Seychelles gears up for Lafet Moutya Sesel 2022
All is set for the upcoming Lafet Moutya Sesel 2022 which will take place from August 29 to September 3.
The six-day event is being organised by the Creative Seychelles Agency (CSA), within the Seychelles National Institute for Culture, Heritage and the Arts.
Lafet Moutya Sesel is aimed at promoting our moutya dance, giving it its rightful place in our culture and bringing more awareness on its importance and value.
On December 15, 2021, the Seychelles’ moutya was inscribed on the representative list of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation’s (UNESCO) intangible cultural heritage of humanity that must be preserved.
The activities will also mark the fourth anniversary of the repeal of the Regulation 115 of 1935 (Drums) Regulation, which banned the tapping of drums in Victoria and other locations on Mahe, Praslin and La Digue after 9pm.
Lafet Moutya Sesel 2022 will start with a two-day workshop, Latelye moutya avek bann zenn, at the International Conference Centre on August 29. Those taking art in the workshop will be secondary students who took part in the recent inter-school moutya competition. The students will learn how to make the moutya drum, its origin and other interesting aspects.
The second workshop will run from September 1-2, at the International Conference Centre in which those taking part will learn how to make the traditional moutya drums using goatskin.
Curtain will officially fall on Lafet Moutya Sesel 2022 on September 3, with the great moutya manifestation in Victoria, Leko Tanbour. CSA is inviting members of the public to join in this moutya manifestation at the Clock tower as from 6.30pm, whereby young and elderly dancers, drummers and moutya groups will be performing.
