Creole
E157513
Creole refers to a mixed-heritage ethnic community in Mauritius, typically descended from African, Malagasy, and European ancestors and central to the island’s Afro-Mauritian culture.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Creole canonical | 2 |
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ethnic group
ⓘ
social group ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Afro-Mauritians
ⓘ
Mauritian Creole ⓘ
surface form:
Mauritian Creoles
|
| associatedWith |
Afro-Mauritian religious practices
ⓘ
Creole cuisine ⓘ
surface form:
Creole cuisine of Mauritius
Mauritian sega music ⓘ |
| continent | Africa ⓘ |
| country | Mauritius ⓘ |
| culturalExpression |
Creole oral traditions
ⓘ
sega tambour ⓘ |
| culturalHeritage |
African cultural elements
ⓘ
European cultural elements ⓘ Malagasy cultural elements ⓘ |
| demographicCategory | Afro-Mauritian population ⓘ |
| developedDuring |
British colonial period in Mauritius
ⓘ
French colonial period in Mauritius ⓘ |
| ethnicOrigin |
African
ⓘ
European ⓘ Malagasy ⓘ |
| hasCulturalRole | central to Afro-Mauritian culture ⓘ |
| historicalOrigin |
descendants of European settlers
ⓘ
descendants of Malagasy slaves ⓘ descendants of enslaved Africans ⓘ |
| languageSpoken |
English
ⓘ
French ⓘ Mauritian Creole ⓘ |
| linkedTo |
history of slavery in Mauritius
ⓘ
post-emancipation society in Mauritius ⓘ |
| mainReligion | Christianity ⓘ |
| migrationHistory | internal migration from rural estates to urban areas ⓘ |
| partOf | Afro-diasporic peoples ⓘ |
| politicalContext | recognized as a community in Mauritian politics ⓘ |
| populationStatus | one of the major ethnic communities in Mauritius ⓘ |
| region | Mascarene Islands ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
Creole languages
ⓘ
Creole people ⓘ
surface form:
Creole peoples
|
| relatedGroup |
Rodriguan Creole
ⓘ
surface form:
Rodriguan Creoles
Seychellois Creole ⓘ
surface form:
Seychellois Creoles
|
| religiousDiversity |
includes Roman Catholics
ⓘ
includes other Christian denominations ⓘ |
| socialIssues |
historical marginalization
ⓘ
socio-economic inequality ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
P. G. T. Beauregard