Ubumuntu Arts Festival ya 12 yabereye i Kigali, Leta isaba ko umuco ushorwamo imari
Iserukiramuco rya 12 rya Ubumuntu Arts Festival ryamaze iminsi irindwi ku Rwibutso rwa Jenoside i Gisozi, rihuza abahanzi bo mu bihugu birimo Kenya, u Buganda, Isiraheli, Porutugali n’u Buyapani. Minisitiri wa Leta Sandrine Umutoni yavuze ko umuco ukwiye gushorwamo imari.
Iserukiramuco rya 12 rya Ubumuntu Arts Festival ryabereye ku Rwibutso rwa Jenoside i Gisozi kuva tariki 13 kugeza 19 Nyakanga 2026, rihuza abahanzi, abayobozi b’umuco, abanyapolitiki, abadipolomate n’abandi baturutse hirya no hino ku isi. Insanganyamatsiko yari “Embracing Time: Holding On. Holding Together”.
Gahunda y’iminsi irindwi
Nk’uko abateguye batangaje mbere y’iserukiramuco, ryatangiriye ku ya 13 Nyakanga n’Umunsi w’Ubuzima bwo mu Mutwe muri Inzira Creative, hakorwa amahugurwa n’ibiganiro ku isano iri hagati y’ubuhanzi n’ubuzima bwo mu mutwe.
Ku ya 14 Nyakanga hibanzwe ku buvanganzo, abanditsi, abasizi n’abavuga inkuru bahurira hamwe. Ku ya 16 Nyakanga naho, muri Camp Kigali, habaye “Ikaze Night & Music Is Humanity”. Iserukiramuco ryasojwe n’amajoro atatu ya Ubumuntu Classic ku Rwibutso rwa Jenoside i Gisozi kuva ku ya 17 kugeza ku ya 19.
Ibihangano byaturutse impande zose
Mu bihangano byagaragaye harimo “It’s Such a Good Time” cy’itsinda rya Kenya rya Millaz x Faiz Art Hub Community, cyibandaga ku bubyeyi bwa ba se n’uko kuhaba cyangwa kutahaba bigira ingaruka ku ndangamuntu y’umuntu. Kenya yanagaragaje “Repeat After Me” cya Khalaha.
U Buganda bwagaragaje “The Priest and the Drunkard” cy’itsinda rya Playwright Playhouse, gikoraho ubwoba, ivangura, urugomo no gushaka aho umuntu yahera. Orly Portal wo muri Isiraheli yagarutse ku rubyiniro n’imbyino ihuza imico itandukanye, naho Porutugali, u Buyapani n’u Rwanda na byo byagaragaje ibihangano byibanda ku kwihangana, kwibuka, gukira, indangamuntu n’ibyiringiro.
Habaye kandi ibihangano by’abahanzi bakiri bashya, birimo ibya Afritheatre Collective n’ibya Agahozo Shalom Youth Village.
Icyo abayobozi bavuze
Julie Crowley, Ambasaderi wa Canada mu Rwanda, yavuze mu mihango yo gufungura ko ubuhanzi bufite ubushobozi bwihariye. “Ubuhanzi bufite ubushobozi bwihariye bwo kubaka ibiraro hagati y’abantu n’imiryango, bugatera kumvikana, bugahumuriza impuhwe kandi bugakomeza umubano uduhuza,” yavuze.
Hope Azeda, washinze akaba n’umuyobozi w’ubugeni w’iri serukiramuco, yavuze ko ryakomeje kuba urubuga aho inkuru ziba igikoresho cyo gukira no kuganira. “Ubumuntu bwacu duhuriyeho ni bumwe mu bikomeye dufite,” yavuze.
Ubwo iserukiramuco ryasozwaga ku Cyumweru, Sandrine Umutoni, Minisitiri wa Leta ushinzwe Urubyiruko n’Ubugeni, yashimye Ubumuntu kuko igaragaza uko umuco ushobora kubika urwibutso mu gihe utanga n’amahirwe yo kuganira no kwiyunga.
“Umuco ukwiye gushorwamo imari. Nka Leta, twongera kwemeza ko twiyemeje gukorana n’abahanzi, ibigo by’umuco n’abafatanyabikorwa mu iterambere, kugira ngo dushyireho ibidukikije aho ubuhanzi bwakwiyubaka,” yavuze.
Ubumuntu Arts Festival ryashinzwe mu 2015 kandi rihorana nyuma y’iminsi 100 yo kwibuka Jenoside yakorewe Abatutsi.
Inkomoko: The New Times, “Ubumuntu Festival returns with stories of hope, healing and humanity”, 7 Nyakanga 2026; na Taarifa Rwanda, “Ubumuntu Arts Festival 2026 Concludes with a Powerful Call to Reimagine the Future Through Shared Humanity”, 20 Nyakanga 2026.
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