Editing Maputo (section)

==Culture==
Maputo is a melting pot of several cultures. The [[Bantu peoples|Bantu]] and [[Portuguese People|Portuguese]] cultures dominate, but the influence of [[Arab]], [[India]]n, and [[China|Chinese]] cultures is also felt.

===Film and cinema===
Before television was introduced in 1981, film and cinema had a prominent position as a form of entertainment in the lives of Mozambicans especially in Maputo where there were at least a dozen movie theaters by the time of independence.{{citation needed|date=July 2023}} In the 1950s and 1960s, at the height of racial segregation, most of the movie-goers were either European whites or South Asians – each group having their own designated locale. Black Mozambicans, although more heavily discriminated against, also enjoyed movies in makeshift theatres, often in rooms temporarily converted to handle a projector, screen and chairs.{{citation needed|date=July 2023}}

For much of the late 1970s and 1980s, the local film industry was geared towards creating "home-made" productions depicting [[Socialist]] ideologies which placed great influence on the family unit, the non-commercialized production of agriculture and political autonomy. Maputo has been the setting for many [[Hollywood (film industry)|Hollywood]] blockbuster movies such as ''[[The Interpreter (2005 film)|The Interpreter]]'', ''[[Blood Diamond (film)|Blood Diamond]]'' and ''[[Ali (film)|Ali]]''.{{Citation needed|date=July 2022}}

===Associação Núcleo de Arte===
[[File:Biblioteca Nacional Moçambique.jpg|right|thumb|The Mozambique National Library.]]
[[File:Telecomunicações de Moçambique, Rua da Sé 2, Maputo, Moçambique.jpg|thumb|right|Telecommunications of Mozambique seat in Rua da Sé 2, Maputo]]

An important cultural and artists' centre in Maputo is the Associação Núcleo de Arte. It is the oldest collective of artists in Mozambique. Seated in an old villa in the centre of Maputo the Núcleo has played a significant role in metropolitan cultural life for decades. The two best known and most influential contemporary Mozambican artists started their career at Núcleo de Arte, the painter [[Malangatana Ngwenya]] and the sculptor [[Alberto Chissano]]. Over one hundred painters, sculptors and ceramists are members of the Núcleo, which regularly stages exhibitions on its own premises and over the last few years has actively participated in exchanges with artists from abroad. The Núcleo became well known for their project transforming arms into tools and objects of art. It played an important role for reconciliation after the [[Mozambican Civil War]]. The exhibition of art objects such as the [[Throne of Weapons|Chair of the African King]] and the [[Tree of Life (Kester)|Tree of Life]] was shown around the world, among others in the [[British Museum]] in 2006.<ref name="tes">{{cite web|last=Spring|first=Chris|title=Farewell to Arms|url=http://www.tes.co.uk/article.aspx?storycode=2170276|work=[[Times Educational Supplement]]|publisher=TSL Education Ltd.|access-date=29 September 2010|display-authors=etal|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110610162346/http://www.tes.co.uk/article.aspx?storycode=2170276|archive-date=2011-06-10|url-status=dead}}</ref>
Maputo is home to the [[Dockanema]] Documentary Film Festival, and international festival showcasing documentary films from around the world.

=== Handicraft ===
Mozambique's capital is famous for making special small sculptures called "pshikelekedanas" from soft wood using a penknife. These sculptures often depict important animals in Mozambique, like hippos, etc...<ref>{{Cite web |title=Maputo - My Tours Company |url=https://mytours.company/en/maputo/ |access-date=2023-10-07 |language=en-US}}</ref>