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Cricket under the lights
For the second HOTT BAJARAMA it will be a mixture of entertainment and a friendly cricket T-10 match under the lights with a cross-section of local celebrities. Friday, May 10, 2019 the event gets underway at the Dover Playing Field at 4:00 p.m. with early deejay and steel pan entertainment. ...
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‘Down with the PiP’
The first HOTT BAJARAMA this Saturday, May 4 is jumpstarting Crop Over with a call to action to wear white and to come out and Party in Peace. A slogan that will continue throughout the season as the National Cultural Foundation (NCF) joins with its partners and stakeholders to produce ...
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Bajan Artists Explore Social Geometry
The National Cultural Foundation (NCF) presents the visual art exhibition Social Geometry: Expanded Drawing Practices by Barbadian Artists, with its first showing at the Queen’s Park Gallery (QPG) on Sunday, May 5, 2019 from 6:30 – 8:30 p.m. In sociology, the term ‘social geometry’ is a theoretical strategy which uses ...
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BAJARAMAs HOTT in name and value
HOTT in title and in entertainment value, that’s the new BAJARAMA event, set to get Crop Over started ‘correct’ with an all-white affair on Saturday, May 4 at the National Cultural Foundation car park. HOTT 95.3 FM, a member of the family of powerhouses in the Starcom Network of stations ...
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Easter Bonnet Parade Goes Green
The NCF is throwing its support behind this year’s rebranded Flow Oistins Festival and specifically the Easter Bonnet Parade scheduled for this weekend. Part of the Foundation’s assistance for the Easter Bonnet Parade came in the form of a workshop, an extension of its already well established school’s costume making ...
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First Barbadian on shortlist
Award-winning writer and filmmaker Shakirah Bourne is among the top 22 shortlisted for the prestigious Commonwealth Short Story Prize. She is the first Barbadian to be selected for this impressive list and is extremely honoured to be considered. It is an amazing accomplishment if you take into account that this ...
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Crop Over changes in train
Plans are already in train for the big changes expected for the 2019 Barbados Crop Over Festival. Every year the National Cultural Foundation (NCF) is charged with enhancing and revitalising the Crop Over Festival to meet the growing demands of a diverse target audience. Embedded in the changes to these ...
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New Calypso Tent For 2019
Six Kaiso Tents will be putting their top Calysonians in the ring to face the judges this season and of that number four are managed and operated by women. The women taking the reins and dominating in this arena are Eleanor Rice of the All Stars Calypso Tent, Merle Niles ...
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A passion for music silenced
The National Cultural Foundation (NCF) joins cultural communities in Barbados and beyond in mourning the passing of outstanding cultural scholar and activist, Dr. Elizabeth Watson. Dr. Watson was revered by her peers as a librarian, an archivist and author who was deeply committed to telling the untold stories of marginalised ...
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