ABSTRACT
In literature, various forms of globalization are known, such as the “grobalization” and “glocalization.” But the different concepts of globalization do not capture the globalization of cultures from the periphery. Even concept of “reverse globalization” do not, though this focusses on the economic power of periphery countries and their products, for example Korean cars or oil. The existing literature around globalization and revers globalization do not capture the transnationalization of cultures from the periphery. To fill this gap in the existing theory this chapter highlights the different forms of globalized as well as glocalized culture from the periphery. By describing the case of baithak gáná music and dance – the traditional music and dance of the descendents of the indentured labourers originated from the Bhojpudi region (India) – the phenomenon of “reverse glocalization” provides insights in the movement from peripheral homeland India to diaspora-periphery (Suriname) and to a diaspora-center society as the Netherlands, – thus revealing how the migrants used their resources to maintain, develop, and share their culture. The theoretical value of this research lays in the elaboration of the concept of reverse glocalization.
