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SECTION 2: CARIBBEAN CULTURAL FORMS (cont’d)

8. Have students identify cultural practitioners with whom they would like to interact. Students
will plan for and interview the practitioner.

9. Have students participate in debates and discussions around topics such as “the relevance of
the cultural forms to Theatre Arts”.

10. Have students research and make short presentations on the use of cultural forms in religious,
spiritual, social, entertainment and ritual practices.

11. Have students create short movement phrases/designs showing similarities and differences in
cultural forms and contemporary works.

Caribbean Cultural Forms

For the purposes of this syllabus, the term, cultural forms, denotes aesthetic practices derived from
and identified with particular communities and cultures in the Caribbean. These practices include
rituals, festivals, celebrations, games, music, dances, and language. The following is a list of some
Caribbean cultural forms and territories where they are practised.

CULTURAL FORM TERRITORY

Bèlè Trinidad and Tobago, St Lucia, Grenada, Dominica
Bruckins Party Jamaica
Burru Jamaica
Canboulay Trinidad and Tobago
Carolling Various Territories
Carnival Various Territories
Crop Over Barbados
Dinki Mini Jamaica
Ettu Jamaica
Fie Pass Guyana, Trinidad and Tobago
Flower Festivals – La Rose, St Lucia, Guyana
La Marguerite
Heritage Festivals St Lucia, Tobago, British Virgin Islands
Hosay/Tadja Trinidad and Tobago, Guyana
Jonkonnu Jamaica
Koudmen Dominica
Kumfa Guyana
Kumina Jamaica
Kutumba St Lucia
Landship Barbados
Lend hand/Gayap Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica, St Lucia
Working/Limbo Various Territories
Mari-Mari Guyana
Mashramani Guyana

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