Maharashtra Mandal Dar es Salaam Tanzania

In Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, East Africa there exists a small diaspora of Maharashtra i.e. Marathi community that has been there for quite a long time. Maharashtrians are known as well-educated community. This community is proud of its rich history & culture, education, progressive social values, and a just & upright approach. Individual integrity and loyalty are also imbibed in the community's cultural values. Because of these values, the business community across the globe prefers to hire Maharstrians for various technical, managerial and skilled assignments.

Maharashtrians in Dar es Salaam have potential to make rich contributions in the fields of know-how and skills. 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.

Reference:
* [http://www.geocities.com/darmarathi/ Maharashtra Mandal Dar es Salaam,Tanzania]
* [http://www.virtualtourist.com/travel/Asia/India/State_of_Maharashtra/TravelGuide-State_of_Maharashtra.html/ Visitors to Maharashtra]