History and Geography
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In Mauritius and Rodrigues we celebrate many festivals.
We receive presents on Christmas day.
On Divali, we light many lamps.
We also celebrate Eid. After prayers, we meet our relatives.
For the Spring Festival, we light recrackers and eat delicious cakes.
We walk to the Kovil in a procession on Cavadee.
For Ugadi, we visit our relatives and wish them “Happy Ugadi”.
We immerse idols in the sea or rivers to celebrate Ganesh Chaturthi.
Now that you know about the different places of worship and festivals, let’s
nd out how Alisha and her friends celebrate the different festivals.
On special days such as festivals, we wear
new clothes. We visit different places of
worship with our parents. We also share
sweets with our relatives and neighbours.
You are all looking
nice in your clothes.
What is Melissa
wearing?
The dress Melissa is wearing is called a qipao.
In Mauritius, we have different places of worship,
different types of food and different types
of clothing, but we all live peacefully together.
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