MWCT

Website www.mandawilderness.org
About Me The Manda Wilderness Choir Festival is an annual event supported by the Manda Wilderness Community Trust which brings the 16 communities of the Manda Wilderness region together. Twelve choirs comprising 20 enthusiastic Nyanja voices each compete for first, second and third prizes in an evening of joyful celebration. The festival is a night of great anticipation and excitement with each choir receiving an opportunity to receive choir training prior to the start of the festival. The vibrant voices of the choirs display their hours of training and practice and visitors come on foot, public transport and boat from as far away as 50 kilometers. After enjoying the sounds of the 12 choirs intone their best pieces, the competition wraps up with a triumphant mass choir piece with all the choirs singing together in unity.

The Manda Wilderness Community Trust involves some of the poorest and least supported communities in an isolated corner of Mozambique, one of Africa's last true wildernesses, in sustainable development projects to improve their today and give hope for their tomorrow.