The city of Toliara alive with the 2nd edition of the Festival Vez'tival, initiated by operators from the South West region united within the ASIRSO association. The cultural and tourist event is a real opportunity to discover the Vezo culture and the tourist attractions of Toliara and its surroundings..
Street entertainment, expositions, spectacles, beach sports, concerts, rickshaw race, courses de pirogues…..sont au programme du Vez’tival cette année. These activities take place in particular in the surrounding tourist sites, like in Sarodrano and its sacred cave and Mangily Ifaty.
This year, the highlight of the festivities is undoubtedly the canoe race which takes place over three days. 34 canoeists, The majority of Vezo fishermen registered and gave the best of themselves during the events which took place yesterday in Sarodrano then at the Batterie beach in Toliara today. This place was black with people this morning. The race fascinated young and old alike, residents and tourists. The grand final will take place this Saturday still at the Batterie beach, and will end in style at Mangily Ifaty, a tourist site located at 30 kilometers from Toliara.
Since the first edition 2015, Vez’tival has enjoyed undeniable popular success and is now one of the major cultural and tourist events of the year in the Atsimo Andrefana region..
By organizing this colorful Festival, the ASIRSO association supported by the Toliara Regional Tourist Office (GARDEN), wants to promote what the region is full of best: diversity of landscapes, a coral reef of 600 km de dragon, heavenly beaches of immaculate sand adorned with permanent sunshine, extraordinary fauna and flora and a warm and welcoming population.
Source ONTM-madagascar-tourisme.com