Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe, the world’s oldest leader, hosted a lavish public event in the southeastern city of Masvingo on Saturday to celebrate his 92nd birthday.

Thousands of Zimbabweans are traveling to the celebration Saturday to feast on game and beef, in what has become an annual event at the historic Great Zimbabwe Monument, ruins of a historic settlement of Bantu and Shona tribes that is now a UNESCO World Heritage site.

Mugabe released a bouquet of 92 balloons at the celebration.