TiMalo. Meteo Antilles. Global Voices en Français » Guadeloupe : Kwanzaa, du nouveau dan. C qoi o jus' ? ki sa sa ki sa yé ? Global Voices Online » Guadeloupe: Why not celebrate Kwanzaa as. Besides the traditional celebration of Christmas, Guadeloupean people have recently taken up a new celebration: Kwanzaa, which starts on December 26 and lasts until January 1.
This new phenomenon is made all the more interesting since Guadeloupe, which is historically Roman Catholic, celebrates Christmas as a part of a strong cultural heritage – even non religious people mark the occasion. So how come they have recently been including the celebration of Kwanzaa as part of the season? To answer this question, Shaka Zulu in Gwafakwika tutors his readers [in Creole] about “what exactly is Kwanzaa?”
Ka sa yé ankò Kwanzaa? On mak fabrik? What exactly is Kwanzaa? Another explanation is given by Allain Jules in leflingueur [Fr]: C’est un évènement majeur, le plus important même pour les negro-africains. Guadeloupe - Résultat de la recherche. UAG. Tout l'Outre-mer à portée de clic ! Avant-garde : distributeur et revendeur officiel DELL. Plan de jarry guadeloupe. Moteur de recherche, Petites annonces. Beauport le pays de la canne. Informatique en Guadeloupe : Micro Cash. Guadeloupe. Guadeloupe informatique NOVE. Rhum Damoiseau - Guadeloupe. Photos de Guadeloupe : Basse-Terre, Deshaie, Bouillante. Photos of La Soufriere. Guardian Unlimited Travel.
The French Caribbean has a reputation for poshness; the English Caribbean has a reputation for being full of compounds like a JG Ballard novel, all manicured to pristinehood within, and filthy dangerous without.
I've never been to the English Antilles, though I have read a lot of JG Ballard and I sure as hell wouldn't want to go on holiday with him. But I have always bought the line about the mythical poshness of the French Windies: its atmosphere is posh; its scenery is posh; its individual trees and lushly hanging boughs are posh, like the overblown curtainry of a modern hotel. The genesis of this rumour is that St Barthelemy is in the French bit, and that is rigorously top-end. It has no fresh water of its own, so there is not one thing, not one shred of fresh food nor splash of fizzy pop on that island that hasn't been flown in from somewhere else. Generally, this isn't like a European holiday, where you might travel from town to town, looking at the old bits and overeating.
Guide de l'île de la Guadeloupe. Guadeloupe Webcam. Guadeloupe 1996. La Soufriere 1996. C qoi o jus' ? Indiens dans la Caraïbe. Pyepimanla : August 14, 2014.
Karim Sahai Photography. Fordayute.com: le journal des antilles et des antillais (in fren. Jodila. Jacques Schwarz-Bart's MySpace page. BlessSongSide. Natifnatal-Wanakera-Karib. Voyage en Guadeloupe. La Soufrière, Guadeloupe: QTVR. LAMECA - Portes ouvertes sur la Caraïbe. The Caribbean Weblog. History of Guadeloupe : Discover. History Acquainting yourself with the basics of Guadeloupe’s history, deeply linked with the history of the whole of the region, is essential if you wish to understand the cultural context of the area you are bound to.
“Yesterday was yesterday, today is today”, said a certain politician from the Middle East. This, however, is not relevant to regions such as Guadeloupe, where a sound knowledge of the past gives a helping hand in understanding present day traditions. Contrarily to continental America, the Caribbean islands accommodate a great majority of “renewed” populations, and the arrival of Christopher Columbus was in a way really the beginning of history in these areas.
Caribbean society known to us today is extremely young, dating from the end of the 19th, and in certain cases even the beginning of the 20th century, as the beginnings of modern society must be put around fifty years after the abolishment of slavery. Chronology Meso-Indians (from 5000 BC to our age) 16th century. Map of Guadeloupe. Soufrierre Guadeloupe Volcano - John Seach. Soufrière Guadeloupe Volcano - John Seach Basse-Terre, Guadeloupe, Caribbean 16.05 N, 61.67 W summit elevation 1467 m stratovolcano.
Climbing the Volcano La Soufrière. [Site TOC] [TEXT Page] Picking the right day to climb La Soufrière is important.
On our first visit to the volcano, we were there on an average day. The wind was very strong, and the fog restricted visibility to a couple of hundred meters. Although at the bottom of the volcano it was clear and hot, at the craters it was chilly and damp. We had no sense of the entirety of the crest -- it was not visible. On our next visit, the top of the mountain was entirely covered in clouds. We started about 10:00 am and began a leisurely climb up the slope. We traversed about 270 degrees around the mountain, climbing steadily as we went. Eventually, we got to a sign telling us that there was another half hour to the top, and the path ceased to round the mountain and began to ascend straight up the side. C qoi o jus' ? ki sa sa ki sa yé ? Nwélo ! Nwélo ! Qu’il est bon le divin’enfant ! Tel fut sans doute le cri de joie des planteurs euro-chrétiens de nos habitations cannières en ce Noël de l’an 1854. En effet, le 24 décembre de ladite année accostait à la darse de Pointe-à-Pitre le navire voilier "L’Aurélie" après une longue et périlleuse traversée océanique.
Tradition vivante en Guadeloupe. History of Guadeloupe, 1635-1789. For Hermits: Marie-Galante - New York Times. Centre des Arts et de la Culture de Pointe-à-Pitre. Préfecture de la région guadeloupe.