Huambo – The provincial department of Culture in central province of Huambo is working since 2006 to improve the carnival parade to reach the level of Luanda and Benguela provinces, main references in the country.

The information was released to Angop by local director of Culture, Pedro Chissanga, who added that the measure is mainly based on excluding those groups that are not prepared and fail to meet the requirements, including the increase of the prizes every years.

Pedro Chissanga said that his department aims to get support from local businessmen to help groups with basic means.

“Year after year new groups are created and this makes our carnival more competitive” he said.

  
The source underlined that special attention is paid by the Culture department to groups to improve their choreography, music and increase the number of participants.

The official is also worried about the disappearance of some groups due to lack of sponsor.
This year, 110 groups are enrolled and 34 will participate in the final phase.