1700s: Under that banyan tree

Living Mauritius is not just beaches. It's really much more. It is history, effort and pain.

"At the foot of the mountain, along the only ascent, grew a banyan tree that became a meeting point and a place of celebration. The humble plaque there now marks the tree as the birthplace of Sega Music.

“This is the place where our ancestors, the slaves, started everything. It was a place to express themselves after a long, painful day. It was freedom.” Bacbotte says."

Extract from:

Griffin Shea, CNN Travel - Destination Mauritius: "Mauritius music: How sega got its groove back" [Mon June 12, 2017]

Link to read: https://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/mauritius-sega-music/index.html

This is a personal project and watercolor study made for March 12th: Independence and Republic Day in Mauritius.