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10 countries to participate in 2022 Calabar Carnival
The Cross River State Commissioner for Culture and Tourism Development, Mr Eric Anderson has said that no fewer than 10 countries are expected to participate in the 2022 edition of the Annual Calabar Carnival.
Anderson disclosed this in an interview with newsmen on Tuesday in Abuja.
He said that after a two-year break caused by the coronavirus pandemic, the carnival is set to be staged from Dec. 1 to Dec. 31 2022.
The commissioner also said that so far, 20 states of the federation have indicated interest to participate in the carnival.
He said that the event will feature different song and stage productions, award ceremonies, choreography, music, power week, bikers day, beauty Pageant, street parties, beach soccer, and old school parties, among others.
He added that Mercy Chinwo, Joe Praize, Jimmy D Psalmist, Moses Bliss, local-based artists, and various choir bands have also been slated to perform at the event.
“For two years, there was a global issue that did not allow events across International lines to take place and for us, we are resuming as most big events around the world had their carnival a few months ago.
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“Cross River is Nigeria’s tourism destination, so we are ready with exciting events from Dec. 1 to Dec. 31.
“For the last two years we did not hold the carnival, we had to sit back and review and look at ways to up the game.
“One of the aspects we realised is that we had a lot of people that want to be revellers in our carnival bands and so the size increased.
“So we had to create two more bands from the five bands we had to make it seven, so for this year we will be having seven bands to be competing,” he said.
The commissioner added that adequate security measures had been put in place to ensure the protection of the lives of participants and visitors coming to the state.
The carnival holds every December and was declared by the then governor of Cross River, Mr Donald Duke as an activity to mark the Christmas celebration yearly.
The quality of the festival has grown over the years making it Nigeria’s biggest carnival and an internationally recognized festival.
10 countries to participate in 2022 Calabar Carnival
