The Seychelles Islands celebrate the 250th anniversary of its first settlement today, which was established by the French in 1770, when the first 28 settlers arrived in the Telemaque ship on the Ste Anne Island.
According to the Seychelles Tourist Office, the 250th anniversary will be commemorated with a range of activities and a symbolic commemoration on Ste-Anne Island, followed by an official commemoration at Domaine Val De pres, a Seychelles? Heritage villages.
Seychelles came into existence as a country with 15 white colonists, seven slaves, five Indians and one black woman as its first known inhabitants. The settlement paved the way for the successful settlements that followed, all of which contributed to the Seychellois Creole culture and population as we know it today. The creole culture is collective contribution from the original settlers who came from vast ethnic backgrounds, comprising the European settlers to the African slaves. The blend of races came to create the Seychellois Creole culture, with different aspects of European and African heritage, which appeal to tourists today.
Creole, stems from a mixture of the European languages, such as French and English, and African dialect, the moutya dance from the African ancestors and large colonial style houses are an imitation of European architecture.
