HISTORY OF CARIFESTA

PURPOSE OF CARIFESTA

PREVIOUS CARIFESTA'S

CARIFESTA VII

   
 
CARIFESTA VII

THE LAST CARIBBEAN FESTIVAL OF THE MILLENIUM, CARIFESTA VII, WAS HELD IN ST. KITTS & NEVIS, THE SMALLEST STATE EVER TO HOST THIS GREAT EVENT.

CARIFESTA VII ATTRACTED A WIDE ARRAY OF PARTICIPANTS IN THE LITERARY, VISUAL, PERFORMING AND FOLK ARTS, FROM ALL OVER THE CARIBBEAN AND EVEN AS FAR AS JAPAN.

THE CURRENT FORMAT OF CARIFESTA, INCLUDES A GRAND MARKET (VISUAL ARTS AND CRAFTS); ART EXHIBITIONS; A FILM & VIDEO FESTIVAL; A BOOK FAIR; AN INDIGENOUS PEOPLE VILLAGE; A SERIE OF SYMPOSIA, BRINGING TOGETHER OUR WRITERS AND POETS AND GRAND CONCERTS, INVOLVING VARIOUS ASPECTS OF THE PERFORMING ARTS.

WITH OTHER FESTIVALS SUCH AS OF PAN – JAZZ OR REGGAE, CARIFESTA SERVES ALSO TO BOOST TOURISM. AN ESTIMATED 12.000 PERSONS ARE REPORTED TO HAVE VISITED ST. KITTS & NEVIS, FOR THE FESTIVAL.
 
 


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