Power Cuts Almost Ruin Rasesa Social Picnic

Despite a series of power cuts, Rasesa Social Picnic still managed to attract a good number of followers on Saturday PIC: MORERI SEJAKGOMO
Despite a series of power cuts, Rasesa Social Picnic still managed to attract a good number of followers on Saturday PIC: MORERI SEJAKGOMO

The fifth edition of the biannual chill session event, Rasesa Social Picnic continued to attract many followers last weekend at Masa Gardens in Rasesa, but the event was marred by a series of power cuts.

Usually a slew of problems such as technical sound glitches and long queues hamper most local events, but this time Rasesa Social Picnic organisers were caught unawares by the unplanned power outages. There were issues of power cuts starting in the afternoon and after the electricity returned a few hours later, another blackout hit that night.

This cast some doubt in the loyal festivalgoers, who were stuck without entertainment. Conversations between revellers inevitably lead to the big question, when are we going to get our power back? Without backup generators in place to deal with this unplanned outage, it all seemed uncertain.

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