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| Mukwikwi and Kijegere arriving |
Engabu
Za Tooro cultural practitioners have safely arrived in Mauritius for the UNESCO
global conference. They arrivedin the evening at 18:20hrs aboard a Kenya
Airways plane (KQ270) and were received by the head of Engabu Za Tooro
delegation to UNESCO’s global meeting Mr. Stephen Rwagweri Atwoki.
While
in Mauritius they will be staying in the luxurious Port Louis City Bay area
which is an affluent area frequented by foreign tourists including the wealthy
royals and business people from the Arab countries, America, China and Europe
because of its beauty and state of the art five star hotels.
Mauritius
is a middle income Indian Ocean island African nation famous for its beaches,
lagoons and reefs. The Mountainous interior include Black River Gorges National
Park, with rainforests, waterfalls, hiking trails and wildlife like the flying
fox.
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| Stephen Rwagweri at the UNESCO global meeting |
The
Capital of Mauritius is called Port Louis which has sites such as the Champs de
Mars horse track, Eureka plantation house and the 18th century Sir
Seewoosagur Ramgoolam Botanical Gardens.
Kaserebe
Mukwikwi and Kijegere have already started attracting attention at the Bay area
and Swami Vivekananda International Convention Centre (SVCC) because of their
traditional dressing.
Throughout
the UNESCO’s 13th session Zebidayo Mwesige (KaserebeMukwikwi), a
folk dancer and Stephen Mugabo (Kijegere), a ritual guide will be performing
Uganda’s Empaako naming ritual at the side events.
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| EZT delegation |
The
one week UNESCO global meeting will take place at Swami Vivekananda
International Convention Centre (SVCC) in Port Louis in the Republic of Mauritius
from 26th November to 1st December 2018.
Currently,
Engabu Za Tooro is implementing a UNESCO co-funded project UGA 01210 which is
on documentation and revitalization of Empaako naming rituals and practices.
This
also involves promoting this heritage, not only among its communities but also
in international cultural frame works like the Mauritius UNESCO global meeting.
More on the UNESCO
international meeting in Mauritius
follow the links;
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