Carnival in Guadeloupe for everyone
As every year, in 2016 the carnival lovers set the streets of Guadeloupe on fire. As usual, on New Year’s Day, some “groups with skin” (gwoup a po, in Creole) paraded very early in the […]
Articles by Évelyne Chaville
Guadeloupe Carnival : the “Mas” to laugh, to cry or to think
Carnival means disguise. In the traditional carnival of Guadeloupe, there are masks (mas or mass, in Creole) which took inspiration from the European, African, Indian or Amerindian heritage. Some forty years ago, during the carnival […]
Bacchanal Jamaica : young but so hot
Some of us do not know that Jamaica also has its carnival like almost every island in the Caribbean…and it’s a beautiful Carnival ! Why this ignorance? Certainly, because the Jamaican carnival is quite recent. […]
“Day of Crab and Mangrove” : crab with various sauces
Organized by the Association for the Protection and Development of Crab and other resources of Mangrove (APRODCARM) and the Union for the Development of Morne-à-l’Eau, the “Day of Crab and Mangrove” is for 24 years […]
“The Crab Festival”: the meeting for gourmets at Easter
Since 1992, “The Crab Festival” is a popular meeting at Easter which enhances the Guadeloupean and Caribbean heritage because it was able de reinvent itself, to the great satisfaction of the 25 000 visitors, every […]
Port-au-Prince celebrated its Kréyòl jazz
From January 23 to 30, 2016, Fondation Haïti Jazz organized the 10th edition of the Port-au-Prince International Jazz Festival with many guests from Europe, Africa, America and the Caribbean islands. Created in March 2007, the […]
Marius Cultier : the great biguine-jazz master
30 years after his death, a free concert in tribute was held to the memory of Marius Cultier by his two daughters Ayul and Laini, the association Biguine Jazz and other cultural operators. Last December […]
The Cuban Rafael Padilla, the first black artist in France
Not long ago, we discovered that the city of Paris had elected in 1879 a black mayor of Cuban origin, Severiano de Heredia ( 1836-1901 ), a politician forgotten by the Republic who would be […]
Moune de Rivel : an unforgettable Creole star
On April 2016, the Association for the Development of Traditional Music and the town of Sainte-Anne in Guadeloupe paid tribute to Moune de Rivel. On the programme of this day, there were a religious mass […]
The Voice, a natural musical instrument…
The 11th edition of the “Voix d’Ici et d’Ailleurs Festival” (Festival of Voices From Here and Elsewhere) with local, national and international guests, organized by the town of Baie-Mahault, is already being prepared. The 10th edition […]