Holi

Mauritius inhabitants also celebrate it as the festival of colours and harvests and drench themselves in coloured water. Towns are transformed into a colourful rainbow of pigments: don't forget to wear old clothes on the day!

In the week leading up to the festival, the markets and Puja shops are decorated with bright colours. The celebrations begin in earnest on the morning of Holi: people good-naturedly throw handfuls of « gulal » (brightly coloured powders) and soak each other with water jets known as pichkaris, made of Mauritian bamboo stalks.

The festival is also often accompanied  by large crowds of people singing to the accompaniment of drums and cymbals (« jhal » and « dholak »).

In Port Louis

From the 23^rd to the 24^th of March 2016

For free