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HISTORY OF CARIFESTA
WHAT IS
CARIFESTA
CARIFESTA IS A CRITICAL TOOL FOR OUR INTEGRATION PROCESS. IT
ALSO PROMOTES A GREATER AWARENESS OF THE MANY SIDES, OF OUR
HERITAGE.
THE REGIONAL CULTURAL POLICY EMPHASISES THE ROLE OF CULTURE
WITHIN OUR DEVELOPMENT AND PLACES PEOPLE AT THE CENTRE OF THAT
DEVELOPMENT PROCESS, TO FOSTER AND ENHANCE, CREATIVITY.
DURING THE PAST DECADES, CARIFESTA HAS BECOME A MECCA FOR
ARTISTS OF EVERY ART FORM YOU CAN THINK OF.
FOLKLORISTS, VISUAL ARTISTS, WRITERS, ARTISANS, FILMMAKERS,
PERFORMERS, ACTORS, MUSICIANS AND CONNOISSEURS OF GREAT
CULINARY, CULTURAL & ARTISTIC TREATS.
ALL OF THESE PEOPLE ENJOY THE VERY INTENSE CULTURAL DISPLAY THAT
GOES ON, DURING CARIFESTA.
CARIFESTA IS THE CARIBBEAN FESTIVAL OF ARTS AND WAS ORIGANALLY
CONCEIVED, AS A REGIONAL FESTIVAL WHICH WOULD ENCOMPASS AND GIVE
CREDENCE TO ALL THE CREATIVE AND ARTISTIC SKILLS AND ENERGIES OF
NOT ONLY THE MEMBER COUNTRIES OF CARICOM AND THE WIDER
CARIBBEAN.
BUT CARIFESTA ALSO ENVISAGED THE RECOGNITION, ACCEPTANCE AND
PARTICIPATION OF THOSE OF THE DIASPORA WHOSE CONTRIBUTION WOULD
MOST CERTAINLY ENRICH THE QUALITY AND THE SIGNIFICANCE, OF SUCH
A MAJOR ENCOUNTER.
INDEED, PAST CARIFESTA’S HAVE PROVIDED A MAJOR FORUM FOR THE
ENTIRE CARIBBEAN
AND INDEED, ALSO TO THE WORLD, TO SAMPLE A POTPOURRI OF
CREATIVE, CULINARY, VISUAL, LITERARY AND PERFORMING AND OTHER
ARTS, BORN OUT OF THE COMMON AS WELL AS THE DIVERSE EXPERIENCE,
OF ALL CARIBBEAN PEOPLE.
THIS GREAT CARIBBEAN FESTIVAL HAS PREVIOUSLY BEEN HELD IN GUYANA
(1972), JAMAICA (1976), CUBA (1979), BARBADOS (1981), TRINIDAD &
TOBAGO (1992 AND 1995), ST. KITTS & NEVIS (2000).
CARIFESTA IS NOT JUST A FESTIVAL,
IT IS AN EXPERIENCE
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Official Carifesta Carrier
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CARIFESTA VIII
ACTIVITY PROGRAM
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