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Thousands of Creoles throng Seychelles' capital, showcasing a dying culture?

by lorenz on Oct 25, 2004 in culture traditions, Africa, globalisation

Utusan Malaysia Online

Women dressed in bright yellow and green swirling skirts joined men in straw hats and colourful cummerbunds, while musicians playing instruments made from bamboo and goatskins led a procession through Victoria.

``The Creoles are a tiny population worldwide, making up only a few million people,'' said Jean Claude Mahoune, an anthropologist and expert on Creole culture at Seychelles' ministry of culture. ``With globalisation and strong western influences, our culture and our language is endangered, if we don't do something to keep everything that is Creole alive,'' he said. >> continue

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