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Seychelles to Host Ocean Festival After a 5-Year Gap

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Seychelles to Host Ocean Festival After a 5-Year Gap

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This year’s festival will take place from Thursday, November 28, to Saturday, November 30, and will showcase the diversity, beauty, and fragility of Seychelles’ marine ecosystem, with a focus on sustainability, education, and community engagement.

Seychelles will once again host the Ocean Festival, originally known as SUBIOS (Sub Indian Ocean Seychelles), which has evolved over the years to encompass a wider range of activities and sectors. The festival was in a state of limbo for the last five years. The festival will water sports of various hues and will display sumptuous culinary spreads.

This year’s festival will take place from Thursday, November 28, to Saturday, November 30, and will showcase the diversity, beauty, and fragility of Seychelles’ marine ecosystem, with a focus on sustainability, education, and community engagement. This year, the festival will be held under the theme “Safeguarding Our Oceans”.

Apart from exhibitions at the National History Museum and the Berjaya Beau Vallon Bay Resort, there will also be many beach cleanups that will be done on the main inner islands as well as on the outer islands.

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The main sponsor of the Ocean Festival is the Save Our Seas Foundation, founded in Geneva, Switzerland in 2003, which has a research centre based in D’Arros Island.