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Last Updated: Feb 13, 2017 - 1:45:37 AM |
Nassau, Bahamas - As
the excitement builds around the anticipated Bahamas Carnival, scheduled
May 7th- 9th, 2015, The Bahamas Festival Commission will host the Road
Fever Expo on Saturday, 27, September, 2014 at The Melia Resort from
noon to 6pm.
The expo will feature twenty-six of the Road Fever
Companies that will showcase samples of their costumes. Attendees and
participants will have the opportunity to view the costumes, meet the
Road Fever Company members, choose a costume, register with a Road Fever
Company, and enter to win hourly costume giveaways.
Roscoe
Dames, CEO,BNFC said, “Road Fever is the event that will conclude the
Bahamas Carnival Festival. It is the main masquerade that will consist
of an epic collage of costumes, color and culture on parade in front of
the most iconic grandstand crossing of any carnival in the world.”
What
seems to be most intriguing in regards to the costumes for the Road
Fever event, is that all costumes will contain an element of Bahamian
indigenous raw materials. The expo presents an opportunity for the
companies to display their creativity, while showcasing the diverse
Bahamian materials and how to use them.
Raw materials including
straw, sisal, sponge, seeds, etc. will be incorporated into the various
costumes. Dames expressed his excitement for the Road Fever Expo “I am
looking forward to the Road Fever Expo mainly because it is one of the
first events of its kind, displaying the level of creativity of our
Bahamian people. This is also a dynamic opportunity to present our
culture to the world through the ability to purchase costumes via our
e-commerce website,” he added.
Bahamas Carnival is a collage of
our culture. It is a festive weeklong celebration where Bahamians and
guests from around the world will be immersed in all things Bahamian.
The carnival events will showcase Junkanoo, Rake -n- Scrape, arts and
crafts, Bahamian cuisine, visual art, music, dance and more.
It
is also a high level entertainment experience, which sets the stage for
Bahamian recording artists to nurture their sound and express themselves
in front of a global audience.
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