Umkhosi omkhulu wobuciko namasiko waseCaribbean uzobanjelwa eTrinidad naseTobago kusuka ngo-Agasti 16th ukuze 25th. ICaribbean Festival of the Arts (CARIFESTA) isonyakeni wayo weshumi nane futhi isichithe isikhathi esingaphezu kwamashumi amabili eminyaka njengoba umthwalo wokubeka lo mkhosi wedlulela eziqhingini ezahlukahlukene esifundeni.
Eminyakeni edlule, iCARIFESTA ibilokhu iyisisusa sokuqinisa hhayi kuphela ukuhlanganiswa kwesifunda phakathi kwamazwe aseCaribbean, izingcweti nabasebenza ngamasiko. Ngakho-ke lo mkhosi obanzi ube yindawo yokwethula iCaribbean ukuba ibe maphakathi nendawo, ngokuletha ingqikithi yalokho okwenza iziqhingi zicebe ngokwamasiko emhlabeni.
Ngo-2019, indikimba yomkhosi ithi “Xhuma, Yabelana, Utshale Imali”, futhi lokhu kugcizelela umgomo omkhulu weCaribbean iyonke, okuwukuhlanganiswa kwesifunda. Njengabaphathi kulo nyaka, iTrinidad neTobago bazoqhubeka nokuqinisekisa isimo sayo njengeMecca endaweni yokudala yaseCaribbean njengoba iziqhingi ezimbili zibizwa ngokuthi yiCultural Capital yesifunda. Lezi ziqhingi ziyikhaya leCarnival, "umbukiso omkhulu kunayo yonke emhlabeni", futhi kunenjabulo enkulu lapho indawo efika khona izobukisa futhi imakethe isiko laseTrinidad naseTobago esifundeni saseCaribbean nasemhlabeni wonke ngeCARIFESTA XIV.
Kuze kube manje, amazwe angama-21 asabhalisele iCARIFESTA XIV njengoba kunesasasa ngokwakha isiko labo lokuthi labelwe kulokho okuyindawo yokudala evundile. Uma uhlela ukuza eCARIFESTA XIV eTrinidad naseTobago bheka idili lokusungula ezinkulumweni zeMusic, Dance, Theatre, Film, Visual Arts, Literary Arts, Culinary Arts, Fashion, Folklore and Craft. Ngaphezulu kwezinsuku eziyishumi (10), ungazicwilisa eTrinidad naseTobago futhi ube nesipiliyoni sobuciko nesiko esivela kulo mhlaba.
Okuhehayo okuyinhloko noma ihabhu yiFirst Village yethu eQueen's Park Savannah ePort of Spain ngemisebenzi yesathelayithi eyenzeka kwezinye izindawo eziningi zokudala naseduze nenhloko-dolobha enhle. Umcimbi wethu omkhulu kuzoba yi-Island Beats Super Concert equkethe imidlalo evela emidlalweni yamazwe omhlaba njengeGrammy Award Winning Artist Shaggy, iqembu laseFrance Caribbean Zouk Kassav, Soca Super Star Machel Montano kanye neQueen of Soca Calypso Rose.
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LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- The islands are home to Carnival, “the greatest show on earth”, and there is much excitement as the destination gets to showcase and market the culture of Trinidad and Tobago to the Caribbean region and the rest of the world through CARIFESTA XIV.
- As hosts this year, Trinidad and Tobago will further confirm its status as a Mecca in the Caribbean's creative space as the dual islands have been dubbed as the Cultural Capital of the region.
- The Caribbean Festival of the Arts (CARIFESTA) is in its fourteenth year and has spanned over two decades as the responsibility for staging of the festival passed to different islands within the region.
