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dolcevita78
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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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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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| Spotlight is directed to the biggest and anticipated outdoor fete in Soca Royale, where some twenty thousand people will gather on the speedway, set up tents in designated areas, open picnic baskets, indulge in the comforts of the scene and socialize with each other. Highlights of modern Crop Over Festival take place on weekends: Friday, Saturday and Sunday. |
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Nelson John
Joined: 12 Jan 2010
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The Crop over Festival is traditionally celebrated for the last sugar cane harvest and delivery for the season in Barbados.
The festival has now evolved into a series of activities involving both entertainment and heritage events. It includes the heritage fairs, Heritage Gala, traditional food, art and craft, games and music and many other entertainment activities.
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rachard1583
Joined: 13 Dec 2010
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| Posted: Mon Dec 13, 2010 Post subject: |
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Barbados' main product is sugar. Sugarcane plantations can be found all over the island dating back as early as 1700s. The origins of the festival can be traced back as far as 1780 when the island became the largest producer of sugar in the world. The festival is celebrated at the end of the harvest season to give thanks for the successful harvest.
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