The third edition of the BIA SO MENGONG festival effectively started its countdown today with the soccer quarter-finals, the gospel competition final, the start of the women’s soccer tournament, the Songo game and tourism. As usual, in the morning the festival village is decked out in its finest colors, with food and drink stalls filling...
Author: Jacques Ndongo
REWINDING BIA SO MENGONG 2024 DAY 9: MONDAY JULY 22 24: THE BOOK TAKES CENTER STAGE
.Another busy day for the festival as it enters its second week. For this second Monday of the festival, it’s time for lovers of fine literature, with the programming of a cultural seminar led by luminaries of the intellectual world. Placed under the theme <<The importance of thé Mask in Africa >>, the conference...
REWINDING BIA SO MENGONG 2024: DAY 7 THE THIRD EDITION OF THE BIA SO MENGONG FESTIVAL MARKS ITS NEW PURPOSE WITH A DAY DEVOTED EXCLUSIVELY TO THE YOUNGEST
.It’s day seven when children aged 4 to 10 from all over the Mengong county wake up and arrive at the festival venue. THE BELINGA FOUNDATION, in its program of activities for the BIA SO MENGONG festival has dedicated them a whole day. A beautiful one indeed, a day of fun with a merry-go-round and...
REWINDING BIA SO MENGONG 2024 DAY SIX OF THE THIRD EDITION OF THE BIA SO MENGONG FESTIVAL ; THIS FRIDAY 19 JULY 2024, GRASSFIELDS, RED CARPET AND BEAUTY QUEENS.
The day is as busy as ever ; the temporary cessation of soccer doesn’t prevent spirits from remaining focused on activities in the festival village, where a number of motivating events are taking place. In keeping with the festival’s theme, a third cultural group marking national unity is eagerly awaited by the people of Mengong....
REWINDING BIA SO MENGONG 2024 DAY 5 THURSDAY, JULY 18, 2024 : EVENING IN THE VILLAGE AND LOCAL ARTISTS.
Another busy day for the southern region’s most important festival. True to its convictions, The Belinga Foundation has pulled out all the stops to put the spotlight on local culture and talent, and offer the traditions of peoples from near and far a platform for expression worthy of the name. The day begins with a...
REWINDING BIA SO MENGONG 2024. DAY 4 WEDNESDAY, JULY 17, 2024 : THE PEOPLE OF THE COAST PUT ON A SHOW.
As we’ve already said more than once, the theme of the 2024 edition of the Bia so Mengong festival is « Unity and Diversity ». How better to mark this unity in diversity than by inviting other ethnic groups to come and showcase their culture and enable the people of Mengong to discover other horizons,...
REWINDING BIA SO MENGONG 2024. DAY 3 TUESDAY, JULY 16 : THE CHOIRS ENTER THE DANCE.
It’s a tradition with the Bia so Mengong Festival : every day is an event in itself, every minute a moment of pure happiness, every hour a universe to discover. This Tuesday, the third day of the Bia so Mengong 2024 Festival, is no exception to tradition. In soccer, the day is full of beautiful...
REWINDING BIA SO MENGONG 2024. DAY 2 : MONDAY JULY 15 : SOCCER AND EVENING IN THE VILLAGE.
The second day of the Festival on Monday July 15 featured two main events : soccer and evening entertainment by the Yekombo from Doungou village. As for soccer , the first match between RENAISSANCE from Ngomessan and JERED from Emanemvam kicked off at 10am. After a hard-fought game, JERED finally won one goal to nil....
REWINDING BIA SO MENGONG 2024 DAY 1 : SUNDAY JULY 14, 2024 : REUNION DAY.
This is the big day, the day for which all The Belinga Foundation teams and the people of the entire Mengong county have been working for over a year. It’s the day when, once again, THE BELINGA FOUNDATION celebrates culture and living together. It’s a day of reunion between the people of Mengong and their...
CULTURE : FINAL RUN OF THE ‘’EVENING IN THE VILLAGE’’ INITIATIVE FOR THE 2023/2024 FINANCIAL YEAR
THE BELINGA FOUNDATION’s technical team is preparing to close its activities this year as part of the <<Evening in the Village>> initiative. This final event, to be held this Saturday 08 June 2024 at Ngomessane II, will bring together the Essamane tribe of the Mengong county, particularly those from the villages of Ngomessane II and...