Saturday, January 18, 2025, will be a memorable date for the populations of the villages of Enyeng, Mefiep, and Nnemeyong, who welcomed the team from The Belinga Foundation for their traditional cultural evening, “Evening in the Village”. The evening was filled with numerous activities, including culinary arts, where twenty women and girls showcased traditional dishes...
November 10, 2024, marked another milestone in The Belinga Foundation’s « Soir au Village » initiative, aimed at preserving cultural heritage. The foundation’s team chose Ma’anmeyine village as the venue to reconnect the populations with their cultural roots and instill pride in their origins. Despite challenges due to poor road conditions, the team of volunteers...
Closing day, day of joy, day of elation, day of superlatives, last day of the festival. For 15 days, the town of Mengong, the Mvila department and even the entire southern region vibrated to the rhythm of the great popular festival organized by The Belinga Foundation. From agriculture to small-scale processing, from sport to education,...
The penultimate day of the Bia so Mengong festival has as always, a rich program of activities. On the soccer front, the action was a little more subdued, with only two matches on the program, one in men’s soccer and one in men’s soccer, all vying for third place. On the cultural side, however, the...
It’s harvest time in the various fields of the Bia so Mengong festival, which today enters its home stretch.On the program for the day is an ascent of Mount Ondondo, the semi-finals of the two soccer tournaments, the final of the Miss contest and an evening at the Yemfek village. From the first light...
You had to get up early on Wednesday to make sure you didn’t miss anything. At around 6 a.m., the day kicks off with the marathon. If you had to sum up the race, you could call it the fall of kings. Indeed, it was disillusionment for the champions of this traditional marathon. In the...
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...
.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...
.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...
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....
