, to distinguish from West Indians and indigenous people. Guettarda 18:26, 2 April 2006 (UTC)