Booths @ 2023 Irene F. Penn O’Neal Festiville taking shape
For most booth owners, construction has started and many are near completion. There are 25 booths this year, with an application high of over 40.
The 2003 festival village opens on July 31, 2023, until August 9, 2023.
Some of the entertainers scheduled to perform in the festival village include Ova Drive, Pure Mass, Banco Bizmol, Byron Messia, Morgan Heritage and Jada Kingdom, Kes the Band, Valiant and Patrice Roberts.
No censoring of artistes- Premier
At a Press Conference today, July 20, 2023, Premier Dr the Honourable Natalio D. Wheatley (R7), when asked about controversial artistes Peanut Da Real Nut (PNDRN) and Byron Messia performing at the 2023 VI Emancipation Festival, noted he is not into censorship and each person can choose who they listen to.
The week of festival activities also includes a cultural event at Carrot Bay and a Jouvert in the eastern end of Tortola.
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The BVI is the only Caribbean country where the cost of flights to get off island is more expensive than the cost of flights to get on island during festival.
Everybody who can afford to votes with their feet.
STATE OF IN DEPENDENCE
By Tafari Zharr
In Dependence , I'ma dancing fool
I’m waiting blind , running Outta time
Holidays, I’ma fool for candy
In Dependence, I'ma dancing fool
Is The Arduousness Of Independence
A Blessed Mess?
Like falling foliage floating around bougainvilleas
Ornamental - Independence
My humongous Dreams Meanders
Into Despair
Meh son, Who uhh kiddin?
“Kyant do dat”
My Life - Strife- Hijacked by Turbidity
Shuffled Triflings To The Mood -Allude This -
You’re No Longer In Ma Playlist
To You Who Never slacked At my Lack
To You With Your Head
Bent Over Avoiding My Gaze
I Feel The Pride in your Besmirched Ways
Don’t Holler Now
I’m slumped by my own
shambles
Shameless
If only I was “jouverting”
If only
If only
Even my own To whom I once meant Anything -
Gimme a sign
You still mine
People ain’t shit - can’t get wid it
Hold on - call coming In
What? Yup Dropped Yuh Own Call
Only After Seconds
Yup I couldn’t Answer
Caller Convinced- One Call Tidies Things
You win
It Means Absolutely
Nothing
Drumroll- But It Doesn’t Tidy Us
Dazed I miss my friend(s)
Please Call Again
To be Loved
To Be whole
I wanna live
Wanton again
My heart
Keeps Me
When my head don’t
My wheels Creep
When My Limbs
Defeat Me
I’ma
Imagine
Ginning
You’re knocking
I’m forgiving
Your semantics
“You Good ?
Harried, Hollowed Texts
Dangling Rope
The Great White Hope
Niggah Chill
I just wanna bring my low up
With My
Unforgivable Blackness
Context
More arrows in the quiver I surmise
What If Your Independence doesn’t rise
Dawg my in dependence has been realized
Your God knows - my God Feels
You’re Tithing Less Than Ten Percentees
Your gambling mind
Cheating time to gimme a rhyme
Hold up
My lifetime’s “one day at a time”
Come see me sometime
All I want you to know is
I’m Feeling Under Celebrated
Today’s the day I’m Feeling A Bit Rusty
Incomplete -My loneliness Is Deep
Nights Filled With Nightmares
Never Ending The tense -dense Senses
My Individualism Ignore By Talks
The Walk Of Independence- mere idiosyncratic
Texted Words, Emotions Less
Huge Hug, longing long ong time
Not yearning for the tugging
Of the heart strings Not Winning
Lemme stop whining
Say something
Like
I declare my liberty
Proclaim me colony-free
Independence controls freedoms
From The Kingdom
In Dependence , I'ma dancing fool
I’m waiting blind , running Outta time
Holidays, I’ma fool for candy
In Dependence, I'ma dancing fool
Oh, oh, oh, oh In Dependence, I'ma dancing fool
In Dependence, I'ma dancing fool
In Dependence
[Especially For Chill Who Contacted Me To Write Something For Those Dealing With Personal Challenges]
Copyright © 2023. By Tafari Zharr. All rights reserved.
You are full of sh**.