Culture of Mauritius
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The culture of Mauritius involves the blending of several cultures from Mauritius's history, as well as individual culture arising indigenously.
Mauritius is a multicultural country, but some have observed that it is not yet a nation where people look more in the direction of the land of their forebearers and fail to come to terms with the reality in which they face everyday life. And yet the country has, in essence, its own language (Mauritian or Mauritian Creole) and a thriving literature in that language, its own music and dance (the sega), a special cuisine - it's the land where miscegenation is rich and vibrant but there is a view that the root searching ideology of those in power tries to shroud what is most progressive in the cultural landscape.
Mauritian beer (especially Phoenix, since 1963), is a big part of Mauritian culture.
Literature of Mauritius
While everyone in Mauritius speaks Morisyen (Mauritian Creole), most of the literature is written in French, although many authors write in English, Bhojpuri, and Morisyen (Mauritian Creole). Important authors include Malcolm de Chazal, Ananda Devi and Edouard Maunick. Mauritius's renowned playright Dev Virahsawmy writes exclusively in Morisyen (Mauritian Creole).
External links
- le en le - Literature of the Indian Ocean (http://www.lehman.cuny.edu/ile.en.ile/indien/paroles.html), biographies, bibliographies, excerpts and links.
- Mauritius Society of Authors (http://www.masa.mu)sr:Култура Маурицијуса