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On November 3rd, 1978 Dominica gained its independence from Great Britain and became an independent republic within the commonwealth.Along with the Independence Day celebrations, Dominica celebrates the unique Creole culture with colourful events such as Heritage Day, Creole Day and the World Creole Music Festival. |
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Heritage Day is a fun day in Dominica. It is a celebration of the village’s uniqueness and awards are given to outstanding individuals in the village community. Creole Day is the most colourful day on the island. Everyone in the island wear the traditional outfits. |
| Girls wear a ‘Jupe’, women wear a ‘robe dwiyet’ and the men wear black pants, white shirt and a red sash around the waist. Substitutes like straw hats or anything with a floral pattern will help blend with the crowd. On the weekend before Dominica celebrates its Independence Day, Creole Music Festival is celebrated. Following the Creole festival, Dominicans will celebrate their twenty-fifth year as an independent Nation. |
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The Creole Music Festival, built on the rich cultural traditions of Dominica, witness the most spectacular and thrilling Creole event anywhere in the world. The main event of the festival takes place at Festival city in Roseau, with three night shows featuring all aspects of the Creole Music.
Thousands of visitors from the world converge for the festival which brings together creole musicians, bands and singers from throughout the Caribbean ranging from Louisiana's Zydeco, Africa's Soukous, Martinique and Guadeloupe's Zouk, Dominica's Bouyon, Cuba's Salsa for three days of pulsating rhythms. The festival also provides an opportunity to see and hear Dominica’s authentic Jing Ping music, which is widely acknowledged as the foundation for two different Creole music styles, Cadence and Bouyon music.
There are a number of off-festival city events planned in connection with the festival so as to enable the patrons of the festival to cherish other dimensions of Creole music and the exciting Dominican landscape.
Last year, a world Creole Market also took place in the renovated Barracoon Building on the Roseau Bay front. The Creole Market provide countries and institutions in the Creole-speaking world with an opportunity to display their music, arts and crafts, fashion, literature and cuisine to patrons of the Festival and the Dominican public.
Dominica establishes itself as the world’s Creole Music Capital.
The world Creole Music Festival…..”C’est Mizik A Nou”.
