All reggae-dancehall new releases from VP Records
In this time when death is lurking outside because of Covid 19, many of us in the Caribbean and in several countries around the world (today 1 billion people) have to stay at home. Why […]
Articles by Évelyne Chaville
Caribbean cultural events swept away by Covid-19
The dark shadow of Coronavirus/Covid-19 is gradually falling over the whole world. The Caribbean islands do not escape the pandemic. In addition to tourism, culture – the orange economy – is affected by this unprecedented […]
Centre des Métiers d’Art Prep Class: 25 years of action in art
On Friday 6 and Saturday 7 March, the Centre des Métiers d’Art (CMA) located in the artisanal zone of Bergevin in Pointe-à-Pitre organized its traditional Open Days dedicated to its preparatory Art & Design class […]
Tribute to Aimée Adeline and Marcel Mavounzy was a bitter failure, why?
On February 25, the association “Nou a Yo” invited the public to Place de la Victoire in Pointe-à-Pitre for a tribute to two personalities of Guadeloupean culture: Aimée Adeline better known as Man Adeline and […]
“J’suis piqué” is Kemay’s new song
After his last single “Sikan” released in 2018, Guadeloupean singer Mike Dahomay aka Kemay is preparing to launch this March 6 the song “J’suis piqué” with its clip. The idea to write this new song […]
Akadémiduka celebrated Grandmothers’ Day
“Rakontaj a Kostim” was the theme of the 10th edition of the show “On Bon Maten O Komandman” offered by the association Akadémiduka to honor the grandmothers in Guadeloupe. Last year, due to the Fat […]
CULTURAL EVENTS and PUBLIC HOLIDAYS IN THE CARIBBEAN – MARCH 2020
MARCH 2020 From February 3 to June 26 : Exhibition “Jamaica Jamaica: How Jamaican Music Conquered the World” (JAMAICA)*Photo March 1 : Grupo Bonyé – merengué, son, jazz, every Sunday in the Ruines of San Francisco (DOMINICAN […]
Carnival of Guadeloupe: King Vaval died in joy
In Guadeloupe – as in Martinique, St Martin and St Barthélemy – Ash Wednesday has no religious meaning: it’s the day the funeral of King Vaval, the king of carnival, is celebrated. Catholics will receive […]
Carnival of Guadeloupe: “skin groups” celebrated Fat Sunday
It is well known that “skin groups” have the particularity of cultivating a protest spirit in their functioning and of not following the schedules and the circuit established by the parade organizers. This Fat Sunday […]
Carnival of Guadeloupe: a Fat Sunday which kept all its promises (Part 2 photos)
In the Carnival of Guadeloupe, two major events bring together between 60,000 to 150,000 spectators each year: the Giga Parade of Mardi Gras in Basse-Terre, the administrative capital of the archipelago and the Grand Parade […]