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This is the largest ethnic group around Nickerie and Berbice (“bur-BEESE”), which name a dialect of their language that historically used the Kaithi (“KYE-thee”) script. (10[1])Pholourie (“puh-LORE-ee”) is eaten by members of this ethnic group during their festival of Phagwah (“PUG-wah”). Colorful model tombs called tadjahs are paraded in this ethnic group’s festival of Hosay. A condiment eaten by members of this ethnic group with “doubles” (-5[1])names a music genre descended from soca and calypso music. Dougla people, who are descended from Africans and these people, (10[1])include Nicki Minaj. This ethnic group forms a plurality of the populations of Suriname, Guyana, and Trinidad and Tobago. For 10 points, name this ethnic group whose Caribbean diaspora, largely from Bihār and Uttar Pradesh, influenced chutney music with Bollywood songs. (10[1])■END■

ANSWER: Indian people [accept Indo-Caribbean people or Caribbean Hindustanis or East Indian West Indians or any subgroup like Indo-Trinidadian people; accept Bhojpuri people or Awadhi people or Tamil people; accept South Asians; prompt on Asians]
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Natan HoltzmanStanford BStanford A2210
Vinu HariharBerkeley CBerkeley A61-5
Anuttam RamjiBerkeley BStanford C8110
Swapnil GargBerkeley ABerkeley C12210