The 11th annual Kreole Festival for the indigenous people of
the Mauritius Islands opens tomorrow in Quatre Barnes Municipality of
the Indian Ocean luxury Island. Nestled neatly between Madagascar and
Seychelles and a destination of rest and rejuvenation for the elite
European egalitarians in the 1900's, Mauritius has today become
synonymous with its fresh outlook, economic agility of what African can
become, and an offshore African hub of technology and financial services.
This week however belongs to the hundreds of thousands of
the Islands Indigenous people, who celebrate their arts, film, and culture as
part of the annual Kreole Festival week. This year, the government invited 2
people to grace the event as their very special "August" guests - the
Ashanti King from Kumasi - Ghana; Otumfuo Nana Osei Tutu II,
and 14 year old film maker Zuriel Oduwole.
She would be the invited guest judge for the film
festival, screening many films over the festival period. She was received at the
airport earlier today by the Deputy Speaker of Parliament Adrien DUVAL and the
Chairman of the Mauritius Tourism Promotion Authority - Arnaud MARTIN.
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