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Americas · British Virgin IslandsHundreds of residents and visitors attended the annual Carrot Bay Cultural Fiesta, a three-day celebration that closed out this year’s August Emancipation Festival season with music, food, games and community events. The village’s streets and waterfront filled with steel-pan rhythms, the clack of dominoes and the aroma of fried fish and johnnycakes as attendees marked the final days of the 16-day cultural celebration from last Thursday through S…Read Article
Festival closes with Carrot Bay culture
Americas · British Virgin IslandsTortola’s East End picked up where the main August Emancipation Festival activities in Road Town left off last week, giving residents the opportunity to celebrate the even-earlier emancipation of the Long Look Estate community 249 years ago. Community turnout was strong overall, according to East End/Long Look Festival Planning Sub-Committee Chair Shaunice Leonard, who oversaw the return of the village and a full-scale parade this year. “We were…Read Article
