MOSSEL BAY NEWS - It is tradition for distinguished guests at the Dias & Port Festival, especially the consuls general visiting Mossel Bay, to be invited to a special welcoming function. 

This year the function was held in a historical Mossel Bay sandstone house, now known as Betty's Boutique Hotel.

After the customary welcome speeches, corporate gifts were exchanged and delegates enjoyed a lavish breakfast together.

The various consuls-general of the participating countries in the Dias & Port Festival with the municipal executive. From left are the deputy executive mayor, Councillor Dirk Kotzé, José Carlos Arsenio, Lydia Indrianjafy, the executive mayor of Mossel Bay, Alderman Harry Levendal, Krishna Adi Petranto, Matthias Hansen and Mossel Bay municipal manager Advocate Thys Giliomee.

The consul-general of Indonesia, Krishna Adi Petranto, and Mossel Bay mayor, Alderman Harry Levendal, enjoying a joke.

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