PHOTOS: Rise & Shine 2024
Scores of revellers gathered behind bands in the early hours of Monday, August 5, moving from Port Purcell to the Cyril B. Romney Pier Park for the Road Town leg of the annual Rise and Shine Tramp.
The intoxicating sounds of soca music blared through the streets, much to the delight of the crowd. Flags from countries such as Dominica, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, St. Lucia, and of course, the BVI were represented.
The mass of people was sprayed with foam, water, flour, paint, and other assortments of powder as they fully indulged in the island’s culture.
This highly anticipated festivity brought men and women together, dancing rhythmically against each other.
The procession represented a cultural experience and bond forged under the festival’s theme, “Celebrate in Freedom and Live in Unity as the BVI Turns 70!”
The Virgin Islands celebrates 70 years of culture, as well as the 190th anniversary of the abolition of slavery in the BVI. The August Monday Parade, a relatively large parade in the BVI, follows shortly after during the day.
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some of these women have young kids and still big in the jouvert, smh
All these NASTY PEOPLE in these shopping carts with their stinking behinds, frontal parts and sewerage feet that people have to put their groceries in!!!!
Supermarkets PLEASE NOT ONLY DURING COVID BUT PLEASE SANITIZE CARTS AT ALLLLLL TIMES.
Supermarkets PLEASE STOP PEOPLE FROM PUTTING THEIR CHILDREN WITH THEIR DIRTY FEET INSIDE THE PART WHERE GROCERIES GO.
Environmental Health PLEASE CHECK THESE SUPERMARKETS FOR SANITARY MEASURES.
I see kids there wtf, our culture is rotten the future generations are beyond hope
we in purcell can’t get water most nights but we have water to waste on this foolishness
the trainer has some nice tatas
Not one good looking woman yet! Skettles , import from Trini next year lf
Trini do have the best for Jouvert and the parades
The prettiest women and naturally sexy
No fakes plastics fake bam bam hip and silicone boob
And lacewigs
Fake nails fake lashes u can see a mile away and think it looking good
Blubber fest
Lol stop complaining. some people dont know how to have fun.
Usually I dont like the photos after events but this one is good advertising to tourist world wide.
Our paid health officials appear to not be doing sufficient community/country education on obesity
They need to do more as, just those seen here are going to cause the health system milions in twenty years from now and counting.
Otherwise some just can’t. keep. things out their mouths.
Sex Sex Sex – All acts was about Sex. Soca bands “Sex” Reggae/ Dancehall acts “Sex” up and down Road Town August Monday “ Sex” Sex sex sex no real morals or message was given except Sex Sex Sex – even the Government made mention about wrapping it up “ good message “ yet everything just Sex oriented. The festival just one big long Orgy party.
Thank you BVI news for always sharing the photos. It is very much appreciated.
this country is circling the drain
Well, I think the women groups in BVI need to call on the Premier and government to Ban all g string or whatever it’s call that expose all those big buttons in the atmosphere.
It is diminishing the moral fiber of this community.where’s is gender department, and Luz please do something about this because it’s not part of culture to have our women, children expose themselves in this vulgar manner, jumping on each other,like goats and horses this animal behavior need to stop, it’s going down a road many will come to regret.
It’s disgraceful,to see the behavior that is call culture,our children are watching this behavior and bound to repeat.stop it now!
Parents bring children to jovert where women have g strings on and are gyrating on men. Practically dry humping on the streets. That’s bad parenting, you have no one to watch your children then stay home
A bunch of ugly fat arm women (FLAB FEST)
Whom only allowed us jouvert age 18
is this how africans from the jungle of africa that were brought to the americas on slave ships celebrate emancipation from slavery? do you people have any understanding of the horrors of slavery that have taken place all over the world? no wonder. africans do not understand anything about human rights. everyday around the world blacks and whites and asians and hispanics, free people around the world, are subjected to human rights violations and human rights abuse. stay away from eastern parkway in crown heights in brooklyn new york.