> Sapeurs Day in Kinshasa: 'we are artists' dandy dressers ask for government support / 338Y4WJ
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Sapeurs Day in Kinshasa: 'we are artists' dandy dressers ask for government support / 338Y4WJ
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'Sapeurs' prance around the city centre of the capital Kinshasa on February 10, Sapper Day in the Democratic Republic of Congo, in honour of Stervos Niarcos, an icon of the Congolese Kitendi (cloth) religion. On the occasion of the anniversary of his death the sapeurs - most of whom are unemployed - are calling on the Congolese government to recognise their art, which is at the origin of a unique culture. "You have taken musicians on tour to Dubai and Turkey. Why not us sapeurs? We are artists" says one member of the sapeur Léopards group. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES