SEGA : Mauritian National Dance

Traditional Mauritian Sega Tipik is a vibrant performing art, emblematic of the Creole community and performed at informal private family events or in public spaces. Songs sung in a minor key gradually increase in tempo, as dancers move their hips and hands to a percussive beat, using short steps to manoeuvre around each other in a variety of different formations. 

Mauritian wedding Ceremony

A few days back I attended a Mauritian wedding(Vivah Sanskar – Hindu wedding) – in London ,(UK) along with my beautiful wife and Mother -in-law. WE were invited by Mr Sanjeev and Vennesa close friend of my wife Simmi. Over hundardred years of implantation in Mauritius, it is remarkable how time-bound practices are maintained even in the era of globalization , internet and in foreign land.

One thing in common with all Hindu marriages, whether in