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Where past and present converge, part 3 | Round trip

The UNESCO World Heritage Sites around the greater Caribbean are of special cultural and historical importance to us all. Shelly-Ann Inniss guides us through five more sites for your sights, in part three of our series

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Homepage Slider, Travel, Cuba, Venezuela, Dominica, Jamaica, St. Kitts and Nevis

Where past and present converge, part 2 | Round trip

In part two of our series on the region’s magnificent UNESCO World Heritage Sites, Shelly-Ann Inniss introduces five more gems — full of natural and cultural charm — to add to your bucket list

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Arrive, People, Venezuela, Trinidad and Tobago

Maria Nuitter Espinal: “We want to keep the tradition alive” | Own words

Venezuelan Burroquite performer Maria Nuitter Espinal on keeping this traditional masquerade alive in her home country, and bringing it into Trinidad Carnival — as told to Raquel Vasquez La Roche

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Arrive, Travel, Cuba, Venezuela, British Virgin Islands, Dominica, Guyana, The Bahamas

Where Next? | Bucket list

After almost two years of the COVID-19 pandemic, who doesn’t want a break? Here at Caribbean Beat, we feel just the same. As 2021 draws to a close, and we look forward to the year ahead, members of the magazine team tell us what place in the Caribbean they’d love to visit for the first time, and why

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Travel, Venezuela

Caracas, Venezuela: Bolivar’s proud city

“In Venezuela is best of everything,” said Luis. We were sitting on a bench in a corner of Plaza Bolivar, the heart of old...

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Engage, Music, Venezuela, Trinidad and Tobago

Arriba, Arriba!

Less than ten miles off the coast of Venezuela, Trinidad shares several cultural traditions with its bigger neighbour — including parang,...

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Engage, Culture, Travel, Festivals and Events, Venezuela

Baby John

In the small town of Curiepe, east of Caracas, the festival of San Juan, celebrated during the summer solstice in June, is a tangible...

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