Heritage Tracks: a lever to enhance the cultural diversity of Baie-Mahault
Heritage Tracks: a lever to enhance the cultural diversity of Baie-Mahault
1. Context
The history of Baie-Mahault was established by and around migration and mobility.
The history of Baie-Mahault was established by and around migration and mobility.
The Acadian people are descendants of Canada’s first French settlers. They arrived as a result of mass deportation between 1755 and 1763, and were spread between to New England, Louisiana, France, Quebec, and more.
For 8000 years, the Anishinaabe have lived the Abitibi-Témiscamingue. After a law was passed in 1876, First Nations children were forced to attend residential schools and reserves were created, resulting in these groups losing their culture and language.
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Trois-Rivières, the second oldest French-speaking city in North America, was founded in 1634 and is the seat of the regional government. With a population of 138,134 in 2020, it is the ninth largest city in the province of Quebec.
San Antonio is the seventh largest city in the United States of America and second largest city in the state of Texas. Approximately 3% of the city (roughly 13,000 parcels) is designated as historic.
The town of Pincourt, situated on an island together with three other municipalities, was founded in 1960. It has a population of approximately 15,000.
Niterói is a municipality in the Metropolitan Area of Rio de Janeiro. It has a population of 513,584 and the highest Human Development Index in Rio de Janeiro, being also one of the cities with the highest literacy rates in Brazil.
The Ingapirca Archaeological Complex (CAI for its abbreviation in Spanish) is situated in the rural parish of Ingapirca, Ecuador. Ingapirca is a parish affected by social and political issues with a population of 8,340 (2010).
Bulawayo, with between 1 – 1.5 million inhabitants, is Zimbabwe’s second city. Bulawayo was influenced by many cultures and languages and became home to a rich diversity of minority cultural expressions due to migration.