Ibumba International festival was founded as "Ibumba Winter Festival" by the world travelled Siyaya Arts in 1996 as a way and means of giving back to the community their skills, expertise, successes and experiences. The name "Ibumba", meaning the "clay used to mould" was adopted as it reflects the spirit of which the founders strive, i.e. building a tomorrow for the arts, today. It is our continual belief that the festival will help to mould a future for the arts impacting the individual, the family, the community, the country, Africa & the world. The festival strongly supports the work of local artists and the community as we continually allocate local artists & productions, prime performance spaces even when we have international participation.