Mozambique: CCFM hosts European film cycle premiere this Friday
The Island of Mozambique in Nampula province launched bicentenary celebrations of its proclamation as the country’s first capital on Friday. Festivities started with a gastronomic fair which drew hundreds of tourists from various all over Mozambique and the world.
Island of Mozambique mayor Saide Gimba told Noticias that several cultural activities would be held up until the actual bicentenary in 2018.
In March of next year, Ilha de Moçambique will host the Tufo festival, a dance originally from India that has become a tradition on the island and that Mozambique wants to see recognised as Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO.
In April, the island will host an international jazz music festival sponsored by several national institutions in coordination with the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, whose preparations are already at an advanced stage.
But before this initiative, the renowned Mozambican saxophonist and ethnomusicologist Moreira Chonguiça will perform at a traditional music and dance street festival, and there will be an exhibition of visual arts, a fashion show, craft fair and gastronomy fair promoted by the Island of Mozambique municipal council with the support of several partners.
June will see the celebration of the International Children’s Day with dance, reading and writing contests and poetry recitals with prizes for the best in each category. Bicentenary celebrations will include another edition of the ‘Tzoziva’ gastronomic fair in 2018.
“We will have many more events of great importance for the Island and the country in general coming up, as we work to promote our culture and tourism,” Mayor Gimba said.
Last weekend, about fifty exhibitors demonstrated their gastronomic skills in a fair that brought traffic to a halt in two main avenues of the city.
Momade Ossumane, president of the Association of Small Tour Operators on the Island, appealed to marketers not raise prices of food and drinks for visitors to the oldest city in the country, an appeal that was by and large accepted.
“We understand free markets, but we must look at the financial crisis affecting not only our country, but purchasing power everywhere,” he said.
By Carlos Tembe
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