The Rusinga Festival is an
annual celebration of the Suba culture through music, sports, food,
art, exhibitions, dances, fashion, stories and
books.
The festival founded by
Anne Eboso and now in its fourth year was hosted at the
Rusinga Island, Homa Bay County in December.
This festival featured cultural performances, food, art and book exhibitions, a
cultural pageant and workshops. There highlight of the event was the traditional wrestling known as Eminyiika. It's a tug of war for both men
and women and a boat race on Lake Victoria.
There was a special tour of former minister Tom
Mboya's
mausoleum at Kasawanga Village on the north side of the
island.
In attendance were former
Prime Minister Raila
Odinga, his
wife Ida, Homa Bay First Lady Rocila
Awiti, Homa Bay resident judge David
Majanja and Pepfar
country coordinator Katherine
Perry.
