Celebrating 70 Years of Culture! Rena’s Festiville officially opens
The 70th Emancipation Festival officially kicked off on Monday, July 29, with a torch-lighting procession that began at Noel Lloyd Positive Action Movement Park and ended at the festival grounds in Road Town, where the opening ceremony was held.
The procession saw members of the BVI community, including elected representatives such as First District Representative Dr Karl Dawson, Luce Hodge-Smith, and Deputy Premier Lorna Smith.
Some of the festival’s newly crowned monarchs were also present for the procession, which was led by the fungi band Zion Sounds. The community paraded to one of the local tunes, “70 years of culture, 70 years of fun.”
The traditional torch-light procession has been a significant part of the territory’s festival since it initially began in 1935, and it continues more than 100 years later.
The opening ceremony began shortly after with words from Hodge-Smith before she honoured Jost Van Dyke native Larina Jacobs-Lamothe — affectionately known as Rena — for the 70th Emancipation Festival—Rena’s Festiville.
Her plaque of recognition was gifted to her by the Deputy Premier.
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“The traditional torch-light procession has been a significant part of the territory’s festival since it initially began in 1935, and it continues more than 100 years later.”
If it began in 1935 and continues more than 100 years later, that takes us to 2035. We just in 2024 unless I missing something, so that maths can’t be right.
We are celebrating 99 years of emancipation which the torch light procession represents. However the festival celebrations are 70 years in existence. Hope that clarifies
It said the traditional TORCH LIGHT PROCESSION initially began in 1935 and continues 100 years later..
I am just trying to make sense of what is written.
Your ‘clarification’ doesn’t clarify anything.
why are little kids there
Rena I am so very proud of you. Congratulations.
Shaping up to be another failure. No culture apart from EE and Carrot Bay. D4 rep who ‘supposed’ to be an ‘expert’ in this area is almost silent and non-involved apart from photo ops.
Shoulda went Crop-over or elsewhere wid ayo $45/plate whelks and disaster of shows- why is it like a bad cartoon and the public stuck with no way out?!?!?