New Year's Day in Mauritius

Chinese New Year in Mauritius. The Chino-Mauritian community celebrating their New Year.

Abolition of Slavery in Mauritius

Assumption Day. Celebrating Saint Marie's Day

NULAMIZIK Festival offers you this year one of the biggest live concerts in Mauritius in an exceptional setting. The event focuses on local artists with live performances and exhibitions. The idea is to support and promote the local wealth and to highlight the talented artists of the moment. On the program: - Mr Love - ZULU - The Prophecy - Original Blakayyo - Big Franky - David Jay Doors open - 8 p.m. Food and Beverage available at very affordable prices - Photo corner - Craft Market - Quality music, configuration and atmosphere A contribution on each ticket sold will be made to NGOs / Foundations / Collectifs in order to support the Homeless.

Every year on 8 September, men, women and children from every part of the island, leave their houses and start on a long march to the shrine of Father Jacques Désiré Laval at Sainte Croix, where prayers are said. The death of Père Laval is commemorated on the 9 September.

The Shia festival marking the martyrdom of Imam Hussein, Ghoon is marked by elaborate processions and parades that a small section of the Muslim community take out, especially in the streets of Plaine Verte in the port city of St. Louis. Ghoon is an incredible opportunity to take the best shots of colorfully dressed people in costumes and with props marching down the street.

Despite the uncertainties and complications associated with COVID-19, it was hard to imagine not organising the 13th Edition of the CIEL Ferney Trail! See you on September 12th for a Light Edition of the CIEL Ferney Trail where we go back to basics: nature, trail running and the joy of being together with family and friends! Stay tuned!

Event Details Lunch Dim Sum Buffet at Eighty Eight Chinese Restaurant located at Bagatelle Price is at Rs 688 per person (inclusive of VAT) For booking, kindly call on 468 8288 Please see below the menu for the Dim Sum Buffet (ON SUNDAYS FOR LUNCH ONLY): STEAMED: Prawn Har Gao | Chicken Sui Mai | Chicken & Chives Stuffed Chilli | Stuffed Beancurd | Chicken Pao Beef Ball | Niouk Nien | Crystal Ball Beef Brisket | Steamed chicken | Chicken Feet FRIED: Prawn Taro (Wookok) | Chicken Taro (Wookok) | Seafood Wantan Chicken Spring Rolls | Crispy Calamari Spicy Salt Roast Chicken | Roast Duck Chicken Chassive | Fish Accra TRADITIONAL CHINESE DESSERT: Sesame Cake | Steamed Rice Cake Grass Jelly | Ice Cream & Sagoo

The harvest festival of the Chinese community is quite a hit in the Mauritius islands. Usually celebrated in the fall months, the Mid Autumn Festival is also called the Moon festival because of the several offering traditional Chinese people make to the Moon goddess. This Mauritius festival is marked by the mooncakes that take over St. Louis and other cities on the islands. There are also other interesFting legends associated with the mooncakes, and one has it that they were used to hide the planned date of the revolution against the Mongols who ruled China in the medieval times.