Creole Capital of the World says this year’s festival opening ceremony will be grand

The annual Festival Kreol that is staged in Victoria, the Creole Capital of the World, is now but some twelve days away, and the Ministry of Tourism and Culture has made it known that they are plannin

The annual Festival Kreol that is staged in Victoria, the Creole Capital of the World, is now but some twelve days away, and the Ministry of Tourism and Culture has made it known that they are planning the Festival Opening Ceremony in the center of Victoria with a โ€œGrand Caseโ€ feeling to it.

The prime historical building of Victoria, the capital of the Seychelles that was previously occupied by the Judiciary as the Supreme Court Building which is now being renovated to be turned into the Historical Museum Building for the island’s Ministry of Tourism and Culture, will be used as the main back drop for the 2013 Festival Kreol Opening Show.

Last Saturday afternoon, Minister Alain St.Ange, the Seychelles Minister responsible for Tourism and Culture, accompanied by Ms. Benjamine Rose, his PS for Culture, led a delegation to the center of Victoria to plan the final details of the 2013 Official Opening Ceremony of their Festival Kreol.

The Secretariat of the Festival Kreol Organizing Committee headed by Mrs. Miera Savy accompanied by Mrs. Marie Sally and Ms. Najoie Philoe were joined by Mr. Jimmy Savy, the CEO of the National Arts Council (NAC), and representatives of the Police, Land Transport and Protocol Departments to go over the proposed plans of the opening ceremony program.

Minister St.Ange and PS Benjamine Rose explained that this year the Ministry of Tourism and Culture wanted to mark the Festival Kreol with the renewed vigor set by the Festival’s Organizing Committee. “This is our event, the event that touches everyone who feels he is a Seychellois,” said PS Rose.

On his part Minister Alain St.Ange said that the ministry was moving the festival to Victoria, because Seychelles needed to raise the profile of the festival that brings out its culture and all what Seychelles says it has as a people, by celebrating the Festival Kreol right in the center of the Creole Capital of the World. “This festival is our celebration, the festival of our culture, the festival our people and of us all as a nation. It is the one time where we should all rally as a people and say that we are proud to be a Creole from our beautiful Seychelles,” Minister St.Ange said.

Mr. Jimmy Savy the CEO of the National Arts Council, who is also overseeing the musical performances of the official opening ceremony of the 2013 Festival Kreol said that he was busy coordinating the needs of the different musical bands flying to Seychelles for this edition of the Festival Kreol to ensure the performances are what is expected by Seychelles and by the world of Creoles.

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