Provincia de Maputo Local Customs

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English - Portuguese - Shangaan DICTIONARY

by MarioPortugal

Despite Portuguese being the official language and widely spoken by Mozambicans in general, Shangaan is a popular local language in Provincia de Maputo, Mozambique's most southern Provincia. On this Tip you may find my little dictionary.Please note the way I was taught by the locals that phonetics for Shangaan words are the same as for Portuguese.DICTIONARYEnglish - Portuguese - ShangaanThank you - Obrigado - KanimanboNo problem - Não há problema - AkunamahkhaBlack man - Homem preto - MulandyWhite man - Homem branco - MulungoFriend - Amigo - MunganoI'm pleased. Thank you very much - Estou agradecido. Muito Obrigado - NikensileI - Eu - MinaYou - Tu - WeneHe / She - Ele / Ela - HienaWe - Nos - HinaYou - Vos - NouwinThey - Eles / Elas - WoneCar - Carro - MovaWater - Agua - Agua or MateCoffe - Café - CaféTea - Chá - Chá or TchanaBeer - Cerveja - CervejaPortugal - Portugal - MboeneMozambique...

The Pusa Market

by MarioPortugal

On August 26, 2006, my friends brought me a local market named Pusa. (We not very sure about the real name of that local but one of my friends said it was Pusa).The Pusa Market is somewhere located not very far from Ponta-do-Ouro in the very southern Mozambican border with South-Africa. It seems that it was actually a two local markets side-by-side, one on the Mozambican side and the other on the south-African side, separated only by simple fence.Cars are unable to cross the border on that spot but it seemed that people could freely cross the international border without any bureaucratic issue involved.

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Ponta Mamoli - Local Fishermen

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On August 25, 2006, I met two local fishermen at Ponta Mamoli beach. They were carrying their bags with plenty different types of fish. Curiously none fishermen knew the name of one single fish they had just caught !! - They even showed me an Octopus and were wrongly naming it a Squid !! Anyway, I guess local fishermen catch whatever the sea offers to them and do not really bother about the names of their catches.

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Rustic Local Bar (near Ponta Mamoli beach)

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Southern Mozambique - November 11, 2006:It's very Hot. Good to know that there's this Bar nearby with fresh beer to sell. My friends and I were all at the Ponta Mamoli beach and just needed to do a short ride to this place. ....

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A Big fish bought for 100 MTn (3 Euros)

by MarioPortugal

Southern Mozambique - November 11, 2006:The Fish (pictured on this Tip), enough to feed two families and just caught from in the Ocean, was bought from the local fisherman for 100 MTn (about 3 Euros).

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Pusa Market - Dancing in the Rain.

by MarioPortugal

Locals happily dancing in rain in the Pusa market, right next to the at the very southern Mozambique's South-African border.

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The Botanic Life in Ponta Mamoli beach (II)

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The Botanic Life in Ponta Mamoli beach (II)4 Pictures

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The Botanic Life in Ponta Mamoli beach (I)

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The Botanic Life in Ponta Mamoli beach (I)5 pictures.

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Local Children (I) - Ponta do Ouro.

by MarioPortugal

These are some friends I chatted with while visiting Ponta do Ouro, a village located at the very southern border of Mozambique with South Africa.Cilidinha, 4.Dudu, 7.Salmento, 4.Nina, 10.

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Local Children (II) - Ponta do Ouro.

by MarioPortugal

More friendly locals I chatted with while visiting Ponta do Ouro in southern Mozambique: Maria.Amélia.Jorge, 7.Venâncio, 10.Pascoinha.Pedro.

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Q:  Hi, was just wondering if I would make the trip with a diff lock 2x4 bakkie towing a rubberduck if my tyres are deflated to... 

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A: Hi, Came through from Maputo, turning at Boane to Bela Vista, crossing the river at Samanga then down to Ponta do Ouro on the 27 November. Road was in good... 

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