Spectacular NKZN Children’s Cultural Festival held in Estcourt

With poise and flair, the youth from Ramakrishna Centre of South Africa NKZN took to the stage

May 9, 2019

Ronelle Mungaroo 1 minute read

Song, dance and devotion took over the Sahajananda Community Centre on Sunday as youth took were in the spotlight at the 60th Northern KwaZulu-Natal Children’s Cultural Festival.

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Hosted by the Ramakrishna Centre of South Africa Estcourt branch, visitors from Glencoe, Ladysmith and Newcastle were welcomed to be part of this much-anticipated annual event.

Creating a platform for the youth to demonstrate and educate, the festival showcases talent in the form of dance, drama and music. Applause and some tears accompanied the performances, which took the audience on a journey of spiritual awakening and entertainment. Various devotional songs, speeches and plays were carried out by the children from the different NKZN Ramakrishna Centres.

Ms Menelaou and the best dressed learner for Valentines, Ian Kyambadde.

From left to right: Chosen to be part of the KZN Bowls team is Minenhle Khumalo, Nqubeko Mngomezulu, Keshmiel Govender and Sithembiso Ndwandwe.

DJS athletics who broke records in this years annual athletics day. They are Leonard Kruger, Reynier van Rensburg and Ashwin Thompson.

Nokwazi Magangane didn’t let the spilling water stop her from winning the bucket race.

Cheetah house showed why they’re the fastest as they claimed bragging rights, winning the sports day.

Heleen van Tonder and daughter Susan had fun browsing the huge array of books.

Mrs Pillay’s Grade 4 learners, Elihle, Bilal, Aphiwe, Juaid and Juan, were eager to get their hands on some reading material.

Umran gets bowled by a peach of a delivery from Shaun. Left: Farouk was in fine form for Paki Lions in their win over Tigers, top scoring with 72 not out. Wicketkeeper, Ryan Naicker, could only watch as the ball was dispatched to all parts of the field.

From right to left: Greg Conolly, Jo-Ann Melville (winners), Hannelie and Carl Arndt (runners-up).

Peppered between the entertainment were talks by guest speakers Revered Sri Swami Sumanasananda who is the President of the Ramakrishna Centre of SA. He was accompanied by the Vice-President Swami Swatmaramananda.

Both gentlemen praised the programme and went on to ask the audience to seek goodness and virtue, as the founder of the movement Swami Vivekananda preached. After a sumptuous lunch, part two of the day’s programme continued with more entertainment before the final formalities.

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May 9, 2019

Ronelle Mungaroo 1 minute read