Barbados Crop Over Festival
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The Barbados Crop Over Festival is an annual summer celebration in Barbados featuring music, dance, colorful parades, and cultural events marking the end of the sugar cane harvest.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Barbados Crop Over Festival canonical | 2 |
| Barbados Crop Over | 1 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
annual event
ⓘ
cultural festival ⓘ public holiday celebration ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Crop Over ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Barbadian culture
ⓘ
Carnival traditions ⓘ |
| attracts |
international tourists
ⓘ
local visitors ⓘ |
| celebrates | end of the sugar cane harvest ⓘ |
| continent | North America ⓘ |
| country | Barbados ⓘ |
| culminatesIn | Grand Kadooment Day ⓘ |
| dressCode | elaborate costumes ⓘ |
| economicImpact |
boosts tourism sector
ⓘ
supports local vendors ⓘ |
| features |
calypso competitions
ⓘ
colorful parades ⓘ costume bands ⓘ craft markets ⓘ cultural events ⓘ dance ⓘ food fairs ⓘ music ⓘ soca music performances ⓘ steelpan music ⓘ street parties ⓘ |
| frequency | annual ⓘ |
| historicalRoots | 18th century harvest celebrations ⓘ |
| location | Bridgetown ⓘ |
| mainEvent |
Bridgetown Market
ⓘ
Cohobblopot ⓘ
surface form:
Cohobblopot show
Foreday Morning Jam ⓘ Grand Kadooment Day ⓘ Junior Kadooment ⓘ Pic-O-De-Crop calypso finals ⓘ Soca Royale ⓘ |
| mainIsland | Barbados ⓘ |
| musicGenre |
bashment soca
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calypso ⓘ soca ⓘ |
| organizer | National Cultural Foundation of Barbados ⓘ |
| origin | sugar cane plantation era ⓘ |
| paradeRoute | Warrens to Spring Garden Highway ⓘ |
| paradeType | costume parade ⓘ |
| region | Caribbean ⓘ |
| revivedIn | 1974 ⓘ |
| season | summer ⓘ |
| typicalEndMonth | August ⓘ |
| typicalStartMonth | June ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
mas bands
this entity surface form:
Barbados Crop Over