Mishra said that the presence of the dance group is aimed at bringing in the best Indian dance forms to this country.

The craftsmen of India will hold the spotlight in the programme.

'In India, we have a rich tradition of arts and crafts, hundreds of years. They are all award-winning craft persons and they will be demonstrating hand block painting, Kantha embroidery, miniature paintings, wood carvings and stone carvings,' Mishra said.

Also, on the card will be a Hindi conference.

On Aug 16, the Indian high commission and the Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs in collaboration with the University of the West Indies will host a seminar, 'Indian Diaspora in the Caribbean'.

Since the programme began last weekend, people of all ethnic groups have been visiting the shows.

Trinidad and Tobago has a population of 1.3 million people and 44 percent of which comprise the Indian diaspora, whose forefathers came from India, principally Uttar Pradesh and Bihar. They came here to work on the sugar plantations and also to beef up a failing agricultural production.

(Paras Ramoutar can be contacted at paras.r@ians.in)