Caribbean Festivals

Carriacou Maroon Festival 2011 – Music, Arts And Crafts

by Rawle Paterson
Maroon Arts and Crafts

A wide array of arts and crafts, musicians and bands attracted large crowds of both locals and visitors, filling the venues at the 2011 Carriacou Maroon and String Band Festival, as the event continues to grow in popularity. The numerous visitors enjoyed melodious sounds and were impressed by the creative skills on display by the [...]

Read the full article →

Maroon Food On Carriacou Island

by Rawle Paterson
Maroon Friday Food

The aroma of the sweet appetizing scent which impregnates the air signifies the work of the talented cooks who come from the richly cultured adjacent communities of Mt Pleasant and Grand Bay. This all helps to further emphasize the delightful and unique nature of the indigenous people of Carriacou and Petite Martinique at the opening [...]

Read the full article →

Maroon String Band Festival 2011

by Rawle Paterson
Maroon Festival 2011

The small, unspoilt, tranquil and beautiful 13 square mile island of Carriacou, situated between the Atlantic ocean to its east and the turquoise Caribbean sea to the west, continues to be a popular destination for visitors for many reasons, not least its retention of tradition and culture. The 2011 Maroon and String Band Festival is [...]

Read the full article →

Mouth-Watering Carriacou Maroon Festival Food Traditions

Maroon Festival Costumes by Rawle Paterson

Culture and deep memories of African heritage will again be celebrated from April 28th to May 1st, when the Grenada Board of Tourism stages another of the regions fastest growing festivals – the Carriacou Maroon and String Band Music Festival. The rituals associated with the event, made a meaningful connection with the ancestors of those [...]

Read the full article →

Carriacou Maroon and String Band Music Festival

by Rawle Paterson
Maroon Festival 2010

The sweet aroma of the traditional Carriacou smoked food can already be scented; the sound of the rich traditional diverse music can be heard, from local and regional groups, and the amphitheatre and magnificent Heritage village at Belair is again ready to host the main aspect of the annual Carriacou Maroon and String Band Music [...]

Read the full article →

Carriacou Junior Shakespeare Mas

by Rawle Paterson
In Hillsborough ready for battle

Mt Pleasant Government school rewrote the Shakespeare Mas history books, when they became the first ever institution to put youngsters on display, in this unique practice of our cultural repertoire. The display by Abbia Andrew, Wintress Shade, Aaron John and Trevon Noel, gained the envious attention of all, as the four enormously brave youths went [...]

Read the full article →

Carriacou Carnival Queen Show

by Rawle Paterson
Carnival Queen Show

A night gracefully coined as ‘Majestic Saturday’, where decorated elegance, charm, grace and intelligence reigned supreme, saw Andyah Wilson crowned as the Carnival Queen, in the Digicel Beauty Pageant show on Saturday March 5th. Ms Wilson delighted the crowd with her costume and warm personality The 20 year old secured the crown from a field [...]

Read the full article →

Carriacou Carnival Calypso Competition

by Rawle Paterson
Superstar Calypso Monarch

Class is class, and form is only temporary. It is the former that truly describes multi talented artist, Superstar (Germaine Simon) as she performed majestically, to retain the Digicel Calypso Monarch crown at the Mini Stadium on the Night of Friday March 4th. Superstar had the audience enraptured the moment her performance began Performing her [...]

Read the full article →

Carriacou Jouvert

by Rawle Paterson
jouvert

Jouvert is a Carnival time street party, that begins well before sunrise and continues on for many hours through the morning. The name Jouvert comes from the French ‘jour ouvert’, meaning day break. Calypso and soca bands parade through the streets with their followers, often in costume, dancing along. Jouvert is celebrated in many parts [...]

Read the full article →

Carriacou Carnival Road March

Paw-Paw Road March King by Rawle Paterson

There was heavy and repeating demand for the hit song “Wake Up’, which was the most popular title at this year’s road march. Prince Cummings, who goes by the stage name ‘Pow-Pow”, delivered a truly monster hit for the season, and was easily the run away winner. Masqueraders on the streets of Hillsborough, over the [...]

Read the full article →

← Previous Entries