CLUB FILM ‘The Pakistan Islanders’
CLUB FILM 'Eileanaich Phagastain'
25 January 2022, CCA Cinema
25 Faoilleach 2022, CCA Cinema
There has been a strong and vibrant Pakistani community in Lewis & Harris for over 60 years now. Gradually, after WWII, travelling salesmen with packed suitcases appeared in the Western Isles, and over the years, the Pakistani community has become an integral part of everyday life in the Western Isles.
Tha coimhearsnachd làidir, sùnndach Phagastain air a bhith air a stèidheachadh ann an Leòdhas agus na Hearadh fad 60 bliadhna a-nise. Mean air mhean, as dèidh an dàrna cogaidh thòisich luchd-reic ùr le màileid loma làn a’ nochdadh anns na h-Eileanan an Iar, agus thar nam bliadhna tha a’ choimhearsnachd Phagastaineach air a bhith na pàirt làitheil de bheatha nan Eilean Siar.