Mapungubwe Arts Festival : colourful pot of art and culture
The Mapungubwe Arts Festival fever has started and this was evident by a street carnival from SABC Park to the Jack Botes Hall on Thursday, 30 November.
POLOKWANE – The City of Stars came to a standstill during the spectacular cultural street carnival which showcases the cultural diversity of the province through the number of performances from the traditional groups from the five districts.
According to Limpopo MEC for Sport, Arts and Culture Onicca Moloi, the cultural carnival is an ideal opportunity for the government to exhibit the cultural diversity present in the province. “We are very excited that we are opening the Mapungubwe Arts Festival with a cultural carnival.
This shows that we are really cultural diverse province, and united in our diversity,” she explained.
The street carnival will be followed by the Mapungubwe Arts Awards and Cultural Pageant in N’wa-Mitwa village, Film and Video Festival at Mall of the North, Ster Kinekor; Film and Video Festival at Polokwane Royal Hotel; lecture at Jack Botes Hall; Theatre, comedy night, craft market and fashion show at Polokwane Library Gardens, Bush Braai at Protea Hotel The Ranch Resort; Jazz Festival at Polokwane Cricket Club and the Indigenous Culinary Festival.
The Annual Mapungubwe Arts Festival is the flagship project of the Department of Sport, Arts and Culture, which is highly regarded as a melting pot of cultures and traditions. The festival is aimed at fostering social cohesion and nation building through a collective celebration and by embracing arts, culture, heritage and lifestyle.
“This year’s Mapungubwe is bigger and better, we are proud that we have teamed up with the biggest motorcycle club, Sapa Yopa Motorcycle Club,” Moloi concluded.
