Homecoming Gambia: Roots Festival
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Tamala Beach Resort invites you to join Homecoming Gambia: Roots Festival
May 12-22, 2021
Activities (tentative)
Day 1: May 12, 2021
o Arrival and Tour of Banjul. Check into the hotel.
o Welcome event/Chill/Music by the pool
Day 2: May 13, 2021
o Morning Activity. Orientation to The Gambia: Languages, Life and Living.
o Religion and Ritual in the Gambia; Day of Eid observance.
Day 3: May 14, 2021
o Morning Activity. Welcome by President/Minister of Tourism & Culture. Food in the Gambia.
o Afternoon Activity. Community tour (Carnival from McCarthy Square to the Arch).
o Evening Social on the Beach
Day 4: May 15, 2021
o Morning Activity. Languages/Life of the Gambia. YouTube personalities
o Day Trip. Roots Pilgrimage/Juffureh, Albreda & Kunta Kinta Island. Meet Chief of Juffureh, meet Kunta Kinta Family & visit Slavery Museum.
o Evening Cultural Activity at hotel. (Wedding at Hotel)
Day 5: May 16, 2021
o Morning Activity. Community issues/Real Estate.
o Day Trip. Poco Loco Beach Club Drumming and Dance on the Beach
Day 6: May 17, 2021
o Morning Activity. Conference on Education and Development in the Gambia.
o Preparing for Ritual/Naming ceremony.
o Day Trip. The River Gambia/Fishing Village/Crocodile/Reptile Monkey
o Evening. Community Talk (Educators/Business/Health Care Experts)
Day 7: May 18, 2021
o Morning Activity. Conference on Leadership. Men/Women Rite Preparation.
o Day trip. Circles of Senegambia. Spiritual systems
o Rites of Passage/Initiation
Day 8: May 19, 2021
o Morning Activity. Responsibility or Return.
o Business/work in The Gambia.
o Cultural Festival/Rites of Passage
Day 9: May 20, 2021
o Morning Activity.
o Day of Community Service. (Service Learning)
Day 10: May 21, 2021
o Morning Closing. Starting a Business in the Gambia/Investing in The Gambia.
o Day on your own
Day 11: May 22, 2021 Prepare to depart.
Hotel reservation: +220 7327777
Flight: Marshall of Hop2 Travel: +1(831)2160372, marshall.o@hop2.com, please mention Homecoming Gambia
General information: Kevin Washington +1(202)4256681, mwata@mwataspeaks.com
