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One of the most ancient Christian people, the Chaldeans, has exiled in France. Eight thousands of them have settled in the city of Sarcelles, located in the Parisian suburb. They speak Aramaic, the Christ ' s original language, and are very attached to their traditions and culture. One part of this culture, the cooking, is very important for the preservation of links and relations between families.

The war in Shri Lanka has made a majority of the Tamil population immigrate, a part in France. The respect of the traditions and the confection of dishes permit to avoid the feeling of being uprooted and to gather the community.

A family of Cambodians refugees living in the Parisian suburb shows its respect of the traditions and in particular of the worship for the ancestors. The relation between the life-world and the death-world is visible and tangible through the food.