Kuhlelo lwamasiko lenhlalakahle yabantu, ngoLwesine sixoxe ngomdlalo womgido owenziwa yizikolo zemfundo ephansi iJikinya Festival eqoqwa minyaka yonke eZimbabwe yiNational Arts Council.
Okwamanje kulomncintiswano womdlalo lo weziqinti eMatabeleland koBulawayo ngoLwesithathu lapho intshantshu zomgido we-wosana, isitshikitsha lokunye ezizakhethwa khona besezimelela ukuyancintisana lezikolo zezabelweni zonke zelizwe.
Umcintiswano welizwe lonke ukhangelelwe ukwenziwa kunsukwana ezilandelayo.
Kuvame ukuthi isikolo esinqoba zonke sithole umvuzo omkhulu. Kwesinye isikhathi abanqoba kumncintiswano lo bacina bebumba amaqembu emigido bathole imali yokuziphilisa.
Kodwa-ke kambe lokhu kungabe kuvuselela amasiko na? Ukuze sihlaziye udaba lolu, sixoxe loNkosazana Catherine Mthombeni isikhulumeli seNational Arts Council of Zimbabwe.
Uthe “konke lokhu kwenzelwa ukugcina amasiko esintu njalo lokuxhilisa amasiko ethu ebantwaneni. Sibona engani umdlalo lo uyaphumelela njengoba kulabanye ababumba amaqembu okugida okutshiyeneyo bengaphutsha imfundo yabo.”
Siphinde saxoxa njalo loNkosazana Thembelihle Moyo wenhlanganiso yeGitiz Arts Organization elolonga abagida kuJikinya Festival.
Uthe, “Sijayele ukubiza ingcwethi kwezomgido ezinjengo Mnu. Phathisa Nyathi abethula imbale yemigido etshiyeneyo ukwenzela ukuthi abantwana babekwazi ukuthi konke lokhu kuvela ngaphi.”