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Thursday, March 20, 2014

USIU CULTURE WEEK 2014- THE PHOTOS




Fashion trends, beautifully dressed women, guys with on-point attire, delicacies, outdoor fun and activities – all these went down this week, March 11 – 13 March at the United States International University (USIU) Culture Week. Gates opened as early as 9am each day and exhibitors and sponsors pitched tent all day. Each country’s tent aimed to outdo the next. The after party saw music merge with fashion, great food and culture.
Thursday night’s gala concert was the anticipated climax of the entire week. The glitz? Check! The glamour? It was there in abundance. The cultural performances astounded under the stars. The ceremony was everything you could wish for to honor the university’s finest and diverse continental and international cultures. Not even Daystar University’s Culture Week that was running the same week was a match. USIU Culture Week went viral from day 1. “Selfie moments” of the event on social media created the much-needed hype. The night’s host, radio girl Lulu Saini and the Luo Omera Teddy Eugene were on-point. Sure Lulu had a boo-moment from the crowd, but as the night went by-she seemed to have won back the crowd’s love.






Performances by Michezo Africa, GBS crew and the acrobats only spiced up the curtain raiser. On the decks, DJ No-ID of USIU 99.9FM and Joe Mfalme kept the turbo charged crowd on their feet all night.
And when Professor Buyu took the stage, he had a few words, “I declare culture week officially opened!” the same sentiments were shared by Mr Apidi, representing Coca-Cola who were also sponsors of the event, “let the happiness continue!”
The judges panel consisting of Mr. Charles Mwakio, Professor Scott, Mrs. Waturi and Mr Earnest were given the task and mandate to officially declare the best cultural performance of the night. The performances were amazing and the night had its fair share of surprises. For instance, the rain came pouring hard but only made the crowd get even more excited as they waited for the awards.
Both Tanzanian and Nigerian performances were well choreographed, had high energy, and were bright and colorful. The Nigerians flashed out their notes on stage in what seemed like a scene from a movie, as the crowd pushed forward to try and pick up the notes.
India bagged the Best Exhibition award for the week. With 144 points, 10 points less than the 1st runners up, the 2nd runners up award for the night went to a surprise and the underestimated Rwanda who also seemed shocked to receive the award.
Tanzania surprised, taking the 2nd runners up position and leaving two giants, Kenya and Nigeria to battle for the number one. Well, Nigeria held the bragging rights for the night as they were declared the overall winners for the night after their spectacular performance that left the crowd yearning for me and bowing to their performance shouting-“igwee! Igwee! Igwee!”
On Nigeria’s performance, the judges had this to say-“their originality scared us! Their performance: made us forget we were even judging! They had a fantastic performance and coordination.” Taking the trophy award, the Nigerians gave the crowd a taste of their “skelewu dance” as they celebrated.






The event’s sponsors, Kenya Buzz, CBA Bank, BuyMore Kenya, Coca-Cola and the many others did a fantastic job and mad the event even more memorable. For the fashion enthusiasts, the night was all colorful. Somalia bagged the best dressed male award, taking it from Nigeria who won last year, while Kenya’s Maasai lady bagged the best female dressed for the night.
So, to the organizing committee, Sonia, Nabil, T.J, Shazaan, Natasha, Fionah and Nalia, you are definitely on the right track and you have everyone’s attention now.
By Embukane Vincent Libosso.
Check out the pictures here-https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.611687435575298.1073741925.440804702663573&type=3

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