2023-08-23 16:46:51
Although the games officially begin on Friday August 25 with the opening ceremony, Antananarivo is slow to get excited about the competition. For now.
Mayotte la 1ere • Published on August 23, 2023 at 7:46 p.m., updated on August 23, 2023 at 10:14 p.m.
Around the Barea Stadium, the venue for the opening ceremony of the Island Games, life goes on. We are far from the effervescence punctuated by the arrivals of the various delegations in the Malagasy capital.
“We have other things to think about, here life is hard and then there is the presidential election coming up,” announces an elderly man near a market. A young mother adds “there was no communication even I don’t know when the competition starts.”
A calm that may seem precarious announces Amir, a management student. For him, the population is waiting for the big day to fully enter the games. “Here, there is not much, so when there is an event like this people take advantage of it. You will see on the day it will be a mess in the street of the stadium “
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