Festival-goers argued during the 2nd 2021 edition of the Wobélé Festival held on August 27 and 28, 2021, in Tafiré that this event is a real box of art, folk dances and gastronomy from Côte d'Ivoire to be perpetuated .

For Eveline Diby Adjoua (23 years old), law student at the Félix Houphouët-Boigny University in Abidjan, the Wobélé Festival of Tafiré is "a showcase, a real box for Ivorian Culture in all its forms that must be perpetuated for a reconciled, united and prosperous Côte d'Ivoire".

"Since I was little, I have always followed the performances of Zaouli, a traditional dance of the Gouro people on television. This festival gave me the opportunity to see this mask in attraction, to listen to the sounds of this folklore and to admire these dance steps of this mask with a female face. It's beautiful and it necessarily strengthens the links", underlined a festival-goer from Niakara, teacher in service in the northeast of Côte d'Ivoire, Guillaume Koné Yeboulman.

Like him, Antoine Tuo Doyirigué (21), said he "delighted in the dance steps of Zaouli de Manfla and appreciated the Gbégbé dance of the Bété".

"I got myself pots of various shapes but also of different uses. They are really very strong, these portieres of Katiola, (Tagbana) I really appreciated their Nangbohôh and their Sita, beautiful traditional dances with good rhythm that I also had the privilege of discovering thanks to the Wobélé Festival of Tafiré", noted a festival-goer from Facobly (West region of Guemon), Dieudonné Guéhi Siandah.

"I noticed some similarities between the Baoulé and the Tagbana concerning the presentation of civilities, they say for example, 'Djassi', for the exchange of news exactly like with us the Baoulé, reveals a festival-goer from Botro (Centre, region du Gbêkê), Edgar Brou.

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Source: AIP