Last Updated on July 14, 2024, 1:40 PM AST by Anthony Morris
The Nevis Culturama Festival and Homecoming Celebration Official Activities has commenced on July 4, 2024. The festival is scheduled to take place from July 4 to August 6, 2024.
The announcement of the calendar was made on July 3, 2024, through the official Facebook page of the Nevis Culturama. As the festival marks it’s 50th anniversary, the island of Nevis is featuring exciting events such as food fairs, poetry nights, and much more.
Nevis Culturama traces its origin back to 1974 and over the years, the festival has evolved into a grand celebration of the culture of Nevis.
The theme for the year 2024 is “Celebrating Culture, Embracing History, It’s Culturama 50.” The festival will feature a spectacular celebration of culture, music, and tradition. The detailed lineup of upcoming events for the festival is as follows:
July 19- C50 Wet Fete
July 20- Opening of Cultural Village
July 21- TDC Senior Kaiso Fiesta (Semi-Finals)
July 22- Culcha Pot
July 24- Green House Band & Nevis Solid Waste Management Authority Junior Kaiso Finals
July 25- Culturama 50, Official Opening Ceremony
July 26- Culturama 50 Golden Jubilee Awards Ceremony
July 28- Ms Culture Swimwear and Mr Kool Contest
July 29- Poets in Square
– Boni Panorama Contest
July 30- Poets in Square
– Republic Bank Mr and Ms Talented youth Pageant
July 31- HOMECOMING DAY
-First Federal Homecoming Celebration
-Poets in the Square
– Homecoming Ball
August 1- Poets in the Square
– Junior Cultural Street Parade
-National Bank Soca Monarch Contest
August 2- Poets in the Square
-TDC Senior Kaiso Finals
August 3- Carib/National Bank Art, Craft, and Cultural Food Fair
-Culturama 50 Emancipation Concert
August 4- Bank of Nevis Ltd. Ms Culture Queen Pageant
August 5- Emancipation J’ouvert Jump Up
August 6- Culturama 50 Grand Street Parade and Last Lap
– C50 Finale
The venues and the timings for all the events have also been announced.
The Premier of Nevis, Mark Brantley also reposted the calendar of official events from the post of Nevis Culturama, on his official Facebook account.
The 50th Culturama promises the best time and will inspire the future generations to take up their culture and heritage and keep it alive for ages.
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