IF you're looking to have fun and celebrate in style head to #Barbados from the second Saturday in July to experience the crop over festival which runs for 24 days. The festival is one of the most colourful and popular festivals in the world.
Events take place all over Barbados at multiple locations with the most popular events being Kadooment, Pic-o-de-Crop Finals, Foreday Morning Jam, Soca Royale with the major events generally occur in St Michael.
It all originated when Barbados was the worlds largest producer of sugar and at the end of the sugar season, there was always a huge celebration to mark the end of another successful sugar cane harvest - the Crop Over celebration.
In the 1940's the festival was terminated as the sugar industry in Barbados declined but it was revived in 1974. Other elements of Barbadian culture were infused to create the festival that exists today, attracting thousands of travellers from all over the world.
Events take place all over Barbados at multiple locations with the most popular events being Kadooment, Pic-o-de-Crop Finals, Foreday Morning Jam, Soca Royale with the major events generally occur in St Michael.
It all originated when Barbados was the worlds largest producer of sugar and at the end of the sugar season, there was always a huge celebration to mark the end of another successful sugar cane harvest - the Crop Over celebration.
In the 1940's the festival was terminated as the sugar industry in Barbados declined but it was revived in 1974. Other elements of Barbadian culture were infused to create the festival that exists today, attracting thousands of travellers from all over the world.
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Picture Credit: Hugh Fiske flickr.com/photos/11220340@N03/2763214278 Crop Over 2008 via photopin
Picture Credit: Hugh Fiske flickr.com/photos/11220340@N03/2763214278 Crop Over 2008 via photopin
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