Icandelo loMphathiswa Wezokhenketho, ezothutho lwaMazwe ngaMazwe kunye neNkqubo yoLwandle, ngokusebenzisa i-Discover Dominica Authority (i-DDA) ijonge imeko kwihlabathi liphela ngokunxulumene nokusasazeka kwe Covid-19.

Kuthathwe isigqibo sokurhoxisa umsitho weDominica otyikityiweyo, iWorld Creole Music Festival. Umnyhadala, owawufakwe ngo-Okthobha 23, 24 no-25, 2020, ngewayengowama-22^nd uhlelo. Ngo-2019, uMnyhadala weHlabathi woMculo weCreole urekhode abantu abangaphezulu kwama-20,000 XNUMX kwaye usebenze njengesixhobo esomeleleyo kwezoqoqosho kwesi siqithi.

UMphathiswa wezoKhenketho, iZothutho lwaMazwe ngaMazwe kunye namaPhulo oLwandle, oHloniphekileyo uDenise Charles, ngethuba lodliwano-ndlebe ngomhla wama-28 kweyeThupha, 2020 wabhengeza ngokusesikweni ukurhoxiswa komsitho esithi “Besingathanda ukuba nomnyhadala woMculo weCreole yoMhlaba, kodwa njengoko usazi Ngamaxesha anomngeni kwaye impilo nokhuseleko lwabemi bethu zizinto eziphambili kwaye, ngenxa yoko, urhulumente uthathe isigqibo esifanelekileyo sokurhoxisa uMnyhadala weHlabathi woMculo wesiCreole wowama-2020. ” U-Mnumzana Charles ukhumbuze abaxhasi ngokubaluleka kweenkqubo ezimiselweyo ze-COVID-19, "Kufuneka sihambisane neenkqubo, njengorhulumente, asinakukhuthaza imisebenzi yokuqokelelwa kwezinto ngobuninzi de izinto zibe phantsi kolawulo," watsho uMphathiswa oHloniphekileyo.

Isigqibo sokurhoxisa uMnyhadala woMculo weCreole yoMhlaba besibanzi kakhulu. IKomiti yeeMinyhadala yaseDominica ibandakanyeke kuthethwano olucokisekileyo namalungu eKomiti yeeMinyhadala yaseDominica kunye namaqela achaphazelekayo amalunga namashumi amane, bonke abadlale indima ebaluleke kakhulu ekuphumezeni nakwimpumelelo yomnyhadala kule minyaka idlulileyo. Ngenxa yobhubhane wehlabathi, uvavanyo lwenziwe ngobume beemarike ezikhoyo ngoku ukubandakanya iGuadeloupe, iMartinique, iSt. Lucia, iAntigua, iSt. Maarten kunye neYurophu (eFrance, eNgilani) nakuMntla Melika. Uhlalutyo lubandakanya inani le-COVID-19 yamatyala asebenzayo, izithintelo zebhodi kunye nokukwazi kwabantu ukuhamba. Kwagqitywa kwelokuba kukho ukungaqiniseki okuninzi ngokunxulumene nobuninzi beenqwelomoya kunye namandla, kwaye iiprotocol ezintsha zokuhamba kunye nokuhlanganisana kwabantu abaninzi zinokuthintela amava kakhulu kubaxhasi. Kuthathelwe ingqalelo ngokucacileyo ukuba abahambi banokubanomvuzo omncinci onokulahlwa kwaye ngokubanzi, amashishini ahlala etyale imali kumcimbi lowo angabinayo imali yokufumana inkxaso-mali ngenxa yemiceli mngeni yabo enxulumene nobhubhane.

Umnyhadala woMculo weCreole yoMhlaba uye wazifezekisa iinjongo zawo zonyaka njengesiginitsha eDominica ngokwenza ulwazi malunga nendawo ekuya kuyo kwaye, kunye neminye imisitho yokutyikitya ebanjwa minyaka le, inegalelo malunga ne-10% lokufika ngonyaka eDominica. Umnyhadala urekhoda ukwenziwa kwezenzo ezingaphezulu kweshumi elinesihlanu kubusuku obuthathu kwaye kwiimeko ezininzi zibonisa ukuya kuthi ga kumculo olishumi. Ke ngoko, esi sigqibo besingelula okanye singqalile. Abachaphazelekayo banikwe ukuya kuthi ga kwizinto ezine abanokukhetha malunga nokwandiswa kweWCMF 2020, kwaye iinzuzo kunye neengozi zendlela nganye zilinganisiwe ngononophelo. Isakhono somsitho sokufezekisa iinjongo zawo zizonke, ngakumbi apho imisebenzi yezoqoqosho ichaphazelekayo, sanikwa ingqwalaselo enokulinganiswa, kungoko kukhokelela kwisigqibo sokurhoxisa.

Sinqwenela ukuthatha eli thuba ukubulela bonke abaxhasi boMnyhadala weCreole Music weDominica kwalapha ekhaya, kwingingqi nakwamanye amazwe ngenkxaso yabo eqhubekayo kunye nokuqonda. Jonga upapasho olulandelayo lweDominica's World Creole Music Festival, ecwangciselwe u-Okthobha 29, 30 no-31, 2021.

INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:

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.