Artist said about this song:

"In July 2020 when the MV Wakashio ran aground on our coral reef, the hearts of all Mauritians broke along with the tank. Sarbon means (coal), and I wrote this song thinking of this moment when a ship changed our daily life. This event brought a lot of despair for our lagoons, already affected by climate change and over tourism, we were seeing our paradise burning. Sarbon is a tribute to all the people who were on the spot for months, sewing sugarcane bags, donating their hair to absorb the oil and saving as much as we can our precious marine park and the eastern coastline. To the fishermans and sea lovers, to the dolphins, victims of the tragedy. It’s a song for all the creatures on land and underwater that were mourning. The ocean is, for me, the real holy water of this world, blessing us with oxygen, food, peacefulness and wonder. I can’t imagine my life being away from the sea for too long. Being islanders, the ocean is the sound of our childhood, our mother and our greatest resource. Stop turning the holy crystal water to a water as black as coal, this is what we are shouting out to the world. "

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