30 Aug 2011
As part of Heritage Month activities, the Gauteng Department of Sport, Arts Culture, and Recreation will host the 7th Annual Pale Ya Rona Carnival in Mofolo, Soweto from 2 to 4 September 2011.
Activities at the carnival include the opening ceremony to unveil the costumes, street parades for schoolchildren and the main parade by about 17 000 participants from the five regions of Gauteng. Other provinces including North West, KwaZulu-Natal, Eastern Cape and Free State as well as other Southern African Development Community (SADC) countries including Botswana, Swaziland and Lesotho will also participate.
Also on the programme is battle of the DJs to get the top Gauteng (developing) DJ and a concert featuring different Hip Hop and Kwaito artists.
Members of the media are welcome to arrange to go behind the scenes to view the production process and meet the artists of some of the largest and enthralling costumes.
There are three production base camps with the main one in Cleveland outside the Johannesburg CBD and the other two in Eldorado Park outside Soweto and Sedibeng in the Vaal.
Media is invited as follows:
Opening ceremony:
Date: 2 September 2011
Venue: Mofolo Park, Soweto
Time: 14h00
Children’s carnival (Parade)
Date: 3 September 2011
Venue: Starting from Mofolo Park
Time 12h00
Main carnival (Parade)
Date: 4 September 2011
Venue: Starting from Mofolo Park
Time: 12h00
To RSVP for the Carnival please contact Mpolokeng Moloi:
Tel: (011) 355-2623
Cell: 082 707 9319
Email: mpolokeng.moli@gauteng.gov.za
Source: Gauteng Provincial Government
Issued by: Gauteng Provincial Government
30 Aug 2011
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