“DJs have been very popular elsewhere, ever since the late 70s when Kool Herc experimented with producing sound by scratching records. Now the technique has improved significantly and musicians can use the computer instead of a record player to make sounds.”

“To build a pandal of about 100 feet, the cost will be about K10 million – that is just for the construction costs and without taking into consideration the entertainment costs. We have to use about 20 tonnes of timber for a pandal that size and the timber price is about K300,000 per tonne. A 100-foot pandal can hold about 200 people,”