Metro celebrates Heritage Month with art, drama, song and dance
Springs Theatre is staging 'Changing Times', a theatre production which seeks to instil pride in South Africans
September is Heritage month and South Africans all over the country are celebrating by telling their stories through music, dance, poetry and art.
The theme for this year’s Heritage Month is “Celebrating 20 Years of Democracy: Tell your story that moves South Africa Forward!”
In line with this Ekurhuleni Metro will host the annual Thami Mnyele Fine Arts Awards prize-giving ceremony on Saturday.
The exhibition opening will take place at Coen Scholtz Recreation Centre, where the best works of art will also be on display for the public.
Named after the late renowned resistance artist, Thamsanqa Mnyele, the awards is a contemporary fine arts competition which serves as a platform to encourage artists to transcend limitations, reconfigure and manipulate contemporary cultural social and political signs.
As from yesterday the Springs Theatre is staging “Changing Times”, a theatre production which seeks to instil pride in South Africans by making us understand that even though we are different, we think as one and our footprints are the same.
The play is set in a mine area where workers have taken time off to celebrate their heritage and proudly take turns in demonstrating their unique dress codes and dances.
The story is intricately narrated by a character that has seen it all and experienced diverse cultural and traditional practices within South Africa, having worked in the mines for over three decades.
The show starts at 6.30pm and will run until Saturday.
On Sunday, September 21, song and dance takes to the streets of Kwa-Thema as the carnival artists who attended the Gauteng Pale Ya Rona Carnival at the beginning of the month, will dazzle local audiences in a colourful procession.
The artists will depart from Langaville Secondary School at 8am and wrap up the festivities at Bulithando Park. The month’s activities will also act as a precursor to OR Tambo month, which follows in October.
Highlights for Tambo month include the Oliver and Adelaide Tambo Liberation Walk at Barnard Stadium on October 4, as well as the Melting Pot Choral Festival on October 18 and 19.
