Mutambo weMaulid wegore rino, unopemberera zuva rekuzvarwa kwaMuporofita Mohammed, wakaunza kuwedzera kukuru kwevashanyi vanosvika kuLamu. Zvichitevera kusimudzwa kwenguva yekudzoka kumba kuLamu dhorobha neShela Beach naInspector General wemapurisa mutsva achangogadzwa muKenya, kushanya kuLamu kwawedzera zvakanyanya. Mabhizinesi ekutambira vaLamu akaparara apo mukuru wemapurisa Inspector General akarova rovambira kusvika mambakwedza nguva yekudzoka muguta gore rapfuura.
Mutambo weMaulid wa2015 wakaitwa pasi pedingindira rekuti “Tolerance and Multiculturalism,” chiyeuchidzo chakakodzera chekuti kuremekedzana kwetsika nezvitendero zvemunhu ndiwo musimboti wekugarisana murunyararo.
Mutambo wemazuva mana weMaulid Festival, unopembererwa gore rega rega muLamu, waikwezva vashanyi kwete kubva kumahombekombe chete asi nekumusoro, nemakambani endege nemabhazi aiti akabhuka zvakasimba kubva pakati pesvondo rapfuura kusvika nezuro, pakapera mutambo.
Discover Lamu, aka lamutourism.org, inotsanangura mutambo uyu se: Unounza vashanyi nevafambi kuLamu kuzodzokorora uye nhetembo dzekurumbidza, mimhanzi nekutamba, mitambo yebao, calligraphy, uye kuratidzwa kwehunyanzvi, mijaho yedhow nemadhongi, henna nemakwikwi ekushambira, uye pakupedzisira gwara rinozivikanwa seZefe, iro rinomonereka nomumikoto yetaundi, yakarongwa nemhomho yevanhu vaifara.
Hapana zviitiko zvekuchengetedza zvakashumwa mushure mekunge kuongororwa kwasimudzwa uye mamwe mapurisa akawedzerwa kuchengetedza vanopembera.
ZVOKUBVA MUNYAYA INO:
- It brings visitors and pilgrims to Lamu for recitals and praise poems, music and dances, bao games, calligraphy, and art exhibits, dhow and donkey races, henna and swimming competition, and finally a parade known as Zefe, that winds through the narrow alleyways of the town, lined by cheering crowds.
- Following the lifting of the curfew for Lamu town and Shela Beach by the recently-appointed new Inspector General of Police in Kenya, visits to Lamu have noticeably increased.
- The 2015 Maulid Festival was held under the theme of “Tolerance and Multiculturalism,” a befitting reminder that mutual respect for one's culture and beliefs is the key for peaceful coexistence.
