Rainbow: The Element Culture 

Originally home to plump dodo birds and other animals only, Mauritius was discovered by humans in the 17th century. Compared to the age of world history, it is therefore still a baby. A baby ruled by three different European powers though, populated by them and the slaves they imported from Africa and Asia.

Mauritius is the place where a mixture of languages includes Creole and Bhojpuri and where traditional music and dances from three continents have fostered the folk dance “Sega”. In Mauritius, the various religious celebrations are shared as national events. Plants from all around the world are harvested and processed, such as the South American “Manioc” (known as Cassava), which is turned into uniquely flavoured biscuits. In this place even the famous French cuisine is being challenged with charming and unconscious ease by a dish for instance as simple as “Rougail”. In other words: Mauritius is a socio- anthropologist’s delight.

Our favourite example of a product springing forth from this historical and cultural melting pot is the Mauritian music and dance style “Sega”. Many definitions of Sega have been based on historical and scientific facts. We from Maurisun would rather like to take a philosophical approach: