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Magogogo Street Arts Festival, in Magoanine B, Maputo – from 29 to 31 August
10:02 CAT | 29 August 2024
Magogogo Street Arts Festival, in Magoanine B, Maputo – from 29 to 31 August
More than 900 people are expected from Thursday at the 5th edition of the street festival in the Mozambican capital, which will feature 11 performing arts groups until Saturday, a source from the organisation told Lusa on Wednesday.
The 5th edition of the Magogogo Street Arts Festival, organised by the Ndangwini Association, aims to promote access to Mozambican cultural production for the public in suburban neighbourhoods, specifically Magoanine B, in the interior of the country’s capital, where there are still few conventional cultural spaces, the organisation explained.
‘It’s a socio-cultural festival, where society expresses itself through art and culture becomes a form of socialisation,’ said the initiative’s leader, Irene Bellamio, adding that it also aims to “democratise art”.
‘It allows the public who don’t have the habit or conditions to go to the city centre to attend quality cultural programming, the festival brings art and cultural production to people’s doorsteps,’ said the Belamio.
The festival’s organisers have indicated that 11 groups from artistic disciplines such as dance, circus, theatre, singing, juggling and rope skipping will be performing over the three days of the event, during which an audience of over 900 people is expected.
In addition to the expressions mentioned above, this edition will feature the screening of five films coordinated by the Mozambican Association of Filmmakers (Amocine) and the Imagine Foundation, most of which are produced by young people from the suburban neighbourhoods of the Mozambican capital who are aspiring filmmakers.
‘The aim is to involve the residents of the suburbs on their way home. Some may stay for a few minutes and then leave, others follow an entire play. What interests us more than the quantity is who Magogogo’s audience is: it’s probably children, teenagers and young people, who already see the festival as a fixture of the neighbourhood,’ added Irene Bellamio.
Source: Lusa
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