Diaspora Life

Stories about staying connected to home while living abroad: family, food, language and the words people use for missing where they come from.

Millions of people live in one country and belong to another. This category is about that double belonging: keeping family, food and language alive across distance, and celebrating a homeland from wherever you live.

Start where Ceylon Trends began, with Sri Lankan gifts for diaspora friends and family, and learn what makes Sri Lanka special. Every story here is written for people who carry a homeland with them, and for the friends who want to understand where they come from. Explore every country we cover on our countries page.

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About Diaspora Life

What does diaspora mean?

A diaspora is a community of people living outside the country they or their families come from, who keep a connection to it through family, language, food and traditions.

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