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Verb It Board Game: Making Spanish Verbs Fun Fun, fast-paced board game. Affordable. Educational. Multi-layered. Forget memorizing 100s of verb endings. You’ll hardly notice you’re learning those complex verbs as you race through Latin America playing Verb It. Easy to learn. Three-skill levels of verb questions (beginner, intermediate and advanced). Unfamiliar verbs [...] The Knysna Oyster Festival was started in 1983 in Western Cape, South Africa. The initiator was the late Dick Ginsberg, a successful local businessman. The inaugural ‘Knysna Winter Festival’ organized by the Knysna Publicity Committee drew huge audiences and participants who made the marathon, golf, rugby, and bowls tournament an instant success. During the 1984 Knysna Oyster Festival, the Navy got involved in the organization process. The Chief of the Navy visited Knysna accompanied by a navy minesweeper and several crew members. Again in 1988, a conferment was made on the army during the Freedom of Entry event that marked the historic participation of the municipal authorities in Knysna. The aim of the festival remains to attract as many people to the sporting competitions during the winter period when many people are characteristically passive.  Oyster eating competition The 1985 event saw the inclusion of Argus cycling tours into the Knysna Oyser festival. As the attention slowly shifts to the 2009 event, it is the dream of every South African career cyclist to feature in the challenging and adventurous Knysna Forest Marathon that always comes with a great fun for both the participants and the spectators. The Knysna Oyster Festival celebrates its 25th anniversary this year and it is expected that a visit by navy officials will make all South African people shift the spotlight to the amazing sporting event. This African festival that is planned to take place from the 23rd to 26th September this year. It is an amazing performance that is always accompanied by many eclectic performances that suit the tastes of everyone in attendance. Hermanus in South Africa is the best place in the world for whale watching and this makes the Hermanus Whale Festival unique. The Hermanus Whale Festival is an event that many first-time attendants describe as extremely innovative and exciting. About 2000 attendants create a very long human chain that runs along a unique land that many people refer to as Cliff Path. It is here that they perform a very electric dance that is meant to welcome whales into dry land. It is only at this time that whales are welcome. The event of Welcome Whales Wave is normally filmed for viewing on TV and other broadcast media.  Welcome Whales Wave in Hermanus The rationale behind the Hermanus Whale Festival is appreciating the unity that has seen South Africa maintain its cultural identity especially in the environment of many changes in democracy, economic standing and social cohesion over the past decade. The 24th September Heritage Day is a perfect time for people to spread this awareness in the presence of many local and international attendants. It takes three days of sailing along the Niger River to reach Timbuktu, the town that is nearest to the venue of the Festival of the Desert. African culture is manifest everywhere; along the Niger River, in Timbuktu, along the two-hour drive across sand dunes from Timbuktu to Essakane, and during the three days of the festival. The Festival in the Desert takes a special place among the other African festivals and Tuareg people, those ‘Blue people’ add color to diversity of the African culture. The Festival in the Desert is celebrated by the Tuareg people every year. The festival features both traditional Tuareg music and modern Malian lyrics. The next festival is tentatively scheduled from 7th to 10th January 2010. It will be held in Essakane, Timbuktu, at the heart of the Sahara Desert. Therefore the festival is also referred as Essakane Festival.  Tuareg music One way of getting to Timbuktu in time for the festival is via the Niger River. Once you reach this town, you have to travel over land for the rest of the journey. Once an international flight arrives in Bamako, many visitors prefer to book a hotel so as to remain in this city overnight. The following day marks the beginning of the Festival in the Desert through the Malian heartland. The sight of traditional villages and rural lifestyles of Tuareg people is just amazing. South Africa has so many festivals that a visitor has to choose the most traditional ones if what they are interested in is the heritage of this multiracial nationas well as African traditions. Many of the South Africa festivals are specially packaged in order to cater for the needs of the culturally diverse communities that live here. The Prickly Pear Festival is always held at the end of February in the Uitenhage area in Eastern Cape. Traditional foods available include pancakes, homemade jam, bunny-chow and pudding that is made using locally available fruits. Come March and the Cape West Coast comes to life. It is now the second week of March and the Lambert’s Bay Crayfish Festival becomes the talk of the whole region especially among visitors. The last week of March is when the most amazing festival takes place. It is known as the National Festival of Science. It is always held in Grahams Town, an Eastern Cape suburb. Imagine 600 events taking place in 6 days of Festival of Science. Lectures, a laser show, sunset shows, workshops and robotics competitions all take place within such a short space of time.  Cheese Festival Western Cape always hosts the Cheese Festival. This is the time when one gets to know what African traditions are all about. Great fun takes shape as new cheese makers strive to outdo seasoned ones. If you’re interested in tasting a variety of high quality cheese as well as having a great fun with music and shows, you shouldn’t miss cheese festival which lasts for four days. The theater promises great fun in the form of new plays, events and rib-tickling commentaries. African traditions are represented through a family day out into the open after such carnival moments in the hands of excellent flashy performers donned in Cape Town Festival, that takes place every year has an essential role in African culture. This festival brings together the residents of The Mother City, as South Africans refer to Cape Town. Since 1999, it has always provided Cape Town residents with an opportunity to celebrate the diversity of this wonderful South African city. The Cape Town festival took place for the first time a decade ago and was part of a project that was initiated by Ryland Fisher, dubbed One City Many Cultures. Mr. Fisher, the former editor of the Cape Times became the chairperson of the festival. The main motivation behind the initiative was to cultivate values of tolerance, oneness and integrity among residents of the Cape Town. According to a survey that was conducted during the 2008 Cape Town Festival, 55 per cent of those who attended the event were above the 30-year age bracket. The rest of the majority were people aged between 15 and 25 years. Diverse arts are the main source of motivation for people to attend this event. Cultural heritage is a major unifying factor in the activities that take place throughout this festival. Jonathan Rubain, a great jazz sensation is one of the many entertainers that city residents as well as visitors can expect to get great fun from in the form of stage performances and thrilling concerts.  Cape Town Festival Since 2000, Cape Town Jazz Festival is celebrated as an international event. Cape Town Jazz Festival is ranked as number 4 and became one of the most prestigious jazz festivals in the world among North Sea Jazz Festival and Montreaux Jazz Festival. More than 40 international jazz artists perform at Cape Town Jazz Festival and make it an essential event for African culture is renowned for festivals. There is something about the African festival culture that makes the activities of these festivals original and exotic. The Nigerian Ogba community holds the New Yam Festival annually while the Tuareg are culturally attached to the Festival in the Desert. The New Yam Festival among the Ogba people in Nigeria is a distinctive African festival. This community is agriculturally endowed and also has an amazing aqua culture. The New Yam Festival is meant to harmonize the people so as to bring about more coherence. This is the time when people’s speeches are spoken without any political overtones. According to the Ogba culture, The New Yam Festival festival ought to take place every August. Carnival costumes worn during The New Yam Festival is a part of African culture and represent great fun as Africans interpret it.  New Yam Festival Wrestlers fight while wearing carnival costumes during New Yam Festival in Nigeria. It is hard to witness an African festival that lacks some form of wrestling competition. Most of these competitions are between rival clans or ethnic groups. |
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