Tag: culture
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Giving purpose to the intangible.
By Dr. Antonio Carmona Báez “For a colonized people the most essential value, because the most concrete, is first and foremost the land: the land which will bring them bread and, above all, dignity.” – Franz Fanon. Can we divorce the tangible from intangible culture? I would like to argue that we can, but that the…
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Cultural Xpression June 2019 | Exclusive Interview Dwight Barran
As we get deeper into the heat of summer and hurricane season, we want to wish everyone a safe and bless journey. Keep hydrated and also start getting prepared for the worse but hope for the best as nature has her own role to play and no one really knows when she will start her…
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Cultural Xpression Dec 2018 Edition
As we end of the year 2018 it seems as if the class is over and the lessons learned are now meant to be put to the test. I must say it has been a challenging year, but most important of all we still have life, and with that we still have a chance to…
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Cultural Xpression July 2018 – Exclusive Interview Mr Robert Budike
CX July 2018 continues to bring you closer to all the cultural activities you may have missed throughout the month of July 2018. With so much that has happened in the month of July 2018, what we missed you will be sure to catch up with in the month of Aug 2018. With the business community…
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Cultural Xpression June 2018 – Exclusive Interview with SXM Head of Culture Ms Clara Reyes
Happy Emancipation day to everyone on St Maarten and the dutch Caribbean . The joy of freedom is enjoyed by many but yet still a few seem to carry a tension as to if they are really free. The free world seem to have a lot to offer to man but yet seem to still…
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Interview with Minister of Education, Culture, Youth and Sports Jorien Wuite
To teach or not to teach ? That is never the question, as we all tend to teach our kids the best we can with hopes it leads them to live a better life or have more opportunities then we did as parents. Though we always tend to want the best for our kids, we…
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Ms Clara Reyes appointed head of Culture
PHILIPSBURG – Minister of Education, Culture, Youth & Sport Jorien Wuite announces the appointment of Clara Reyes as new Head of the Department of Culture. Clara fills the vacancy left by the sudden passing of former department head, St. Maarten icon, Neville York in May 2017. Clara Reyes has a distinguished background in the Arts.…
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Cultural Xperssion June 2017 Edition – CX 2nd Agricultural Festival July 2017
Get ready for another Agricultural event you don’t want to miss as CX host it’s 2nd Agricultural Music Festival and Community Market Day. A fulfilled day of family, food, fun and entertainment !!! We would like to invite the general public to come out on Sunday July 23, 2017 at the St Peters Community Center…
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Cultural Xpression March 2017 – Exclusive Interview with Da Lion
With carnival right around the corner, more and more local artist str to get prepared for one of St Maarten Biggest Soca Competitions ‘’ Soca Rumble’’. As it seems to get more and more interesting every year as more local artist are turning up their approach and game plan towards getting the crown. This year…
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2017 Auld Lang Syne
We have approached a new year and I’m oh so grateful to be here. Last year’s worries no longer exist and to my future I’m surely not going to miss. Nothing that is meant for me will pass me by for I’m wiser than the past year… For Auld Lang Syne No extravagant New…