WERNER MENGES THE Kavango Summer Festival held at Rundu over the past weekend featured a traditional wato dugout canoe race along the Okavango River – an event that the organisers want to turn into an annual fixture.
The field that entered this year was small, consisting of six boats with a two-man crew each, but the competition that ensued on Sunday was fierce. Expert wato rowers Eduardo Muhapwa and Ermando Kaliata won the ten-kilometre race from Rundu Beach to Kaisosi River Lodge, pocketing a handy N$1 500 in prize money in the process.Expert wato rowers Eduardo Muhapwa and Ermando Kaliata won the ten-kilometre race from Rundu Beach to Kaisosi River Lodge, pocketing a handy N$1 500 in prize money in the process.
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