CARIFESTA XIII runs from the 17-27 August 2017 in Barbados.
In the build up to this edition of the festival, the CARICOM Secretariat has produced a throwback magazine from CARIFESTA XII, held in Haiti in August 2015. This magazine (see above) includes highlights from the various performances and cultural presentations from two years ago, which should wet the appetite for what is expected to be a great regional cultural showcase in Barbados.
The magazine can also be accessed via this link https://issuu.com/caricom/docs/caricom_view_-_carifesta_xii__haiti
About CARIFESTA
CARIFESTA has been the Caribbean Community’s premier art and culture festival since 1972. This roving event attracts artists and culture professionals from over 30 countries in the Region and has been held 12 times across eight Member States. The thirteenth staging of this mega cultural showcase will see performers, artists and a range of cultural ambassadors from the CARICOM Region converging in a medley of sounds and sights that are sure to capture the true essence of Regional Integration.
The main purpose of CARIFESTA, is to celebrate the arts and foster a vision of Caribbean unity while advancing Caribbean culture regionally and internationally. In its original design, the festival was to be held every four years, however it is now hosted every two years, with the responsibility for doing so traditionally being shared by the Caribbean Community, its Secretariat and the host country.
Barbados is hosting this event for the second time; the first being in 1981. Other Member States that have hosted this Community iconic event are: Guyana (1972, 2008), Jamaica (1976), Cuba (1979), Trinidad and Tobago (1992, 1995, 2006), St. Kitts and Nevis (2000), Suriname (2003, 2013) and Haiti (2015).
