Celebrate with song, dance and food
2008-08-21
AS part of Language Month on Saturday from 11:00 until 17:00 a vibrant festival is taking place at Chippa’s Place in Mbekweni. A multicultural, multilingual program with poetry, song, dance and traditional food awaits visitors to Chippa’s Place, who is collaborating with the Afrikaans Language Museum and Paarl Tourism for the “Met eish, ja!” festival. Visitors can swing by any time during the day to enjoy the variety of entertainment that will take place. Performers include the à capella group Mbekweni Black Bafanas, the song and dance groups Imbizo and Oa tuka mollo, the Wellington minstrel group the Disas, story teller Johan Bakkes, poets Syrill Lehana and Khanya Mpuhlu, word artist Petro Rhode, the Mbekweni Gumboot Dancers, the gospel group Intsikelelo, Phakamani (with a choir, a Sarafina performance and hip-hop and “ragga” DJ’s), as well as amaBhulu, who play a mix of folk, kwela, rock, reggae and melancholic ballads with a healthy helping of “boeremusiek”. Tickets for the festival are R30 and can be bought at Paarl Tourism by calling 021872-4842 or 076-453-5971, Chippa’s Place 082-454-0585 or the Afrikaans Language Museum 021-872-3441 or at the gate. Traditional food will be for sale at the event.
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