Anguilla Summer Festival
Dublin Core
Title
Anguilla Summer Festival
Description
Summer Festival on Anguilla is a typical Caribbean emancipation celebration, it has been occurring on the island for over a quarter century. It’s roots however, are found in the decades of old traditional August Monday fairs, Bazaars and the old time Christmas festivities, which features many African influenced cultural expressions of island life. These activities were organized by the churches and featured wirewalkers, May pole dancers, Mock-a-Jumbies and games among other things.
Source
Carnival
Type
Carnival
Extent
cm x cm x cm
Spatial Coverage
current,18.214951487470316,-63.06286353125;
License
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License
Europeana
Object
http://www.anguillasummerfestival.com/
Europeana Type
TEXT
Carnival Item Type Metadata
Wiki
https://eu-lac.org/vmwiki/index.php/_Anguilla_Summer_Festival
DescriptionEN
Summer Festival on Anguilla is a typical Caribbean emancipation celebration, it has been occurring on the island for over a quarter century. It’s roots however, are found in the decades of old traditional August Monday fairs, Bazaars and the old time Christmas festivities, which features many African influenced cultural expressions of island life. These activities were organized by the churches and featured wirewalkers, May pole dancers, Mock-a-Jumbies and games among other things.
Citation
“Anguilla Summer Festival,” EU-LAC, accessed April 27, 2024, https://eu-lac.org/omeka/items/show/409.
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