Culture of Macau

Among the main migrants of the country are skilled workers from the Philippines, hence Tagalog is one of the most-heard foreign languages.

In November 2013, the 16th edition of the festival took place over the duration of two and a half days with musical activities, kids programmes, traditional Portuguese games and food from Portuguese-speaking countries' cuisines.

[3] Most of the pop music that can be heard on the channel TDM Teledifusão de Macau (澳廣視)[4] is imported from Hong Kong or overseas (mainly Japan).

The most famous Macanese food is galinha à portuguesa, which is served in numerous varieties in Macau restaurants.

[10] The 20th anniversary of the MIMF was celebrated in 2007 with performances of Jazz, classical music, electronica, Chinese folk-pop, rock and Fado.

[11] Other Lusophone music types popular in Macao are samba, bossa nova, and kizomba.

At the beginning of the 20th century, a group of well-known writers appeared: Cantonese opera[18] is quite popular, especially among elderly residents.

Its aim is to continue the process of friendly encounters between Chinese and European cultures and traditions, which was begun by Matteo Ricci 1552–1610 many years ago.