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TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO TO HOST CARIFESTA IX, SEPTEMBER 2006

  (CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean Festival of Arts –CARIFESTA-has been revived and restructured and will be held in Trinidad and Tobago from Friday the 22 of September to Sunday the 1st of October 2006.

CARICOM Secretariat’s Programme Manager for Culture Dr. Hillary Brown told the Thirteenth Meeting of the Council for Human and Social Development (COHSOD Xlll) being held in Georgetown Guyana, that the Regional Cultural Committee and the CARICOM Task Force on CARIFESTA had decided that the regional festival would be held every two years. The Government of Trinidad and Tobago will host it in 2006 while the Government of the Bahamas will host CARIFESTA in 2008.

The COHSOD reiterated its vision of CARIFESTA “as a world-renowned hallmark festival of Caribbean Cultural and artistic excellence, that generates economic benefits, unites the Region and excites all the peoples.”

Trinidad and Tobago’s Minister of Youth and Sports Mr. Roger Boyne told the meeting that his government was committed to ensuring the success of the ten day festival CARIFESTA IX, which he says will exhibit elements of the new CARIFESTA model as detailed in the Strategic Plan that was developed and adopted by COHSOD X in 2004. Minister Boyne said, “we should be mindful of the fact that CARIFESTA 2006 comes just before Cricket 2007 and gives us an opportunity to get things right in the Region and showcase all of our countries to the world as we prepare for the biggest event ever, Cricket World Cup 2007.”

Under the plan, the festival will have a permanent directorate as well as a permanent director. In addition, the festival will have a permanent logo and the Intellectual Properties of CARIFESTA will be leveraged for increased profitability on behalf of the community.

Preparations for CARIFESTA IX will involve the government of Trinidad and Tobago, the CARICOM Secretariat, the Regional Cultural Committee (RCC) and the CARICOM Task Force on CARIFESTA.

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