Cultural festival embraces diversity
JOBURG - UNDER the African sun there is a place for everyone.
South Africa’s diversity is her strength and it is something to celebrate. Against this backdrop the National Council for Persons with Physical Disabilities in South Africa will be celebrating diversity at the iStart2Sing Festival at Constitution Hill on 31 May.
The festival will showcase a variety of art forms including music, dance, performance, fine art, poetry and writing. The event aims to create the awareness that artists with disabilities can function and perform with mainstream artists.
Therina Wentzel, national director for the council said, “If persons with disabilities do not form part of our diversity thinking, then our society will not succeed.”
At the festival there will be performances by the Field Band Foundation and a number of South African artists, and DJ sessions on the youth stage.
The festival will also donate solar lights to the value of R450 000 to various charitable organisations. This donation serves to improve lives and educate disadvantaged communities about renewable and sustainable energy.
Artists, organisations, charities, the media, the disabled community, and people who are serious about creating a sustainable world for all who live in it, are invited to unite, join hands and celebrate diversity, in what promises to be a remarkable event.
The iStart2Sing Festival is a collaboration between the national council for disabilities, iStart2Global, National Arts Council, the Waka Waka Foundation and ISeeYou.
The festival will take place on 31 May at Constitution Hill from 10am to 8pm.
Details: www.istart2.com
