Tanzania, South Africa launch joint cultural pageant

DAR ES SALAAM, Nov. 19 (Xinhua) — A senior Tanzanian authorities official on Friday evening launched the Tanzania-South Africa joint cultural pageant in Dar es Salaam.

Mohamed Mchengerwa, the Minister for Tradition, Arts and Sports activities, stated the week-long cultural pageant between the 2 international locations can even be held in Coast, Morogoro and Dodoma areas, and Zanzibar.

Mchengerwa stated the pageant will contain a sequence of occasions, together with exhibitions of the southern African liberation wrestle wherein Tanzania performed a significant position, the 2 international locations tradition and conventional norms, African music and conventional dances.

“Guests to the joint cultural pageant could have a golden alternative to study the historical past of the liberation wrestle in Southern Africa,” he stated on the Mlimani Metropolis Mall within the port metropolis of Dar es Salaam, the venue of the pageant.

Mchengerwa stated the pageant was additionally a platform for cementing cultural, arts and sports activities cooperation that was established by founding leaders Julius Nyerere of Tanzania and Nelson Mandela of South Africa.

The minister stated through the pageant, guests will be capable to go to areas in Tanzania that had been used for actions of the liberation wrestle in Dar es Salaam, Coast, Morogoro and Dodoma areas.