Carnival: my first “Jump Up” experience
This Saturday, February 3, 2018 around 6:30 am in Pointe-à-Pitre, a sound system, voices and scooters caught my attention. It was a carnival parade but it was not on the calendar of events planned by […]
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David Grégoire : Creole architecture in 84 photographs
From January 20 to February 10, the public is invited to the Centre Culturel Rémi Nainsouta where is held the exhibition entitled “Habitations d’hier et d’aujourd’hui à Pointe-à-Pitre” (Houses of yesterday and today in Pointe-à-Pitre), […]
Darius Xavier : conch horns maker and musician
For years, the conch was used to decorate the graves of our deceased, among other things. It was forgotten for a long time but it is back in fashion thanks to carnival. In Guadeloupe, during […]
Nicole Favières-Bourguignon: sculpture passionately…
Having had a first contact with clay in 1978, Nicole Favières-Bourguignon never has stopped discovering the sculpting techniques. Her thirst for knowledge in the field of the plastic arts has driven her to study with […]
Carnival: The groups with skin did the show…as always
On Sunday, January 14, many groups were invited to participate in two major parades that took place in two municipalities of the island of Guadeloupe: “La Grande Parade Carnavalesque” in Goyage and “Masanblaj” in Sainte-Anne. […]
Carnival fever is rising in Guadeloupe
As every year, from New Year’s Day until Ash Wednesday, drums, chachas, conch, trumpets and other musical instruments can be heard everywhere in Guadeloupe to announce the rebirth of King Vaval and the carnival season. […]
2018 Guadeloupe Carnival Programme
JANUARY 2018 January 1st : Ben démaré (sea bath) of the groups with skin – Departure: Pointe-à-Pitre 8:00 am / Arrival: Bas-Du-Fort beach in Le Gosier 11:00am January 5 : Déboulé (Parade) of groups with […]
Geneviève Richard: “I photograph what other people don’t see”
From December 11 to 23, 2017, the Louis Beauperthuy room at the Centre Culturel Rémi Nainsouta hosted the exhibition of photographs entitled “L’Insolite à Pointe-à-Pitre” by Geneviève Richard. The amateur photographer invited visitors to follow […]
Alain Phoébé Caprice shares 17 years of painting
Born in 1944 in Fort-de-France (Martinique) of a mother from Sainte-Marie and a father from Le Carbet, Alain Phoébé (this is his real middle name which means “brilliant” in ancient Greek) Caprice has been living […]
The troupe “Viré Gadé” revives the biguine dance
After some time in a dormant stage, the association “Jénès Doubout” created in 2006 woke up and, in 2015, it founded its troupe called “Viré Gadé” which dance only to biguine music. Composed today of […]