Long live “Fèt a Kabrit” on Désirade island !
Created in 2002 by the municipal officials at the time “Fèt a Kabrit” takes place at the Easter weekend and aims to preserve the tradition of eating goat for Easter and boost the economy of […]
Articles by Évelyne Chaville
Marylène Agat wants to free the butterfly
Born in Paris of parents originating from Martinique, Marylène Agat is a plastic art artist who lives in Guadeloupe for about ten years. She is preparing, now, her next exhibition after participating in the 10th […]
A “Network” to federate Caribbean carnivals
On July 6, 2015, during the 35th edition of the famous Caribbean Festival – Fire Festival (Festival del Caribe-Fiesta del Fuego) which tooks place, like every year, in the city of Santiago de Cuba, 12 […]
The Guadeloupe Carnival : a very rich heritage
Various groups, musics and musical instruments, songs, dances, costumes, decorations, parades make the beauty of the Guadeloupean carnival which is one of the major popular events of the island and attracts more and more tourists. […]
The Guadeloupe Carnival : a changing carnival ?
Guadeloupe Carnival has been structured, over the years. Each commune on the island has, now, one or several carnival bands. A calendar brings together all the parades. These carnival lovers who claim to be free […]
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 […]
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 […]