Crop Over Festival
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Crop Over Festival is Barbados’s premier annual harvest celebration, renowned for its vibrant street parades, calypso and soca music, colorful costumes, and carnival-style festivities.
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| Surface form | Occurrences |
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| Crop Over festival | 8 |
| Crop Over Festival Season | 1 |
| Crop Over celebrations | 1 |
Statements (56)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
carnival-style event
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cultural festival ⓘ festival ⓘ harvest festival ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Crop Over NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Barbadian identity
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Rihanna NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| attracts |
Caribbean regional visitors
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international tourists ⓘ local Barbadian participants ⓘ |
| celebrates |
Barbadian culture and heritage
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end of the sugar cane harvest ⓘ |
| climaxMonth | August ⓘ |
| country | Barbados NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| culminatesIn | Grand Kadooment Day NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| culturalOrigin |
Afro-Caribbean culture
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Barbadian culture ⓘ |
| dressCode |
elaborate feathered costumes
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masquerade outfits ⓘ |
| economicImpact |
major tourism attraction
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significant contributor to Barbados’s economy ⓘ |
| feature |
carnival-style festivities
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colorful costumes ⓘ costume bands ⓘ cultural performances ⓘ food and craft stalls ⓘ music competitions ⓘ parties and fetes ⓘ vibrant street parades ⓘ |
| frequency | annual ⓘ |
| historicalOrigin |
18th-century sugar cane harvest celebrations
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plantation-era harvest traditions ⓘ |
| keyEvent |
Bridgetown Market
NERFINISHED
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Calypso Monarch competition NERFINISHED ⓘ Ceremonial Delivery of the Last Canes NERFINISHED ⓘ Cohobblopot show ⓘ Foreday Morning Jam NERFINISHED ⓘ Grand Kadooment Day NERFINISHED ⓘ Junior Calypso Monarch NERFINISHED ⓘ Opening Gala ⓘ Pic-O-De-Crop finals NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| localLanguage | Bajan Creole NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| location | Bridgetown NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainCity | Bridgetown NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicGenre |
bashment soca
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calypso ⓘ reggae ⓘ soca ⓘ |
| organizer | National Cultural Foundation of Barbados NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| paradeType | costumed street parade ⓘ |
| region | Caribbean ⓘ |
| revival | 1970s revival by Barbados government and cultural groups ⓘ |
| significance | Barbados’s premier annual harvest celebration ⓘ |
| theme | sugar cane harvest ⓘ |
| timeOfYear | June to August ⓘ |
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