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WINDVIEW Primary School in Ruwa successfully hosted their annual Culture and Heritage Day with parents and students turning up in their numbers on Saturday.
The third edition of the event began in the morning and ended in the evening with students and parents treated to traditional music, poems and dance.
The day started with an opening prayer and the national anthem before students, from each grade from ECD A to Grade Seven, showcased their talents.
Windview Primary representative, Prince Nechavava said:
“We are happy with the third edition of the Culture and Heritage Day as the turnout is impressive and we are thankful to the parents who supported us.
“We have people dressed in African attire and we have made it a mandate that, after every weekend of the Africa Day, we hold the celebrations.
“There are a lot of activities which we are witnessing like poems, traditional dance, African attires and everything to do with African culture.
“Our hope is to make the day bigger and invite some schools and interested parties to be part of us in the future.”
Hilary Nyakurerwa, a parent at Windview Primary School, said they were happy with the day as it helps to mould the kids into better individuals.
“We really appreciate this day as our kids are being affected by globalisation.
“It is important to inculcate the values in the family and we also take a note from the First Lady with her initiatives such as Munhanga.
“The day has given us the opportunity to network and this helps us to teach the kids and we have learnt about totems, traditional foods and culture as a whole,”said Nyakurerwa.
Another parent Wilbert Mutenhwa said:
“This is a good initiative and I am grateful that the parents have come in their numbers to support the initiative.
“You can see the young boys and girls are good at playing marimba and drums. We hope we will have this on a large scale and have some exchange programmes so that it does not end here in Zimre Park only,” said Mutenhwa.
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