Edb: Expand the comprehensive music catalogue with reviewed distinct performances; prioritize recent discovery, retain good older music and preserve existing prose, recordings and fields.

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Research-led Africa musical geography and article revision; existing recording sections and native bindings preserved.

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== Summary ==

Mauritian Bhojpuri song, instrumental, social and dance practice, particularly associated with women and family/life-cycle occasions. <ref name="africa2026-mu-geet-inventory">[https://ich.unesco.org/doc/src/30634-EN.pdf Mauritian Geet Gawai national inventory]. Access note: Relevant geographic and social sections read.</ref> <ref name="africa2026-mu-geet-unesco">[https://ich.unesco.org/en/RL/bhojpuri-folk-songs-in-mauritius-geet-gawai-01178 Bhojpuri folk songs in Mauritius, Geet-Gawai — record01178]. Access note: Indexed descriptive record read.</ref>

== Contemporary and trending ==

Family occasions, community transmission and public cultural presentation sustain Geet-Gawai. The national inventory records practice in all nine districts, with particular village concentrations. <ref name="africa2026-mu-geet-inventory" />

== History ==

Bhojpuri song developed an island-specific social life through Mauritian family and community histories. The tradition’s presence should be documented through practice rather than inferred from ancestry alone. <ref name="africa2026-mu-geet-unesco" />

== Musical characteristics ==

Singing, instrumental accompaniment and dance form an integrated social event, often involving women and life-cycle occasions. The repertoire is distinct from consuming imported Hindi film songs. <ref name="africa2026-mu-geet-unesco" />

== Geography and communities ==

Mauritius’s villages and towns; documented concentration in Pamplemousses, Moka, Rivière du Rempart and Savanne with practice across all nine districts. Community and cross-community participation, later public cultural presentation. <ref name="africa2026-mu-geet-inventory" /> <ref name="africa2026-mu-geet-unesco" />

== Artists ==

Women singers, instrumentalists and community bearers transmit the repertoire through participation. Cross-community involvement and later public presentation extend that social life. <ref name="africa2026-mu-geet-inventory" />

== Representative performances ==

No recordings have been curated for this entry.

== Related genres ==

[[Sega]] shares the Mauritian musical landscape with different histories. Bhojpuri-language song provides a wider linguistic relationship, while Geet-Gawai retains its particular island social form. <ref name="africa2026-mu-geet-inventory" />

=== References and further reading ===
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== Hotspot mushrooms ==

Mauritius’s villages and towns; documented concentration in Pamplemousses, Moka, Rivière du Rempart and Savanne with practice across all nine districts. Community and cross-community participation, later public cultural presentation. Fields distinguish the community heartland from specifically documented wider use; political borders and population totals do not determine intensity.

The fields express editorial judgments about relative musical affinity and reach, not measured audience shares. Radius is the zero edge of a linear fade; same-genre overlaps combine by maximum.

{| class="wikitable muglobe-hotspots"
|+ MuGlobe hotspot mushrooms
! ID !! Location !! Latitude !! Longitude !! Radius (km) !! Strength !! Notes
|-
| geet-gawai-mauritius || Mauritian Bhojpuri village–town song networks || -20.2 || 57.55 || 130 || 0.73 || Deep social repertoire within relevant publics, not adequately represented by Indian film music.
|}

Geet-Gawai - Revision history

Edb: Expand the comprehensive music catalogue with reviewed distinct performances; prioritize recent discovery, retain good older music and preserve existing prose, recordings and fields.

Edb: Research-led Africa musical geography and article revision; existing recording sections and native bindings preserved.