Anguilla Summer Festival

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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

Social Media

twitter,https://twitter.com/AXASumFestival;instagram,https://www.instagram.com/axasumfest/;facebook,https://www.facebook.com/axasummerfestival/

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 November 23, 2024, https://eu-lac.org/omeka/items/show/409.

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