Street art fiesta returns to eastern DR Congo city, with women under spotlight

STORY: Street art fiesta returns to eastern DR Congo city, with women under spotlight DATELINE: March 8, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:44 LOCATION: GOMA, DR Congo CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of the fiesta 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Swahili): ALINE KARHONDE, Congolese dancer 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (French): AMINA MURHEBWA, Co-organizer of the Hadisi Urban Festival STORYLINE: After a one-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Hadisi Urban Festival, an annual fiesta celebrating street art, returned to Goma, a city in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The three-day event, which concluded on Sunday, attracted dancers, musicians, and graffiti artists across the country, who turned Goma's sidewalks, backstreets and alleys into stages. SOUNDBITE 1 (Swahili): ALINE KARHONDE, Congolese dancer "Through dance, we convey the message of living together. I think that dance is a very good vector to raise awareness of peace. This dance that we performed with other women was imbued with several cultures at once, such as

DRC-GOMA-STREET ART-FESTIVAL

DRC-GOMA-STREET ART-FESTIVAL

(220307) -- GOMA, March 7, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Female street artists perform on the sidewalks at the Hadisi Urban Festival, the annual fiesta celebrating street art, in Goma, a city in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), March 4, 2022. TO GO WITH: "Feature: Street art fiesta returns to eastern DR Congo city, with women under spotlight" (Photo by Zanem Nety Zaidi/Xinhua)

DRC-GOMA-STREET ART-FESTIVAL

DRC-GOMA-STREET ART-FESTIVAL

(220307) -- GOMA, March 7, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Street artists perform on the sidewalks at the Hadisi Urban Festival, the annual fiesta celebrating street art, in Goma, a city in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), March 4, 2022. TO GO WITH: "Feature: Street art fiesta returns to eastern DR Congo city, with women under spotlight" (Photo by Zanem Nety Zaidi/Xinhua)