Carriacou Culture

Truly Danceable Carriacou String Band Music Heats Up Hotel Laurena

by Rawle Paterson
Hotel Laurena muzic night

It’s a deep version of our unique culture which just cannot be tamed as it pulsates from Hotel Laurena 11, on the Esplanade in Hillsborough from beautiful unspoilt Carriacou. The rhythm of sweet, compelling danceable string band music comes to the fro on just almost every Friday night at this magnificent facility. It’s the kind [...]

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Bishops College Graduation Ceremony Celebrates Best Performance

by Rawle Paterson
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The lights which are often lit for great performances are surely on at Bishop’s College and the moment of richness which often accompanies success is pregnant at Christ the King Anglican church where the Bishops College graduates said farewell after having lifted its educational bar to its highest point ever. Bishop’s College have been a [...]

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George Andrew’s Passion For Cricket

by Rawle Paterson
Carriacou Masters Cricket Team

Revolutionizing Carriacou Cricket to International Standards George Andrew holds the distinction of being the first person to have decorated local teams in the much attractive color clothing and also celebrates the envy as the first person to have introduced white balls to the sport of cricket in Carriacou and Petite Martinique. George Andrew is a [...]

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No Honeymoon for Carriacou Boxing Hope at Commonwealth Games In India

by Rawle Paterson
Carriacou Boxer Dominique Boatswain with Coach Stiell

Sporting hope continues climb more steeply with every passing day that the lone sportsman from Carriacou on the national contingent for next month’s Commonwealth Games in India will certainly be returning home with at least a medal, proudly pouch around his neck. The big punching, Mike Tyson-like, Dominique Boatswain is in the best form of [...]

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Reigning Miss Aquaval in Steep Glory and Eyes Another

by Rawle Paterson
Miss Petite Martinique 2010

Still basking in the queenly glory as the first ever representative from the beautiful unspoilt island of Petite Martinique to have copped the all prestigious Regatta Aquaval Crown, Miss Lindy Hazel is now preparing to add herself another beauty pageant crown. The elegant, beautiful smiling, Scorpion born, Ms Hazel, said that she is ready to [...]

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Grenadian Nursery Rhymes

by Carriacou Hotels

Children and mothers the world over have been rhythmically chanting nursery rhymes since time immemorial, accompanying the words with often elaborate rituals of hand-clapping and body movements that seem to tap in to the collective unconscious. Children’s nursery rhymes often also preserve group memory in a highly condensed and eloquent form when the young singers [...]

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Carriacou Language and Sayings

by Carriacou Hotels

With such a succession of European empire-builders romping through the Grenadines down the centuries since the ‘discovery’ of Grenada by Columbus in 1498, you might expect a wide variety of dialects in the Carriacou language derived from Spanish, French and British influences. In fact, English is the island’s official language, conveniently enough for most visitors, [...]

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Carriacou and Grenada Cuisine

by Carriacou Hotels

If you have an appetite for mouth-watering, spicy food with a vast range of exotic ingredients then the traditional cuisine of the southern Grenadines and Grenada is unsurpassable. The food they serve up on Grenada and Carriacou bears influences from the islands’ colonial history as well as indigenous elements, making a virtue out of a [...]

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