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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. 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” (10[1])names a music genre descended from soca and calypso music. (-5[1])Dougla people, who are descended from Africans and these people, include Nicki Minaj. This ethnic group forms a plurality (10[1])of the populations of Suriname, (10[1])Guyana, (-5[1])and Trinidad and Tobago. For 10 points, name this ethnic group whose Caribbean diaspora, largely from Bihār and Uttar Pradesh, influenced (10[1])chutney music with Bollywood songs. ■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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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Maximilian Niebur (UG)Johns HopkinsNYU A6110
Forrest Weintraub (UG)Columbia AVassar71-5
John John Groger (UG)Columbia BColumbia C9010
Arjun Bothra (UG)HaverfordJohn Jay9510
Matthew Klosinski (DII)RowanPenn96-5
Andrew HannaPennRowan11710
Sam Macchi (DII)VassarColumbia A12310