ABENE FESTIVALO 2002-2003

CELEBRATES ITS 10TH ANNIVERSARY

PROGRAMME

Dates	Morning	Afternoon	Evening
Thursday 26 December	Set up	Festival Opening with Baila	Fere Groupe Gambia	Ballet Mama Africa Abene	Disco
Friday 27 December	Diambadong	Football Match	Alunkaw (karoninke women) Abene	Ballet Theatre Bitinibaa Abene	Disco
Saturday 28 December		Football Match	Kankourang Groupe Abene	Ballet Casadimansa Abene	Disco
Sunday 29 December	“Kermesse”	Traditional wrestling*	Troupe theatrale des eleves d’Abene	Sabar	Troupe Djinabantang Kafountine
Monday 30 December		Traditional wrestling*	Balafon Ziguinchor	Troupe Peul Ziguinchor	Troupe theatrale de Thionck Essyl
Tuesday 31 December	Conference	Kumpo Kolomba	Troupe Mancagne Ziguinchor	Groupe Ekonkon Oussouye	Grand Bal Annuel
Wednesday 1st January 2003		Football Match	Bougueur Kagnobo	Ilan Mane Kafountine	Disco
Thursday 2 January	Diambadong	Football Match	Special show with Orchestra of Bandjikaky
Dates	9h – 12h	16h – 18h	21h – 22h	22h –23h	23h –24h

*Traditional wrestling accompanied by songs and music with seourouba

Beside the shows scheduled in the evening, there is plenty of entertainment during the the day:

Visits around Abene (the sacred tree, the rice fields the craft village)

Music and sports entertainment

Exhibitions (painting, woodcarving, craftwork…)

Workshops (dance, percussions, batik, woodcarving…)

Dance and drumming workshops with Malo Sonko

Conferences/debates (prevention, health, development, arts and culture…)

Through the 9^th Abene Festivalo, the organisation committee invites you to discover Casamance under moonlight.

Organisation committee of the festival Tel: +33 299 393426 / +221 936 95 42