Mwaka Kogwa Festival

‘Mwaka Kogwa’ is the conventional Shirazi or Persian New Year celebrations that take vicinity in Zanzibar and even though the competition has its origins with inside the Zoastrian religion, the Zanzibaris have truly taken it to heart.Mwaka Kogwa takes vicinity each year across the 23 - 24 of July. Despite the competition being celebrated across the island, the village of Makunduchi, on southern Unguja, is the important thing in recognition of the ritual activities and every year a massive crowd gathers to wait for the celebration.

Together with the same old singing, dancing, feasting and drumming that is going with all East African festivals, Mwaka Kogwa consists of precise rituals destined to carry true good fortune withinside the New Year. To provoke the celebration, a play combat takes place and all of the guys of the village beat each other to vent their aggression from beyondyear. Real guns have been used withinside the beyond however now banana sticks are desired due to the fact they're much less violent.

Traditional Swahili meals are observed by means of taarab music, and at the seashores the drums and dancing retain lengthy into the night.

Time: 23 - 24 of July.

Location: Makunduchi Village, Zanzibar