Marlothi Easter fair once again draws hundreds
Hundreds of residents and visitors stopped by the Marlothi Easter Festival last weekend to learn more about the town's community organisations and browse stalls with food, crafts and all manner of interesting products.
MARLOTH PARK – The Marlothi Shopping Centre was filled with stalls, music and laughter last Saturday as hundreds of visitors attended their annual Easter Festival.
As usual, the event aimed at bringing bringing residents and visitors together. Young and old crowded the tables in the shade of the trees to eat, drink and enjoy musical entertainment from the LM Boys.
The duo, Louis Neethling and Martin van Tonder, who are based in Richard’s Bay, have become a favourite for their feet-tapping renditions of country, classic rock and other popular hits at the festival over the past five years.
Festivalgoers could enjoy a variety of food, drink and treats, browse stalls for toys, crafts and artwork from local artists.
Marloth Park’s community organisations also had several interesting displays that invited closer inspection.
The Marlothi Conservancy once again had tables filled with samples of animal bones, rocks and plants and sold indigenous plants to encourage their cultivation in the area.
The Marloth Park Ratepayers’ and Property Owners’ Associations aimed to get more residents involved in their efforts to solve service delivery and conservation issues in the town and answer any queries from residents.
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Few people passed by the Honorary Rangers without looking at their display of photos of local birds, snakes and other animals and finding out more about the volunteers’ work in the area.
Bags of trash made many people pause at the Marloth Wildlife Fund’s stall, where they urged people to keep the town clean and plant more grass to naturally feed the animals.
They also explained the effect of hand-feeding, poaching and snares on local wildlife.
A portion of the festival’s proceeds will be donated to a local organisation to assist in their work.
Community members can look forward to more events at the centre this year, as it will host a picnic with entertainment by renowned singer Etienne van der Nest at the end of June and the Rhodesian Reunion, a gathering for former residents of Rhodesia (Zimbabwe) with traditional food and music, at the end of August.
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