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dolcevita78
Joined: 01 Mar 2008
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 Posted: Sat Mar 01, 2008 Post subject: Crop Over Festival |
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| I am just curious... What is the Crop Over Festival? I would like to know more about this. Is this really a very important event in Barbados? |
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aayposter
Joined: 03 Mar 2008
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| Posted: Tue Mar 04, 2008 Post subject: Crop Over - a summer festival |
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| Crop Over, a five-week summer festival, is Barbados' most popular and colourful festival. It's origins can be traced back to the 1780's, a time when Barbados was the world's largest producer of sugar. At the end of the sugar season, there was always a huge celebration to mark the culmination of another successful sugar cane harvest - the Crop Over celebration. |
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shubhranshu
Joined: 30 Jan 2009
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Location: INDIA
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Crop Over Festival in Barbados which ends with the spectacular Barbados Kadooment, is the season used to celebrate the ending of the local Sugar Cane harvest, and is distinctly unique from the Carnival festivities in other Caribbean countries.Calypso music and calypso competitions are a huge part of the Crop Over Festival.Monday is the Barbados Grand Kadooment Day, the culmination of the Crop Over Festival. Grand Kadooment is a spectacular daytime street carnival with a procession of thousands of Crop over costumed band revellers, partying from the National Stadium where they parade before a panel of judges. for info, you may contact: The National Cultural Foundation (NCF)
Address: West Terrace, St. James. Tel: (246) 424-0909 |
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