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When Chief Cultural Officer of the National Cultural Foundation (NCF) Andrea Wells stepped into her role as Barbados’ Delegation Leader for CARIFESTA XV, she carried with her both decades of …

Culture minister in the Freundel Stuart administration, Stephen Lashley, accused the government of “scandalous” secrecy over the true cost of hosting CARIFESTA XV.   In an interview with Barbados TODAY …

Chief Executive Officer of the National Cultural Foundation (NCF), and Festival Director of CARIFESTA XV, Carol Roberts, described CARIFESTA XV as a “transformative celebration of Caribbean identity and innovation” as …

What a way to close the curtains on CARIFESTA XV.   Sunday night’s closing ceremony was nothing short of breathtaking — etched into memory for all who packed the Richard …

All registered vendors from the CARIFESTA XV Grand Market will be listed on a new Caribbean e-Marketplace, a Barbados government-backed initiative to provide regional artisans with year-round access to global …

By Tracy Moore The rain could not drown it, nor could the years dull it – Saturday night’s Super Concert, the Kaiso edition at CARIFESTA XV, proved that the heartbeat …

By Simone Tull Sex, lies, and a whole lot of laughter — nothing was off-limits when regional comedians stormed the Lloyd Erskine Sandiford Centre on Thursday night for Cat Luck …

By Tracy Moore At CARIFESTA XV, culture was not only sung, danced, or staged – it was also played. Two ancestral games, Potta and Warri, took centre stage at the …

By Tracy Moore The CARIFESTA XV Grand Market’s Pot Turn Down Street Food Fair was nothing short of a culinary journey across the region – an edible map of Caribbean …