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Do the names Iron Duke, Cornwall, Queen Victoria or Sydney mean anything to you or someone you know? These are just a few of the Landship Docks that were once vibrant across the island.   Docks, headquarters of a Landship, are usually small chattel house structures that were typical of Black ...

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The National Cultural Foundation (NCF) has added another body of work to its catalogue of content in the form of a special virtual folk concert to air on all NCF channels at 6 p.m. on Monday, August 23. The production entitled, (R)Evolution, will debut on the International Day for the ...

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The National Cultural Foundation (NCF) is urging local visual artists to be a part of a new online platform. In order to make the process easier for some, the Foundation is funding the cost of artwork digitisation for 40 artists. The new website, which is yet to be launched, will ...

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The National Cultural Foundation (NCF) is again throwing its support behind the local art and craft sector and encouraging Barbadians to buy local. This time, the Foundation is hosting a series of NCF Art & Craft Pop-Ins from this Saturday, August, 14 until month-end. The Art & Craft Pop-ins occur ...

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The National Cultural Foundation embarked on a special Emancipation Day project entitled – RISE which was released on Sunday, August 1. On that day, Anglophone Caribbean nations commemorated Emancipation Day, marking the 1834 abolition of slavery in the British Empire and the 1838 abolition of apprenticeship, a system that forced ...

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The Calabash and Heritage Games series broadcast on the National Cultural Foundation’s (NCF) social media platform have been getting raved reviews from viewers. The calabash series features two of Barbados’ calabash carvers Ras Isage Burnett and Adrian Compton who demonstrate step-by-step their process of harvesting, design and creation of hand-crafted ...

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