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Carifesta


  • [Carifesta is a recurrent international festival featuring the arts and cultures of countries in the Caribbean Area. It was founded in 1972, under the auspices of the Caribbean Community, in a project spearheaded by Guyanese prime minister Forbes Burnham. It was first held in Georgetown, Guyana; subsequent festivals have been hosted by different Caribbean countries.]
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  • Variants

    • Caraibische Kunstfestival
    • Caribbean Festival of Creative Arts
    • Caribbean Festival of the Creative Arts
    • Caribbean Festival of Arts (Carifesta)
    • Festival des arts des Caraïbes
    • Festival de las Artes del Caribe
    • Festival delle arti caraibiche
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  • Earlier Established Forms

    • Caribbean Festival of Creative Arts
  • Sources

    • found: De grote Caraibische familie, 1981:t.p. (Caraibische Kunstfestival; Carifesta IV, Barbados, 19 juli-3 augustus 1981)
    • found: LC database, 8/21/85(Hdg: Caribbean Festival of Creative Arts; usage: Carifesta)
    • found: New writing in the Caribbean, 1972:p. 13 (1972 Caribbean Festival of the Creative Arts) cover p. 1 (Carifesta '72)
    • found: Clarke, LeRoy. Revelations ... cogitative dimensions (re-visited), 2006:title page (Carifesta IX; 2006; exhibit at National Museum of Trinidad & Tobago, Port of Spain)
    • found: CARIFESTA website, 25 April 2019:main page (CARIFESTA; CARIFESTA XIV to be held August 16th-25th, 2019, in Trinidad & Tobago; CARIFESTA XIV Secretariat address in Port of Spain; website options in English, French, Spanish, and Dutch) History of the CARIFESTA (Caribbean Festival of Arts; underpinnings in the staging of the first Caribbean Festival of Arts in San Juan, Puerto Rico, in 1952, and in a Caribbean Writers and Artists Convention held in Georgetown in 1966, again in 1970 during Guyana's Independence and Republic celebrations; Guyana's Prime Minister Forbes Burnham spearheaded conversion of the idea into an exposition of artistic forms and cultural artifacts that became the first Caribbean Festival of Arts in Guyana in 1972; Forbes Burnham is most directly credited with the emergence and success of this Caribbean event; then institutionalized: in 1972, Caribbean Community Heads of Government meeting approved the establishment of a permanent unit within the Secretariat with oversight functions for coordinating subsequent CARIFESTA events; music, dance, drama, painting, sculpture, folk art, photography, literature; folklore, myths, beliefs; the cultural face of the Caribbean) Histoire de la Carifesta (Festival des arts des caraibes, Carifesta) Historia del CARIFESTA (Festival de las Artes del Caribe) - https://carifesta.net
    • found: CARICOM Secretariat website, via Internet wayback machine, as captured 23 Jun 2007-29 Oct 2008 (viewed 25 April 2019):FAQs about CARIFESTA (each CARIFESTA Host country establishes a Management Committee which, along with the CARICOM Secretariat and representatives of the Regional Cultural Committee (RCC), is responsible for the organisation of the Festival in its territory; no one person or persons "owns"; a project of the RCC and can be considered "owned" by the people of the Region and in particular the artistic community; each CARIFESTA has its own theme and logo)
    • found: Wikipedia, 25 April 2019(Caribbean Festival of Arts; Caribbean Festival of Arts, commonly known as CARIFESTA; international multicultural event organized on a periodic basis by the countries of the Caribbean; main purpose: to gather artists, musicians, and authors, to exhibit the folkloric and artistic manifestations of the Caribbean and Latin American region; first Caribbean Festival of Arts took place in 1972, held in Georgetown, Guyana; Guyana hosted in 2008; Suriname will host in 2013 for the 2nd time (CARIFESTA XI, August 16-26, 2013; host city: Paramaribo))
    • found: Wikidata, 25 April 2019(Caribbean Festival of Arts (Q3744071); English: Caribbean Festival of Arts; Spanish: CARIFESTA; Italian: Festival delle arti caraibiche; Dutch: Carifesta; no description) - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q3744071
  • General Notes

    • [Carifesta is a recurrent international festival featuring the arts and cultures of countries in the Caribbean Area. It was founded in 1972, under the auspices of the Caribbean Community, in a project spearheaded by Guyanese prime minister Forbes Burnham. It was first held in Georgetown, Guyana; subsequent festivals have been hosted by different Caribbean countries.]
  • Editorial Notes

    • [See also related access points for individual instances of this festival, which include specific information about the number, date, and/or place of the individual festival.]
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  • Change Notes

    • 1983-09-29: new
    • 2019-04-27: revised
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