The
organizing committee of Sutukoba Kankiling Festival, in collaboration with the
National Center for Arts (NCAC) and Culture, last Thursday launched the third
edition of the Sutukoba festival at a press briefing held at the NCAC office in
Banjul. The Festival is slated for 7th
and 8th February, 2020 in Wuli, Upper River Region (URR).
Cultural
festival is observed as an important event in cultural preservation and revival
in the society.
Director
of Literature, Creative and Performing Arts at NCAC, Sheikh Omar Jallow gave a
detailed background of the festival, saying there is huge economic gains for
the host community from the festival, especially on community-based tourism
(CBT).
He
disclosed that before any festival can be added to the country’s festival
calendar, it has to meet some criteria which among is the content and
sustainability.
Kakibi
Yaffa, PRO of the Sutukoba Festival organizing committee thanked National
Centre for Arts and Culture for the collaboration and for giving them the
platform to promote the festival.
He
reflected on how the festival came into existence, saying that the past
editions were good opener for the third edition. “Activities have been reshaped
to the requirement of the NCAC taking into consideration the history of
Sutukoba Kankiling which we want to preserve for the future generation.”
According
to him, the Festival targets to bring the community under one umbrella and
unite the people.
Almamy
Jabbie, member of the organizing committee said it is a sustainable festival
which has met the outlined criteria of community festival, saying that there
are many factual heritages within the Sutukoba community.
