Caribbean Culture

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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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Carriacou Shakespeare Mas

Shakespearians by Rawle Paterson

The rich display of Carriacou’s most unique artform, the Shakespeare Mas, was again on display, during the annual prelentant carnival festival. It brings much joy, education and colorful display. The Shakespeare Mas was beaming in all its glory in the communities of: Top-Hill Mt Royal Brunswick Six-Roads Belmont all culminating in truly spectacular fashion in [...]

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Parang! Parang!! Parang!!! December 17-19 2010

by Rawle Paterson
Parang 2010 Carriaou

It’s that time again when a unique aspect of Carriacou culture takes center stage. There is humor, excitement, passion and sometimes controversy! All of this blends to showcase Carriacou’s creative richness which is so much a part of the brilliance of the people Carriacou and Petite Martinique. The annual Carriacou Parang Festival will swing into [...]

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Carriacou – Parang 2009 – The Winners!

by Rawle Paterson
Parang 2009 Carriaou

Last year’s winners of the Carriacou Parang 2009 Festival are shown here. We will update this site with this year’s winners as soon as the results of the competition at Parang 2010 are known. Parang 2009 was sponsored by the CO-OP Bank. Best CO-OP Bank Jingle Winner Band Position Stinging Mentos 1st B C All [...]

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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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Grenada and Carriacou Music

by Carriacou Hotels
Reggae Music

The music of a country is an indication of the essential character of its people. Germany has Wagner, solid and serious; Britain has the Pomp and Circumstance of Last Night of the Proms, still dreaming of her lost glory; and Carriacou has Reggae and Calypso. I rest my case. Carriacou music lies at the heart [...]

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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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