réunionese

Example Sentences

• "The "de pat atèr" (with your feet pressed flat on the floor) was chosen to be the element that would distinguish maloya from the séga dance. […] This expression is well known by Réunionese when referring to maloya."
• "Originally, it was two volcanoes but later they merged. One is still active, erupting on average every nine months. The other blew itself to bits 200,000 years ago, leaving only three vast cirques, up to 10 miles wide and a mile deep. With these great works still in progress, most Réunionese live on the coast."
• "At the rate of 5 to 6 monthly outings, Réunionese account for more than 21 million annual excursions outside their commune of residence, of which more than 4 million include a paid activity."
• "There is clearly a problem, and we need to ask who is benefiting from this system, which is financed directly by the State via the Single Budget Line or the tax exemption granted to social landlords. Certainly not the Réunionese, who lack housing that is suited to their ability to pay."
• "Mass unemployment has been a reality for over 50 years, with nearly 180,000 Réunionese registered with France Travail looking for work."
• "She [Muriel Hillion] said the moves would likely have evolved from enslaved Réunionese performing maloya while doing menial daily tasks — a tradition that had carried through the generations."