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Original Post Date: 2010-06-09 Time: 10:00:02 Posted By: News Poster
By Irene !Hoa(235)ës
Windhoek – Namibia might not have succeeded in sending its Brave Warriors to participate in the 2010 World Cup, but the country will be represented in a different discipline, with “Bullet Ya-Kaoko” as part of the opening ceremony ensemble.
The group is part of the artists invited by the South African government to take part in the opening ceremony.
Like many other African countries, especially the SADC countries, Namibia had high hopes of benefiting hugely from the prestigious world event, but little has come its way.
“Plan A was to participate in the World Cup, but that was too tough and we fell out and there was plan B, which is cultural tourism and marketing, through Bullet,” were the words of the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Environment and Tourism, Dr Kalumbi Shangula, at the sending-off ceremony of the cultural music group yesterday.
Bullet Ya-Kaoko was chosen to perform at the opening ceremony of the World Cup tomorrow in South Africa.
The group, that hails from Kaokoland in the Kunene region, plays traditional music, also known as Oviritje.
“We are sending you off as ambassadors to market Namibia as a tourism destination. We have confidence that our flag will be flown very high.”
The group depicts one of Africa’s few nomadic groups left, the ovaHimba people, who still wear their traditional attire unlike many African tribes who have abandoned theirs since the wave of modernisation and Europeanisation hit Africa.
The group will perform alongside other cultural groups from Botswana, the Maasai from Kenya, Zulu as well as Xhosa traditional groups.
Companies such as Air Namibia, the Ministry of Environment and Tourism, the Namibia Tourism Board and Trip Travel, among others, support the group.
There were hopes by neighbouring countries such as Namibia to at least host one team during the duration of the World Cup, but nothing has come of that.
Hence, Bullet Ya-Kaoko and the South African tourists who have made bookings in southern Namibia during this time, are the few benefits Namibia can reap from the 2010 World Cup in neighbouring South Africa.
The group entertained crowds of passers-by during the busy lunch hour in the city centre before they were sent off to the World Cup.
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Original date published: 9 June 2010
Source: http://allafrica.com/stories/201006090744.html?viewall=1