{"id":3129,"date":"2018-07-10T18:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-07-10T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2020-09-12T14:40:34","modified_gmt":"2020-09-12T18:40:34","slug":"so-your-character-is-from-mozambique","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/so-your-character-is-from-mozambique\/","title":{"rendered":"So Your Character is From Mozambique … Featuring Dicxita @ Dii Blogs"},"content":{"rendered":"


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<\/span> It’s time for this week’s So Your Character is … Post! This is a weekly segment where I interview lovely volunteers from around the world to give you a firsthand account of being a citizen of their respective country or having a disability. I’m hoping to encourage international diversity, break stereotypes, and give writers a crash course on how to write a character from these different places on our planet. If you haven’t checked out last week’s So Your Character is from Egypt … be sure to hop on over there and give it a read!<\/span>
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<\/span> Disclaimer: The content below may be culturally shocking to some. Each of these posts is as uncensored as possible to preserve the authenticity of the cultures of each of the interviewees.<\/span>
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Hii there!! <\/span>My name is Dicxita, I am currently living in Maputo, Mozambique. I love all things beauty and fashion, and I am a beauty and fashion blogger and vlogger. I am currently working full time as an Analyst <\/span>in the Financial Department of the biggest public university <\/span>in my country, which I also love doing. I am all for positivity, kindness, <\/span>and honesty!  <\/span>On today\u2019s <\/span>post, I am partnering up with Victoria in order to bring you a bit more awareness on my country, Mozambique!<\/span>
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<\/span> What do you feel is unique to your country? Landmarks? Celebrations?<\/b><\/span>
\nI find the culture of Mozambique the most unique, everyone is, most of the times, very happy and cheerful. And it\u2019s all about good food and dancing (which I love). <\/span>
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<\/span> My country has one of the most amazing beaches, and you can find all types of beaches, calm ones, <\/span>aggressive ones, populated ones, deserted ones, everything! <\/span>Every special\/important day calls for a celebration, people love to parade on the important days and then have family time right after. Our holidays are Independence Day<\/span>, Easter, Heroes Day, just the basic holidays.<\/span><\/p>\n

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<\/b><\/span> Tell me about your country’s environment. What are some of your favorite places?<\/b><\/span>
\nI live in the capital, Maputo, here everything is more evolved, with buildings, condos and so on. But if you go a bit outside the city, you can see that most of the people don\u2019t live in good conditions, they actually live in poorly made houses. <\/span>I love to <\/span>go places near the beach, it is really calming for me. Best beaches that I’ve seen by far are the ones in Vilankulos, clear and calm water. Loved it.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Tell me about your country’s food. What are some of your favorite dishes?<\/span><\/b><\/span>
\nThe food is amazing, I really love it specially Mathapa and Xima. Most of the food is made out of Cassava, which is easy to find, cheap and rich in nutrients. I’ve attached the picture of mathapa, so you can have a better idea of what it looks like. And other food that is really good is seafood, Mozambique is known for its fresh seafood, like prawns, crabs, calamari, lobster and so on, and the most popular way of cooking it is grilling.<\/span>
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Tell me about any different speech patterns in your country. Slang? Idioms? Words for things such as \u201cbiscuits\u201d instead of \u201ccookies\u201d?<\/b>
\nBecause it is a Portuguese speaking country, the speech patterns are mostly in Portuguese. And there is a word MANINGUE which means a lot and yeah in different contexts. Anyone who has visited the country knows the phrase \u2018maningue nice\u2019.<\/span>
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