Happening 03 · Show · Cartagena
Tribute to Africa Show
A bullerengue cantadora, a wheel of drums, and the Mapalé.
The WOW factor moment — what the incentive travel and MICE industry calls the WOW factor, and what we, at VAOVA, design and stage as a Happening.
- Where
- Cartagena · Caribbean Coast
- Scale
- From 9 to 15 artists
- Format
- Show
- Designed for
- Incentive groups · MICE · Retreats
Watch the WOW factor in action
Tribute to Africa Show, on the ground.
A short film of Tribute to Africa Show as it has been delivered for VAOVA groups — the artistic moment incentive planners book to guarantee the WOW factor in their programs.
What happens
The Happening, step by step.
A bullerengue cantadora and a drummer open the reception with ancestral songs. Later, a wheel of African drums anchors a central performance of the Mapalé — the traditional dance representative of Afro-Colombian heritage. The cantadora threads the night with songs that pre-date the country itself. A tribute to the African roots that shaped the Caribbean.
We adapt Tribute to Africa Show for each program — choreography, venue, scale and sequence. The in-house studio plans and produces it so the WOW factor lands inside an incentive travel or MICE night, not as a rented add-on.
- ·Where — Cartagena · Caribbean Coast
- ·Scale — From 9 to 15 artists
- ·Format — Show
- ·Feeling — Ancestral · roots · cultural depth
Why this delivers the WOW factor
The WOW factor, designed for that night.
In incentive travel and corporate retreats, the WOW factor is usually a performance, a surprise entrance or a celebration. We plan that moment as part of the program — venue, timing and the people in the room.
At VAOVA, that moment is never left to chance. We design it, rehearse it, and stage it through our in-house studio — and we call it a Happening. Tribute to Africa Show is one of the 9 signature Happenings in our catalog — every one of them a self-contained WOW factor experience, ready to be re-staged for your group in Cartagena.
A note on craft
“What the industry calls the WOW factor, we call a Happening. Same emotion. Different discipline.”
VAOVA Happenings Studio · 4 people in-house
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Plan your program
Want Tribute to Africa Show in your program?
Tell us about your group, your destination and the feeling you want them to leave with. We'll adapt Tribute to Africa Show to the brief and produce the WOW factor moment on the ground.