A comparative

study

Presented by; Frederick Atisse

25/10/10
Mayan Civilization

 The Maya occupied

the Yucatán
Peninsula of Mexico
 Originated around
2600 B.C., they rose
to pinnacle around
A.D. 250
Mauritian culture

 Mauritius is an island of volcanic origin

 result
of the intermingling of different ethnic
groups

 slaves,labourers, settlers and immigrants over

centuries

 Multiculturalism
Seven elements of culture
  The seven elements presented concerning these
two cultures are their:

 
 Social Organisation
 Custom and tradition
 Language
 Arts and literature
 Religion
 Forms of Government
 Economic systems
 Social Organisation

 Closed system • Open system

 Ascribed Status • Achieved and
 Rulers Ascribed Status
 Education for the • Education for all
Elites only
 Informal education
• Formal education

• Social Inequality
• Family play an important roles as agent of the
Social Control “prohibits incest”
Custom and tradition

• Burial practices  Burial practices

• different burial  different burial
practices practices
• human and animal  animal sacrifices
sacrifices  ancestor worship
 Myriads of ethnical
• ancestor worship
• festivals festivals
 Language
 official
language, but English is generally
accepted as the official language
 Use Roman Alphabets and Asian Symbols
 Myriads of language and dialects
 Hindi, Telegu, Tamil, Malayam, Marathi,
Urdu, Hakka (a Chinese dialect), Gujorati
and Bhojpuri

• Creole and bhojpuri ‘native Mauritian element’

Language

• Myriads of language and dialects

• 31 Mayan languages had been identified
• Use of symbols (hieroglyphics)
• Codices (Books)
 Arts and literature

 There are varieties of • Comiko

mythical and court • Ships Model
scenes painted on the • Key Holder
exteriors of fine vases souvenirs( Dodo)
and the interiors of open • Marcel Gabon (Brasse
bowls and dishes. au Vents)

• Maya used this element to record their daily life,

thus being able to transmit their knowledge
Religion
 A pantheon • Mauritius as a culture
of gods
 Polytheism “polytheism”
 Beliefs that their
• Due to religious
gods grew stronger tolerance
through consuming
• If look at ethnical
their blood
 Put on customs for level there is both
ceremonies (Masks “polytheism and
to resemble gods) monotheism”
 Forms of Government

• Oligarchy  Democracy
 Held free election
each five years

• Both adopt a State form of Government

 Economic systems

 Market Economy that • Mixed Economy in

is buying and selling which Individuals
goods and services, make some
with the neighbouring economic decisions
societies at the time.
 Engage in trade, such
and the government
as Salt, potatoes, corn
makes others.
beans, chocolates

• Used currency
• Diversify economic
Social Change
 Move from hunter gatherer to Civilisation
 peasant revolt
 revolution and social turmoil
 collapse of trade routes
 Arrival of Spanish conquistador
 Burning of the Mayan Books
 More dominant had overcome the weaker
one
Social Change
•  abolition of slavery in Mauritius in 1835,
• The  recruitment of indentured labour from India between
that period had a major  impact on the population.
• Declaration of Independence
• Economic Boom between 1960 and 1980
• Mauritius also experienced the post-war baby boom 1950s
and early 1960s
•  Mauritius Family Planning Association and Action
Familial, help for the decrease of birth by 1970
• Move from Agriculture, Industry and Service Sector
• Globalisation
Thank You