AUGUST MONDAY

‘EMANCIPATION DAY’

GROUP 1BiancaChloe

DeegiiRoumayne

Sherry

August Monday (first Monday in August) is also known as Emancipation Day in some Caribbean territories including sister islands, Saint Kitts and Nevis.

It is a public holiday in commemoration of the Slavery Abolition Act 1833 which ended slavery and was passed by the British Parliament on August 1, 1834.

Presently, Emancipation Day observance occupies two days—August Monday and the following Tuesday which are celebrated during many cultural festival or carnivals throughout.

Residents on Saint Kitts & Nevis usually celebrate with picnics, parties, family gatherings on the beach or in the parks.

Last year (2013) an Emancipation Festival at Brimstone Hill was scheduled for the Sunday before August. It is the first of its kind and promises to be a celebration of "our rise out of bondage" under the theme "True Liberation Through Ownership of Our Heritage.”

On the island of Nevis, the holiday falls within their annual Culturama, a weeklong type of celebration.

I will show you a few pictures so you can see some of what takes place on those two days……

Then after all that partying and street dancing the annual Miss Caribbean Culture is held with ladies from all over the Caribbean competing for the crown..

But …..only one can be crowned queen.

I hope you guys enjoyed the little taste of my island festival. There is so much more to see and talk about but we are out of time.