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Today is Joune \u2018Chapo Pay\u2019 Day in Dominica.<\/p>\n
Members of the public are encouraged to wear their \u2018Chapo Pay\u2019 today.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe know that it is the Creole festival Friday, and we just want to give people that Dominican culture experience,\u201d Chief Cultural Officer Earlson Matthew said. \u201cWe are encouraging people to get their hats\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n
He continued, \u201cIt is part of the Dominican experience and that is what we are encouraging\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n
A chapo pay is a traditional handmade straw hat for men, women, and children, decorated with madras or other accessories. Joune Chapo Pay Day forms part of the 2025 Independence calendar of activities as Dominica celebrates its 47th anniversary of Independence under the theme: \u201c47 Years of Progress and Purpose\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Today is Joune \u2018Chapo Pay\u2019 Day in Dominica. Members of the public are encouraged to wear their \u2018Chapo Pay\u2019 today. \u201cWe know that it is the Creole festival Friday, and we just want to give people that Dominican culture experience,\u201d…","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":350977,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_cbd_carousel_blocks":"[]","footnotes":""},"categories":[38,235,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-350975","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-culture","category-homepage-carousel","category-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n