Alto-Zambeze Official Calls for Culture Preservation, Dissemination

23 July 2011

Cazombo — The district administrator of Alto-Zambeze, Paulo Cahilo, on Friday called for the preservation and dissemination of the national culture and for the population’s union towards the development of that region of eastern Moxico province.

The official, who was intervening at the tradition festival of the Luvale ethno-linguistic group, which ends this Saturday in the locality of Cazombo, 519 kilometres from the provincial capital, Luena, said that preserving the national culture demands the defence and preservation of national languages.

Queen Nhakatolo Chilombo, in the capacity of host traditional authority, praised the initiative of the Luvale Traditional Festival Committee (COFETRAL) for holding the event that aims at recovering the moral and cultural values of this ethno-linguistic group and the national cultural in general.

Kings Ndungo and Kanonguesha, from the Republic of Zambia and Mwatchissengue wa Tembo, of the north-eastern Lunda Sul province, invited to attend the festival and who intervened at the opening ceremony, reinforced the need for cultural retrieval and preservation, since they are factors of identity of a population.

High-ranked traditional authorities of the ethnic Luvale, Tchokwe and Lunda-Ndembo ethnic groups, who met in this ceremony, urged governments of the three for celerity in the rehabilitation and recovery of roads and bridges to facilitate the circulation and trade amongst

the people living along the border regions.

João Ernesto dos Santos “Liberdade”, representatives of the Angolan Ministry of Culture and other invited guests attended the ceremony.

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