Do you want to meet Chindians and want to know the culture, language and the difficulties faced by them in their everyday life? Learn here about persons with Chinese and Indian ancestry.
Chindians (சிந்தியர், 中国印度) are the offsprings of the Indian father and a Chinese mother or the offsprings of the Chinese father and an Indian mother . Most Chindian population occurs in Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Philippines and other places where there is a significant mix of Indians and Chinese lives together.
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| Marriage between a Tamil and a Chinese |
The marriages are often conducted in both the traditions and celebrated grandly by the family with relatives.
Most of the Chindians has the ancestry of Han Chinese and Tamils. As per the report, Chindians constitute 2% of the total population of the Singaporean population.
There are also many Chindians who had immigrated to many parts of the world such as USA, Canada, Europe, India and other parts of the Asia.
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| A Marriage in Malaysia in 90s |
During 90s, interracial marriages between the two different communities were so rare in the Singapore but the people marring other people from other communities increases later due to the modern life style. Historical, Chindians are not accepted by people of both Indian and Chinese culture but today they are well accepted and consider as the identity of the Singapore.