Editing Multiculturalism (section)

===Mauritius===
Multiculturalism has been a characteristic feature of the island of [[Mauritius]].<ref name="LionnetShi2005">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NJKgGEb2jpsC&pg=PA203|title=Minor transnationalism|author1=Françoise Lionnet|author2=Shumei Shi|date=16 February 2005|publisher=Duke University Press|isbn=978-0-8223-3490-3|page=203|access-date=29 January 2012}}</ref> This is mainly because of colonization that has been present from, the English, the French, and the Dutch.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Ng Tseung-Wong |first1=Caroline |last2=Verkuyten |first2=Maykel |title=Multiculturalism, Mauritian Style: Cultural Diversity, Belonging, and a Secular State |journal=American Behavioral Scientist |date=May 2015 |volume=59 |issue=6 |pages=679–701 |doi=10.1177/0002764214566498 |hdl=1874/329780 |s2cid=144906729 |hdl-access=free }}</ref> However, the Mauritian society includes people from many different ethnic and religious groups: Hindu, Muslim and [[Indo-Mauritian]]s, [[Mauritian Creole people|Mauritian Creoles]] (of African and [[Malagasy people|Malagasy]] descent), Buddhist and Roman Catholic [[Sino-Mauritian]]s and [[Franco-Mauritian]]s (descendants of the original French colonists).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.infomauritius.com/|title=Some facts about Mauritius|publisher=Infomauritius.com|access-date=10 December 2010|archive-date=21 August 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100821215852/http://www.infomauritius.com/|url-status=dead}}</ref> Mauritius has embraced intertwining of cultures from the origin of the country, and has coined the term fruit-salad, which is a much more appealing term in comparison to melting-pot showing that they were not forced to these cultures.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Ng |first1=Eddy S. |last2=Bloemraad |first2=Irene |title=A SWOT Analysis of Multiculturalism in Canada, Europe, Mauritius, and South Korea |journal=American Behavioral Scientist |date=May 2015 |volume=59 |issue=6 |pages=619–636 |doi=10.1177/0002764214566500 |s2cid=147514771 }}</ref>