2026 Martinique Carnival Program
JANUARY January 4 Festy Roi Parade – Le Lamentin – 4:00 p.m. January 10 “Alé mété souliyé’w”: 9th Nighttime Sports Walk to the Rhythms of the Drum (13 km) with the group “Nou Pa Sav” […]
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2026 Guadeloupe Carnival Program
JANUARY January 1 Parade in Pointe-à-Pitre and Les Abymes & “Bain démaré” or “Ben démaré” ritual in the sea with skin groups – Bas-du-Fort, Le Gosier – 8:00 a.m. January 3 “Mas An Foli” (7th […]
Happy New Year 2026 to you all!
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Guadeloupe’s Creole quadrille is now part of the National Inventory of Intangible Cultural Heritage
December 17, 2025 was a great day for all lovers of Guadeloupean quadrille. Indeed, French Minister of Culture Rachida Dati welcomed a delegation to the Ministry of Culture in Paris that included Chantal Loïal (dancer), […]
Haitian Konpa or Compas music inscribed on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
On Wednesday, December 10, 2025, UNESCO announced the addition of Compas music and dance (or Konpa, in Creole) to the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. “(…)Compas combines African, European and Indigenous […]
Bahamas International Film Festival: The program from December 7 to 14, 2025 has been announced
One of the Caribbean’s major film festivals – the Bahamas International Film Festival (BIFF) – opens its doors this Sunday, December 7. Two venues have been chosen to host the screening of 28 films from […]
Guadeloupean Irie Keef sings “An Nalé” in a duet with Haitian Doaly
On September 30, the singer released her 5th single, “An nalé”, in collaboration with Louides Dama, aka Doaly, a Haitian artist and journalist living in exile in Miami. We did not know that Irie Keef […]
Death of Jimmy Cliff: a legendary voice of Jamaican reggae has passed away
Reggae star James Chambers, better known by his stage name Jimmy Cliff, died of pneumonia on Monday, November 24, in Kingston, the capital of Jamaica. Born in the parish of Saint James, the artist had […]
Haiti and Magnum Band fans around the world mourn the death of Dadou Pasquet
The talented musician and singer of the Magnum Band died from cancer on Sunday, November 24, in Florida. He was 72 years old. The funeral of André “Dadou” Pasquet will take place on Saturday, November 29 […]
Carlo Vieux breaks the silence with a documentary and releases his first solo album
The founding member of CaRiMi had never given the reasons that led him to leave the famous Haitian group. Nine years later, he explains himself in the documentary “The Loudest Silence” and relaunches his music […]