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New Year in Mauritius involves New Year Festivals of various religions. Thus New Year in Mauritius involves Chinese New Year Celebration as well as celebration of the general New Year in the month of January.
Chinese New Year Celebration is a major festival in Mauritius. This is also known by the name of Spring Festival. Normally the Chinese New Year never falls on the same date because of the difference in the solar and the lunar calendars. Houses are cleaned before the beginning of the celebration. No knife or scissors are used on the day of the festival. Red is the predominant color of the Chinese New Year in Mauritius. Various types of foods are offered to the various deities with the objective in mind that the next year becomes fruitful. This celebration includes offering wax cakes to parents and friends. Fireworks are also part of this New Year Celebration in Mauritius; this means that the evil spirits are warded off.
Ugadi is another festival of New Year in Mauritius. This is the New Year celebration of the Telugu people and is held in the month of March. This is a typical traditional South Indian festival characterized by offering pujas to the deities and other religious rituals.
The general New Year of Mauritius is celebrated from the night of December 31st and continues till January 1st every year in Mauritius. The celebrations of New Year in Mauritius include dancing and singing in the Port Louis beach which is the most happening spot of Mauritius. The locals celebrate the festival with fireworks in the streets and all dancing to the tunes of hip hop, ragga and sega. In fact January 1st and 2nd both are official holidays in Mauritius when the people remain in festive mood enjoying themselves thoroughly in the beaches. However, cyclones and other atmospheric disturbances occur in Mauritius during the month of January and therefore rain might play a spoilsport in the Celebration of New Year in Mauritius. However, the spirit of the people of Mauritius is so strong that weather hardly can affect it badly and the festival is always celebrated with traditional fervor.
Thus from Holidayshub.com we come to know about the New Year in Mauritius.
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