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The World Famous Egg man Cape Town South Africa, Finalist of the Best of Cape Town Awards: Best Performing Arts. Contact Mobile: 0737507923
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Contact The Egg Man: 0737507923
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Who is that Guy with all the Eggs on his head that you see at all the bestest Festivals in South Africa ? His name is gregory da Silva - An Artist Comedian, Storyteller, dancer from Benin West Africa. Contact: 0737507923
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2010 South africa. Meet The World Famous Eggman in Cape Town during the 2010 South Africa, Fifa World cup in Green market Square.
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The World Famous Eggman Cape Town South Africa
Hi, My name is Gregory da Silva, The Famous Eggman: Comedian Artist,
Dancer, Finalist of the Best of Cape Town Awards 2008, Category Best
Performing Arts. I was in Many Festivals, Conferences, Congress, World
Expo And on TV: SABC1, SABC2, ETV, DSTV National Geographic, CNN: The
World Famous Eggman. I made many TV Adverts : Primus Beer, Sony
Erikson Mobile Adverts for Sweeden... The Masa Festival 2003 ( market
for African Performing Arts) in Ivory Coast West Africa, The
grahamstown Festival South African National Art Festival, The Innibos
Festival in Nelspuit ( Mpumanlanga) Kunstefees...The Hermanus Whales
festival, The Darling festival, The Gariep Kimberley Festival,
Moorresberg farm Shows, The Biltong Castle Larger Festival in Somerset
East South africa, The Stellenbosch Street Festival,The Simonstown
Penguin Festival South Africa.
Contact me in my Mobile: 0737507923
I am The World Famous Eggman, A South African New Star. I am also
Finalist of The Best of Cape Town Awards, Category Best performing
Artist 2008. I was in many Festivals, Conferences... I made many
movies: The Township Project Mfuleni 2008 , Publish in DSTV Hallmark
Movies Channel,Movie: Make The Deal in Cape Town, CNN Al Jazeera:
Destination Africa ( Americans Tourists). I made many Movies and TV
Adverts: Primus Beer Heineken.
Film: The Deutch TV: The Memory
DSTV National Geographic.
Film: Ticket for Sell for Belguim.
Film: Make the Deal in Cape Town
Film: Destination Africa ( Americans Tourrists)
Film: Deutch SOKO 5113
SABC1 ( Grahamstown National Art Festival)
eTV ( Grahamstown National Art Festival)
SABC2 News ( Grahamstown National Art Festival)
SABC3 News ( Grahamstown National Art Festival)
TV5 France. I was in Hermanus Whales Festival. Presently, I am in
Aardklop Kunstefees Afrikaans Music Festival in Potchefstroom.
Many Radio Interview: SA FM Radio, SABC Radio, 567 Cape Talk Radio
Radio Sonder Grense - RSG - Afrikaans Radio and many more...
www.eggmancapetown.webs.com
www.ouando.webs.com
www.zuidafrica.webs.com
www.eggman.blog.com
www.africa2010.blog.com
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Email: Eggman@galmail.co.za
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AFRICAN EXTRAVAGANZA : The National Arts Festival Grahamstown Eastern Cape South Africa.
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 AFRICAN EXTRAVAGANZA : The National Arts Festival had its usual colourful start in Grahamstown South Africa. Here Gregory da Silva from Benin, West Africa, wears headgear adorned with African artifacts. Gregory da Silva has becomes an Institution at the National Art festival Grahamstown.
In the first heady years of the African Union, the world’s eyes are increasingly turned to the continent from which humankind first appeared. Beneath the seemingly impenetrable mask of violence portrayed in popular media, lies a living and thriving cultural climate which Des Warde finds well depicted by West African street artist Gregory Da Silva. The outfit always turns heads - and each day it boasts a new feature, a new symbol of an African culture or practice. His headdress weighs up to twenty five kilograms, his body is armoured with artifacts and his face painted with tribal patterns and an undying smile. Each day, Gregory Da Silva presents the city centre with a new display of his symbolic art. Gregory’s voice is lively and he repeatedly offers phrases and words in French. Born in Benin, West Africa, 1979, he was trained in computer science at university, but went on to found a theatre group in Benin called ’Voice of Spirit?or ’Voix de l’Esprit? which performed politically motivated as well as comic and poetic theatre at the Benin National Library. After receiving an invitation to perform at the MASA - Market for African Performing Arts - Festival in the Ivory Coast in 2003, where he represented his country, Benin, for a week before flying to South Africa. He sold his creations at the V&A Waterfront and began to grace the streets of Cape Town with his unique form of art. It was so unique it initially led the bemused Cape Town police to put him in the back of their car and call their superiors for advice ! Naturally the superiors advised them to let him go and now Gregory enjoys a good relationship with the city authorities... ...the Sangoma people would place "good spirits" in a bottle... My attention is soon turned to his artifact-laden tunic which Gregory says is about "all African tradition, all African culture[s]" and he goes on to explain some of the more prominent objects displayed. First, he points out the clusters of sea shells hanging around his neck, saying that in Africa these shells were "old money" and once used as currency. He explains the eggs on his head dress as being symbolic of life and says "everything must be life, everything must shine, [and] be positive". Next his hands grab the arcane black bottle near his waist to explain that in his culture, the Sangoma people would place "good spirits" in a bottle, with which they would "heal sick people [they] passed while walking on the roads". The broken shards of mirror found on his chest bear similar spiritual significance, and are often worn by Voodoo people in Africa and are said to be a kind of window into the spiritual world, and a "way to talk to [their] ancestor[s]". "how we can put all of Africa together to make one ?" Gregory says his main inspiration or motivation is to "make people laugh" and "make people happy" and to represent different African cultures. He says he always thinks "how we can put all of Africa together to make [it] one", adding that "not one country can be forgotten". When he is travelling in Africa, be it in Senegal, Cameroon, Mali or the Congo, the local people invariably look at him and say "ahh, that is our culture" as they see something of their own represented. "All Africa is in my clothes," he says, drawing attention again to his peerless suit. When not walking St George’s Mall or Green Market Square, Gregory features at the Grahamstown Festival, the Hermanus Whale Festival, has been hired to receive guests at hotels and airports, and has also appeared on SABC 2 and E-TV news. He is very popular with tourists, especially those from Italy, England, America and Germany, who frequently ask why he does not come over and do his thing in their own country, but he says his focus is on Africa. Pictures of him certainly do get back to their countries though, as Gregory says everyday "hundreds" of pictures are taken of himself, usually posing with the tourists. Asked about his dreams and ambitions, Gregory (or the "Egg Man" or "Ei man" as he is also known) says that this year he is planning on starting an art school, which is part of his ’Project For Africa?for this year. He wants to impart creative knowledge to South African youth, giving them the power to create beautiful things and also to support themselves, all part of his ultimate venerable ambition to "[bring] Africa together to make one".
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Gregory has appeared at many Festivals in Africa : The Masa Festival 2003 ( market for African Performing Arts) in Ivory coast West Africa,
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 The grahamstown Festival South African National Art Festival,
The Hermanus Whales festival,
The Darling festival,
Moorresberg farm Shows,
The Biltong Castle Larger Festival in Somerset East South africa,
The Stellenbosch Street Festival,
The Simonstown Penguin Festival South Africa. He performs every day in Market square Cape Town and adds an air of rio - style festivity wherever he performs. Many Tourrists from Germany, England, America, Italy, France, Belguim call Gregory : The Egg man, or Chicken Man. Very famous in Africa. |
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Bizarre man dumps university degree for life on the streets
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 Bizarre man dumps university degree for life on the streets
By David Mwanambuyu
Meet Gregoire Da silva; Cape Town most recognisable foreigner. The man from the tiny West African state of Benin has been turning heads in the city. He is adding an African flair to the mother city’s tourism landscape.
Regular visitors to Green Market Square and St. George’s Mall are familiar with the sight: A colourfully-garbed man who goes about balancing a heap of junk atop his tiny head.
He causes quite a stir everywhere he goes. The sight is eerie at worst, awesome at best. It makes people gasp in bewilderment. The picture is reminiscent of a figure from an African folklore movie. It is enough to make your hairs stand on end.
At a distance, Gregoire cuts a lonesome figure. That of an African woman making her way home from the field. Her harvest securely stacked on her head.
Closer inspection, however, reveals a shortish man clad in antique-studded robes with outlandish headgear to match. A painted face completes his weird make-over.
Enter the world of Gregoire Da Silva, the professional wag. A self-made clown endowed with a rich vein of creativity. Daily he trudges the streets of the CBD spotting a zombie look-alike. His antics make multitudes go agape.
He is a humble man with a simple philosophy in life: “I like making people happy,?he declares. Indeed those who have met him couldn’t agree more.
He has transformed his body into a beautiful work of art. It’s a human version of “still-life?art. He goes round displaying his ‘bodyworks?with aplomb, a toothsome smile always at the ready. It’s the kind of photo opportunity tourists find irresistible.
These ‘services?earn him R200-R300 daily. Most of it in tips, though on occasion tourists pay to pose with him.
So who is the man behind this public charade? Wait for it. Gregoire Da Silva is no ordinary prankster. He is a computer scientist by training.
Born on July 8 1979 in Cotonou, the commercial capital of Benin, he went to an exclusive missionary school. Thanks to an adoring mother.
A stint at Cotonou University followed where he studied computer science, graduating in 1996.
His choices in life have been nothing short of bizarre. He dumped his university degree to work as a gardener! While his computer skills were gathering dust, he went about preening gardens for a living.
Such exposure cultivated in Gregoire a passion for the outdoors.
Then another career change followed. His creative side came to the fore, resulting in the formation of a drama group called the “Voice of Spirits?
It was an instant success. The group mesmerised audiences with passionate story-telling and prolific drumming. Poetic citations on cultural and political themes thrilled admirers.
The “Voice of Spirits?relocated to Porto-Novo, the commercial capital of Benin. Success seems to follow in his wake. The group entertained visitors at the National Library and became a permanent feature there.
For 300 CFA Franc (about R3), their shows were always sold out. Invitations for appearances at schools kept them busy.
Gregoire broke away from his group to pursue a solo career. This was met with an invitation to the Market for African Performing Arts (MAPA) in Abidjan, Ivory Coast.
Given the honour of opening the fiesta, he did not disappoint. He sang and danced until his voice croaked and his feet ached.
MAPA launched the career of Gregoire Da Silva, the footloose, one-man circus. Complete with a unique stage presence clothed in African folklore. His special talisman being the multi-cultural stage costume he designed.
Soon the whiff of fame drove him to South Africa. Initially it was to attend the North Sea Jazz festival. A dream that turned sour as organisers denied knowledge of his invitation.
This sent him knocking on the doors of Artscape Theatre. To his relief, they facilitated an arrangement where he could showcase his talents at the V&A Amphitheatre.
Little doubt he dazzled many with his shows. This earned him R200-R300 daily.
His knack for outrageous decision-making prevailed again. He traded his custom-made stage robes for R1500. That literally brought down the curtain on his career as a wag.
The attractively bizarre costume forms a part of his repertoire. It complements his stage antics.
Gregoire’s creativity never fails him. In no time, he crafted a fittingly eerie costume.
He is a regular feature at Grahamstown and Hermanus Arts festivals. He says he rakes in as much as R1000 daily at such gatherings.
“Tourists are very supportive, they tip me generously,?says Gregoire. The other day a lady tossed R100 in my palm, just like that.?
“I have never seen such friendly people,?he adds.
These handouts have enabled him build a “big?house in Mfuleni Cape Town.
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Gregory da silva has appeared at many Festivals in Africa and is presently staying in Cape Town South Africa. Gregory has appeared at many Festivals in Africa :
The Masa Festival 2003 ( market for African Performing Arts) in Ivory coast
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The world Famous Eggman Cape Town South Africa
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Gregory da silva in the Flea Market cape town
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 Gregory da silva in the Flea Market Minerton cape town |
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Eggman Finalist of The Best of Cape Town Awards
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The world Famous Eggman,
Finalist of The Best of Cape Town Awards,
Best Performing Arts.
The World Famous Eggman Cape Town South Africa
Hi, My name is Gregory da Silva, The Famous Eggman: Comedian Artist,
Dancer, Finalist of the Best of Cape Town Awards 2008, Category Best
Performing Arts. I was in Many Festivals, Conferences, Congress, World
Expo And on TV: SABC1, SABC2, ETV, DSTV National Geographic, CNN: The
World Famous Eggman. I made many TV Adverts : Primus Beer, Sony
Erikson Mobile Adverts for Sweeden... The Masa Festival 2003 ( market
for African Performing Arts) in Ivory Coast West Africa, The
grahamstown Festival South African National Art Festival, The Innibos
Festival in Nelspuit ( Mpumanlanga) Kunstefees...The Hermanus Whales
festival, The Darling festival, The Gariep Kimberley Festival,
Moorresberg farm Shows, The Biltong Castle Larger Festival in Somerset
East South africa, The Stellenbosch Street Festival,The Simonstown
Penguin Festival South Africa.
Contact me in my Mobile: 0737507923
I am The World Famous Eggman, A South African New Star. I am also
Finalist of The Best of Cape Town Awards, Category Best performing
Artist 2008. I was in many Festivals, Conferences... I made many
movies: The Township Project Mfuleni 2008 , Publish in DSTV Hallmark
Movies Channel,Movie: Make The Deal in Cape Town, CNN Al Jazeera:
Destination Africa ( Americans Tourists). I made many Movies and TV
Adverts: Primus Beer Heineken.
Film: The Deutch TV: The Memory
DSTV National Geographic.
Film: Ticket for Sell for Belguim.
Film: Make the Deal in Cape Town
Film: Destination Africa ( Americans Tourrists)
Film: Deutch SOKO 5113
SABC1 ( Grahamstown National Art Festival)
eTV ( Grahamstown National Art Festival)
SABC2 News ( Grahamstown National Art Festival)
SABC3 News ( Grahamstown National Art Festival)
TV5 France. I was in Hermanus Whales Festival. and in
Aardklop Kunstefees Afrikaans Music Festival in Potchefstroom.
Many Radio Interview: SA FM Radio, SABC Radio, 567 Cape Talk Radio
Radio Sonder Grense - RSG - Afrikaans Radio and many more... |
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