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Carnival controversies: Foreign cultural imports, social decadence and women's sexual objectification
May 29, 2018
Carnival controversies: Foreign cultural imports, social decadence and women's sexual objectification
Dear Editor, The very founding of carnival in The Bahamas was fraught with controversies. A central controversy was the privileging of a foreign festival rather than promoting our indigenous festival, Junkanoo, that has not been able to sustain itself privately. It is estimated that between [...]
The post Carnival controversies: Foreign cultural imports, social decadence and women's sexual objecti...
April 17, 2018
UB Concert Choir Readies for Cultural Exchange as they Tour Canada
The month of April ushers in an aura of collective turmoil for college students, who enter panic-mode in a mad rush to brace for last-minute assignments and final exams...
April 09, 2018
Bahamas participates in Recognition Ceremony and Cultural Presentation at UNESCO
The World International Council of Dance (CID) in Paris officially presented documents recognizing the Nassau Section of CID during a special ceremony in Paris on March 29th...
March 21, 2018
OEF seeking to develop, promote cultural and economic viability of Lighthouse Point
The One Eleuthera Foundation (OEF) is moving quickly to develop and promote the cultural and economic viability of Lighthouse Point, on the very southern tip of Eleuthera, which is being looked at for development by private interests. One Eleuthera Foundation's Chief Executive Officer Shaun Ingraham [...]
Initiatives for Promotion and Preservation of Culture, Envisaged by Cultural Affairs Division
January 31, 2018
Initiatives for Promotion and Preservation of Culture, Envisaged by Cultural Affairs Division
Minister of Youth, Sports and Culture, the Hon. Michael Pintard recently met with the Cultural Affairs Division and discussed present and future initiatives for the promotion and preservation of culture in The Bahamas. Among.......
Cultural Erasure
January 27, 2018
Cultural Erasure
Indigenous culture is being smothered in many areas of the Caribbean and The Bahamas. This erasure has been assisted by a process of deculturation that includes the popular image of Bahamians and Bahamian culture being shifted to reflect an image that is about objectification and [...]
International Cultural Festival Only Five Weeks Away
September 16, 2011
International Cultural Festival Only Five Weeks Away
The Ministry of Tourism has announced that the International Cultural Festival (ICF) will be held on October 22 & 23. The festival, which is in its 16th year, will be held at the Botanical Gardens and will feature food and cultural expressions from over 30 countries.
ALIV to sponsor Cultural Wine and Food Festival
October 05, 2017
ALIV to sponsor Cultural Wine and Food Festival
ALIV has come on board for a second straight year to provide sponsorship to the 22nd annual International Cultural Wine and Food Festival.An official announcement was made on Tuesday at ALIV's headquarters where the ICWFF committee held its official
Cultural consultant Ian Poitier
August 03, 2017
Cultural consultant Ian Poitier
Dear Editor,
I was interested to read, in the letters section of the July 25, 2017 edition of your newspaper, continued comment on the compensation received by Ian Poitier as cultural consultant to the government of The Bahamas during the previous administration. May I add my voice to the conversation?
Mr. Poitier served as chair on the board of directors of Clifton Heritage Authority from 2014 t...
Cultural community mourns Adderley
July 06, 2017
Cultural community mourns Adderley
The cultural community is mourning the loss of a "giant of a man".
Many are struggling to come to grips with the loss of founder and director of the Bahamas National Youth Choir (BNYC) Cleophas Adderley, who passed away at age 62 yesterday afternoon at Doctors Hospital after a long battle with pancreatic cancer.
Among those grieving is artist JoAnn Callender, who told The Nassau Guardian yesterday...
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