Festivals and Events

Culture, Festivals and Events, Trinidad and Tobago

Carnival captured

Carnival is colour, the old cliché goes. Carnival is music. Carnival is bacchanal. Movement. Energy. Art. Excitement. “The greatest show...

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Culture, Festivals and Events

Island hopper (November/December 2006)

It’s Christmas time in the islands, but forget about old St Nick to spice things up. From Trinidad and Tobago to Cuba, the Caribbean has...

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Festivals and Events

Island hopper (September/October 2006)

The biggest cultural event in the Caribbean in September and October — in fact, for the whole year — is the ninth Caribbean Festival of...

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Culture, Festivals and Events, Trinidad and Tobago

Carifesta IX: celebrating ourselves

“You going Carifesta?” Not to be left out of the excitement, the corn soup vendor on Independence Square is getting into the spirit of...

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Arts, Festivals and Events

Gallery roundup (July/August 2006)

Stanley Greaves: Shadows Move Among Them Zemicon Gallery, Barbados Dedicated to the late writer Edgar Mittelholzer, this new series of...

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Festivals and Events

Island hopper (July/August 2006)

In July and August, most of the Caribbean’s schoolchildren are on their long vacation, and it’s the height of the rainy season —...

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Culture, Music, Festivals and Events, Jamaica

Splashback: the return of Reggae Sunsplash

The imminent revival of Reggae Sunsplash, a genuine, 24-carat Caribbean cultural icon, is cause for rejoicing among fans of genuine roots...

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Culture, Festivals and Events, Sports, Trinidad and Tobago

Cool breeze, high seas

Sailing has been a means of transport forever, it seems, and this call of the sea has endured the passage of time, as man has sailed for...

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