Yes I am a one month old steemian!
I started rather slowly, trying to understand this completely new world to me and I will proudly say that I am still learning on a daily basis so that I keep on improving myself and deliver the best out of me!
I will not go in details about who occupied the country in the past or else this post will be too long and boring! In a big picture , Mauritius has been a Dutch colony, then taken over by the French and lastly by the British until we gained independence in 1968 and republic status in 1992!
The people of Mauritius known as Mauritians are multiethnic, multi-religious, multicultural and multilingual. English is our main language and French is also spoken by nearly everyone! Our local language is the Creole.
Mauritius is highly ranked for it's democracy and for economic and political freedom. It has a population of approx. 1.3 million only and the religion practiced are as below:
51.9% Hinduism
31.4% Christianity
15.3% Islam
0.4% Buddhism
1% others
It is the 169th largest nation in the world by size! Very tiny indeed!
Check out where we are situated exactly
The island is surrounded by more than 150 km (100 mi) of white sandy beaches, and the lagoons are protected from the open sea by the world's third largest coral reef, which surrounds the island.
With this amazing feature, hundred of thousands of tourists visit the country each year to enjoy the beautiful beaches!
The environment in Mauritius is typically tropical in the coastal regions with forests in the mountainous areas. Situated near the Tropic of Capricorn, Mauritius has a tropical climate. There are 2 seasons: a warm humid summer from November to April, with a mean temperature of 24.7 °C (76.5 °F) and a relatively cool dry winter from June to September with a mean temperature of 20.4 °C (68.7 °F).
7 natural colored earth in Mauritius
When it was discovered, Mauritius was the home of a previously unknown species of bird, the dodo, descendants of a type of pigeon which settled in Mauritius over four million years ago. Within 100 years of the arrival of humans on Mauritius, the once abundant dodo became a rare bird. The last one was killed in 1681.
Mauritius was the only known habitat of the extinct dodo, a flightless bird
The major musical genre of Mauritius is the Sega music and it's dance is just a great pleasure to assist!
Usually the men will play the instruments and sing while the women dressed in colorful dresses will dance on the beat around a bonfire!
So how you find Mauritius? You want to enjoy these beautiful beaches? Wanna dance the sega on the sand? Want to have the best holidays ever?
I really hope you enjoyed this little description of my country! Should you plan to come here, don't forget @progressivechef is here to welcome you!
By following me you will discover more about this fabulous country and learn a bit about our cuisines too!
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