Shows on Dominica World Creole Music Festival: Art & Culture

Art & Culture on Dominica: Spectacles

World Creole Music Festival

The festival is held on the same date as « Creole Day «. This is the local event that get the most publicity internationally. It federates Dominicans and visitors alike. During these three nights of festivities, wild rhythms from around the world can be heard in succession in the capital. The event attracts musicians come from all corners of the world, and they'll help you discover once again the beat of « lypso » and « bouyon «, Haiti's compas, zouk from Martinique and Guadeloupe, African « soukouss », Louisiana's « zydeco », Cuba's salsa... The event also covers a lot of other topics, such as Creole cuisine, customary outfits and other costumes from days gone by.

Caudeiron, Mabel "cissie" (1909-1968)

Folklorist and professor. As a child, Mabel took part in theatre plays and concerts, and then wrote many Creole songs, providing influence for the "biguines" of Martinique. She left the island, married a Venezuelan, Caudeiron, and raised her family in South America. She returned to Dominica in the beginning of the 1960's, with a new-found source of energy and determination in order to promote the folkloric heritage of Dominica and its traditional culture. She was a professor at Wesley High School. Locally, she wrote articles about the heritage in music, dancing and traditional costumes.