Sandrine and her family made their way through the crowd to get a glimpse of the parade. "This is the first time for us. We wanted to come to show the children the traditions that exist in Mauritius. It's important for them to know that Mauritius is a multicultural country and that we...
Today about 1.3 million people live in Mauritius.Mauritius has a multicultural society of people with mainly European, African, Indian and Chinese origin. Mauritius is the most densely populated country of the African continent! The official language of Mauritius is English, but French and Creole ar...
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Turquoise waters, fine sandy beaches, and exceptional wildlife are all aspects that characterize Mauritius. However, what best defines this little corner of paradise is its ethnic diversity and cultural heritage. It was born of a sulphurous colonial past, but today has become a multicultural society...
multicultural cities of the 21st century we don’t live together, we live side-by-side, in neighbourhoods self-segregated by race, language, religion and ethnicity. Kwame Anthony Appiah (‘The lies that bind: Rethinking Identity’) explains it as such: “Identity is a lie that binds when ...
Dharma and Brinda Bungaroo Brinda’s future plan is to continue sharing her passion for food and to popularise the simplicity of Mauritian multicultural cuisine with a wider circle of people. She thinks anyone can learn the art of cooking in the comfort of their own kitchen whatever their...
allowed us to create a brand platform that goes far beyond communication tools. We are now equipped to implement coherent actions over time. We appreciated Circus’s ability to adapt to another country, which seems to be a strong characteristic of Mauritius, with its rich cultural diversity. At...
Mauritius bears the hallmarks of being complementarily a country of eastern and western worldviews, ethnically, linguistically, and religiously borrowing traditions from its diverse heritages. It is a country of both Asian and African cultural, political
The multicultural population of the country is essentially an assemblage of majority and minority groups with no deep or real feelings of belonging to the same nation. Three main factors appear to determine the linguistic choices in Mauritius; ethnic community, residence, and education. The factor ...