Culture
Culture
Marrabenta, timbila orchestras, Makonde carving and the capulana cloth worn everywhere.
Mozambique's cultural life is layered: Bantu, Swahili, Arab, Indian and Portuguese threads run through its music, food, language and design. Marrabenta is the country's signature urban sound. In Zavala, Chopi timbila orchestras play xylophone music inscribed by UNESCO as intangible cultural heritage. In the north, Makonde sculptors work ebony into forms that fill galleries worldwide, and the capulana — a printed cloth used as clothing, baby carrier and gift — is a national symbol.
Destinations — Culture
Cabo Delgado
Ibo Island
A Swahili-Portuguese stone town in the Quirimbas, with three fortresses and a living silversmith tradition.
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Nampula
Nampula
The capital of the north, surrounded by granite inselbergs and home to the National Ethnography Museum.
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Nampula
Island of Mozambique
A UNESCO World Heritage island: coral-stone Stone Town, Africa's oldest European building, and Makuti Town's daily life.
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Inhambane
Inhambane Town
One of the oldest towns on the East African coast, still built around a working dhow harbour.
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Maputo City
Maputo
Africa's most underrated capital: Art Deco streets, jacaranda avenues, live marrabenta and world-class prawns.
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