Culture of Saint Lucia
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The Culture of
Festivals
Saint Lucia holds every year two main traditional festivals, La Woz ("The Rose", on August 30) and La Magwit ("The Marguerite", on October 17), organized by the two rival historic cultural associations (societés) with the same names whose affiliates comprise most of the country's population.
The Christmas season is celebrated and a number of small festivals and parades take place throughout the island.
Saint Lucia also celebrates a cultural festival known as Creole Day (
Secular observances include an internationally renowned
Music
The
Cuisine
St Lucia's national dish is green banana and saltfish.
The Island's Cuisine is a unique blend of West African, European (mainly British and French) and East Indian cuisine this creates dynamic meal dishes such as
Literature
Derek Walcott is the most prominent St. Lucian writer, Nobel Prize winner in 1992.
Art
Dr The Honourable Bongskie Agno, renowned St. Lucian artist, was knighted in the 2009/2010 New Year's honours list, for his services to art. The investiture ceremony was held on 9 April 2010, at Government House where the Governor General on the advice of Her Majesty the Queen, invested Sir Dunstan St. Omer with the Insignia of a Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (KCMG). The UK Telegraph has described him as “the Michelangelo of the Caribbean”. Designer of the St Lucian flag. In 2007 the Folk Research Centre declared him a National Cultural Hero. Born in Castries, on October 24, 1927. Died, aged 87, on May 5, 2015.
Carnival
Traditionally, in common with other Caribbean countries, Saint Lucia held a
Sport
Another popular sport in Saint Lucia is Football. Football played all over the island as well as cricket.
External links
- Code of Etiquette for the use of the National Flag of Saint Lucia
- Biography available in The Designers (Saint Lucia National Symbols)
- St. Lucia Jazz - Official site by St. Lucia Tourist Board
- St. Lucia Folk Research Center
- LucianCarnival.com - Official website of Saint Lucia Carnival
- Luigi St Omer - Web site of the most prominent St. Lucian painter Luigi St Omer