Saint Lucia Cultural Groups Take Part In Venezuela Events

As part of the cultural exchange between Venezuela and the countries of the Bolivarian Alliance of the Peoples of Our America (ALBA-TCP), the ALBA Secretariat and the Ministry of People’s Power for Culture of Venezuela have organized an extraordinary day of cultural events from 20 to 23 June in the city of Caracas and throughout different regions of the country. On the St. Lucia side, the Vide Bouteille Drum Group, ‘Skin Rhythm’ and the ‘Manmay La Kaye Folk Band’ will be participating. Both groups will be part of the cultural events: ” Drums of Alba: beats of our identity ” organized by the Alba Secretariat and the “Festival Viva Venezuela Mi Patria Querida“, organized by the Ministry of Culture. The Vide Bouteille Primary School Drumming Group “Skin Rhythm” is an after-school programme that started in November 2006 and has been maintained to date thanks to the passion and dedication of Master Drummer Niger Nestor and Professor Cuthbert Popo, who volunteer three times a week with children and youth in the community to discover and nurture musical talent and keep the rhythms of traditional African drumming alive in St. Lucia. “Skin Rhythm” has thirty (30) members, most of them primary and...