Ethnology Museum reopens in Lichinga after eight years

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Ethnology Museum reopens in Lichinga after eight years

2:33 CAT | 16 Sep 2016

File photo / Mozambican traditional game: Ntchuva

Lichinga Ethnology Museum, Niassa province, recently reopened after restoration works were completed in partnership with Ireland, and estimated to have cost ten million meticais.

The rehabilitation began in 2008 with the aim of making the museum more accessible to Lichinga’s academic community, which has been growing steadily over the years.

Niassa provincial governor Arlindo Chilundo recently visited the facilities and, in conversation with the representative of the company in charge of restoring the museum, learned that the project had not been handed over because the payment of the final tranche for the rehabilitation had not been made.

At the time the governor noted that an eight-year delay inflicted incalculable damage on the authorities, given that the museum was a public asset with value for a broad range of areas such as education, culture and tourism.

“We do not want the state to be harmed, so we will establish responsibility. If there is a dispute, the matter should have been brought to court, and the period of rehabilitation not simply prolonged. We will do our job,” Chilundo said.

The museum is an educational asset, and the eight-year closure would have meant that a whole generation of students had graduated without having the opportunity to study there.. In addition, considering the museum is also a tourist attraction, the province would have lost a great deal of revenue.

Prior to its reopening, the museum underwent minor repairs after the facilities were vandalized during their latest period of abandonment.

Source: Notícias