Africa-Press – Mauritius. The arrival hall at Plaisance airport was packed with people that day, perhaps due to the delay accumulated by the national company. Technical reason or concern for profitability, the only explanation provided by Air Mauritius is that there is a….
. three-hour delay.
Everyone takes their troubles patiently in Reunion through passivity or through a tacit agreement that it would be indecent to complain about the inconvenience of flying in the air at this time when major concerns preoccupy those who only seek to get their heads out of the water.
A few passengers who have not filled in their disembarkation form beforehand bustle around the cramped space, proof that the majority have started to do everything by computer.
The language barrier is a real nuisance in certain circumstances. The average Mauritian is quite comfortable switching from one language to another, and even another.
It is aloud that two Mauritian friends fill out their form, one urging the other to finish as soon as possible. – What am I putting here? one of them asks.
– Put your address, Vacoas.
– And here? (Duration of stay, apparently)
– Avoye fer f.
, replies the other in flowery language. With that, they hurry to the queues in front of the border police counters.
Leaning over their file, two Indian nationals in long clothes struggle to understand these small requirements of formality. – Aap Hindi bolt eh? (Do you speak Hindi?)
I turn to them, seeing their cry for help. Their gaze lights up immediately, which shows how much the language of the heart allows spontaneous and natural communication. Without warning, one of the two slips his card towards me.
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