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Embark, Culture, Festivals and Events

Word of mouth (January/February 2014)

We ent going home Franka Philip’s guide to making it through 2014’s longer-than-usual pre-Carnival fete season It’s not a sprint,...

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Embark, Culture, Food and Cuisine

It starts with a cookie

This has a great deal to do with a chocolate chip cookie. That is to say, this is about almost everything worth thinking about. A little...

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Embark, Culture, Music, Reviews

Caribbean playlist (January/February 2014)

Carnival roundup One way to tell Trinidad Carnival is getting near: soca artistes start releasing their big tunes on the radio, in fetes,...

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Embark, Culture, Festivals and Events

Caribbean Datebook (November/December 2013)

BAHAMAS Feel the rush The Bahamas comes alive at year-end with the annual Junkanoo masquerade, as costumed dance troupes “rush” through...

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Embark, Arts and Architecture, Culture, Theatre and Dance, Festivals and Events, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago

Word of mouth (November/ December 2013)

City of lights Angelo Bissessarsingh recounts the sights and sounds of Trinidad’s Divali Nagar, an annual grand fair in the weeks before...

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Embark, Culture, Fashion and Jewellery, Jamaica

In the bag: Jamaican designer Kesi Gibson

We all know what it’s like to follow in our parents’ footsteps. With her mother creating mosaics using exquisite materials,...

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Embark, Culture, Literature, Reviews

Caribbean Bookshelf (November/December 2013)

Jamaica in Black and White: Photography in Jamaica, c 1845–1920, by David Boxer and Edward Lucie-Smith (Macmillan Education, 304 pp, ISBN...

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