CAMEROON IN FESTIVE COLORS

YAOUNDE, CAMEROON AFRICA. DECEMBER 2010 (Cameroon News) – The residents of Cameroon mark the end of the year in a host of colorful festivities.

As the festival season comes up together with the end of a happening year a host of festivities have been arranged in various parts of Cameroon and the people seem to buzzing with joy and excitement of a New Year.

As a year ends people always mark the end and the new beginning by coming together to enjoy with near and dear ones like friends and family. The end of the year is always an occasion to connect , forgive and forget the bad things that happened the previous year and a time to look forward to a bright and prosperous new year.

This makes the end of the year definitely a time for grand celebrations. However there are many families and communities who cannot afford to indulge in any of these festivities because they belong to an economically backward stratum of society and cannot afford to indulge in the grandeur and extravagance.

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The Douala City Council has however decided to make this New Year a memorable one for such families and give them an opportunity to experience the same feelings and excitement that their more fortunate counterparts experience. The City Council is organizing a festive time scheduled for the whole of Christmas week starting from the 24th December and closing by the 2nd of January 2011.

The program will also be sponsored by a number of partners and will take place at the government square in Bonanjo. The event will be titled Badoul and it is being convened for the second time. Badoul is being arranged with the motive of beautifying the city and providing an opportunity to people who cannot really afford to enjoy the festival extravagantly to divert their attention.

The arrangements include a park for kids where they can lavishly indulge in various games from 10.00 am , movies being screened at mid day which will include movies like 24 chrono from season one to nine.

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The festival will see live orchestra by famous musicians during the later half of the day as the sun sets and will include songs by Meiway, Dom Tom, Sergio Polo, Papa Wemba, Hugo Nyame, among others, and also some conventional dances.

Some major companies will get a golden chance to showcase their products and there will be a food festival where restaurants get a chance to market their ways as affordable rates. There will be no charges for entry but games can be played only by paying FCFA 100.

The whole concept of Badoul has been conceived by a group of youngsters managed by Michelle Ebongue, Regional Delegate of Communication, who get together to decorate the city in festive colors that will fill the hearts of young and old alike with joy and thrill. The idea was accepted wholeheartedly by the Douala City Council which is a Godfather of Badoul.

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The festivities do not just end with Badoul. On the other hand there would also be a Christmas market titled Marché de Noel which will be based on the model of a trade fair happening at CAMTEL Bepanda complexe.

Companies will exhibit their products in stalls across the market at hugely discounted prices. There will also be a podium set up where there will be a live orchestra playing into the wee hours of the day, a tambola and a whole set of other fun events.

A Bethlehem village has also been set up which will be a major source of attraction owing to its beauty and the long lasting impression that it is guaranteed to leave in the minds of its observers.

However this beauty can be beheld only by paying a sum of 500 FCFA and you get to enjoy a free bottle of Malta Guinness with it. The attraction has been set up by Decoralia, a decorator, in agreement with the Douala City Council.