Any chance of Circus in Mauritius?
It would be fun to go to a circus and watch acrobats doing live performances, animals doing their shows (lions jumping through circle of fires, elephants walking on 2 feet, horses jumping and doing tricks) and be entertained by clowns. Long time ago, about 40 years back, circus people used to come to Mauritius and the kids as well as adults used to love it (grandmother told me), so what's happened now? Why have they stopped coming here?
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Circuses with animals are just WRONG!!!!! Do u really think the animals want to perform for u??????? Lions in the wild do not jump through fire.... Elephants do not walk on 2 feet and horses do not do tricks naturally. No circus with animals should come to Mauritius and I hope they never do!
I'm sure animals do not want to perform for anyone but neither would humans if given the choice. Do you think anyone in their right mind would want to go beyond their physical limitations so that they are able to bend their bodies for acrobat purposes? People do not naturally walk on ropes nor do they have the ability to swing through the air; they are trained to do that to earn a living.
Elephants in the wild are poached for their husks, tigers for their skin and horses are killed for their meat when they can no longer race. At least in a circus they are more protected. It's not an ideal life per se, but aren't we all compromising in our daily life?
In late 1959, at cassis, port louis, there was a circus from brazil performing amazing shows. A clown by the name of 'Ripolin' wearing a square hat and dressed in multi colour suit bemused the spectators especially the children. We were also flabbergasted by the acrobats. They were just amazing and certain of their exercises were so perilous that at the end, we pushed a sigh of relief. I recall there a structure in metal in the form of a globe wherein about five motorcyclists used to ride moving from the bottom up to the semi point. Wonderful souvenir indeed. Unfortunately, cyclone carol came bringing a halt to so many activities and brazil circus sufferred heavy losses. That period during which the circus performed at cassis created a joyous atmosphere in the surrounding every evening. Since then, we have had the visits of a few circus in Mauritius, but all of them not to the height of the brazil circus
Don't think it's worth for the Circus people to come here as it would cost them more money than what they would make with the shows. We probably need to have our own local Circus!
Some years back Cirque du Soleil came at Trianon which I attended. It was great.
I haven't found any info about future events of Circus in Mauritius. So, I guess we have to wait till end of November to know.
Perhaps, circuses have found that Mauritian politicians are better artists than the clowns :p
lol, politicians are very entertaining indeed :)
How much was the entrance fee for Cirque du Soleil and what shows did they have?
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