On the menu of activities for National Culture Week (SNC) Bobo 2023, traditional sports are planned, including wrestling and archery.
After Bobo 2018, National Culture Week (SNC) is back with its 20th edition.
The 2023 edition is held from April 29 to May 6 in Bobo-Dioulasso. As is customary, traditional sports, a factor of social cohesion, are invited to this edition of the SNC.
Traditional wrestling and archery are on the menu of this biennale of Burkinabè culture.
Open to the 13 regions of the country and to all categories of fighting age, the wrestlers will compete for four days in the arena of the Wobi stadium.
Already on May 1 from 3 p.m., lovers of the discipline are invited to experience the start of the playoffs.
These qualifiers will continue on May 2 and 3, still at the Wobi stadium, before making way for the grand final, scheduled for May 4 from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m.
As for the archery competition, it will be held in a single day. May 4 from 8 a.m. at Wobi Stadium. They will come from several localities of the country to challenge each other in the arena.
As a reminder, the region of the Mouhoun loop won in traditional wrestling at the SNC Bobo 2018, in particular with Eloi Zerbo, winner in the over 85 kilograms category.
He succeeded himself after a fiercely disputed fight against Romaric Kawané.
In the archery competition, the South West region took first place in all categories.
Source: Burkina Information Agency