The Caribbean island of Barbados. Courtesy of Barbados Tourism Authority
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Celtic Festival
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When:
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May 2009 (annual)
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Where:
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Bridgetown
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From a Welsh mixed-voice choir to Scottish folk dancers, Barbados is treated to all the good things about Celtic culture, without the rain, at the annual Celtic Festival.
The Caribbean may seem like an unlikely place to find a Celtic Festival, but the cultural diversity of the Caribbean makes it a natural breeding ground for Welsh influences to grow and flourish.
The event started when the father of the festival organiser, Ruth Palmer, visited her in Barbados. He was a choirmaster in Wales and was so besotted with the island, commonly called Little England because of the strong English legacy, that he decided to take his choir to perform there. Since then, choirs and other performers from Wales and Scotland have been travelling to Barbados for the Celtic Festival.
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