Official Program Karamoja Cultural Festival Event Kidepo Karenga 2024

Get ready to celebrate culture, nature, and tradition! The eighth edition of the Karamoja Cultural Festival Event 2024 kicks off on September 2nd, 2024, in the Karenga District, bordering the award-winning Kidepo Valley National Park.

This year, Kara-Tunga is offering an opportunity to experience the best of both worlds: witness the Karamoja Cultural Event and enjoy a safari in Kidepo Valley National Park..

Join us as we announce the program for the week, packed with traditional dances, insightful dialogues, sporting events, and more! Join us on a journey to celebrate the rich heritage of the Ateker people while exploring the breathtaking landscapes of Karamoja.

Book your accommodation (limited availability)

Thousands of people gather from different countries and affordable and decent accommodation options are limited. Kara-Tunga therefore has opened Weny Weny Community Camp nearby the event venue and just outside Kidepo Valley National Park. Visit the accommodation page and secure your room.

Final Official Program Karamoja Cultural Festival Event 2024

Download: Final Official Programme Karamoja Cultural Festival Event 2024 (PDF)

Monday Sept 2nd 2024

Arrival of Guests

Participant’s arrivals, hotel check in and reporting to gazetted accommodation.

Tuesday Sept 3rd, 2024

Welcome and Regreening Karenga

• Morning: Convergence at the festival venue Prayers (Christian and akigat)
• Morning: Remarks by the Minister of Gender, Labor and Social Development
• Morning: Official Flag Off of the Festival (Rt. Hon. The Prime Minister of the Republic of Uganda)
• Morning: Cultural and Tree planting Match to NFA Gazetted tree planting zones
• Afternoon: Traditional Entertainment
• Evening/night: All night campfire and entertainment

Wednesday Sept 4th 2024

Preserving traditional sports in the midst of Sports Evolution

• Morning @ Napeikori Grounds: The Karamoja Cultural Preservation Marathon (flag-off Minister for Sports)
• Afternoon @ Jubilee SS play ground: The EKOLOBER games competition and Ateker traditional games.
• Afternoon: Football, Netball, Volleyball
• Evening @ Napeikori Grounds: Cultural Ambassador’s Night
• Evening: Karamoja Music Artists performance
• Evening: Camp Fire with riddles and an all-night dance
• Evening: Ateker Cluster Entertainment performance

Thursday Sept 5th 2024

Dialogue for cross cultural understanding and peaceful coexistence

• 8:00AM-8:50am: Looking Back- Review of the status of Implementation of the Karamoja Cultural Festival 2023 Resolutions.
• 9:00am-11 am @ Catholic mission/ Jubilee SS: Dialogue 1: Women’s Dialogue: Topic: Transformative women’s leadership in natural resource conservation and sustainable eco-tourism
• 9:00am-11 am @ Napeikori Grounds: Dialogue 2: Ateker Dialogue Topic: Intra and cross Border Resource Sharing, Peaceful coexistence and Tourism: Opportunities for collaboration
• 11:30am-1:30pm @ Jubilee SS/catholic mission: Dialogue 3: Youth Dialogue Topic: Digital Heritage and Culture: Technology, Tourism and Conservation—Challenges and Opportunities for Karamoja’s youth
• 11:30pm-1:30pm @ Traditional shrine: Dialogue 4: Traditional Leaders. Topic: The role traditional leaders in in cultural preservation and co-existence
• 2:30pm @ Jubilee SS/catholic mission: Dialogue 5: Humans and the Ecosystem Topic: Human Wildlife Coexistence: Implications, opportunities and challenges for Tourism (UWA).

Friday Sept 6th 2024

Dialogues

• 8:30- 10:45 am @ Catholic/Jubilee SS: Dialogue 6: Strategic high level leaders’ dialogue.
• 10:45- 6:00pm @ Departure from Napeikori Grounds: Tour of Kidepo valley national game park. Traditional dances Napeikori (Official Flag off by the CEO, Uganda Tourism Board)

Saturday Sept 7th 2024

EKIMWOMOR: THE CLIMAX OF KARAMOJA’S CULTURAL BEAUTY

• Morning @ District Headquarters: Cultural Parade
• Morning @ Napeikori west Grounds: Display of Traditional Foods, and cultural regalia
• Afternoon @ Napeikori Cultural Grounds: Speeches
• Evening: All Night entertainment and celebration of cultural diversity

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Departure at will

 

Karamoja Cultural Festival Event Safari 2024

Join us for the event and hop on our 6 Days Karamoja Cultural Festival Event Safari 2024. It combines a visit to the festival with:

• Hike and stay on the East African Rift Escarpment of Timu
• Traditional Village Experience and Nomadic Cattle Camp Visit
• Game viewing in Uganda’s most applauded Kidepo Valley National Park.

The tour will be guided by experienced English speaking local guides that will make sure you have an unforgettable trip. Visit the festival tour page for more information: Karamoja Cultural Festival Event Tour 2024

Karamoja Cultural Festival Event Video 2023

Photo credits: Maria Schiffer