The document summarizes the global Tamil diaspora, which numbers around 70 million people spread across 50 countries due to historical factors like trade, slavery, labor needs, and more recently civil wars. It notes that Tamils can be found in large numbers in many countries around the world like Fiji, Mauritius, Jamaica, Malaysia, South Africa, and Australia, where there are approximately 50,000 Tamils. Within Australia, Tamils have established many cultural institutions like temples, schools, and organizations to help preserve their language, culture and heritage for future generations.

1. Tamil Diaspora - World
• trade, slavery, labour, professional
needs and later civil wars and mass
exodus
• Fifty countries - seventy million Tamils
• download value and skills to the next
generation to nurture the language,
literature, culture and heritage

2. Language and Culture
Culture - is socially learned and
shared by members of a society
-an organized system of behaviour
-defines standards of conduct.
-includes knowledge, belief, art, morals,
customs and any other capabilities
acquired by man as a member of a
society." Edward Burnett Tylor

3. How did it happen?
Fiji, Mauritius, reunion in the Indian
Ocean, Jamaica, Trinidad ,South America,
South Africa, Malaysia, Sri Lanka and
New Caledonia.
Tamil trading communities - South East
Asia , Myanmar,Malaysia), Singapore, Sri
Lanka, Vietnam and Indonesia .

4. Tamils in Australia
• Around the Globe - 700, 000 Tamils
• Britain - 300,000
• USA - over 300,000
• Canada - over 300,000
• Australia approximately 50,000

5. Tamil activities
• Twenty temples
• Tamil Church services
• Twenty Tamils schools
• Approved subject in HSC examination
• Tamil competitions
• Tamil celebrations
• Tamil cultural activities

6. Objectives
• Building a strong diaspora
• Promoting learning and performing
all forms of Tamil Arts and culture
• community welfare
• Encouraging outstanding talents and
achievements contributing to the
Tamil community

7. Tamil organisations and events
• Thiruvalluvar
vizha
• Chithtirai vizha
• Pongal
• Pattimandram
• Dance
• Music festival
• Literary activities

8. Media
RADIO
Australian Tamil Broadcasting Corporation
Tamil Muzahakkam
SBS Tamil services - funding - multicultural
service
T V - Global Tamil Vision
Tamil Magazines -
Tamil Osai ,Tamil Australian
Mellinam

9. Social networking and blogs
Social networking and internet significantly
play a role in the life of the Australian Tamils
• Blogs
• Twitter
• Face book
• Google plus
• You tube
• Linked in

10. Migrant Resource Centres
• Integrating the
community
• Immigration and
Multicultural Affairs
Ministry,
Community
Relation
Commission and
other Government
agencies

11. Political activities
• Female politicians dress up with
sarees to associate with the Tamil
community
• Tamil counsellors

12. Business
• Lawyers, Architects,
Franchisees, Property
developers, Real Estate
agents, Money Changers,
Spice shops, news agencies,
child care centres, aged cared
centres and super markets
• Maha Sinnaththamby - the man
behind a second city named
Springfield in Queensland

13. Professionals
Neurosurgeon - Brinda Sivalaingam
Oncologist - Dr Jeyamohan
Cardiologist - Dr Manamohan
Woman lawyer bagged three awards

14. Other Tamil activities
• Dr Jeyamohan
Tamil
drama
• Dr Chandrika
Murugan Songs

15. Family functions
Wedding

16. Family functions
• Puberty ceremony

17. Family functions
• Baby ceremony

18. Family functions
• Funeral

19. Barriers
• Dual culture balance
• New generation beliefs differ
• Time constraints
• Cultural amalgamation
• Other issues like - not practical…

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