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Liberia Begins $40K National Heritage and Culture Competition

A Heritage and culture competition organized to showcase unique talents and knowledge of culture, will begin in Liberia.

Liberia has launched its first ever Africa Cultural competition that will showcase Liberian culture from the 15 counties. The competition is expected to attract participants from the 15 counties in a cultural village for five weeks to exhibit the culture of those countries on a live television network on SATCOM, said FrontPage Africa.

The CEO OF Tamma Corporation Liberia, Abdullahi Kamara, who is the host of the competition explained that the purpose of the National cultural heritage challenge is to discover and establish Liberians’ national identities, true cultural norms and values.

According to the outlet, Kamara said “Upon viewing the show on live television many people will get to know their cultural values. I always say we all think we are different, but we have similar traces, if you look from upper Lofa all the way down to the most Southern part of Maryland you will find out that we have something that are similar.”

Kamara said the competition will give Liberians the opportunity to showcase their talents and the knowledge of their culture. They will be able to exhibit dancing and singing among other unique talents.

The competition which starts on December 24, will begin with all participants entering the heritage village that was built from scratch to host up to 75 contestants. Five people each from the counties will enter the village for five weeks and they will be competing in various categories ranging from cultural attires to food displays.

The competition will also have leadership skills tested, as well as wedding and divorce cases. The show will have a cash of US$40,000 and the winning county will have a new chief compound constructed. The competition will be aired live on all social media.

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