The Legacy of Indentured Labor

Teachers’ experiences of teaching an ancestral language in a multilingual context : the case of Telugu in Mauritius.

“…The re-enactment of diasporic traditions, as described by Eisenlohr (2007), who focusses on the idea of Pilgrimage (Hindu and Muslims), is significant. Even the minority cultures from India like Telugu, Tamil and Marathi celebrate festivals or ethno-religious events in their land of origin with the same fervour (Hollup, 2000;Mauritius Marathi Cultural Centre Trust (MTTCT), 2012;Bhaskar, 2015;Watt, 2019). Each ethnic group has been allotted a national public holiday when a cultural or religious activity is celebrated (Table 2.1).…”