UNgqongqoshe Wezokuvakasha wase-Jamaica uMhlonishwa. U-Edmund Bartlett uveze ukuthi kukhiqizwe i-J$ 1Billion emcimbini osanda kuphothulwa we-Reggae Sumfest obuse-Catherine Hall ngo. Montego Bay.
“Lo nyaka ngokungangabazeki bekuyi-Reggae Sumfest enkulu kunayo yonke ngokwethamela izivakashi zakuleli neziphesheya kwezilwandle. Ngasohlangothini lokufika kwezivakashi, sibone abantu ababalelwa ku-10,000 beza esiqhingini bezothamela lo mkhosi okuwukukhula ngo-3000 kunonyaka odlule.
Okubaluleke nakakhulu ukuthi silinganisela umthelela wemali engenayo evela kwifestivali ukuthi ibe ngu-$J1 Billion ngokusekelwe emagumbini avamile okuhlala ebusuku kwabantu bendawo nezivakashi nezintela,” kusho uNgqongqoshe uBartlett.
I-Reggae Sumfest, eyaqala ngo-1993, ichazwe njengenkulu kunazo zonke umculo festival ku Jamaica futhi I-Caribbean, okwenzeka minyaka yonke maphakathi no-July ngo Montego Bay. Iheha izixuku zabo bonke ubudala abavela emhlabeni wonke nasendaweni futhi ibonise izinhlobonhlobo zabaculi be-reggae base-Jamaica kanye nezenzo zamazwe ngamazwe.
Ungqongqoshe Wezokuvakasha, uMhlonishwa. U-Edmund Bartlett (R) uxoxisana noNdunankulu, Umhlonishwa Kakhulu u-Andrew Holness etendeni le-Jamaica Tourist Board e-Reggae Sumfest ebise-Catherine Hall e-Montego Bay. Ungqongqoshe u-Bartlett uveze ukuthi imali engenayo elinganiselwe yefestivali ingu-J$1 Billion.
UNgqongqoshe uBartlett wengeze ngokuthi, “Impumelelo yamafestivali okuzijabulisa afana ne-Sumfest iqhakambisa ezokuvakasha njengoba ithuthukisa abafikayo futhi inomthelela omkhulu kwezomnotho eMontego Bay nasezindaweni ezizungezile.
Ngalezi zinhlobo zemicimbi, amahhotela amakhulu namancane, izindawo ezikhangayo nabadlali abancane kulo mkhakha bathola ukuzuza ngempela ochungechungeni lwenani elikhulu lezokuvakasha.”
Ifestivali yesonto lonke imvamisa iqala nge I-Sumfest Beach Party okulandelwa uchungechunge lwemicimbi okuhlanganisa ne-Street Dance yamahhala. Bese kuba nobusuku obubili befestivali enkulu enamakhonsathi abukhoma ahlanganisa abaculi abaphambili be-Dancehall neReggae emhlabeni.
