ALL EYES TURN TO PRASLIN AS THEISLAND’S FIRST FOOD & ARTS FIESTA DRAWS NEARER
(Posted 01st September 2014)
This coming weekend is D-Day for Praslins’ first ever Culinary and Arts Fiesta, a new festival organized by residents and tourism stakeholders to create an event of which Pralinois can be proud of and which gives the island some added identity.
The Fiesta’s Organising Committee confirmed to the local media that the fishing competition, a mini Mahe boat race, a Marathon, a Beach Party, a SEYMAS Moutya Show, an Arts Exhibition and a cooking competitions for professionals and for non-professional categories will all take place over the two days of this latest festival made in Seychelles . The SBC (Seychelles Broadcasting Corporation) will also be conducting a roadshow from Cote D’Or from Friday to Sunday bringing all the happenings live on Radio for the whole of Seychelles to follow the first edition of the Praslin Fiesta and streaming content is available via web radio for Seychellois living abroad and for friends of Seychelles who cannot be present but so wish they were.
Meanwhile were members of the Fiesta Organising Committee treated to a special some special culinary delight during a recent meeting when the Tourism Academy’s Richard Mathiot invited everyone to taste a homemade Coco de Mer kernel jam. ‘We are now using only the part of the Coco de Mer that is thrown away when the kernel is being prepared for export. The softer inner part of the dried kernel is normally cut out and thrown away because this part changes texture and get mouldy easily is the part we used for making this unbelievable jam’ Mr Richard Mathiot of the Tourism Academy said.
Bread rolls, tarts, ice cream, jams and more has now been made from the kernel of the unique Coco de Mer and everyone heading for Praslin for the island’s Culinary & Arts Fiesta will be in for a treat of a lifetime.
Cat Cocos, the high speed inter island ferry company, has also announced a special return fare of only SR 250 to allow as many Seychellois from Mahe as possible to join the fun.
Tourism and Culture Minister Alain St. Ange as usual found the right words when he told members of the organizing committee, local tourism stakeholders and the media: ‘All eyes are on Praslin. You have been asking for a Praslin event and now you have it. How big or how small it is and becomes will depend on Praslin. This is your event and this event will work for your tourism industry and help get the name Praslin more visible which will keep your island relevant in the world of tourism. Praslin is today showing that you are thinking outside the box and that you want to be known as the tourism destination where good food and the arts will marry the natural assets of the island and offer visitors a holiday with a difference’.
For those on the islands next weekend there is but one place to be and it is the archipelago’s second largest island Praslin. Seychelles, truly Another World. For added information about the destination and the calendar of events click on www.seychelles.travel
