Alain St. Ange, Waziri wa Ushelisheli anayehusika na Utalii na Utamaduni, tena mwaka huu alipewa heshima ya kuzindua rasmi hafla maarufu ya Dimans Kreol Borlanmer huko Anse Royale huko Shelisheli. Ilikuwa mbele ya maelfu ambao walikuwa wamekusanyika kwenye hii extravaganza ya Muziki wa Creole ambapo Waziri St Ange alichukua mike kwa makofi makubwa kutoka kwa umati. "Utamaduni wetu wa Krioli ndio kitu pekee tulicho nacho ambacho hubeba DNA yetu wenyewe. Tunahitaji kubaki umoja kutetea na kulinda utamaduni wetu, ”Waziri Alain St.Ange wakati aliwaalika maelfu waliokuwepo kuendelea kufanya kazi naye ili kuimarisha kile jamii ya wasanii leo inaita mapinduzi ya kitamaduni huko Shelisheli.
Waziri St Ange aliendelea kuzungumza juu ya Kanuni za Kupiga Ngoma zilizoanza mnamo 1935 wakati Shelisheli bado ilikuwa koloni la Uingereza. "Wakati wa maadhimisho haya ya miaka 30 ya Tamasha letu la Kikrioli, tulitia saini ombi kwa Mwanasheria Mkuu wa Serikali kuanzisha kesi ili sheria hii iondolewe kutoka kwa sheria zetu. Ingawa hii ni hatua tu ya mfano kwani sheria haijatumika wakati wote tangu kuwa Jamhuri ya Seychelles mnamo 1976, tulihitaji kama nchi kuonyesha kwamba kila kifungo kilichoonyesha ishara za kuzuia ukuaji wa utamaduni wetu kilihitajika nimeondoa, ”alisema Waziri St.Ange. Kisha akaendelea kusema kuwa jiwe la msingi la uwanja mpya wa muziki sasa lilikuwa limewekwa kwa ujenzi wa mradi ambapo Ushelisheli inaweza kupiga nyumba kwa shughuli zao za kitamaduni.
Waziri St.Ange alisema kwa makofi makubwa ambayo yaliridhia maneno yake anayopenda: "Tuna Seychelles moja tu, ni Seychelles yetu, na sisi ni watu mmoja tu."
Shelisheli ni mwanachama mwanzilishi wa Muungano wa Kimataifa wa Washirika wa Utalii (ICTP) . Kwa habari zaidi juu ya Ushelisheli Waziri wa Utalii na Utamaduni Alain St. Ange, Bonyeza hapa.
NINI CHA KUONDOA KATIKA MAKALA HII:
- Even though this is but a symbolic move as the law has not been used at all ever since we became the Republic of Seychelles in 1976, we needed as a country to show that every shackle that displayed signs of obstructing growth of our culture needed to be gotten rid of,”.
- Ange as he invited the thousands present to continue to work with him to consolidate what the community of the artists are today calling a cultural revolution in the Seychelles.
- He then went on to say that the foundation stone for a new music stadium had now been placed for the construction of a project where Seychellois could call home for their cultural activities.
