Mauritius, a sustainable travel hotspot : my Moris
On a history and street food tour with My Moris, I discovered a dynamic mix of cultures that have given birth to some of the best street food I have ever tasted, from spicy gateau piments (chilli bites) to flavour-packed Chinese dumplings.
How Mauritius became a sustainable travel hotspot
Extracts from an article by Sarah Reid in Independent Magazine
“When I moved back to Mauritius after working for various NGOs in India, I was disappointed there was no tourism that celebrated our cultural biodiversity,” says Shakti Callikan, co-founder of My Moris (Moris is Creole for Mauritius), which specialises in meaningful cultural tours of the island.
“Teaming with my friend Maya, a Belgian anthropologist who has spent years studying Mauritius, we created opportunities to interact with everyday Mauritians in places you wouldn’t necessarily go on your own.”
"One of these places is Port Louis, Mauritius’s hot, traffic-logged capital, which most tourists give a wide berth. But on a history and street food tour with My Moris, I discovered a dynamic mix of cultures that have given birth to some of the best street food I have ever tasted, from spicy gateau piments (chilli bites) to flavour-packed Chinese dumplings.
"My Moris also offers cultural experiences ranging from tours of traditional fishing villages to an introduction to Sega Tipik, a vibrant performing art emblematic of the Creole community that was inscribed on Unesco’s Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity in 2014."
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