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All Souls Day
All Souls' Day (also the Feast of All Souls, Commemoration of all the Faithful Departed, is the day set apart in Western Christianity, especially the Roman Catholic Church but to some extent also among Protestants, for the commemoration of the faithful departed.
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Thanksgiving Day
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Feast of La Marguerite
This is one of two rival floral cultural festivals of St. Lucia. It is celebrated primarily in the more rural communities. Participants dress up in costumes and dance in the streests. There are distict featured characters namely The Queen, King, policeman, nurse etc. They dance to the beat of folk music and drumming. It is quite the cultural treat and visitors are welocme to observe and participate. and costumes.
Traditionally, these two rival Flower Societies begin what is locally referred to as seances. These seances are essentially weekly meetings held by each group. At these meetings, there is one female singer or a Chantwelle of each Society who has the task of composing Belairs (tunes which are a blend of African and French expressions) which are sung in French Creole. In these songs, the Chantwelle and members give praise to their respective societies, while they lightheartedly disparage their rivals (the other Flower Society) in song and dance. The choruses of these songs are usually sung in unison to the accompaniment of saxophones, violins, the banjo, or any [traditional] musical instrument.
After attending a religious service, members of each Flower Society parade the streets of their community dressed up in imitations of Kings and Queens, prince and princesses, doctors, nurses, policemen and soldiers. These weekly seances culminate in the colourful festivals of the La Rose on August 30 and Les Marguerite on October 17 each year.
Contact: Contact: Folk Research Centre Mt. Pleasant P.O. Box 514, Castries. Tel. 1-758-452-2279
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Saint Cecilia's Day
Saint Cecilia (Latin: Sancta Caecilia) is the patron saint of musicians and Church music. Her feast day is celebrated in the Roman Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, and Eastern Catholic Churches on November 22. She is one of seven women, excluding the Blessed Virgin, commemorated by name in the Canon of the Mass. It was long supposed that she was a noble lady of Rome who, with her husband Valerian(us) and his brother Thateus, suffered martyrdom, c. 230, under the emperor Alexander Severus.
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Jounen Kweyol Entenasyonnal
This festival celebrates a popular yet un-official dailect of french, widley spoken in the Caribbean region. A mix of Kweyol (Creole) food, music, games and folklore come together to give this festival a really unique flavour, home to the french influenced Caribbean islands but enjoyed by many more.
Contact: Contact: Contact: Folk Research Centre at tel. no. 758-452-2279
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