Fun for the children

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Ziyabuya to march through Hillbrow CELEBRATE spring with a march through the inner city and a children's festival in Joubert Park with the Ziyabuya Spring Parade Festival. September 30, 2005 By Buhle Makabane VIBRANT splashes of pink, red, yellow, blue and orange will bring colour to the streets of Hillbrow on Sunday, 2 October, during the Ziyabuya Spring Parade Festival. Taking place in Joubert Park, in the inner city, the focus is on entertainment for children. The aim of the event is to promote local artists, and 20 Gauteng groups will entertain festival-goers. The day-long occasion is a collaboration between Lapeng Child and Family Resource Service and a non-formal art school, Creative Inner City Initiative. Entertaining the children of the inner city Children will dance the day away, but not before they march - the parade kicks off with a children's parade, with youngsters wearing animal costumes. Setting off from the park, the parade will swing down King George Street to Constitution Hill, down Kotze Street to join Pretoria Street, then on to Claim Street, to Wolmarans Street, and down King George Street to return to Joubert Park at 11am. And then the real fun begins. There will be dance, poetry, face painting, music, an art exhibition, clowns, magicians and puppetry. More than 2 000 people are expected to gather in the park. Initially, the festival was a single annual event, but the organisers felt it should be transformed into four, to celebrate all the seasons. Some festivals claimed to be children's festivals, said Lapeng art director Jones Mathebula, but the children were often pushed into the background. But not Ziyabuya. "We have 60 volunteers who will make sure children are well taken care of." Permission to use web site material Publishers may use material from this site free of charge, as long as: Credit is given to either the "City of Johannesburg website (www.joburg.org.za)" or to "Johannesburg News Agency (www.joburg.org.za)"; If the article is used online, a link is provided to the original article on this website; The name of the article's author is acknowledged; The webmaster is informed of how and where the material is used (fill in this brief online form). Johannesburg News Agency is operated by BIG Media at 011-484-1400 Print this Page E-mail this article to a friend Help using Joburg.org.za