Earlier this month, the 35th Annual Culturama Festival was held on the island of Nevis. For those unfamiliar with Nevis, its part of a two-island nation called St. Kitts/Nevis located in the Eastern Caribbean. Nevis, the smaller of the two islands, is unspoiled in its beauty and unashamed in its pride. The annual Culturama Festival is steeped in the rich culture and deep traditions of proud people of Nevis. I have close ties to Nevis as a direct descendant of a Nevisian and am proud to share the experience of Culturama with my followers.

From its beginnings in 1974, Culturama seeks to continue, preserve and teach to others the rich cultural heritage of Nevis: The festival achieves this goal through music, arts & crafts, food and lots of liming!!! "Liming" is the local term for just chillin'! I visited Nevis several times previously, however, never had the pleasure of visiting during Culturama. This year, Red Carpet Shelley had to be there! It was a blast and, of course, I have lots of fun pics and videos to share with you (but you know that I couldn't share ALL my pictures with you though!!!)

Limin' at Culturama

Just can't get enough of Odisi!

Jouvert!

That's me with the sunglasses sitting with my cousin at the Water Dept. party. Dang, we are sitting a bit close - hey cuz can you back up off of a sista!!!!

Montserrat Ambassadors Steel Orchestra

A Day at the Drag Races (yes, Virginia there is drag racing in the Caribbean only difference is you end up in the ocean if you go off course!)

Jah Messenjah Luciano performs at Culturama

Posted by: on Aug 31, 2009