Mwanawevhu Culture 4ED Sparks Cultural Revival, Communities Express Gratitude

MWANAWEVHU Culture 4ED, a ZANU-PF affiliate, has created a wave of excitement in the country as it has started rolling out its vibrant traditional, cultural, and gastronomy programs, captivating the community, including children, parents, and traditional leaders across the country.

The cultural showcase lit up the hearts of the multitudes who gathered at Darwendale in Mashonaland West, where the Mwanawevhu Culture 4ED is on a drive to launch cultural programs in every province and district around the country for an educational initiative that is reviving Zimbabwe’s indigenous heritage.

In a sideline interview during the launch of the cultural program with a leader of certain cultural dance group Blessing Sogorani said this initiative will revamp the importance of our culture and bring unity as a country.

“These type of events seek to foster social cohesion and integration of us as citizens, through the use of our arts and our culture. We have many young people with talents that need this type of events for them to showcase our culture.

“Zimbabwe is endowed with different cultural backgrounds and identities. These come in various forms and include all languages, our dance, and our food, our fashion in the visual arts, visual arts film, television and music,” said Sogorani.

Another community member Mitchell Mahuda went on to appriciate what Mwanawevhu Culture 4ED is implementing in the community.

“As community we are happy for the revival of traditional culture that this association is launching as it harness what our First lady Amai Auxillia Mnangagwa is already implementing.

“The resuscitation of eating traditional foods which we did during old days and the practice of Zimbabwean culture is a positive development that as a country we look forward to the revival of harnessesing our heritage and being proud of our culture so that we go back to our status as the country’s cultural hub,” said Mahuda.

Addressing media during launch yesterday National Chairpson for Mwanawevhu Culture 4ED Ashleigh Zingoni said, our culture carries fashion, a lot of things that children also showcase their culinary talents, preparing traditional dishes that our grandparents used to do.

“This programme, seeks to prevent the extinction of indigenous languages and promote all the 16 recognised languages of the country and aims to educate people on the importance of the numerous cultural dynamics that Zimbabwe has.

“It seeks to make people appreciate the importance of unity in diversity, emphasising the view that customs, norms and values vary and are transmitted in different indigenous languages by various communities,” she said.

The atmosphere was both electrifying and enriching as multitudes of community people including intellectual business people were put to the test on family values, local customs and heritage knowledge.

The programme saw winners walking away with prizes, including cultural materials, courtesy of Mwanawevhu Culture 4ED.

National Vice Chairperson Duncan Shereni, who marvelled at the traditional dishes prepared by the community, said this should groom people with skills to prepare meals so that they become productive citizens of Zimbabwe.

“I urge you to become ambassadors who confidently represent their own roots. Embrace this opportunity to learn, to grow and to have fun. Remember that the most important thing is to give it your best effort and to enjoy the experience.

“As a country society should subsequently understand the norms, values and attitudes that differ from community to community. This should enable the children and young people to ultimately appreciate other cultures, traditions and adapt to diverse multicultural settings in later adulthood.”

Mwanawevhu Culture 4ED is on the drive to launch cultural programmes in every province around the country and it aims to promote cultural identity, address social issues, foster community cohesion as well as supporting the national development strategy including the President Mnangagwa’s mantra of vision 2030.