Ash Wednesday

Ash Wednesday

Ash Wednesday On the morning of Ash Wednesday people attend mass seeking forgiveness for their sins and to commence a season of reflection. However, carnival must end properly. To do this, the spirit of carnival must   Read Full Story …

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Art and Craft Fair

RUSM Art&Craft Fair The RUSM Art and craft fair is an annual even hosted by Ross University geared towards raising  awareness of  local culture while simultaneously raising funds for local charities on island. This year has been quite   Read Full Story …

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Carnival Tuesday

Carnival Tuesday The anti-climax one can call it; the fall in action. Carnival Tuesday sits at the edge of the carnival season. While it does not start up with a bang like Carnival Monday, one cannot   Read Full Story …

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Carnival Monday

Carnival Monday Real pandemonium however, can be seen from about 4:00a.m Carnival Monday, when revelers hit the streets for what is known as jouvert, the Creole term for daybreak. Groups go out in night gowns, costumes   Read Full Story …

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Dominica Carnival Season Activities

Carnival Season Activities Approximately 30 days before Ash Wednesday, the sleeping masses awake on a Saturday afternoon from about 2:00 pm. Natives flock to the streets of the island’s capital, Roseau, to observe and at the   Read Full Story …

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History of Dominica Carnival

History of  Dominica Carnival Carnival in the West Indies is like a tree with buttress roots. History will force one to see that Carnival did not begin with our African ancestors. Rather, the Europeans were known   Read Full Story …

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Caribbean’s Next Top Model

ROSEAU, Dominica, September 21st, 2011. Dominica’s Ruth Augustine leaves for Trinidad on Monday September to compete in Cycle 1 of the Caribbean’s Next Top Model (CaribeNTM.)

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Proud to be from the Nature Island of the Caribbean

Meet Ruth Augustine – Proud Dominican Proud to be from the Nature Island of the Caribbean – DOMINICA you can only expect the best in Natural Beauty. I am 20 years old Ruth Rea Augustine from   Read Full Story …

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Chardelle Moore – Miss Caribbean Metro USA

Meet Chardelle Moore – Miss Caribbean Metro USA When Chardelle Moore enters a room, she commands attention. She exudes confidence and is a huge light of positive energy inspiring everyone that she encounters.  Committed to the   Read Full Story …

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Black Parents white baby

Ben and Angela Ihegboro stunned  genetics experts when the news broke that the couple who is of  African descent  gave birth to a  white little girl with blonde hair and blue eyes. the British couple gave her   Read Full Story …

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Dominica Creole Heritage

The Caribbean people in particular Dominica has a culture that is rich. It is very much intertwine and complex to understand since it has been brought about by amalgam of influences gathered together over hundreds of   Read Full Story …

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Mango Season on the island of Dominica

Juicy, flavorful mangoes area cultural phenomena in Dominica; people of all ages; all walks of life; gather under these beautiful trees looking for the perfect mango. They knock down these mangoes by throwing something at the   Read Full Story …

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My Experience in Dominica

Some of the happiest memories of my life are the days I spent in Dominica with my parents in the 1970s.Those were my adolescent years and my growing up pains gave my parents a lot of   Read Full Story …

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