UMnyango Wezokuvakasha, Ezokuthutha Zamazwe Omhlaba kanye Nezindlela Zasolwandle, ngokusebenzisa i-Discover Dominica Authority (i-DDA) ubelokhu uqaphe isimo emhlabeni wonke maqondana nokusabalala kwe Covid-19.

Kuthathwe isinqumo sokuthi kukhanselwe umcimbi wesiginesha ophambili waseDominica, iWorld Creole Music Festival. Umcimbi, owawunikezwe ikhadi ngo-Okthoba 23, 24 no-25, 2020, bekuzoba yi-22^nd uhlelo. Ngo-2019, iWorld Creole Music Festival yaqopha abantu abangaphezu kuka-20,000 XNUMX futhi yasebenza njengesikhuthazo esinamandla somnotho kulesi siqhingi.

UNgqongqoshe Wezokuvakasha, Ezokuthutha Zamazwe Omhlaba kanye Nezindlela Zasolwandle, uMhlonishwa uDenise Charles, ngesikhathi enenhlolokhono yangomhla zingama-28 ku-Agasti, 2020 wamemezela ngokusemthethweni ukwesulwa komcimbi owawuthi “Besingathanda ukuba ne-World Creole Music Festival, kodwa njengoba wazi ziyizikhathi eziyinselele futhi impilo nokuphepha kwezakhamizi zethu kuyinto ephambili futhi, ngenxa yalokho, uhulumeni uthathe isinqumo esifanele sokukhansela i-World Creole Music Festival yango-2020. ” U-Miss Charles uphinde wakhumbuza abashisekeli ngokubaluleka kwezivumelwano ezisungulwe ze-COVID-19, “Kumele sihambisane nemithetho, njengohulumeni, asikwazi ukukhuthaza imisebenzi yokuqoqwa kwabantu abaningi kuze kube yilapho izinto sezingaphansi kolawulo,” kusho uNgqongqoshe Ohloniphekile.

Isinqumo sokukhansela i-World Creole Music Festival besibanzi ngokuphelele. IKomidi Lemikhosi yaseDominica lenze ukubonisana okuphelele namalungu eKomidi Lemikhosi yaseDominica kanye nababambiqhaza abacishe babe ngamashumi amane abahlukene, bonke laba babambe iqhaza elibalulekile ekufezekisweni nasekuphumeleleni komkhosi eminyakeni edlule. Njengoba kunikezwe ubhadane lomhlaba olukhona njengamanje, kwenziwa ukuhlolwa kwesimo sezimakethe zamanje zomthombo ukufaka iGuadeloupe, iMartinique, iSt. Lucia, i-Antigua, iSt. Maarten kanye ne-Europe (France, England) kanye neNyakatho Melika. Ukuhlaziywa kuhlanganisa inani lamacala asebenzayo e-COVID-19, imikhawulo yabagibeli kanye nekhono lilonke labantu lokuhamba. Kuphethwe ukuthi kunokungaqiniseki okuningi njengoba kuhlobene nobuningi bezindiza namandla, nokuthi imigomo emisha yokuhamba kanye neyokubuthana kwabantu abaningi ingavimba kakhulu ulwazi lwabashayeli. Ukucatshangelwa kwanikezwa iqiniso lokuthi abahambi bangaba nemali encane engalahlwa nokuthi ngokuvamile, amabhizinisi ajwayele ukutshala imali emcimbini kungenzeka angabi nayo imali yokuxhasa ngenxa yezinselelo zawo ezihlobene nalolu bhubhane.

I-World Creole Music Festival ihlangane ngokuya phambili nezinhloso zayo zaminyaka yonke njengomcimbi wokusayina eDominica ngokwakha ukuqwashisa ngendawo okuyiwa kuyo futhi, kanye neminye imicimbi yesiginesha ebanjwa minyaka yonke, ifaka isandla cishe ku-10% wokufika kwabafika minyaka yonke eDominica. Lo mcimbi uqopha ukwenziwa kwezenzo ezingaphezu kweshumi nanhlanu phakathi nobusuku obuthathu futhi ezimweni eziningi kukhombisa izinhlobo zomculo ezifika kwezilishumi. Ngakho-ke, lesi sinqumo besingelula noma siqondile. Ababambiqhaza banikezwe izindlela ezingafinyelela kwezine maqondana nokwengezwa kwe-WCMF 2020, futhi ubuhle nobubi benketho ngayinye bakalwa ngokucophelela. Ikhono lomcimbi lokufeza izinjongo zalo jikelele, ikakhulukazi lapho kuthinteka khona umsebenzi wezomnotho, linikezwe ukucatshangelwa okungalinganiseka, yingakho kwaholela esinqumweni sokukhansela.

Sifisa ukuthatha leli thuba ukubonga bonke abaxhasi beDominica's World Creole Music Festival endaweni yangakithi, esifundeni, nakwamanye amazwe ngokuqhubeka kwabo besekela nokuqonda. Bheka uhlelo olulandelayo lweDominica's World Creole Music Festival, ehlelelwe u-Okthoba 29, 30 no-31, 2021.

LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:

The Minister for Tourism, International Transport and Maritime Initiatives, the Honorable Denise Charles, during an interview on August 28, 2020 officially announced the cancellation of the event stating “We would have loved to have the World Creole Music Festival, but as you know these are challenging times and the health and safety of our citizens is priority and, as a result, the government has taken the responsible decision to cancel the World Creole Music Festival for 2020.
The Dominica Festivals Committee engaged in thorough consultation with members of the Dominica Festivals Committee and approximately forty diverse stakeholders, all of whom have played a critical role in the implementation and success of the festival over the years.
The World Creole Music Festival has increasingly met its annual objectives as a signature event in Dominica by creating awareness for the destination and, along with other signature events held annually, contributing to approximately 10% of annual stay-over arrivals in Dominica.