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The Bahamas International Cultural Festival brings together Bahamians with foreign nationals living and working in The Bahamas.\u00a0 The Bahamas has a diverse variety of international residents. The annual festival is your opportunity to enjoy the food, drinks, culture and entertainment of many countries represented at the 16th Annual International Cultural Festival on Saturday, October 21 and Sunday, October 22 at the Botanical Gardens, Chippingham Road.<\/p>\n
From Scottish bagpipers, Spanish Flamenco dancers, dancers from the Dominican Republic and Haiti to a Mexican mariachi band,\u00a0 Junkanoo dancers from The Bahamas and cultural performances from the Phillipines and Cuba… there is a stage performance for everyone to enjoy.<\/p>\n
And the food offerings are delicious.\u00a0 From goo old fashioned bahamian fare to Cuban rice, peas and pork dishes, Sri Lankan curries, and cuisine from the Dominican Republic, Peru, the Philippines, China, Haiti, Guyana, the Turks & Caicos Islands, Greece, Scotland, France and England – there is food for every palate and tastebuds.<\/p>\n
“It is a festival that showcases all these different people and countries and you get to experience their cuisine, culture and brews.\u00a0 The booths in a sense, represent a window into the country and gives you a look at their cultural heritage,”\u2008says Janet Johnson from the Bahamas Ministry of Tourism and festival chairman.<\/p>\n
“And the popular onstage presentations show the culture in terms of the dance and the music, and this year we have a really great lineup,” she says.<\/p>\n
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The festival was originally started to mark the 50th anniversary of the United Nations. Since its inception, it has grown from year-to-year as new countries choose to participate.\u00a0 New to the festival this year will be a showcase of Bahamian heritage and culture including performances from the Pyfrom quadruplets and the All-Star Marching Band.\u00a0 Even the Argentineans working on the Nassau Road Project will have a booth from which they will share their gaucho culture.\u00a0 The United States will also sponsor a jazz ensemble.<\/p>\n
The booths have also been diversified this year.\u00a0 Rather than just selling wares, some will offer tips and techniques on how to reproduce their product.\u00a0 Culinary tourism will be a highlight this year as well, with a farmer\u2019s market where festival patrons can purchase produce and fish.\u00a0 A number of chefs will engage in cooking demonstrations.<\/p>\n
Charities are also involved.\u00a0 For the first time, the Ranfurly Home for Children will have a three-booth pavilion; Zonta will feature a garden pavilion, the Girl Guides will run the playground, Omega Psi Phi will work the gates and Rotary will run the Bacardi bar.<\/p>\n
As for the food, small portions are the order of the day this year, according to organizers, as patrons want to sample as many different dishes as they can, and try a variety of foreign brews and home brews and visit BHG\u2019s Festival Wine Store.<\/p>\n
To bring out the kid in everyone there, cartoon cut-outs from popular television characters will be set up so people can put their faces into the hole and take pictures to add to the lightness of the day.<\/p>\n
A civic-minded aspect to the event will also be highlighted this year, with the Humane Society\u2019s promotion of animal adoption, a booth by the Ranfurly Home for Children and Hands for Hunger collecting food for those in need after the festival.<\/p>\n
Over the two-day festival, 10 round-trip tickets to the Family Islands with hotel accommodations will be raffled, along with other prizes.<\/p>\n
The international float parade departs Arawak Cay on Saturday at 2 pm., traveling east on West Bay Street on to Bay Street to Mackey Street, to Wulf Road on to Poinciana Drive to Nassau Street, north to West Bay Street and back to Arawak Cay.<\/p>\n
BOOTH LISTING FOR INTERNATIONAL CULTURAL FESTIVAL<\/strong><\/p>\n Bahamas Culinary Association The festival was started to mark the 50th anniversary of the United Nations. Since its inception, it has grown from year-to-year as new countries opt to participate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_10223285771444175_51037792744":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[133,104,269,23],"class_list":["post-13997","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lifestyle","tag-community","tag-culture","tag-festival","tag-food"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13997","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13997"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13997\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13997"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13997"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13997"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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\nDrew\u2019s Ice Cream
\nSomething\u2019s Different
\nSwitcha
\nBertha\u2019s Go Go Ribs
\nSky Juice King
\nMortimer Candies
\nGreenfire Catering
\nDestiny\u2019s Delites
\nKing of Chicken
\nMajors Deligght
\nZonta Club of Nassau
\nPlant Pleasers
\nBuy Fresh – Buy Bahamian
\nSands Beer
\nThe Crab Shack
\nCOB
\nNaturals By Wendy
\nDiamonds International
\nKalik
\nDepre Bahamas
\nDion Lewis
\nBahamas Jewelry
\nIsland Flava
\nCash n\u2019 Go
\nCable Bahamas
\nBahamas Bizz Buzz
\nCoca Cola
\nJaria
\nSeahorse Face Painting
\nNegril Cafe
\nJamaica
\nGuyana
\nTurks &\u2008Caicos
\nHaiti
\nDominican Republic (Palomino)
\nDominican Republic (Myrurgia Hernandez)
\nDominican Republic (Demitrio Torres Lluberes)
\nCuba
\nCaribbean Melting Pot (Ranfurly Home)
\nOut Island Promotion Board
\nPhilippines
\nChina (Lloyd Wong)
\nChinese embassy
\nCanada
\nMexico
\nU.S. Marines
\nSweets &\u2008Treats
\nBurger Town
\nSweet South
\nPeru (Dennis Palomino)
\nPeru (Carlos Mariategul)
\nPeru (Martha Soplin)
\nPeru (Maria De Los Milagros Zapata)
\nPeru (Cecilia Matta)
\nPeru
\nCopa Airlines
\nSouth Africa
\nFrance
\nItaly Kool Koi
\nSpain
\nEngland
\nScotland
\nGreece
\nHeineken (Netherlands)
\nThe Wine Store
\nBank of The Bahamas
\nRemote Vans
\nBahamas Humane Society
\nSpeed Week<\/p>\n
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