www.sweetcryfreedom.com The Sweet Cry Freedom was first staged in Antigua in 1993 and in spite of the rapid increase in similar events staged by other Caribbean Islands; the festival was firmly established as one of the premier music festivals in the region. The Festival brought to Antigua many persons from near and far who were thrilled by the performances from some of the world's best artists. Between 1993 and 1997 these renowned artists treated their fans to unforgettable performances: - The Wailers; Arrow; Bankie Banx; Third World; Born Jamericans, Sanchez; Buju Banton; Beres Hammond; Lloyd Parks & We The People Band; David Rudder; Spice & Company; Square One; Kassav; Atlantic; Ronnie Mckintosh; Dean Fraser; Burning Flames; Wck; Mac Fingall; King Short Shirt; Swallow; Diana King; Nigel Lewis; Merciless & The Burning Flames. The Festival had taken on a special significance with the presentation of the SWEET CRY FREEDOM AWARD. This award is dedicated to the memory of one of our past heroes whose life exemplifies the true meaning of freedom. In 1997, the award was dedicated to the memory of the Honorable Marcus Massiah Garvey and the recipients were Stevie Wonder, Osibisa and Sir Vivian Richards who were personally on hand to receive their awards. In 1996, the award was dedicated to the memory of Dr. Martin Luther King and the recipients were Gordon "Butch" Stewart, Rt. Honorable Vere Cornwall Bird and Heather Samuel. In 1995, the award was dedicated to the memory of ...
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Antigua's Carnival is one of the Carribbean's greatest Summer Festivals. Brought to you by BET Jazz, Directed & Produced by Kenneth K. Martinez Burgmaier (Jazz Alley TV)
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★ADVENTURE TRAVEL BLOG ‪2backpackers.com ★ Jason and Aracely Travel - 2 Backpackers witness the celebrations of Guatemala's Independence Day in Antigua, Guatemala. School marching bands flood the main square for an all day festival competition. The Article - goo.gl Who we are: Adventure Travel Videos from 2 Backpackers who travel around the world sharing their travel experiences and travel tips on film. Subscribe - goo.gl Facebook - goo.gl Twitter - goo.gl Google+ - goo.gl Couple travel tips for a couples vacation, weekend getaways and around the world backpacking adventures at - goo.gl
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Early film of Mayan pottery and weaving practices in Nebaj, western Guatemala, as well as the archaeological excavation of nearby ancient burials. In Parts 2 and 3, Good Friday processions, religious celebrations, and town market activities are filmed in both Nebaj and Antigua. Festivals held on the last Friday of Lent are shown in San Pedro Sacatepequez. Filmed by Mary Butler Lewis (1903-1970) between 1939 and 1941. From the film collections of the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology (www.penn.museum via the Internet Archive: www.archive.org Uploaded here with the kind permission from the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology.
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I stumbled upon this marching band whilst I was in Antigua. They were playing in the town square. There are bands and festivals all the time there!
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Early film of Mayan pottery and weaving practices in Nebaj, western Guatemala, as well as the archaeological excavation of nearby ancient burials. In Parts 2 and 3, Good Friday processions, religious celebrations, and town market activities are filmed in both Nebaj and Antigua. Festivals held on the last Friday of Lent are shown in San Pedro Sacatepequez. Filmed by Mary Butler Lewis (1903-1970) between 1939 and 1941. From the film collections of the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology (www.penn.museum via the Internet Archive: www.archive.org Uploaded here with the kind permission from the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology.
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Early film of Mayan pottery and weaving practices in Nebaj, western Guatemala, as well as the archaeological excavation of nearby ancient burials. In Parts 2 and 3, Good Friday processions, religious celebrations, and town market activities are filmed in both Nebaj and Antigua. Festivals held on the last Friday of Lent are shown in San Pedro Sacatepequez. Filmed by Mary Butler Lewis (1903-1970) between 1939 and 1941. From the film collections of the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology (www.penn.museum via the Internet Archive: www.archive.org Uploaded here with the kind permission from the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology.
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Semana Santa, or Easter's Holy Week in Antigua, Guatemala 2010 sees some of the most elaborate sawdust carpets in the world - made out of fruit, flowers, and more, these carpets are incredibly unique. I blog about traditional festivals from all over the world on my travel blog: alittleadrift.com --- and Antigua's Holy Week is one of those events that will stick with me for my entire life because of the skill, devotion, and sincerity of the entire week of celebratons. The alfombras are probably the most well known aspect of the event because they are elaborately detailed and can get incredibly ornate too even though they are all made of sawdust, flowers, palm fronds, and in one case one of the carpets was even made out of chocolate! Neighbors and sometimes a whole street will team up nearly a year ahead of time to plan out the next year's event and carpet. These carpets can span 500 feet or more, right in the middle of the road, and take upwards of 15 hours for the more elaborate carpets you'll see during Holy Week. Stencils are used and laid on top of the sawdust to outline the delicate designs, and layers of sawdust and images chosen to celebrate Christ and his sacrifice. The last thing you see of a carpet are the feet of the people in the parades slowly scuttling through the soft sawdust, instantly destroying these ephemeral works of art. As they are trampled and the parade moves on to the next street, the cleaners follow up behind and huge trucks dispose of the sawdust ...
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King's Festival in Saint John's, Antigua Featuring Beenie Man, Shaggy & Maxi Priest Live on 6-24-06 from Antigua Recreation Grounds...
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Short film that gives you a taste of Oslo. It shows glimpses of the many things that Oslo has to offer: winter and summer acitvities, fun for the children, festivals, nightlife, the new Opera House, the new Holmenkollen Ski Jump and other attractions, and much more. Official film made by VisitOSLO - www.visitoslo.com
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Colourful spectacular of culture, festivals and nature in Guatemala.
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Join world traveler Clifton Hillary III as he visits Antigua, Guatemala during the height of the Semana Santa religious festival. longlonghoneymoon.com You can now own this fun RV show on DVD with lots of EXTRA CONTENT. Also, for only $2.99 you can get the awesome "Long Long Honeymoon" ebook on AMAZON KINDLE www.amazon.com and NOOK tinyurl.com
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this is a short clip, summerizing the moments of the caribbeans greatest summer festival 'antigua carnival'_ with sounds of the soca diva herself(claudette peters) off of the 2008 taxik album.
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Preview of Compassionfruit's blog at TravelPod. Read the full blog here: www.travelpod.com This blog preview was made by TravelPod using the TripAdvisor™ TripWow slideshow creator. Learn more about these videos: www.travelpod.com
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There is no doubt that there is a lot of dancing salsa in Antigua Guatemala. One of the best salsa schools is Salsa Dreams. This school is founded by sister and brother Carmen and Miguel (Mike) Jiménez in 2004. We participated as professional instructors in several salsa festivals, eg the second festival of salsa latina (diploma and third price winner) and the first salsa festival in Antigua 'the capital of salsa' in November 2006. In 2008 we started the project "Sonrisas de navidad", look in the menu "Projecto social" for more information about this project. Salsa Dreams is helping and participates in serveral activities to develop the culture of Guatemala Because here in Salsa Dreams we are more than just Salsa, we are one heart. You are welcome to join our salsa family!!!!!!
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travelexperta.com Semana Santa in Antigua Guatemala is one of the most beautiful events to witness. With the colorful carpets and processions.
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The Semana Santta parades in Antigua for Holy Week celebrations and processional reenactments are some of the most unique and amazing Easter activities in the world. The Processions reenact the last days of Christ and last for the whole of Semana Santa. The Holy Week in Christianity takes place the last week of lent and the week leading up to Easter. The celebrations in some parts of the world really take the week seriously and reenact the last days of Christ for the entire week leading up to Easter. For this to happen it means that locals sign up a year in advance to play a part in the elaborate reenactments and they act out all of the parts and roles that led to Christ being accused and crucified. The Roman soldiers come out and make accusations at midnight one of the nights, and throughout the week, as Good Friday, and Palm Sunday come and pass, the floats with Christ's image get more and more distressing. Each day the float depicts Christ and those surrounding the event on heavy (weighing a tonne in some cases) floats and in one of the stages before he was resurrected. Easter day is the day of joy and the parades are a lot more light-hearted with happy music a stark contrast to the sad and dreary tones as everyone was in mourning, incense and deep-throated songs set a somber mood for most of the days of the procession. As the processions spend hours winding through the streets of Antigua and other cities in the world, there are elborate alfombras, or carpets, lining ...
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If I jump off a bridge, will you follow me? presents new work by Scottish-based artists Hendry, Sandy Hutton, Rebecca Milling, Valerie Norris and Lindsay Perth at Edinburgh based gallery 3/3 Antigua. The exhibition addresses notions of threat and vulnerability and how we define concepts of insecurity and security as a society consumed by it, both personally and culturally. www.edinburghartfestival.com
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Arturo Tappin is a smooth jazz and jazz/reggae saxophonist from Barbados. He has performed with Roberta Flack, Monty Alexander, and on an album by Luther Vandross. He is based in New York City, but is strongly linked to his homeland. In the late 1980s he organized the International Barbados/Caribbean Jazz Festival, which he performs at in many years. Arturo Tappin began his musical career, with formal training at Berklee College of Music. Described as a cross between the Teddy Pendergrass and Kenny G, Arturo is referred to as the smoothest, saxiest horn man the Caribbean has to offer. Influenced by the roots culture, Arturo made headway with his roots-reggae Jazz-fusion album, for his debut recording and increased the hype with a repeat performance on his second album entitled, "Java", both licensed by Pioneer Records in Japan. His dynamic live performances and his reputation for putting on explosive shows led him to perform at the Edinburgh Festival, Soho Jazz Festival, Miami AT&T Caribbean Jazz Festival, St. Lucia, Antigua, Curaçao, St. Kitts, St.Vincent, Grenada and Barbados Jazz Festivals, Arturo continued his live performance schedule at Bob Marley's Birthday Bash, James Bond Film Festival in Jamaica, and Trinidad's Independence Day celebration in Miami. Besides touring Jazz festivals the world over, Arturo has performed at social engagements as well including a performance for past United States President, Mr. Bill Clinton and twice for Fidel Castro. He has recently ...
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We try and host one the best Christmas eve fireworks displays. Yes Fireworks are a tradition in Antigua Guatemala at Christmas, well almost any time of the year is time for fireworks in Guatemala. This year we Celebrated Chime.in in Antigua and wish all the staff at Chime.in a very Merry Christmas. For the vacation traveler this is an exciting time as the Christmas eve party starts early and at the stroke of Midnight the town of Antigua Guatemala erupts with a spectacular fireworks display. Antigua is one of the oldest and most picture-perfect colonial cities in all of Central America, Antigua, Guatemala, is the site of impressive traditional Catholic Christmas processions and festivals every year.
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