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The Ministry of Tourism and Cultural Affairs has issued an official list of invited groups for the awaited Lantern Parade festival on April 26, 2025.
This yearly event, which is known to be a bright celebration of Sierra Leone’s different cultures, is expected to attract a diverse spectrum of people from all regions and communities.
The Lantern Parade, a highlight of the country’s cultural calendar, is famous for its bright display of handcrafted lanterns that are marched across the streets to commemorate togetherness, tradition, and innovation.
This year’s festival will include 35 lantern groups from various regions of Sierra Leone, each with their own distinct themes and cultural expressions. These 35 lantern groups will come from these areas:
Wellington, Portee, Kissy Dock Yard, Clinetonians, Krohgimi, Mighty Endeavour, Magazine, Babilionian, Bantu’s, Super Combo, Bombay Stars, Fire Stone, Ishrine, Texas, Congo Town, Lion Arts, Portuguese Town, Aberdeen Road, Aberdeen, Wilberforce, Tengbeh Town, Dwarzak Farm, New England Ville, Brookfields, Baimbrace, Moa Wharf, Montego Bay, Ascentonians, Vimto, RSLAF First Battalion, King Jimmy, Independent F. Bay Rd, Sierra Leone Scouts Association, Kuntorior, and Grassfield.
The selected groups represent various kinds of local communities, cultural traditions, and artistic talents. Each group will help to ensure the event’s success by creating and displaying lanterns that represent Sierra Leone’s creativity and rich heritage.
The Ministry has guaranteed that the required preparations will be made to ensure the festival’s success, with security measures and logistical support in place.
This year’s Lantern Parade is said to be an important celebration of Sierra Leonean culture and a demonstration of national togetherness, drawing both locals and international visitors.
The Ministry invites everyone to participate in the celebrations, and enjoy the cultural pride that the Lantern Parade instills year after year.
After seven years of banned on masquerade festivals, Because SLPP has failed totally they want to have videos to fool the international world.?
Let them call their families to form lantan groups not the people of sierra Leone.
We shall turn it in to demonstration for them by the grace of God, thus time they will know we are not stupid like their children.