{"id":7418,"date":"2025-12-09T09:19:00","date_gmt":"2025-12-09T09:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/culture.govmu.org\/mach\/?p=7418"},"modified":"2026-01-30T09:14:30","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T09:14:30","slug":"minister-and-junior-minister-attend-festival-kreol-rodrigues-2025-as-chief-guests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/culture.govmu.org\/mach\/?p=7418","title":{"rendered":"Minister and Junior Minister Attend Festival Kreol Rodrigues 2025 as Chief Guests"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"7418\" class=\"elementor elementor-7418\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-accb25a e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"accb25a\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f7a2bdf elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f7a2bdf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Minister and Junior Minister Attend Festival Kreol Rodrigues 2025 as Chief Guests<\/strong><\/p><p>As part of Festival Kreol Rodrigues 2025, the Ministry of Arts and Culture, <strong>Hon, Mahendra Gondeea, OSK<\/strong>, together with Junior Minister <strong>Mrs V\u00e9ronique Leu Govind<\/strong>, attended the event as <strong>Chief Guests<\/strong>, reaffirming the Ministry\u2019s support for the promotion of Creole culture and Rodriguan artistic expression.<\/p><p>Throughout the festival, they engaged closely with Rodriguan artists, listening to their stories, sharing their emotions and celebrating their pride.\u00a0 He had the privilege of attending the evening of storytelling, poetry and humour, where authentic and emerging talents were revealed.<\/p><p>The Minister also experienced the rhythms of the <strong>s\u00e9ga tambour<\/strong>, admired the passion displayed during the <strong>regatta festival<\/strong>, and witnessed the intensity of the grand closing concert, which brought the entire community together in a shared energy of unity and celebration.<\/p><p>Expressing his gratitude, Hon. 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Throughout the festival, they engaged closely with Rodriguan artists, listening to their stories, sharing their emotions and celebrating their pride.\u00a0 He had the privilege of attending the evening of storytelling, poetry and humour, where authentic and emerging talents were revealed. 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