The annual Zanzibar Cultural Festival is Held throughout the Zanzibar archipelago in JULY each year. The festival is a colorful demonstration of various traditions and celebrations of the region.
Performers come from many countries around Africa, but Swahili culture is mostly represented. Zanzibari taraab music and traditional dances are performed by a rich ensemble of cultural troupes from Tanzania and abroad. Arts and crafts that celebrate local culture are exhibited and enjoyed.
Around the archipelago, locals celebrate the cultural festival with workshops, cultural events and performances held in shifting locales. Street carnivals in Stone Town, small fairs, and canoe races also take place. On the northern island of Pemba, the festival marks the annual bull fight, a remnant of Portuguese presence on the islands, where trained bulls prance after unarmed men in a humorous and festive version of the Iberian spectacle.
www.ziff.or.tz has a nice list of accommodations in Zanzibar
http://www.ziff.or.tz/docs/usefulinfo.pdf
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