1.
GV CROWD IN STADIUM STANDS
0.05

2.
SV MALE DANCERS TILT TO CROWD IN STAND
0.11

3.
SV&CU GROUP OF SINGERS WITH INSTRUMENTS PARADE
0.19

4.
SV DRUMMERS AND DANCERS PARADE
0.24

5.
LV DIOUF AND MINISTERS IN STAND LOOK ON
0.27

6.
GV CROWD IN STAND APPLAUD PAN TO DIOUF AND OTHERS APPLAUDING
0.32

7.
MV PAN DIOUF FORWARD FOR SPEECH
0.37

8.
CU DIOUF SPEAKING
0.41

9.
SV DIOUF CONCLUDES
0.45

10.
SV MIXED CONTINGENT FROM CASAMANCE AREA PARADE (2 SHOTS)
0.52

11.
MV DIOUF LOOKS ON
0.56

12.
MV CASAMANCE DISTRICT PARADERS
0.59

13.
SV & CV DETACHMENT FROM DIOURBEL AREA PARADES
01.10

14.
SV DETACHMENT FROM SENEGAL ORIENTAL AREA PARADES
1.15

15.
SV & CV DETACHMENT FROM THIS DISTRICT MARCH (3 SHOTS)
1.31

16.
SV & CU GAMBIAN DETACHMENT MARCHES
1.40

17.
SV CAP-VERT DETACHMENT MARCHES (2 SHOTS)
1.50

18.
CV MUSICIANS AND DANCERS PARADE (7 SHOTS)
2.17

19.
GV DANCERS PAN TO CROWD IN STANDS
2.33



Initials EH/VS/JF/MH



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Background: SOME 1,400 YOUNG PEOPLE FROM SENEGAL'S SEVEN REGIONS, FROM GAMBIA, AND FROM THE ORGANISATION OF SENEGAL RIVER STATES (OERS) TOOK PART IN A BIG PARADE IN DAKAR LAST SATURDAY TO MAKE THE OPENING OF NATIONAL YOUTH WEEK.

THE PRIME MINISTER OF SENEGAL, MR. ABDOU DIOUF,-ACCOMPANIED BY MEMBERS OF HIS GOVERNMENT-PERFORMED THE OFFICIAL OPENING CEREMONY AT THE DEMBA DIOP STADIUM.

THIS YEARS' NATIONAL YOUTH WEEK-THE FOURTH TO BE HELD IN DAKAR-HAD A SPECTACULAR OPENING AT WHICH DANCERS AND MUSICIANS MADE THEIR REGIONAL CONTRIBUTIONS. MR. LAMINE DIACK, SENEGAL'S MINISTER FOR YOUTH, GAVE A WELCOMING ADDRESS IN WHICH HE CALLED ON THE YOUNG PEOPLE PRESENT TO PROVE THEMSELVES WORTHY OF TAKING THEIR RIGHTFUL PLACE IN THE MODERN WORLD. MR. DIOF CALLED ON THE PARTICIPANTS TO BE "COMPETITIVE WITHOUT FORGETTING TO BE BROTHERLY". HE ALSO GAVE THE PARTICIPANTS THE GREETINGS OF PRESIDENT SENGHOR OF SENEGAL, WHO WILL PRESIDE AT THE CLOSING GALA ON 3 APRIL.

IN THE MEANTIME, THERE IS TO BE A FULL PROGRAMME OF SPORTING EVENTS, LECTURES AND DEBATES, AND OF PERFORMANCE BY FOLKLORE GROUPS AND REGIONAL ORCHESTRAS.

THE WEEK WILL END ON 4 APRIL WITH A PARADE AND OTHER CEREMONIES TO MARK THE TENTH ANNIVERSARY OF SENEGAL'S INDEPENDENCE. (THE MEMBERS OF OERS ARE SENEGAL, MALI, MAURITANIA AND GUINEA).