Zanzibar Events Calendar:
Selected 2009 Tourism Events in Tanzania
Karibu Travel and Tourism Fair, Arusha
June 5 - 7, 2009
Karibu Travel and Tourism Fair is an annual event held in Arusha, Tanzania where East Africa's travel and tourism industry congregates to exhibit their products and services to regional and international travel agents and tour operators. This year, the Fair will be held from June 5 to June 7 at the usual Magereza Grounds near Arusha Airport. During the past nine years, Karibu has expanded, upgraded and diversified to meet the changing demands of the growing tourism industry and become its premier showcase. The Fair is jointly organized by the Tanzania Association of Tour Operators, Tanzania Tourist Board and the Ministry of Natural Resources and Tourism. The Fair was originally named “The Arusha Travel Market” and was first launched in June 2000.
Golden Anniversary of the Discovery of Zinjathropus Boisei
Olduvai Gorge, Ngorongoro Conservation Area
August 17, 2009
This year marks the 50th Anniversary of the discovery of Zinjanthropus. During the anniversary observance, from June to August, there will be exhibitions and workshops on human evolution that will bring to Tanzania researchers, scientists, and other participants from different parts of the world.
Olduvai Gorge is a prehistoric site in the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, north of the Crater in the eastern Serengeti Plains, at the edge of the Great Rift Valley. The main gorge is about 48km long and reaches up to 90m deep.
Research and excavations at Olduvai Gorge by Dr. Louis Leakey and his wife Mary began in 1931 but it was not until 1959 that Mary Leakey discovered fragments of teeth and skull of an early man Zinjanthropus boisei, which was later renamed Austalopithecus boisei.
Following this discovery, and through the support of the National Geographic Society since 1960, detailed excavations have been carried out at the site and a wide range of stone tools, fossils of extinct species of animals and more bones of hominids including early Homo sapiens have been excavated. Olduvai is today one of the most important archaeological sites on earth because the geological strata exposed in the Gorge reveal a remarkable record of animal and human evolution from about 2 million to about 15,000 years ago.
Opening of Tanzania House of Culture
Dar es Salaam, National Museum Grounds
Around end of 2009
African Diaspora Heritage Trail Forum
Dar es Salaam and Zanzibar
October 25-30, 2009
ZIFF (Zanzibar International Film Festival) - June 27th to 4th July, 2009
The 12th Zanzibar International Film Festival has the theme Enduring Links: Media, People and Environment. The festival centre is located in the beautiful stone town area in Zanzibar. The main location of the festival is an atmospheric Amphitheatre located inside an Old Fort. Other venues are Mambo Club, Forodhani Garden, House of Wonders, Old Customs House, Palace Museum, the Barge at the Old fort Waterfront, Aecrotanal, Chake Chake and Wete Cinema in Pemba. (More...)
Mwaka Kogwa, the celebration of the Persian New Year - last week July 2009
"...All the villagers join together for a banquet that is held in the open. Strangers are welcome and villagers are said to be displeased if a guest does not join them. In the evening, everyone, dressed as flamboyantly as possible, flock to the 'Koba' ground where traditional dances of Makunduchi such as 'Mpe Chungu' of Mzuri Kaja village and 'Dandaro' of Kajengwa village take place. Celebrations continue on the nearby beach until the new year is well and truly welcomed." (More...)
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