Welcome!
The authentic Caribbean is made up of all world's
peoples - African, Asian, European, Mid Eastern, and The native Amerindian. They form an ethnic montage that has composed
a distinctive cultural personality. Their rhythms are unique as seen in their performing arts - music and dance; they stimulate
your sensibilities with the writings of their writers and the paintings of their painters; and they nourish you with their
cosmopolitan food. These characteristic, and an early socialization in multicultural, multiracial countries have allowed West
Indian for example, to assimilate seamlessly into Chicago. They have as almost instinctual knoweldge of how to live in a such
as contemporay as Chicago.
This year Chicago
Caribbean Carnival Association is proud to annouce that the planning commitee is in
place for
"Chicago
Carifete 2008 "
This is Chicago Carifete 13th anniversary
on
August
16th
On
the Midway Plaisance in Hyde Park
from
9:
am Till 9:00pm
The Midway Plaisance in Hyde Park Illinois will be " blazin" with the sounds, sites and smells of the
Caribbean.
Base on the Theme " A
Caribbean Cultural Escape for 2008" highlights will include the carnival parade with over 10 troupes,( parade
starts at one pm.) a main stage featuring the best of calypso, soca and reggae music, mouthwatering Caribbean food, a
children areas and much more.....
