{"id":7830,"date":"2026-05-06T10:32:11","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T10:32:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/culture.govmu.org\/mach\/?p=7830"},"modified":"2026-06-08T10:55:01","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T10:55:01","slug":"official-celebration-of-maharashtra-and-chhatrapati-shivaji-maharaj-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/culture.govmu.org\/mach\/?p=7830","title":{"rendered":"A Night of Recognition for Mauritian Artistic Excellence"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"7830\" class=\"elementor elementor-7830\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-accb25a e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"accb25a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f7a2bdf elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f7a2bdf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>A Night of Recognition for Mauritian Artistic Excellence<\/strong><\/p><p>The Ministry of Arts and Culture hosted a memorable evening at the Serge Constantin Th\u00e9\u00e2tre with the presentation of the Artist Excellence &amp; Lifetime Achievement Awards 2025, celebrating Mauritian artists whose talent, dedication and achievements have contributed to the promotion of the nation\u2019s culture both locally and internationally.<\/p><p>The Artist Excellence Awards 2025 were presented to Amarnath Hosany, the late Nicolas Couronne, Natacha Appanah, Nikhil and the Gang, Ebanez Music, Pascal Lamarque (Elpassii) and The Select Singers in recognition of their outstanding achievements and international acclaim.<\/p><p>The ceremony also honoured distinguished cultural figures through the Lifetime Achievement Awards. 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