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The culture of Angola is influenced by the Portuguese. Portugal occupied the coastal enclave Luanda , and later also Benguela , since the 16th/17th centuries, and expanded into the territory of what is now Angola in the 19th/20th centuries, ruling it until 1975.
Anarâškielâ; العربية; Aragonés; Asturianu; Azərbaycanca; تۆرکجه; বাংলা; Беларуская; Български; Bosanski; Català; Cebuano
In 2014, Angola resumed the National Festival of Angolan Culture after a 25-year break. The festival took place in all the provincial capitals and lasted for 20 days, with the theme "Culture as a Factor of Peace and Development.
Writing, dance, music, and fashion are major aspects of how angolanidade is created, perpetuated, and expressed.. Especially in the capital of Luanda, which was historically associated with white colonial settlers, black Angolans were encouraged to wear traditional dress as a form of cultural distinction and to build a sense of nationalism among the people.
Angolan cuisine has many dishes popular among nationals and foreigners, including funge (which is made from cassava or corn flour), mufete (grilled fish, plantain, sweet potato, cassava, and gari), calulu, moamba de galinha, moamba de ginguba, kissaca, and mukua sorbet.
Intonations: A Social History of Music and Nation in Luanda, Angola, from 1945 to Recent Times. Ohio University press. ISBN 9780821418246. Oyebade, Adebayo (2007). Culture and Customs of Angola. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 151. ISBN 978-0-313-33147-3. Tenaille, Frank (2002). Music is the Weapon of the Future: Fifty Years of African Popular ...
In West Central Africa, martial arts naturally take the form of dance. In Bantu culture, dance is an integral part of daily life. People danced while working, playing, praying, mourning, and celebrating. In Congo-Angola, dance is intricately linked to song, music, and ritual, and even incorporated into wartime preparations and battles. [11]
On 23 December 2014, the National Reserve Bank of Angola (BNA) issued a 20 Kwanza coin in tribute to Nzingha "in recognition of her role to defend self-determination and cultural identity of her people." [75] [76] An Angolan film, Njinga: Queen Of Angola (Portuguese: Njinga, Rainha de Angola), was released in 2013. [77]