The 6th Bukura Cultural Day: Celebrating Youth Energy
Published on 28th December 2010
The 6th Bukura Cultural Day, an annual event geared towards empowering the youth's vision was held on December 24, 2010 Bukura, Kenya.
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Musicians do a jig |
The annual cultural day’s objective is to enable young people to have higher ambitions, get exposed to global trends, celebrate their youthful energies, nurture talent and assist in tackling problems of insecurity. Launched in 2005 December, the annual event has brought together an estimated 4,000 participants aged between 4 to 90 years.
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Tug of War |
The key activities of the Annual Bukura Cultural event include: Boda Boda Bicycle racing, soccer, volley ball, netball, tug-o-war, running in gunny bags, balancing bottles, poetry reciting (primary school age), coral/solo verses, essay writing competition, public speaking, children's games, foods and seeds display, Eshilemba (re-enacting old warfare), Sukuti dance, narration of Luhya History, and key note address from guest speakers.
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James Shikwati (Director, IREN) is no match for the youth above |
The cultural event guest speakers have been drawn from high school headteachers, Luhyas based in U.S.A, Office of the President - Ministry for Youth Affairs officials, and experts on agriculture and malaria control program. This year, IREN hosted it in collaboration with Imwo Agrovets and Syngenta East Africa Ltd.
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