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Sukulwenkosi Dube-Matutu, [email protected]
CHIEF Hikwa from Bulilima District is set to host this year’s Matabeleland South culture month launch slated for next month.
The event will be held 30 May at Nilukawu Culture Center which is located 30km North West from Plumtree town close to Dombodema high school adjacent to Nilukawu Primary School.
This year’s culture month celebrations are being held under the theme “Celebrating Indigenous Voices”.
The national launch, is scheduled for 17 May 2025 in Masvingo Province at Alpha Mpapa Schools` grounds under Chief Mpapa in Chiredzi district, Chikombedzi area. President Mnangagwa is expected to grace the occasion.
The culture month is an opportune time to promote and showcase the diversity of the Zimbabwean culture encompassing both the indigenous and contemporary traits. Communities at whatever level are encouraged to strive in harmony as they celebrate and enjoy their respective cultures in unison.
This revered month is now deeply entrenched as Zimbabwe’s incomparable way of marking and celebrating the World Day of Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development.
With reference to Zimbabwe, the celebrations that assume a national outlook enable the nation to reflect on its culture, diversified in nature while reminding Zimbabweans of the need to preserve cultural practices, particularly those that promote the spirit of Ubuntu/Unhu. Such practices are integral components of the nation’s cultural heritage in both tangible and intangible forms.
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