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Comments Off on St. Kitts and Nevis to Join Global Plastic Free July Campaign

The St. Kitts Sea Turtle Monitoring Network (SKSTMN) and the Sustainable Destination Council (SDC) are coordinating efforts for a Plastic Free July campaign in St. Kitts and Nevis. The Federation will join over 130 other countries in this international effort to refuse single-use plastic during the month of July.

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Comments Off on National Trust Launches Heritage House Storytelling Series

(St. Christopher National Trust) St. Kitts and Nevis, July 5, 2017: The Governor General and the Deputy Prime Minister are among the storytellers slated to be part of the National Trust’s Dasani-Harper’s Children’s Summer Storytelling Series. The ‘Heritage House’ Series – designed for children aged 6-12 years old – features stories about and set in St. Kitts and Nevis. Followed by discussion time, participants will be encouraged to talk about character development, their observations about […]

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Comments Off on 2003 Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage – 2016 Edition

2003 Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage – 2016 Edition Article 1 Purposes of the Convention The purposes of this Convention are: (a) to safeguard the intangible cultural heritage; (b) to ensure respect for the intangible cultural heritage of the communities, groups and individuals concerned; (c) to raise awareness at the local, national and international levels of the importance of the intangible cultural heritage, and of ensuring mutual appreciation thereof; (d) to […]

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Comments Off on CARIFSTA XIII BARBADOS 2017 – UPDATE JUNE 9TH 2017

Important information for Delegations participating in Carifesta XIII Barbados 2017 August 17th – 27th “Asserting Our Culture, Celebrating Ourselves”.

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Comments Off on TENTATIVE CALENDAR – CARIFESTA XIII AUGUST 17TH – 27TH 2017

Tentative Calendar for Carifesta XIII – March 27th, 2017. The theme of CARIFESTA XIII is “Asserting Our Culture, Celebrating Ourselves”, and the programme of performing arts (music, theatre, dance, poetry); visual arts, fashion, food and literature, will represent a pot pourri of cultural expression from all participating CARICOM countries