Cultural March & Food Fair close Culture & Heritage Week on Tortola
The final leg of the celebration will move to Jost Van Dyke with the Jost Van Dyke Primary School Cultural Extravaganza on Sunday, November 20, 2016.
Several Schools in the territory were seen beautifully decked in their territorial wear and marching to the beat of the drums from the 1780 Lower Estate Sugar Works Museum to the Noel Lloyd Positive Action Movement Park for a cultural display as well as the Food Fair.
In her brief remarks to officially start the proceedings at the park, Director of Culture Mrs Luce Hodge-Smith complimented the students on their colourful deportment.
“We just completed our wonderful cultural march with our students dressed beautifully in their territorial wear…” she said, adding her commendations to the students, particularly the younger ones for completing the walk.
Live performances were done by the Ebenezer Thomas Primary School’s pole performers, the Althea Scatliffe Primary and a treat from the Holy Family Church Cultural Dancers from St Thomas, US Virgin Islands.
The atmosphere was a lively one of a mixture of Christmas carols and cultural songs. Several booths were set up with local foods, drinks, pastries, plants and seasoning on sale.
This year the theme was ‘Celebrating Virgin Islands Culture and Heritage through the Arts, Literacy, and Language’, with the objective of preserve the history and culture of the territory as well as to pass it on from one generation to the next.
Several schools participated in various activities to observe the week.
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