PHOTOS: Snapshots of Jounen Creole 2011
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Do not forget our roots. Keep our culture alive and encourage the children and youth to be more into our culture as it something to be proud of, especially when you are living aboard.
Keep our culture alive. I enjoy the pictures and wish I was there. Dominican UK
beautiful
With all the creole day u all are pretending to be bragging about,how many Dominicans can speak proper KWEYOL?They are so fooled with foolish pride that most of them do not want to speak it.This is just a fallisy and a show.Ask most of them,do they have a copy of Chubby’s music and u’ll find out.
Some people will just grab any chance to say something negative.
Dominica have one two nice little chicks wii papa…..just saying…..
LOVE THE PICS I AM DOMINICAN WOULD NOT LEAVE IT FOR ANYWHERE ELSE
Captivating – Thanks DNO
Does anyone know where I can purchase the earrings the girl is wearing in photo #3?
Very lovely photos. Happy Birthday Dominica
love the madras earrings on Ms. Johnson..creative
That creole day business is a farce,most Domi-ni-can can’t speak proper kweyol,they are too proud with their foolish pride and think they are somewhere like some Haitians and some other people from abroad would say to me,when in fact they are nowhere.
These earrings are hottt!
Thanks for the pics. I enjoyed. How I miss this time of the year back home
Beautiful People, but do they speak Creole: http://wp.me/p1tAKN-xo From Haiti With love and Admiration
The most wonderful time of the year
I don’t think we should concern ourselves much with what the kids are wearing. Of course things change and at their age i dont think wearing a wob will go down well with them. Since so many other aspects of our culture are dying off slowly because of their lack of participation, i think on this one day when they do decide to deviate and wear the madras in the way they feel comfortable we should not be so hard on them. At least for that day they can see the beauty of their cultural heritage.
Cant help but wonder…ADMIN were these pics taken by the guys of 365MMP?
Thanks DNO for the pictures and for showing us what we have missed seeing we are so far from home I am so proud to see how our people came together to celebrate the culture as one large group we should always think of DOMINICA and the gift that the Almight GOD has bestowed on us we have a responsibility to our ISLAND look at all the beautifull colours I would like to see more pictures DNO .
WE ARE THE CULTURAL STAR OF THE CARIBBEAN !
TAKE A BOW WIN LOSE OR DRAW
RED GREEN OR BLLUE
WE ALL COME TOGETHER AT THAT TIME OF THE YEAR
TO SHOW THE WORLD THAT NO MATTER WHO IN THE
YARD OR IN THE HOUSE
WE ARE PREPARED TO RECOGNISE THAT AFTER
AND OUR FAMILY IS LOVELY DOMINICA !
APRES BONDIEU CEST LATER
WE LOVE YOU DOMINICA
YOU MADE US WHAT WE ARE
AND WE ARE SOOOO PROUD
HAPPY ANNIVERSARY WAITUKUBULI
i dont kno if anyone notices but there were five beautiful young ladies walkin around in town lookin so bright in there creative wear…. i must say it was very attracting
shoulda taken out a photo of them and send it to DNO
May our God continue to bless our Dominica and her people with peace and joy of His Love. as I perceived it in our smiles here.
I also agree with a few who called for the preservation of our true “National” dress. Like most things, over the years we start adding our own ideas, hence defiling our true identity. But our identity is what makes us Dominicans.
Thanks to you, DNO, for those beautiful photos, and I hope to see a few more from the rest of the festival.
Like one with the Giraudel Jim Ping for example? Hehehehehehehehehehe! Thanks again!
Thanks DNO, there should be more, I enjoyed watching our beautiful people all dressed up. Wow!! what a blessed country, very proud of you DA now and forever
I guess most people wear what they could afford,even if is a little piece of the madras,still cool.
Thanks DNO I so appreciate seeing Dominica at this time since I cannot be home right now. This just makes me see how much I am missing. Thank you and hope to see much much more.
should caribs partake in creole or independence… i think not… they were never enslaved… have always been free…. they the reason many of ya’ll alive… my ancestors were maroons…. lol
then they will call it madrass day;naaaa, that will stay man, it’s our duty to teach the youte to appreciate the culture.it will last if we play our part.let us all work on that man.
Nice photos DNO. I wish more of the school children was captured since the Ministry of Education asked that they wear the traditional wear. I think that some of the outfits show much creativity while some were just outrageous.
Dominicans should wear their national dress with pride since some other islands cannot boast of having one.
All in all I think that the Creole Day went just okay, though it seemed to lack the Spirit of previous years.
SIMPLY BEAUTIFUL. if there were 150 photos, i would watch them all over and over. Thanks dno. I was at work early and just did not get to see the beauty of it in town. I work out of town. Many thanks
embert stowe boy look a rum face,my boy potwew sotee
Forreal, why you talkin about my pardna like dat na? but ya you right, my pardna picture come out.
Thanx DNO for sharing those lovely photos. What an atmosphere! Amazing colours, beautiful costumes, beautiful people. To All, have a very enjoyable creole fest.
beautiful
not bad but i think in 20years the dress code might change which will be sad cause it is changing already
you are so right
yep, u’re correct, we should preserve the peasantry look, too much tight top, tube top, just name it…to me these kinds of dressings does not resonate well with national pride.
Get over it, it is called modern choices. Nostagia is one thing but somethimes we all have to accept changes.Culture does not mean being stuck in the past but rather recognizing our past, embracing the present and planing for the future. Shucks man!! You just cant please we Dominicans. I wonder why?
Culture refers to the following Ways of Life, including but not limited to:
* Language : the oldest human institution and the most sophisticated medium of expression.
* Arts & Sciences : the most advanced and refined forms of human expression.
* Thought : the ways in which people perceive, interpret, and understand the world around them.
* Spirituality : the value system transmitted through generations for the inner well-being of human beings, expressed through language and actions.
* Social activity : the shared pursuits within a cultural community, demonstrated in a variety of festivities and life-celebrating events.
* Interaction : the social aspects of human contact, including the give-and-take of socialization, negotiation, protocol, and conventions.
If you accept the change in your culture it will never be the same and eventually will be lost. Thus the reason why so many countries in the Caribbean has lost their culture and Dominica remains the most cultural.
I love to see that
Beautiful, thats our Culture! God Bless us all!