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Mayotte, Maoré

The meeting of worlds

Didier Valhère, La rencontre des mondes, 2025. Acrylique sur toile, 300 X 180 cm, collection Musée de Mayotte © Didier Valhère – MuMA
Didier Valhère, La rencontre des mondes, 2025. Acrylique sur toile, 300 X 180 cm, collection Musée de Mayotte © Didier Valhère – MuMA

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The Mucem unveils a singular exhibition devoted to Mayotte, that French island whose culture remains little known in mainland France, set more than 7,000 kilometres away in the heart of the Indo-Pacific. A land of contrasts and intermingling, Mayotte reveals itself as a true cultural crossroads, a meeting ground of many worlds, at times in conflict, more often fertile in exchange.
Didier Valhère, La rencontre des mondes, 2025. Acrylique sur toile, 300 X 180 cm, collection Musée de Mayotte © Didier Valhère – MuMA
Didier Valhère, La rencontre des mondes, 2025. Acrylique sur toile, 300 X 180 cm, collection Musée de Mayotte © Didier Valhère – MuMA