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Events Calendar |
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Agricultural & Horticultural Show |
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June 2008 |
| Description: |
The National Agricultural & Horticultural Show has been established as one of the annual activities to commemorate Seychelles' National Day on 18th June. This FREE 3-day event showcases both competitive and non-competitive agricultural displays and exhibits by individuals, groups and organizations both in the public and private sector.
The event is organised by the Ministry of Environment, Natural Resources & Transport in collaboration with the National Day Celebrations Committee. Tel: +248 37 82 52, email: antmoust@seychelles.net |
| Venue Location: |
International Conference Centre, Victoria, Mahé |
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Atlas Sey. Charity Fishing Tournament |
| Date: |
July 2008 |
| Description: |
This 1-day trolling-only tournament will be held in July 2008 (exact date to de confirmed). The tournament hours usually run from 0300hrs-1700hrs. Cash prizes for each fish category plus prizes for the Best Team and the Best Runners-Up. Please contact the Marine Charter Association for information. Tel +248 32 21 26,
email: mca@seychelles.net |
| Venue Location: |
Marine Charter, Victoria, Mahé |
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Feast of the Assumption of Mary |
| Date: |
15 August 2008 |
| Description: |
The Feast of the Assumption of Mary is dedicated to the church of La Digue and is very popular with Seychellois from all islands who flock to the island for the occasion.
For further information please contact the La Digue Board on telephone number +248 23 45 96. |
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La Digue |
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Miss Regatta 2008 |
| Date: |
August 2008 |
| Description: |
After 11 years, The Seychelles Round Table Association successfully brought back the Miss Regatta beauty Pageant in 2005.
The aim of organising Miss Regatta is to bring together a celebration of youth, fashion, design, music and beauty. This activity will also assist in promoting the Seychelles Round Table Association in its various charitable activities, organised in Seychelles. |
| Venue Location: |
International Conference Centre of Seychelles (ICCS)
Victoria, Mahé |
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Seychelles Round Table Regatta |
| Date: |
September 2008 |
| Description: |
| This annual FREE 2-day fun fair event is held at Beau Vallon beach with water sporting events being the focus. There will be games for adults and children, a boxing tournament and more. Buy food, drinks, and souvenir items. |
| Venue Location: |
Beau Vallon Beach, Mahé |
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World Tourism Day |
| Date: |
27 September 2008 |
| Description: |
| World Tourism Day is celebrated on the 27th September each year. Various activities held in the preceding days create an ideal forum to increase public awareness on the importance of the tourism industry in Seychelles. Contact the Seychelles Tourism Board for details, richard.m@seychelles.com or Tel: +248 67 13 00. |
| Venue Location: |
Mahé, Praslin and La Digue |
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Mahé-Praslin Windsurfing Race |
| Date: |
13-14 September 2008 |
| Description: |
This annual event which will be held in September is an open windsurfing race starting from Victoria Harbour.
Please contact the Seychelles Yachting Association for details by phoning +248 32 22 32 / 72 23 28, or
email:noas@seychelles.net. |
| Venue Location: |
Seychelles Yacht Club
Victoria
Mahé |
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Vinayagar Chadurthi (Hindu Festival) |
| Date: |
September 2008 |
| Description: |
| It is celebrated all over the Hindu communities worldwide to mark the anniversary of 'Lord Vinayagar', The Elephant God. |
| Venue Location: |
Hindu Temple,
Victoria,
Mahé |
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Festival Kreol |
| Date: |
25-31 October 2008 |
| Description: |
You can hear it in the music. You can feel it in the rhythm. You can taste it in the food. Festival Kreol is the biggest and most important event of the Seychelles cultural calendar. It offers the visitor a fascinating week full of the colours, sounds, flavours and fragrances of one corner of the Creole world that treasures its traditions while embracing the opportunities of the present.
Please contact the Culture Division of the Ministry of Community Development, Youth, Sports and Culture for additional details. |
| Venue Location: |
Various locations on Mahé |
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Deepavali (Hindu Festival) |
| Date: |
November 2008 |
| Description: |
| Deepavali signifies the advent of joy and happiness. It is also believed that goddess Lakshmi graces the shops and houses on this day and showers her blessings and bestows good fortune upon her worshippers. |
| Venue Location: |
Sports Complex, Roche Caiman |
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Offshore Fishing Competition |
| Date: |
October 2008 |
| Description: |
| This one-day fishing competition will be held in October 2008 (exact date to be confirmed) includes bottom fishing and trolling. Prizes will be awarded for different categories. |
| Venue Location: |
Marine Charter, Victoria, Mahé |
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Marine Charter Assoc. Marlin Tournament |
| Date: |
01 December 2007 |
| Description: |
This 1-day trolling-only tournament will be held in December 2007. The tournament hours usually run from 0300hrs-1700hrs. Cash prizes for each fish category plus prizes for the Best Team and the Best Runners-Up.
Please contact the Marine Charter Association for information.
Tel +248 32 21 26,
email: mca@seychelles.net |
| Venue Location: |
Marine Charter, Victoria, Mahé |
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Seychelles Sailing Cup |
| Date: |
18-27 January 2008 |
| Description: |
The Seychelles Sailing Cup is scheduled to take place in the paradise islands of the Seychelles between 18th to 27th January 2008.
The contest, conducted under the authority of the Seychelles Yachting Association in accordance with ISAF’s International Racing Rules of Sailing, will be open to amateur and professional sailors alike on any type of sailing boat: catamarans, monohulls, maxi yachts as well as traditional rigs.
The event will be run as a handicap race with each boat given a rating, and where two classifications will be in force for each heat, ‘real time’ and ‘compensated time’ but where only ‘compensated time’ will be used for the final classification.
Heats of various types are planned: races between buoys, races between the islands, set courses and game fishing contests.
Races will commence in front of the prestigious Eden Island from where the boats will first race towards Takamaka in south Mahé before sailing on to such exciting venues as Silhouette, Praslin’s Baie Ste. Anne, Curieuse Island and la Digue.
Email: seychellescup@skynet.be
URL: www.seychellescup.com |
| Venue Location: |
Eden Island |
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Kavadi Thaipoosum (Hindu Festival) |
| Date: |
February 2008 |
| Description: |
| The Kavadi Festival is an annual event which is celebrated by the Hindu community and is attributed to Lord Murugan, the warrior deity of the hills. The concept of the Kavadi is to carry milk in small pots and finally offer it to Lord Murugan amid prayers in return for his blessings. |
| Venue Location: |
Hindu Temple, Victoria |
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Seychelles International Game Fishing Competition |
| Date: |
10-17 March 2008 |
| Description: |
After the success of the 2nd edition of the International Fishing Competition held in Seychelles between 14th and 18th March 2007 in which Italian and French teams vied for the trophy under IGFA (International Game Fishing Association) rules, the organizers are planning a 3rd event for 2008 due to be held between the 10th and 17th March.
Organized jointly by the Seychelles Tourism Board (STB) and the IGFA's representative for Sardinia and St Remo, Captain Paulo Sala, the 2008 Seychelles edition will be contested over 2 days by 4-man teams from a fleet of inboard and outboard vessels with the winner decided by best placement over the 2 days of trolling and bottom fishing.
Email: richard.m@seychelles.com
URL: www.paolosala.com |
| Venue Location: |
Marine Charter, Victoria, Mahé |
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Fête de la Francophonie |
| Date: |
20th March 2008 |
| Description: |
"Fête de la Francophonie" usually held on the 20th March, features various activities which includes film shows, a craft bazaar, and exhibitions.
For more details of this event please contact the Ministry of Community Development, Youth, Sports and Culture. |
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Various locations on Mahé |
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Rotary National Fishing Tournament |
| Date: |
April 2008 |
| Description: |
| Weekend 2-day tournament for both trolling and bottom fishing will be held in April 2008 (exact date to be confirmed). Trophies for each fish category plus prizes for Best Team and Best Runners-Up. |
| Venue Location: |
Marine Charter, Victoria, Mahé |
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Seychelles Arts Festival |
| Date: |
28th April – 1st May 2008 |
| Description: |
Come and experience the arts in Seychelles in all its brilliant facets. Some of the highlights of this year’s festival include: “Arts in Creation”, solo exhibitions featuring the works of local artists; “Nou Leritaz Mizikal”, a workshop where you - the participant - can learn how to play two of the most traditional musical instruments of Seychelles, namely the ‘tanbour sega’ (sega drum) and ‘tanbour moutya’ (moutya drum).
Other noteable events are “Sound of Seychelles”, a musical show and dance performance; full-length plays with local story telling and poems; and a “Gourmet Evening” where you can feast on the gastronomic creations of ten selected chefs from local hotels.
This event organised by the National Arts Council in collaboration with the Ministry of Arts Culture & Sports seeks to encourage creative expression and participation for all, through the provision of practical activities, exhibitions, performances, forums, and workshops.
It also aims to facilitate and promote a greater understanding and appreciation of the contemporary arts through the provision of access, information and discussion and, as such, may be seen as a showcase of the contemporary Seychelles’ arts scene. The Festival acknowledges the contribution of the contemporary arts to society and plans to recognise individual or group achievements of artists through the distribution of merited awards later in the year.
Email: nacs@seychelles.net
URL: www.artseychelles.org.sc |
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FetAfrik |
| Date: |
25th May 2008 |
| Description: |
FetAfrik is a multi-artistic festival, a colourful expression of African and Kreol culture and also the Seychellois way of celebrating Africa Day, on the 25th May.
This annual event was first celebrated in 1999 and has since gained popularity as it has seen the participation of renown regional artists such as Nandipa Madikiza, fashion designer from South Africa; “Soley Leve” music & dance group from Mauritius and many more... Contact Ministry of Community Development, Youth, Sports and Culture tel +248 32 13 33, fax +248 32 21 13. |
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Various locations on Mahé |
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Festival of Classical Music |
| Date: |
27th May – 6th June 2008 |
| Description: |
The Seychelles International Festival of Classical Music commences in Seychelles in May 2008. The festival will feature professional musicians, choristers and soloists, both vocal and instrumental, from several countries.
For its 6th edition the festival organisation is presenting a selection of music from the Baroque and Romantic periods. In order to make use of our huge brass & percussion sections we have selected some exciting orchestral work of Russian composers.
The aim of the festival is to position Seychelles on the international map as a destination where to enjoy fine music as well as to support deserving charitable organizations in Seychelles. Email: marcsabadin@blueyonder.co.uk URL: www.sifocm.co.uk |
| Venue Location: |
Various locations on Mahé |
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SUBIOS |
| Date: |
6-12 October 2008 |
| Description: |
SUBIOS 2008 will take place between 6th to 12th October 2008. SUBIOS is an annual underwater film and image festival combining a range of daytime diving and snorkelling activities with free evening programmes of films, video and slide presentations by acclaimed guest speakers from around the world as well as local ones.
SUBIOS 2008 will feature a variety of events and presentations throughout the period of the festival. It will also include several photographic and video graphic contests for visitors and locals alike in the ‘Best Image’, ‘Best Video’, ‘Best Image of Seychelles’ and ‘Best Local Video’ categories where the top prizes for foreign entries are return tickets to the islands plus 5 days of free accommodation.
The festival’s aim is to promote marine-based tourism in Seychelles and at the same time, to sensitize the local population to the importance of the role of the marine world in Seychelles’ environment. Please visit the SUBIOS website for more details and entry forms at www.subios.com Email: info@subios.com |
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Various locations on Mahé |
