Staff Writer
The National Arts Council of Zimbabwe (NACZ) announced Thursday that the Culture Week commemorations for this year will be held from May15 -22, 2021.
This year’s commemorations will be held under the theme “Resilience in safeguarding creativity and cultural diversity”.
The theme is based on the recognition that while the CCS has been severely affected by the global Coronavirus Disease (COVID19) it has remained resilient and therefore Culture Week provides an opportunity to celebrate and promote creativity and cultural diversity.
“The National Launch of Culture Week will be on the 15th of May and thereafter events will be organised and executed at a provincial level through the NACZ structures.
“NACZ has thus begun mobilizing its different stakeholders and structures to prepare for this important annual event which for the second year running will be held virtually in line with the COVID-19 restrictions on gatherings,” Rodney Ruwende, the NACZ communication and marketing manager said.
The week-long cultural fiesta will feature various online showcases including dance, music, film, theatre, Visual arts, literature, poetry and comedy on platforms like Facebook, Twitter, Tik Tok, YouTube, television and radio.
Culture Week is this year being celebrated to bring social cohesion and integration through the Arts and Culture in the face of COVID-19 and its associated lockdown measure which lead to the isolation of families and cultural practices.
The concept of Culture week is drawn from the Universal Declaration on Cultural Diversity by UNESCO in 2001 which proclaimed the 21st of May as the “World Day of Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Diversity”.
Zimbabwe expanded on this day to Culture Week which seeks to celebrate the world’s diverse cultures. The week provides an opportunity for Zimbabweans to flaunt their intangible and tangible cultural heritage forms that need to be preserved for posterity.
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