Kabojja International School's 'Cultural Day' was a beautiful experience

The event was held at the school’s Multipurpose Hall on October 8, 2022.

This was the first annual Cultural Day since the Covid-19 lockdown imposed the need for the school to hold this cultural showpiece event virtually.

However, with the lifting of the Lockdown, the school did not miss a beat as students, parents, teachers and well-wishers turned out in a rich mosaic of cultural attire from countries such as Uganda, Nigeria, South Sudan, the Democratic Republic of Congo, India, South Africa, Scotland, Eritrea and Ethiopia, among other countries.

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What is Kabojja’s Cultural Day?

Across all classes each year, Kabojja International holds this annual event in order to celebrate the unique beliefs and traditions of its students belonging to different countries, backgrounds.

It represents a powerful way to immerse the school in various cultures and join in on the singular celebration of culture for a truly unforgettable experience.

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The event typically involves students, parents, staff and the wider community coming together to share customs, values, beliefs, traditions, food and performances from many of the cultural groups which make up the Kabojja International School community.

The performances took the shape of a cultural buffet as a veritable cultural digest of song and dance from different countries, exhibited by the schools’ students, served as a cultural menu of the students’ respective countries of origin.

These performances were staged by groups under such names as Nyatiti, Endere, Lute, Ingoma and Sufara. They all performed dramatised songs.

The same groups also performed Creative Traditional Dances, each performance group being granted two performances apiece.

The culmination of their performances was the crowning of a Miss Culture, Chantal Kasekende, and a Mr Culture, Kabalega Lenin Migimba, much to the excitement of all who attended.

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Making the world safer for cultural diversity

The Director of Kabojja International School, Mr. Ahmed Lwasa, said this cultural gala was organised to bring together all students at the school so they may understand and respect each other’s cultures.

The Chief Guest of Honour of this exhilarating event was Dr Kedrace Turyagyenda, the Director of the Directorate of Education Standards, Ministry of Education and Sports.

In a rousing address, Dr. Turyagyenda, who holds a PhD in Education Management, said: “Quality education is holistic education.”

She praised the school’s cultural gala as not only being helpful on this score, but also providing the students with the essential “soft skills to relate” to one another.

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These skills, she noted, turn a child into a “useful adult” to self, family, community and nation.

“I am glad to note that Kabojja has made every effort to do that. I’ve looked at the classes, the washrooms, the platforms…I’ve seen what the children have been doing and I think this vision is something they are working towards achieving,” she added.

Culture as a teacher

“Culture teaches us where we came from and where we are going, cultural identity is an important contributor to people’s wellbeing. So having such cultural galas is important aspect of this school in its efforts to provide quality education,” Dr. Turyagyenda said.

She noted that the parents and teachers are vital in moulding the child into the “great person God created them to be”, and so what the two “infuse in the children through culture, values and attitudes” is of primary importance to the country, and the world.

She went on to praise Kabojja’s multicultural education system and noted the school is something of a global village.

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Dr Turyagyenda then pointed out how culture, like education, is a vital learning aid.

“Culture and learning go hand in hand. We have a [Kabojja’s] school setting and the reality of multinationalism; the reality of globalisation becomes actualised in a school setting. As such, the school setting needs to evolve its own culture that helps young people who have come with their cultural understanding to now appreciate each other, try to understand each other, try to learn from each other and try to appreciate that all human being beings are precious, they are important and can contribute to each other’s wellbeing,” she said.

According to the Ministry of Education, she added, promoting co-curricular activities such as the ones experienced on Kabojja International School Cultural Day, are of paramount importance and thereby shape the primary vision of education.

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