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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 (-5[1])(“KYE-thee”) script. 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” 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. (10[1])This (-5[1])ethnic group forms (10[1])a plurality of the populations of Suriname, (10[2])Guyana, (10[1])and Trinidad and Tobago. (10[1])For 10 points, name this ethnic group whose Caribbean diaspora, largely from Bihār and Uttar Pradesh, influenced chutney music with Bollywood (10[1])songs. (0[1])■END■ (10[1])

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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Benjamin McAvoy-Bickford (DII)UNC A (Grad)JMU A (UG)21-5
Ian He (UG)UNC C (UG)GWU B (Grad)8110
Joseph Chambers (DII)Virginia A (UG)William & Mary A (UG)8410
Luke Schaarschuch (UG)Virginia C (UG)Roanoke College A (DII)85-5
Andrew Amygdalos (UG)GWU A (UG)Liberty C (DII)8810
Caleb Kendrick (Grad)Maryland A (Grad)Duke A (UG)9510
Patrick Torre (DII)Maryland C (DII)UNC D (DII)9510
Jacob Martin (UG)Maryland B (UG)Liberty B (DII)9610
Brian Lai (DII)Virginia B (UG)UNC B (UG)10010
Perry O'Connor (Grad)Liberty A (Grad)JMU B (UG)12110
Carly Hemani (DII)JMU A (UG)UNC A (Grad)1220
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