Easter or Resurrection Sunday,is a festival and holiday celebrating the Resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, described in the New Testament as having occurred three days after his crucifixion by Romans at Calvary. It is the culmination of the Passion of Christ, preceded by Lent, a forty-day period of fasting, prayer, and penance.
Easter is a moveable feast, meaning it is not fixed in relation to the civil calendar
Easter is a moveable feast, meaning it is not fixed in relation to the civil calendar
https://lululataupe.com/2-4-ans/jeux-educatifs/119-fruitsResources for parents by grade:
http://www.learnersplanet.com
French
https://lululataupe.com/
GRADE 5
https://lululataupe.com/2-4-ans/jeux-educatifs/158-animaux-de-la-ferme
GRADE 4
https://lululataupe.com/2-4-ans/jeux-educatifs/119-fruits
GRADE 2
https://lululataupe.com/2-4-ans/jeux-educatifs/133-couleurs
Stories
https://stories.audible.com/start-listen
https://worldbook.kitaboo.com/reader/worldbook/index.html?usertoken=Mjk5MzQ6MTpJUjA5MjAxNjoyOmNsaWVudDE2OTc6MTY5NzoyMjE2Mjg4OjE6MTU4NDM4MDExMzA2Mjp1cw==
Virtual Field Trips
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Printable Worksheets by the Grade
https://drive.google.com/drive/u/0/folders/1Zn7qfxMxbgJ_TE-DDazr6raDrNKompc4
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1114680885300897/
Fractions Booklet
http://www.learnersplanet.com
French
https://lululataupe.com/
GRADE 5
https://lululataupe.com/2-4-ans/jeux-educatifs/158-animaux-de-la-ferme
GRADE 4
https://lululataupe.com/2-4-ans/jeux-educatifs/119-fruits
GRADE 2
https://lululataupe.com/2-4-ans/jeux-educatifs/133-couleurs
Stories
https://stories.audible.com/start-listen
https://worldbook.kitaboo.com/reader/worldbook/index.html?usertoken=Mjk5MzQ6MTpJUjA5MjAxNjoyOmNsaWVudDE2OTc6MTY5NzoyMjE2Mjg4OjE6MTU4NDM4MDExMzA2Mjp1cw==
Virtual Field Trips
https://freedomhomeschooling.com/virtual-field-trips/?fbclid=IwAR2rC5iDiI29hpVaemxGNemNnBtc2VXJdIGeMDqstE0b4Ev-RMge6hRyj2o
Printable Worksheets by the Grade
https://drive.google.com/drive/u/0/folders/1Zn7qfxMxbgJ_TE-DDazr6raDrNKompc4
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1114680885300897/
Fractions Booklet
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Sports Meet 2020
New Minister for Education, Innovation, Gender Relations and Sustainable Development, Hon. Dr. Gale Rigobert was officially introduced to the staff of the Ministry of Education on June 20, 2016. Dr. Rigobert expressed her thanks for the warm welcome, pledging her commitment to the ministry's vision for education in Saint Lucia.
General elections were held in Saint Lucia on 6 June 2016. The result was a victory for the United Workers Party, which won eleven of the seventeen seats. On 7 June 2016 United Workers Party leader Allen Chastanet was sworn in as Prime Minister.
Ministry of Finance, Economic Growth, Job Creation, External Affairs and the Public Service.
New Ministers as of JUNE 2016
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Nobel Laureate Week Saint Lucia
Celebrating Excellence: Vision 20/20
Celebrating Excellence: Vision 20/20
SIR ARTHUR LEWIS
Born in Saint Lucia on January 23rd, 1915 to George and Ida Lewis. He was the fourth of five children.
Arthur attended the Anglican School ; from there he won a scholarship to the Saint Mary’s College at the age of ten. Two years later, he passed the CambridgeJunior Examinations. The next year he passed the Cambridge School Certificate. At fourteen he had finished his Secondary education gaining honours in both examinations.
Unable to sit the examinations for the Saint Lucia Scholarship and the London Matriculation, because of his age, Arthur entered the Civil Service, where he occupied himself with learning valuable skills of writing, typing, filing and of being orderly.
On winning the Island Scholarship, he opted to study Economics in preference to Engineering, Medicine or Law. He believed this would be his way of entering the Municipal service or the private trade. He entered the London School of Economics to study for the Bachelor of Commerce.
Arthur graduated in 1937 with first class honours, setting a record of finishing first in his class and obtaining first class marks in seven of eight subjects. He was awarded a Scholarship for a Ph.D. degree in Industrial Economics. This he completed in 1940.In addition, he was given a one-year teaching appointment that was later changed to a four year contract.
In 1948 Arthur joined the University of Manchester , after having married the former Gladys Jacobs of Grenada the year before. The couple later had two daughters, Elizabeth and Barbara.
Ten years as the Stanley Jevons Professor of Political Economy at the University of Manchester saw Dr. Lewis distinguish himself in academic scholarship and professional achievement. He earned himself the Title “Consultant Physician to the Ailing Economies.” He served as a Con-sultant to a Number of Organizations including the Caribbean Commission.
He was member of the following: Colonial Advisory Economic Council, (1951-1953); Committee for National Fuel Policy, Britain; United Nations Group of Experts; Board of Governors of Queen Elizabeth House, Oxford; He also served as Consultant to a number of Governments, these include Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica, Nigeria, Barbados and Ghana. He was also Managing Director of the United Nations Special Fund in 1950.
In 1959, Arthur Lewis accepted the post of Head of the Department of Economics at the University of the West Indies (U.W.I.). He also became the first West Indian born to head the University, serving as Principal and then as Vice Chancellor.
As head of the University, he was responsible for expanding the University to a full-fledged independent institution with enrollment increasing from 690 to over 2000. He also established the School of Engineering at the University, working hard he was able to obtain funding for it from the Ford Foundation and the United Nations. He served the University until 1963, the year when he was knighted by Her Majesty the Queen. From 1966-1973 he served as Chancellor of the Universityof Guyana .
In 1963 Sir Arthur, took up appointment at the Distinguished Princeton University , first as Professor of Public and International Affairs and then the prestigious position as James Madison Professor of Political Economy.
In 1971 Sir Arthur returned to the Caribbean to set up the Caribbean Development Bank, he also served as its first President until 1973, when he returned toPrinceton .
Sir Arthur Lewis made history for Saint Lucia and the Caribbean when he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Economics in 1979. He received the prize after 25 years of contribution to the field of Economics. It was awarded for his research into the economic problems of Developing Countries.
Sir Arthur in his academic career wrote many books, monographs, official papers, articles, and chapters in various books. His most significant publications are:- Economic Survey(1918-1939), [1949], Principle of Economic Planning [1949], Theory of Economic Growth, [1955]; Development Planning, [1966]. The Agony of the Eight [1965].
He received numerous awards which include, Honorary Fellow of the London School of Economics and of the Weizman Institute. He also obtained a number of Honorary Degrees from The University of the West Indies, Boston College, Columbia University, Lagos University, Manchester University, Toronto University to name a few.
Sir Arthur’s main interests were in the Theory of Growth, Cyclical Growth of the World Economy, Economic Development and Planning, and especially Economic Development of the Commonwealth Carib -bean. His was the Economic Model of Industrialization by Invitation, a model adopted by countries like Jamaica ,Malta , Singapore , Hong Kong and Maurititius. In 1985 Arthur returned home to a grand homecoming celebration during which the Morne Educational Complex was renamed the Sir Arthur Lewis Community College by an act of Parliament.
The distinguished Son of the soil returned on his retirement to Barbados where he died on June 15, 1991. Sir Arthur’s body was flown to Saint Lucia where he was buried on the grounds of the College named for him.
Arthur attended the Anglican School ; from there he won a scholarship to the Saint Mary’s College at the age of ten. Two years later, he passed the CambridgeJunior Examinations. The next year he passed the Cambridge School Certificate. At fourteen he had finished his Secondary education gaining honours in both examinations.
Unable to sit the examinations for the Saint Lucia Scholarship and the London Matriculation, because of his age, Arthur entered the Civil Service, where he occupied himself with learning valuable skills of writing, typing, filing and of being orderly.
On winning the Island Scholarship, he opted to study Economics in preference to Engineering, Medicine or Law. He believed this would be his way of entering the Municipal service or the private trade. He entered the London School of Economics to study for the Bachelor of Commerce.
Arthur graduated in 1937 with first class honours, setting a record of finishing first in his class and obtaining first class marks in seven of eight subjects. He was awarded a Scholarship for a Ph.D. degree in Industrial Economics. This he completed in 1940.In addition, he was given a one-year teaching appointment that was later changed to a four year contract.
In 1948 Arthur joined the University of Manchester , after having married the former Gladys Jacobs of Grenada the year before. The couple later had two daughters, Elizabeth and Barbara.
Ten years as the Stanley Jevons Professor of Political Economy at the University of Manchester saw Dr. Lewis distinguish himself in academic scholarship and professional achievement. He earned himself the Title “Consultant Physician to the Ailing Economies.” He served as a Con-sultant to a Number of Organizations including the Caribbean Commission.
He was member of the following: Colonial Advisory Economic Council, (1951-1953); Committee for National Fuel Policy, Britain; United Nations Group of Experts; Board of Governors of Queen Elizabeth House, Oxford; He also served as Consultant to a number of Governments, these include Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica, Nigeria, Barbados and Ghana. He was also Managing Director of the United Nations Special Fund in 1950.
In 1959, Arthur Lewis accepted the post of Head of the Department of Economics at the University of the West Indies (U.W.I.). He also became the first West Indian born to head the University, serving as Principal and then as Vice Chancellor.
As head of the University, he was responsible for expanding the University to a full-fledged independent institution with enrollment increasing from 690 to over 2000. He also established the School of Engineering at the University, working hard he was able to obtain funding for it from the Ford Foundation and the United Nations. He served the University until 1963, the year when he was knighted by Her Majesty the Queen. From 1966-1973 he served as Chancellor of the Universityof Guyana .
In 1963 Sir Arthur, took up appointment at the Distinguished Princeton University , first as Professor of Public and International Affairs and then the prestigious position as James Madison Professor of Political Economy.
In 1971 Sir Arthur returned to the Caribbean to set up the Caribbean Development Bank, he also served as its first President until 1973, when he returned toPrinceton .
Sir Arthur Lewis made history for Saint Lucia and the Caribbean when he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Economics in 1979. He received the prize after 25 years of contribution to the field of Economics. It was awarded for his research into the economic problems of Developing Countries.
Sir Arthur in his academic career wrote many books, monographs, official papers, articles, and chapters in various books. His most significant publications are:- Economic Survey(1918-1939), [1949], Principle of Economic Planning [1949], Theory of Economic Growth, [1955]; Development Planning, [1966]. The Agony of the Eight [1965].
He received numerous awards which include, Honorary Fellow of the London School of Economics and of the Weizman Institute. He also obtained a number of Honorary Degrees from The University of the West Indies, Boston College, Columbia University, Lagos University, Manchester University, Toronto University to name a few.
Sir Arthur’s main interests were in the Theory of Growth, Cyclical Growth of the World Economy, Economic Development and Planning, and especially Economic Development of the Commonwealth Carib -bean. His was the Economic Model of Industrialization by Invitation, a model adopted by countries like Jamaica ,Malta , Singapore , Hong Kong and Maurititius. In 1985 Arthur returned home to a grand homecoming celebration during which the Morne Educational Complex was renamed the Sir Arthur Lewis Community College by an act of Parliament.
The distinguished Son of the soil returned on his retirement to Barbados where he died on June 15, 1991. Sir Arthur’s body was flown to Saint Lucia where he was buried on the grounds of the College named for him.
HON. DEREK WALCOTT
Derek Alton Walcott won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1992 - the first individual from the English-speaking Caribbean to do so. His prize winning book Omeros (poem) - published in 1990 tipped the scales in his favour. In January 1999 he was short-listed as one of the persons recommended to be Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom.
Born at Castries, Saint Lucia on 23rd January 1930 to Alix and Warwick Walcott he is the twin brother of Roderick Alden Walcott who is also a dramatist and writer. He has one older sister Pamela Walcott St. Hill. His mother was a school teacher and his father a civil servant and they belonged to the Methodist denomination.
Derek attended the Methodist Infant School and was awarded a Government Scholarship to St. Mary’s College when he was eleven years old. While at the college he was awarded a Silver Cup for Literature and went on to become the first Saint Lucian to be awarded a CD&W Scholarship to the University College of the West Indies in 1945.
He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree from Mona, Jamaica. When the Federation of the West Indies was inaugurated in Trinidad, it was Derek’s historical play Drums and Colors which was the highlight of the Festival of Arts in Port-of-Spain.
He went on to set up the Trinidad Theatre Workshop in Port-of-Spain and was able to produce his plays such as Dream on Monkey Mountain , Henri Christophe and The Joker of Seville .
He received a number of awards for his work such as the Pegasus Award for Poetry, the Guinness Award for Poetry, and the Cholmondeley Prize for Poetry.
In 1957 he was awarded a fellowship by the Rockefeller Foundation to study theatre in the United States.
In 1970 he received a Commonwealth Fellowship to the Leeds University for six months and later that year a fellowship grant from the Andrew Wood Foundation to continue theatre work in Trinidad followed.
In 1972 he was awarded the Queen’s OBE for Literature and in 1973 was the first graduate of the University College of the West Indies to be awarded an Honorary Degree of Doctor of Letters. He also received the Hummingbird Gold Medal from Dr. Eric Williams.
Walcott is truly a Caribbean man and attributes his success to his mother who was an amateur dramatist, his father who was an amateur artist, his mentor Harold Simmons who helped him with his painting and writing, his years in the St. Lucia Arts Guild which he helped to establish, the beauty of the flora and fauna of his homeland and his strong Protestant background.
Born at Castries, Saint Lucia on 23rd January 1930 to Alix and Warwick Walcott he is the twin brother of Roderick Alden Walcott who is also a dramatist and writer. He has one older sister Pamela Walcott St. Hill. His mother was a school teacher and his father a civil servant and they belonged to the Methodist denomination.
Derek attended the Methodist Infant School and was awarded a Government Scholarship to St. Mary’s College when he was eleven years old. While at the college he was awarded a Silver Cup for Literature and went on to become the first Saint Lucian to be awarded a CD&W Scholarship to the University College of the West Indies in 1945.
He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree from Mona, Jamaica. When the Federation of the West Indies was inaugurated in Trinidad, it was Derek’s historical play Drums and Colors which was the highlight of the Festival of Arts in Port-of-Spain.
He went on to set up the Trinidad Theatre Workshop in Port-of-Spain and was able to produce his plays such as Dream on Monkey Mountain , Henri Christophe and The Joker of Seville .
He received a number of awards for his work such as the Pegasus Award for Poetry, the Guinness Award for Poetry, and the Cholmondeley Prize for Poetry.
In 1957 he was awarded a fellowship by the Rockefeller Foundation to study theatre in the United States.
In 1970 he received a Commonwealth Fellowship to the Leeds University for six months and later that year a fellowship grant from the Andrew Wood Foundation to continue theatre work in Trinidad followed.
In 1972 he was awarded the Queen’s OBE for Literature and in 1973 was the first graduate of the University College of the West Indies to be awarded an Honorary Degree of Doctor of Letters. He also received the Hummingbird Gold Medal from Dr. Eric Williams.
Walcott is truly a Caribbean man and attributes his success to his mother who was an amateur dramatist, his father who was an amateur artist, his mentor Harold Simmons who helped him with his painting and writing, his years in the St. Lucia Arts Guild which he helped to establish, the beauty of the flora and fauna of his homeland and his strong Protestant background.
Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house
Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse.
The stockings were hung by the chimney with care,
In hopes that St Nicholas soon would be there.
The children were nestled all snug in their beds,
While visions of sugar-plums danced in their heads.
And mamma in her ‘kerchief, and I in my cap,
Had just settled our brains for a long winter’s nap.
When out on the lawn there arose such a clatter,
I sprang from the bed to see what was the matter.
Away to the window I flew like a flash,
Tore open the shutters and threw up the sash.
The moon on the breast of the new-fallen snow
Gave the lustre of mid-day to objects below.
When, what to my wondering eyes should appear,
But a miniature sleigh, and eight tinny reindeer.
With a little old driver, so lively and quick,
I knew in a moment it must be St Nick.
More rapid than eagles his coursers they came,
And he whistled, and shouted, and called them by name!
"Now Dasher! now, Dancer! now, Prancer and Vixen!
On, Comet! On, Cupid! on, on Donner and Blitzen!
To the top of the porch! to the top of the wall!
Now dash away! Dash away! Dash away all!"
As dry leaves that before the wild hurricane fly,
When they meet with an obstacle, mount to the sky.
So up to the house-top the coursers they flew,
With the sleigh full of Toys, and St Nicholas too.
And then, in a twinkling, I heard on the roof
The prancing and pawing of each little hoof.
As I drew in my head, and was turning around,
Down the chimney St Nicholas came with a bound.
He was dressed all in fur, from his head to his foot,
And his clothes were all tarnished with ashes and soot.
A bundle of Toys he had flung on his back,
And he looked like a peddler, just opening his pack.
His eyes-how they twinkled! his dimples how merry!
His cheeks were like roses, his nose like a cherry!
His droll little mouth was drawn up like a bow,
And the beard of his chin was as white as the snow.
The stump of a pipe he held tight in his teeth,
And the smoke it encircled his head like a wreath.
He had a broad face and a little round belly,
That shook when he laughed, like a bowlful of jelly!
He was chubby and plump, a right jolly old elf,
And I laughed when I saw him, in spite of myself!
A wink of his eye and a twist of his head,
Soon gave me to know I had nothing to dread.
He spoke not a word, but went straight to his work,
And filled all the stockings, then turned with a jerk.
And laying his finger aside of his nose,
And giving a nod, up the chimney he rose!
He sprang to his sleigh, to his team gave a whistle,
And away they all flew like the down of a thistle.
But I heard him exclaim, ‘ere he drove out of sight,
"Happy Christmas to all, and to all a good-night!"
Twas the Night before Christmas Poem
Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse.
The stockings were hung by the chimney with care,
In hopes that St Nicholas soon would be there.
The children were nestled all snug in their beds,
While visions of sugar-plums danced in their heads.
And mamma in her ‘kerchief, and I in my cap,
Had just settled our brains for a long winter’s nap.
When out on the lawn there arose such a clatter,
I sprang from the bed to see what was the matter.
Away to the window I flew like a flash,
Tore open the shutters and threw up the sash.
The moon on the breast of the new-fallen snow
Gave the lustre of mid-day to objects below.
When, what to my wondering eyes should appear,
But a miniature sleigh, and eight tinny reindeer.
With a little old driver, so lively and quick,
I knew in a moment it must be St Nick.
More rapid than eagles his coursers they came,
And he whistled, and shouted, and called them by name!
"Now Dasher! now, Dancer! now, Prancer and Vixen!
On, Comet! On, Cupid! on, on Donner and Blitzen!
To the top of the porch! to the top of the wall!
Now dash away! Dash away! Dash away all!"
As dry leaves that before the wild hurricane fly,
When they meet with an obstacle, mount to the sky.
So up to the house-top the coursers they flew,
With the sleigh full of Toys, and St Nicholas too.
And then, in a twinkling, I heard on the roof
The prancing and pawing of each little hoof.
As I drew in my head, and was turning around,
Down the chimney St Nicholas came with a bound.
He was dressed all in fur, from his head to his foot,
And his clothes were all tarnished with ashes and soot.
A bundle of Toys he had flung on his back,
And he looked like a peddler, just opening his pack.
His eyes-how they twinkled! his dimples how merry!
His cheeks were like roses, his nose like a cherry!
His droll little mouth was drawn up like a bow,
And the beard of his chin was as white as the snow.
The stump of a pipe he held tight in his teeth,
And the smoke it encircled his head like a wreath.
He had a broad face and a little round belly,
That shook when he laughed, like a bowlful of jelly!
He was chubby and plump, a right jolly old elf,
And I laughed when I saw him, in spite of myself!
A wink of his eye and a twist of his head,
Soon gave me to know I had nothing to dread.
He spoke not a word, but went straight to his work,
And filled all the stockings, then turned with a jerk.
And laying his finger aside of his nose,
And giving a nod, up the chimney he rose!
He sprang to his sleigh, to his team gave a whistle,
And away they all flew like the down of a thistle.
But I heard him exclaim, ‘ere he drove out of sight,
"Happy Christmas to all, and to all a good-night!"
Twas the Night before Christmas Poem
LA MARGUERITE
The Feast of La Marguerite, one of two rival floral cultural festivals of St. Lucia, will be celebrated on October 17. (Its rival flower festival, the feast of La Rose, is celebrated on August 30, the feast of St. Rosa de Lima.) La Rose and La Marguerite are societies ostensibly based around the celebration of the rival virtues of the rose and the marguerite flowers. Membership in these rival societies includes most of the population of the island. Both groups are hierarchically structured with a king and a queen as head of the society and other dignitaries patterned upon the socio-economic structure of colonial society. There are also princes, princesses and other pseudo legal, military and professional personnel, including judges, policemen, nurses, soldiers. The element of role performance or masquerading is evident from this internal structure.
http://repeatingislands.com/2009/09/11/st-lucia%E2%80%99s-feast-of-la-marguerite/
A Creole revival started in the 1970’s when Creole-speaking countries from around the world formed a network to honour their common heritage. “Bandzil Creole” was established and the members of the new organization decided to observe International Creole Day each year on October 28th. The occasion is celebrated by some fifteen million Creole speakers around the world.
Small island nations like St. Lucia and Dominica in the Caribbean went on to organize a second unique event, “Jounen Kweyol” Creole Day, held every year on the Sunday closest to International Creole Day.
October has become the month of the worldwide celebration of Creole language and the Kreyol blogosphere is paying attention.
In 1982 the Seychelles government organised a Kreyol week. The first international Bannzil Kreyol day took place on the 28th October 1983. Ever since, the 28th October has been celebrated annually in all Kreyol countries the world over.
Jounen Kwéyòl (Kreyol Day) is celebrated in Saint Lucia on the last Sunday of October across the entire island, and has been held annually since 1984. On the Sunday of this week, the various towns chosen to host this festival put out the result of their grand preparations; local dishes and foods such as roast breadfruit, Green Fig and Salt Fish (The National Dish of St.Lucia), plantain, king fish, Manicou (opossum), Souse (a soup made with pork and often cucumber), fried bake and floats, Accra (a fried dough which contains salt fish), Paime (otherwise known as Conkies) and a famous dish known as Bouillon (fish, chicken or meat stewed with dasheen, yams, plantains, banana and dumplings) Also local drinks such as Cocoa Tea, Golden Apple Juice, Guava Juice and more. Apart from the food part, the event is collaborated with kweyol music some of which have been past down to and from many generations. The most widely used instrument besides vocals are the Tambos (drums) and are beaten throughout as people speak in the creole language and have a merry time. Most people commemorate this day by wearing the island's National Wear such as the Wob Dwiete. Persons who do not want to wear the extreme layers of skirts and dresses make clothing out of special plaid material called Madras which is one of the cloths used in the national wear.
Small island nations like St. Lucia and Dominica in the Caribbean went on to organize a second unique event, “Jounen Kweyol” Creole Day, held every year on the Sunday closest to International Creole Day.
October has become the month of the worldwide celebration of Creole language and the Kreyol blogosphere is paying attention.
In 1982 the Seychelles government organised a Kreyol week. The first international Bannzil Kreyol day took place on the 28th October 1983. Ever since, the 28th October has been celebrated annually in all Kreyol countries the world over.
Jounen Kwéyòl (Kreyol Day) is celebrated in Saint Lucia on the last Sunday of October across the entire island, and has been held annually since 1984. On the Sunday of this week, the various towns chosen to host this festival put out the result of their grand preparations; local dishes and foods such as roast breadfruit, Green Fig and Salt Fish (The National Dish of St.Lucia), plantain, king fish, Manicou (opossum), Souse (a soup made with pork and often cucumber), fried bake and floats, Accra (a fried dough which contains salt fish), Paime (otherwise known as Conkies) and a famous dish known as Bouillon (fish, chicken or meat stewed with dasheen, yams, plantains, banana and dumplings) Also local drinks such as Cocoa Tea, Golden Apple Juice, Guava Juice and more. Apart from the food part, the event is collaborated with kweyol music some of which have been past down to and from many generations. The most widely used instrument besides vocals are the Tambos (drums) and are beaten throughout as people speak in the creole language and have a merry time. Most people commemorate this day by wearing the island's National Wear such as the Wob Dwiete. Persons who do not want to wear the extreme layers of skirts and dresses make clothing out of special plaid material called Madras which is one of the cloths used in the national wear.
Teachers on parade
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