Me ka pale e iho mai ana i kekahi makahiki paahana ma Joburg, ka honua kaulana AfroPunk Festival ma muli o ka uhi 'ana i ka ahaaina manawa like me ke kulanakauhale preeminent ahaaina hanana no 2018. The festival is an exuberant, creative and diverse outpouring of live music, film, ʻano, hana kiʻi a me nā hale kūʻai meaʻai like ʻole i hana ʻia e nā kamaʻāina a hele ʻia e nā ʻumi kaukani o ka poʻe hele ʻahaʻaina.
Ke hana nei ma Constitution Hill ma 30 a me 31 Dekemaba 2018 no ka lua o ka makahiki, ua hōʻike ʻia ka ʻahaʻaina i kahi laina nani o 26 mau hana ola mai nā mea pena me Kwesta, Public Enemy a me ka Pūnaewele. Ma ke ʻano he hoa hoʻolālā, hoʻokipa ʻo Joburg Tourism i ka Joburg AfroPunk Market (Bites & Beats and Spinthrift) i ka ʻahaʻaina ʻelua lā ma Constitution Hill.
“Ua hauʻoli mākou i ka hoʻokomo ʻana i ka hanana ma Joburg, no ka mea e hoʻoikaika ʻia ka ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi o ke kūlanakauhale ma waena o ke kaulahao waiwai huakaʻi," wahi a Thandubuhle Mgudlwa (Luna Hoʻokele: Tourism). Loaʻa kēia i nā pōmaikaʻi i nā hale noho, nā wahi mākaʻikaʻi, nā hale ʻai, nā hale kūʻai a me nā halihali. Ke kali nei kēia i nā malihini i manaʻo ʻia e huakaʻi i Johannesburg mai nā wahi a puni o ka honua a me ka ʻāina, e hele i ka ʻahaʻaina i ka wā ʻahaʻaina.
Ke hoʻokipa nei i kekahi 20 000 festivalgoers, ma 2017, ua hōʻike ʻo Afropunk i nā mea hana kiʻi kūloko a me ka honua, a ʻo kekahi o lākou e hana nei no ka manawa mua ma kahi kahua honua.
"Hoʻokipaʻia nāʻahaʻaina e like me Afropunk e nā kūlanakauhale a me nā aupuni no ka mea e hoʻolaha ana lākou i ka synergies ma waena o kaʻoihana mele a me nāʻoihana, i ka hopena i ka hoʻomohala kaiaulu, ka hoʻokele waiwai moʻomeheu, ka pilina pili kaiaulu a me ka hoʻolālā waiwai kūloko," weheweheʻo Mgudlwa. Ua hoʻohana ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi kūloko a me ka honua i ka nui o ke kālā no ka noho ʻana, nā hale ʻaina, nā mea hoʻomanaʻo, ka lawe ʻana, a me nā mea ʻē aʻe, a ʻo ia ka mea i kōkua i ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i ka nohona ma ke kūlanakauhale ma o 1048 mau hana a me 60 mau manawa SMME i hana ʻia.
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- The festival is an exuberant, creative and diverse outpouring of live music, film, fashion, art and craft and a variety of food stalls produced by locals and attended by tens of thousands of festival goers.
- This is in anticipation of visitors who are expected to travel to Johannesburg from around the globe and locally, to attend the festival during the festive season.
- Taking place at Constitution Hill on 30 and 31 December 2018 for the second year, the festival features an impressive line-up of 26 live acts from artists including Kwesta, Public Enemy and The Internet.
