nPostednon November 10, 2014
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Todaynwe celebrate the City of Acacias…
Todaynwe celebrate the City of Acacias…n
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n…thenPearl of the Indian Ocean…
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n…thencapital and largest city in Mozambique…
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n…Maputo!
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nMaputonused to be named LourençonMarques, after the Portuguese navigator who explored Mozambique inn1544. When the African nation became independent of Portugal in 1975,nnot just the city, but also most of the city streets were renamed.nThe old names were Portuguese heroes and dates important innPortuguese history, and the new names were African languages,nrevolutionary figures, or pre-colonial names. Most people expectednthe capital to be named Can Phumo, after a leader in the area beforenMarques arrived, but instead the capital was named after the MaputonRiver.
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nUnfortunately,nlike many nations, the post-colonial years were extremely tough andnincluded a civil war as varying factions fought for power. However,nthe area has been pretty stable for more than twenty years now.
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Onenof the important ways that the nation has reached stability andnreconciliation is through art. The AssociaçãonNúcleo de Arte is a collective of artists thatnputs on art shows and exchanges with artists from around the world.nSome of the artists in this collective transformed weapons into toolsnand objects of art. The resulting pieces have been displayed innvarious museums around the world.
Onenof the important ways that the nation has reached stability andnreconciliation is through art. The AssociaçãonNúcleo de Arte is a collective of artists thatnputs on art shows and exchanges with artists from around the world.nSome of the artists in this collective transformed weapons into toolsnand objects of art. The resulting pieces have been displayed innvarious museums around the world.n
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| The Tree of Life is created out of old weapons, as you can see in the close ups of the trunk and a bird, below: |
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nHere are some of the other wonderful things about Maputo:
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- Painter MalangatananValente Ngwenya
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- Sculptor AlbertonChissano
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- thenCFM Railway Station
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- the Central Market
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- InhacanIsland and its coral reefs
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nAlsonon this date:
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nU.S.MarinenCorps’s birthday
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nSesamenStreet’s birthday
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BiologistnFrancis Maitland Balfour’s birthday
BiologistnFrancis Maitland Balfour’s birthdayn
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nAreanCode Day
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