Maharashtra Mandal in Dar es Salaam

The Maharashtra Mandal in Dar es Salaam is a Maharashtra Mandal—a social group consisting of diaspora of Maharashtra in India—based in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.^[1]

There are some similarities in words of Swahili and Marathi because of impact of Persian and Gujarathi languages on Marathi and Swahili. Many words like Dar, Duka, Rangi and Sanduku are common to both languages.

Maharashtrians in Dar es Salaam arrange their small community get-togethers often including plays, music programmes etc. Every year Mahrashtrians celebrate Ganesh Festival in big way and all other communities too join and enjoy Genesh festival.

Maharashtra (महाराष्ट्र) is a state in west-central India. It is one of the richest states of India. Its capital is Mumbai, the economic powerhouse of India, and Maharashtra is the second most populous state in India. Only eleven countries of the world have a population greater than Maharashtra.

Marathi linguistic group, who form the majority ethnic group in the Maharashtrastate are having communities and groups located out of Maharashtra popularly referred to as Brihan Maharashtra. Maharashtra Mandal in India

References

1. ^ Newspaper article. Retrieved 2 October 2009