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A 100-member delegation is set to represent Jamaica at the 15th staging of the Caribbean Festival of Arts (CARIFESTA) in Barbados from August 22 to 31 under the theme ‘Caribbean Roots; Global Excellence’.
Hosted biennially by member states of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), CARIFESTA is the largest cultural and artistic event in the Caribbean that showcases the cultural expressions of artistes across the region.
Executive Director for the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC) and Head of the Jamaica Delegation to CARIFESTA, Lenford Salmon, told JIS News that the festival will see cultural offerings from Jamaica in several areas.
He noted that special emphasis will be placed on the representation of traditional folk-forms highlighting the African ancestry of Jamaicans.
