Crop Over 2012 Calendar

EARLY LAUNCH FOR CROP OVER 2012

Crop Over 2012 got off to an early start when the National Cultural Foundation (NCF) hosted its Sponsors’ Breakfast and Launch at the Hilton Hotel on Wednesday November 9th 2011 for the 2012 Fes...

Hot and Spicy Cohobblopot

Cohobblopot is defined as a big pot into which is put various vegetables, provisions and meat and at the end of the ‘cook up’, the experience for the one to whom it is served is unforgettable! I...

Bridgetown Market, Something for Everyone

Bajans and visitors alike were treated to the absolute best during Bridgetown Market at the Spring Garden Highway, over the last weekend of the Sweetest Summer Festival, Crop Over. Craft, music, dan...

GRAND KADOOMENT RESULTS 2011

NATIONAL CULTURAL FOUNDATION GRAND KADOOMENT RESULTS 2011

Popsicle Rules!

‘Too much of anything even if it is good, can be bad for you, but not tonight I want more sweets… No, change dat, I want more Popsicle’. That was only one of the sentiments heard from the crow...

Gospel Audience Runneth Over

The Gospel community asked and it was given; the call reverberated for the return of the Gospel Concert to the Crop Over calendar and so great was the response, that on Wednesday night (July 20th)&n...

Crop Over Headlines

Tents

Calypso Tents

Wednesday, 02 June 2010 16:16
Calypso is synonymous with Caribbean carnivals, Barbados being no exception. The tent is the house the Calypsonian built, a venue where these social commentators express the views of the people, usually sentiments of approval or criticism of the institutions, agencies and individuals that impact on day to day living.
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Calypso Tents

Saturday, 21 June 2008 06:29
To the uninitiated, any mention of a tent is likely to evoke thoughts of a temporary accommodation shading its occupants from sun and rain, but in these parts a Calypso tent is furthest from this image. The name tent is given to the traditional meeting place where social commentators and presently kaisonians converge to deliver cutting lyrics in song and songs to make you jump and wine.
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