Carrot Bay lives up to the cultural hype
As expected, a large crowd was drawn to one of the most highly anticipated events of the Virgin Islands Emancipation Festival to witness living culture.
And patrons were not disappointed by the number of events witnessed on the day.
The experience was further enhanced by the humour and energy of Mr Stuart Donovan, who did an excellent job at hosting the events.
Married Men dethroned @ Tug-O-War
One of the highlights of the cultural games was the tug-o-war between single men and married men.
The men with the ring have been overpowering the single men; however, this year the single men dethroned the married men quite easily.
The married women, however, would would take sweet revenge for the men and save the reputation of marriage, as they made light work of the single women in the tug-o-war.
Donkey races
There were not many donkey races this year, as the donkeys were busy giving rides to children and adults alike.
When there were races, Clifton Forbes got the better of Jeffrey Forbes; however, Jeffrey prevailed over Clifton in the final race that was run well into the evening.
Exciting sack races
The day also saw some competitive and entertaining sack races, but none other than the race featuring Frank Mahoney and others.
Mr Mahoney has a reputation for winning the sack races but he was one of two persons who fell early in the race that was won by Joash S. Victor.
Victor received stiff competition and had to dive over the line to take the title, but lost a bit of skin in the process.
Among those at the Carrot Bay Cultural Fiesta were Premier and Minister of Finance Dr the Honourable Natalio D. Wheatley (R7); Minister for Education, Youth Affairs, and Sports Hon Sharie B. de Castro (AL), and Deputy Speaker and First District Representative, Dr the Honourable Karl Dawson.
After the cultural and sports events, patrons stuck around for the stage show.
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Always feels the Culture in Carrot Bsy.