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LOGO, SLOGAN AND TUNE
STATE OF AFFAIRS
IN JULY 2002, THE CARIFESTA COMMITTEE HELD A COMPETITION TO
CHOOSE THE LOGO, THE SLOGAN AND THE TUNE FOR CARIFESTA VIII.
IN NOVEMBER 2002, OUT OF THE HUNDREDS OF ENTRIES, THE LOGO, THE
SLOGAN AND THE TUNE WERE CHOOSEN.
IN FEBRUARY 2003, PRESIDENT RONALD VENETIAAN, SURINAMES
PRESIDENT, LAUNCHED THE CARIFESTA VIII WEBSITE.
THIS LAUNCH WAS THE START FOR KRUTU’S BETWEEN
REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ARTS, CULTURE, MEDIA, TOURISM, TRADE &
INDUSTRY AND OTHER SECTORS OF THE SURINAME SOCIETY.
A KRUTU IS A MEETING MEANT AS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR STAKEHOLDERS,
TO SHARE THEIR POINTS OF VIEW ON A SUBJECT.
A KRUTU IS A FINE SURINAMESE TRADITION WHICH FINDS ITS ROOTS, IN
THE CULTURE OF THE SURINAMESE BUSH NEGRO’S.
TWO THOUGHTS HAD SOMEHOW TO BE REFLECTED IN THE LOGO, THE SLOGAN
AND THE TUNE NAMELY
THE CARICOM AS A BINDING FACTOR AND THE UNIQUE CULTURAL BLEND
SURINAME HAS TO OFFER.
LOGO
 THE DESIGN FOR THE LOGO CAME FROM PATRICK TJON JAW CHONG.
THIS ARTIST IS ONE OF THE FIRST SURINAMESE WHO HAD THE
OPPORTUNITY TO STUDY ARTS, AT THE EDNA MANLEY SCHOOL OF ARTS, IN
JAMAICA.
THIS GAVE HIM THE CHANCE TO GET IN TOUCH WITH HIS CARIBBEAN
SPIRIT. IN HIS DESIGN TJON JAW CHONG USED MOST OF THE DIFFERENT
ETHNIC GROUPS IN SURINAME, IN A PLAYFUL WAY. THE
LIGHTHEARTEDNESS BEING A REFERENCE TO THE JOYFULL FLEXIBILITY,
OF THE CARIBBEAN PERSON.
 THE SUN THAT RISES IS A WARMING, POSITIVE FORCE OF NATURE THAT
SHINES FOR US ALL. AND THE SLIGHTLY STYLIZED REPRESENTATION
MAKES A COMPASS, SPRING TO MIND.
THE COMPASS THAT HELPS US ON
OUR JOURNEY.
SLOGAN
THE SLOGAN ‘MANY CULTURES. THE ESSENCE OF TOGETHERNESS, THE
SPIRIT OF THE CARIBBEAN’, WAS CHOSEN IN NOVEMBER 2002.
THE SLOGAN WAS SENT IN TO THE CARIFESTA COMMITTEE, BY TABIKI
PRODUCTIONS.
 TABIKI PRODUCTIONS IS A COMPANY SPECIALIZED IN MEDIA PRODUCTIONS
AND OTHER SERVICES RELATED TO TOURISM DEVELOPMENT IN SURINAME.
THE COMPANY IS MANAGED BY TWO BUSINESS WOMEN, KARIN TOJO –
LACHMISINGH AND MARIEKE VISSER.
IN REACTION TO THE SELECTION OF THEIR SLOGAN AS THE SLOGAN FOR
CARIFESTA VIII THE TWO BUSINESS WOMEN SAID:
“WE FEEL THAT THE CARIBBEAN SPIRIT IS WHAT MOVES THE PEOPLE IN
THIS REGION. IT IS MORE THAN A HISTORIC BACKGROUND THAT WE
SHARE, OR A CULTURAL HERITAGE THAT BRINGS OUR COUNTRIES
TOGETHER.
THE CARIBBEAN SPIRIT IS A FIRE THAT MAKES OUR SOULS SHINE”.
TUNE
THE CREATIVE PEOPLE BEHIND THE CHOOSEN TUNE FOR CARIFESTA VIII
ARE MARIANNE CORNET AND ELRIDGE ZAANDAM.
 MARIANNE CORNET SINGER/ COMPOSER AND ELRIDGE ZAANDAM MUSICIAN/
 COMPOSER, TRIED TO LET THE MUSIC SPEAKS ITS OWN WONDERFUL
UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE OF UNITY AND UNIQUENESS, AT THE SAME TIME.
CHUTNEY LOVERS, CALYPSONIANS AS WELL AS WINING WEST – INDIANS,
SHOULD BE ABLE TO FEEL THEIR BODIES BEGIN TO MOVE TO FAMILIAR
RHYTHMS, WHILE THE MANY DIFFERENT DRUMS OF SURINAME, BEAT THEIR
TONES STEADILY.
LYRICS TUNE
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COME ON LET’S CELEBRATE,
CARIFESTA EIGHT;
LET’S BUILD THE
BRIDGE,
OF TOGETHERNESS."
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Official Carifesta
Carrier
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