41. Folk Play Links - Regional & Performers' Websites in West African Cultural Traditions st kitts and Nevis Pageant group, whose titlesinclude st.George and A contemporary mummers play with regional references http://www.folkplay.info/Links/LinksAmericas.htm

Compiled by Chris Little and Peter Millington Home Page Link Contents Suggest a Link Canada Alberta The Mummers and the Paupers by Andrea and Dave Spalding [Account of reviving English plays in Canada, from Canadian Folk Music Bulletin British Columbia Vancouver Folk Players: Now Christmas is Come [Annual mummers play] Unchecked Manitoba Village Green Morris Men [Activities include mumming] Opening Problems Newfoundland The "Mummering" tradition is currently still very active in Newfoundland . There are two Mummering or Jannying customs - one in which plays were performed, as in Britain, and the other involving house-visiting in disguise. It is the house-visiting tradition which predominates today, thanks to the popular "Mummers' Song" and book by the folk duo Simani: Simani [includes sound clip of the "Mummers' Song"] Mummering in Francois, south coast of Newfoundland Change Islands play text Mummering in Newfoundland [Lots of first hand accounts] Mummering [Modern photo, and description of mummering as described by J.B. Jukes from 1842]

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43. Caribnationtv.com celebrations into the New Year including Calypso King and Queen competitions, theMiss st. kitts beauty and talent pageant, the regional Caribbean Queen http://www.caribnationtv.com/stkitts.html

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44. St. Martin St. Maarten - Travel Guide through settlements on st.Eustastius and st.kitts, bringing contingents both countriesto st.Maarten/st.Martin. latter s naval presence in the region when the http://www.wiol.com/st-martin-st-maarten/history.html

St. Martin St. Maarten history S t.Maarten - St.Martin is the smallest country in the world to be divided between two sovereign powers, the current boundary a result of numerous wars between the great European powers in the 17th century. Ownership of our island is split between the Dutch and French, yet no rift exists between the peoples of these two cultures. In fact, the island's inhabitants are quite proud of their nearly 350-year history of peacful co-existence. A ccording to legend, Christopher Columbus discovered the island in 1493 on the feast day of St.Martin of Tours. During the 140 years that followed, the Spanish, French and Dutch disputed possession, or at least the right to use the resources of St.Maarten/St.Martin. In the late 1620s, the Dutch first began to ply the island's ponds for salt, so important to the herring industry back home. D espite the Dutch presence on the island, the Spaniards recaptured St.Maarten/St.Martin in 1633 and one year later built a fort at Point Blanche to assert their claim. Eleven years later, Peter Stuyvesant, director of the Dutch West India Company based on Curacao, led an attack on the Spanish position on St.Maarten/ St.Martin. (He lost a leg in the battle, earning the nick name Peg Leg, and later went on to become the Governor of the New Amsterdam, better known today as New York.) After a month of futile fighting, the Dutch retreated. A s a reward for successfully defending the island, the Spanish commander was granted his request that he and his men be allowed to leave. Legend has it that five French and five Dutch prisoners escaped and stayed behind. These Frenchmen and Dutchmen were the first of their respective countrymen to share the island. They contacted their home governments through settlements on St.Eustastius and St.Kitts, bringing contingents from both countries to St.Maarten/St.Martin. After a period of uneasiness with neither side really gaining the military advantage, a truce was enjoined.

45. A Brief Look At The History Of Nevis. that it was obligated to help the floundering region. strained, the Nevisians, alongwith the residents of st. kitts managed to donate enough money to purchase http://www.nevis1.com/history.html

NEVIS1.COM The Original "Non-Tourist-Trap" Guide To Nevis, West Indies The ruins of Ft. Charles, 1671 Pre-Columbian History - The first inhabitants of Nevis were almost certainly pre-ceramic Indians called Sibonay. They are believed to have arrived on the island of Nevis around 2,100 years ago from Central America. This said however, their place of origin is uncertain and all that remains of this race on Nevis are some primitive tools made of stone and shell. These Indians were followed by the Arawak Indians who originated from the Orinoco River area in Venezuela. Next on the list of visitors to Nevis were the Carib Indians. They arrived several centuries after the Arawak but came from the same general vicinity of South America. The Arawak and Carib left far more remains than did the Sibonay and at the present time there are two dozen known archaeological sites scattered around the island. These sites are marked with piles of shells, pieces of pottery, and old flint tools. Sometimes after a good downpour even human remains will become unearthed! Most scientists believe that at the height of the Indian population, about 600 AD that there were between 2,500 to 6,000 Indians on Nevis. Western History of Nevis - Christopher Columbus, while on his second voyage, was the first western person to lay eyes on Nevis. While anchoring off Nevis on November 11, 1493, Columbus mistakenly thought that the cloud cover that often shrouds Nevis' peak, was snow. The Spanish word for snow is "Nieves", hence today's corrupt form of the word, Nevis. Not long after this, the name appeared on many of the days sailing maps, as a result of this, the name remains with us today. Strangely enough Columbus never ventured ashore. What a pity, he didn't know what he was missing!

46. :: Ez2Find :: Travel And Tourism regional Caribbean Travel and Tourism (194) Offers a profile, maps, brief historyand economic URL http//www.stkittsnevis.com; Travelfacts st kitts Nevis http://ez2find.com/cgi-bin/directory/meta/search.pl/Regional/Caribbean/Saint_Kit

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47. A History Of Anguilla new administrative framework for their territories in the region in 1824 In short,Anguilla was to be administered over by st. kitts and lacked any real autonomy http://www.skyviews.com/anguilla/history.html

PO Box 3119, St. James, Barbados, W.I. Tel: 1 (246) 422 1835 E-mail: calabash@skyviews.com To Navigation Bar Anguilla History Despite being out of the way, Anguilla has been inhabited, in some shape or form, for tens of thousands of years. Archaeologists recently discovered remains of the largest rodent known to have walked the earth - it was reckoned at about 3 feet (1 metre) high and weighing up to 350 pounds (160 kilos) and became extinct from Anguilla about 20,000 years ago. More recently the island was inhabited from about 2000 BC by the Arawak Indians who had gradually moved up through the Caribbean island chain from South America in their dugout canoes. 42 Amerindian archaeological sites of interest have been uncovered in Anguilla revealing many artifacts attesting to their presence and the richness of their culture. Many examples can now be seen at the National Trust Museum. The English colonised the island in about 1650 but were themselves wiped out by the Caribs, a warrior people from South America, in 1656. The power struggle between the English and the French in the Caribbean dominated Anguilla's history for the next 150 years and severely disrupted their basic cash crop economy. Anguillans experienced many hardships trying to eke out a living during political wrangling between these two powers. The British Empire set up a new administrative framework for their territories in the region in 1824. In short, Anguilla was to be administered over by St. Kitts and lacked any real autonomy. Anguillans resented this as they felt those in St. Kitts were unaware and uninterested in the needs of Anguillans. These seeds of discontent were to come to a head some 145 years later.

48. Travel Weekly: St Kitts destinations, st kitts has a long, colourful history. he adopted the shortened versionof st kitts, which has and French settlement in the region, a strategic http://www.travelweekly.co.uk/tw_stkitts/history.htm

Introduction Highlights Beaches Activities ... Factfile History Colonial history is everywhere on an island that was once a battleground for the British and French St Kitts may be small, but when it comes to beaches visitors are spoilt for choice. The sea is seldom out of sight, whether it's the calm, clear waters of the Caribbean Sea to the south or the more tempestuous Atlantic Ocean lapping at the north coast. From remote, secluded bays to more developed beaches with bars and hotels, St Kitts offers a diversity that's hard to beat. Another striking contrast is the colour of the sand - the typical Caribbean swathes of golden, powdery sand can be found in the south, while unusual silver-grey volcanic beaches are predominant in the north. Near the capital Basseterre lies Frigate Bay, the heart of tourism on St Kitts. The island is so narrow here that it takes just a few minutes to walk between the two coasts, and there are plenty of hotels, restaurants and opportunities for water sports. Although only recently 'discovered' as one of the Caribbean's most alluring holiday destinations, St Kitts has a long, colourful history. The Carib Indians called the island Liamuiga, meaning fertile land, and when Christopher Columbus arrived in 1493 he was so enamoured that he named it after himself and his patron saint - St Christopher. When England's Sir Thomas Warner landed 130 years later he adopted the shortened version of St Kitts, which has stuck ever since.

49. Antigua & Barbuda - History & Culture Finally, in 1632, a group of Englishmen from st. kitts established a successfulsettlement, and in 1684, with routes to and from the region s rich island http://www.geographia.com/antigua-barbuda/aghis01.htm

Slavery left a bitter legacy on Antigua. "Freedom" came on August 1, 1834, but the lack of an "apprenticeship" or transition period left former slaves instantly impoverished. They had no choice but to continue working on the sugar plantations, where conditions and wages kept them dependent on their former masters. Click here for books about Caribbean history Arts and Culture Heavenly Hill Gallery Antigua Heavenly Hill is the largest Gallery of original local Antigua art in the country. For more information on Heavenly Hill, Art Events, Artists and more click here Official Site of the Antigua and Barbuda Department of Tourism Click here to see what visitors are saying about the people and culture of Antigua and Barbuda. I t would be difficult to overestimate the impact on Antigua's history of the arrival, one fateful day in 1684, of Sir Christopher Codrington. An enterprising man, Codrington had come to Antigua to find out if the island would support the sort of large-scale sugar cultivation that already flourished elsewhere in the Caribbean. His initial efforts proved to be quite successful, and over the next fifty years sugar cultivation on Antigua exploded. By the middle of the 18th century the island was dotted with more than 150 cane-processing windmillseach the focal point of a sizeable plantation. Today almost 100 of these picturesque stone towers remain, although they now serve as houses, bars, restaurants and shops. At

50. History Of St. Maarten Maarten begins far to the south, in a region of the Amazon jungle was soon claimedby both the French (who sailed over from st. kitts) and the Dutch (from st. http://www.geographia.com/st-maarten/anmhis01.htm

Click here for books about the history in the Caribbean. Home Page Philipsburg History Culture ... St. Martin T he story of St. Maarten begins far to the south, in a region of the Amazon jungle known as the Orinoco river basin. It was from here that the island's first inhabitantsthe Arawaksmigrated about a thousand years ago. They island-hopped north through the Caribbean, living peacefully off the bounty of the surrounding sea. The Arawaks who came to St. Maarten called their new home "Sualouiga," or "Land of Salt," naming it after the island's abundant salt pans. The tranquility of the Arawaks would not last for long. They were followed by another Amazonian group, the Caribs. A warrior people, the Caribs steadily pushed the Arawaks off St. Maarten and took the island for themselvesonly to lose it in turn to the Europeans. Christopher Columbus sighted the island on November 11, 1493, the holy day of St. Martin of Tours. He claimed it for Spain the same day, and it is from this day that the island bears its name. Obsessed with the greater conquests of Mexico and South America, the Spanish ignored St. Maarten. It was virtually forgotten by Europeans until the 1620s, when Dutch settlers began extracting salt from St. Maarten's ponds and exporting it back to the Netherlands. The island's commercial possibilities soon caught the attention of the Spanish, who drove off the Dutch in 1633 and erected a fort to assert their authority. Known as the Old Spanish Fort, this bastion still stands at Point Blanche. In 1644, a Dutch fleet under the command of Peter Stuyvesant attempted unsuccessfully to retake the island. Stuyvesant, who later became governor of New Amsterdam (present-day New York), lost a leg to a Spanish cannonball during the fighting. Although Stuyvesant was buried in New York, his leg rests in a cemetery in Curaçao.

51. Background Note: St. Kitts And Nevis World Date May, 15 1993 5/15/93 Category Country Data Region Caribbean CountrySt. kitts and Nevis Subject Travel , history , International Organizations http://dosfan.lib.uic.edu/ERC/bgnotes/wha/saintkittsnevis9305.html

Title: Background Note: St. Kitts and Nevis PA Source: Office of Public Communication, Bureau of Public Affairs Description: Historical, Political and Economic Overviews of the Countries of the World Date: May, 15 1993 Category: Country Data Region: Caribbean Country: St. Kitts and Nevis Subject: Travel History International Organizations Trade/Economics Military Affairs Cultural Exchange State Department [TEXT] Official Name: Federation of St. Kitts and Nevis PROFILE Geography Area: St. Kitts 168 sq. km. (68 sq. mi.); Nevis 93 sq. km. (36 sq. mi.). Cities: CapitalBasseterre (pop. about 15,000). Terrain: Generally mountainous, with highest elevation at Mt. Liamuiga 3,792 ft. (St. Kitts) and Nevis Peak 3,232 ft. (Nevis). People Nationality: Noun and adjectiveKittitian(s), Nevisian(s). Population (1990): 40,300 (St. Kitts 31,000, Nevis 9,300). Annual growth rate (est.): Ethnic groups: Almost entirely of black African origin; some of British, Portuguese, and Lebanese origin. Religions: Principally Anglican, with evangelical Protestant and Roman Catholic minorities.

52. FAVA/CA - Florida International Volunteer Corps of Social Development, Community Gender Affairs in st. kitts Nevis, a longtimeFAVA/CA partner of women at the national and regional levels; address the http://www.favaca.org/country/St Kitts and Nevis.html

St. Kitts and Nevis Other Web Links for St. Kitts and Nevis From 1989 to 2003 FAVACA has placed 93 volunteers in the St. Kitts and Nevis who trained 1326 individuals. The graph represents the percentage of volunteers by project type. The estimated value of FAVACA's commitment and consulting investment in St. Kitts and Nevis over the last 14 years is more than $1 million. Below you will find several descriptions of select projects that appeared in our quarterly publication Communiqué Communiqué Stories on St. Kitts and Nevis Fruitflies Not Welcome in St. Kitts and Nevis Fruit—such as mangos, guava, star fruit, golden apple and Surinam cherries—makes a substantial contribution to the gross domestic product of St. Kitts and Nevis, and fruitfly infestation can be an obstacle to agricultural development. In order to help fruit farmers in St. Kitts and Nevis , FAVA/CA enlisted two United States Department of Agriculture technicians from Gainesville , Dr. John Sivinski and Dr. Timothy Holler, to visit the islands in mid-December to provide assistance in developing a fruitfly biological control program.

53. St. Kitts - Nevis: National Queens Playing Role In Country Promotion that the opportunity was not lost in promoting st. kitts and Nevis persons who werenot aware of the were distributed in each of the regional countries hosting http://www.sknvibes.com/local/carnival/NationalQueen.cfm

Community Local News Sports Music Notices ... Obituaries Classifieds Auto Sales Real Estate Classified Ads Business Listing ... Job Board Entertainment Gathering 2004 GreenValley 2004 Easterrama 2004 Miss Farm Pageant ... Carnival Car Show Services Find A SKNER SKN Chat Room Talk Bout? Info Center ... Read Email Government News Notices St. Kitts Government Nevis Government ... Forms Business Starting A Business Business Regulations Taxes Banking ... Currency Converter NATIONAL QUEENS Schedule Origins Gallery History ... National Queen BY GLEN BART Over the years since the start of National Carnival, thousands of people have converged on “Carnival City” to see, what many people consider to be, the premiere event of carnival, the National Queen Show. No other show, except the calypso final, has come dose In consistently attracting packed audience, not to forget the thousands more who “glue’ themselves to radios arid listen to the captivating descriptions of testants on stage This show strikes home, more than any other, to the heart of carnival in its annual selection of ambassador for St. Kltts and Nevis. Over the 21 years of national carnival, no other winner of a carnival event has played such an important role in representing the country at regional and international shows than the winner of the National Carnival Queen Show. Quite clearly, national queens have played a significant role in country promotion over the years.

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56. Usairways.com: Press Release brings over 40 years of experience as a regional Caribbean airline new weekly servicebetween Philadelphia and the Caribbean island of st. kitts, starting Dec. http://www.usairways.com/about/press_2002/nw_02_0603.htm

usairways.com about us airways press releases US AIRWAYS LAUNCHES 'GoCARIBBEAN' NETWORK WITH THREE REGIONAL CARRIERS ARLINGTON, Va., June 3, 2002 US Airways announced today the launch of "GoCaribbean," a new cooperation and marketing initiative with three regional Caribbean airlines. The initiative will include affiliation through US Airways’ Dividend Miles frequent traveler program, US Airways Vacations, and in some markets, code sharing. US Airways is currently finalizing agreements that will enable the three airlines Caribbean Star Airlines, Nevis Express and WINAIR (Windward Island Airways International) to operate as US Airways’ associate carriers, providing flight connections linked with existing US Airways Caribbean gateways. GoCaribbean plans to offer additional service to 14 island destinations, representing further major growth of US Airways’ Caribbean network. Currently, US Airways serves 16 Caribbean destinations from its Philadelphia, Charlotte and Pittsburgh hubs, and has recently announced plans to add three more routes.

57. Concierge.com: St. Kitts And Nevis: Same Only Different Some islands Puerto Rico and st. kitts among them have ancient forts to view;others (Barbados and are also attributable to the history of the region. http://www.concierge.com/destination/stkitts_nevis/features/Editorial/Feature/da

Entire Site Fodors.com All Articles Deals See all destinations Destinations Interests Photos ... St. Kitts and Nevis Select an interest Cruise Family Holiday Luxury Quick Getaways Romantic Safe Travel Ski GREAT DEALS From Fodors.com Same Only Different Same Only Different If you have seen one Caribbean island you have by no means seen them all. The Caribbean has towering volcanic islands, such as Saba; islands with lush rain forests, such as Dominica, St. Lucia, Martinique, and Guadeloupe; and some islands, notably Puerto Rico, that have both jungles and arid climes. You'll find glittering discos, casinos, and dazzling nightlife on such islands as Aruba and Puerto Rico, and in the Dominican Republic, which occupies the eastern two-thirds of the island of Hispaniola. There are also isolated cays with only sand, sea, sun, lizards, and mosquitoes. Some islands Puerto Rico and St. Kitts among them have ancient forts to view; others (Barbados and the Caicos Islands) have caverns and caves to explore. There are also places like Grand Turk and Little Cayman, where the only notable sights are beneath the translucent sea. Different though they are in many ways, the islands are stylistically similar. The style setter is the tropical climate. Year-round summertime temperatures and a plethora of beaches produce a pace known as "island time." Only the trade winds move swiftly. Operating on island time means "I'll get to it when the spirit moves me."

58. Caribbean > Islands > St. Kitts (Christopher) & Nevis - PlanetRider Travel Direc about that crazy Caribbean coupleSt. kitts and Nevis. Soothing sand n surf colorswith superb descriptions, hotel and food listing, and extensive history. http://www.planetrider.com/travel-guide.cfm/Destinations/Caribbean/Islands/St._K

TRAVEL SEARCH Site Shortcuts Ten-Minute Vacations Skiing Worldwide Bargain Travel Road and Travel Maps Air Reservations Help Caribbean Islands CATEGORY GUIDE: CARIBBEAN Islands General Guides Lodging Click on the link, or icon to open site in new window. BOOKS Book Search > Caribbean Islands St. Kitts (Christopher) Nevis WEB SITES (rated and reviewed) Ratings Info Ease Key: 1 Balloon=Good 2 Balloons=Better 3 Balloons=Best St. Kitts and Nevis: Official Travel Guide A simple, dynamite site about that crazy Caribbean coupleSt. Kitts and Nevis. Soothing sand 'n surf colors with superb descriptions, hotel and food listing, and extensive history. Check out the medicinal herb chart under "Ecotourism." Nevis, West Indies This great personal guide serves up loads of info on Nevis! Detailed insider info on almost every hotel on the island, how to get there activities, and much more make this guide as good as any you'll find. Concierge.com: St. Kitts and Nevis

59. HighIndex - Society: History: By Region: Caribbean: Saint Kitts And Nevis http//www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/sc.html; st. kitts and NevisHistory Page Detailed history from the first settlers to the Federation of st. http://www.highindex.com/Society/History/By_Region/Caribbean/Saint_Kitts_and_Nev

categories site listings Saint Kitts and Nevis in the World Factbook 2000 A profile prepared by the United States Central Intelligence Agency. http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/sc.html St. Kitts and Nevis History Page Detailed history from the first settlers to the Federation of St. Kitts and Nevis. Also general information: geography, politics, national emblems and more. Also info on British Overseas Territories. http://oasis.fortunecity.com/tropicana/294/ The Nevis Historical and Conservation Society Nonprofit organization created in 1980 to conserve the natural, cultural and historic fabric of the Island of Nevis. http://www.nevis-nhcs.org/ The St. Kitts and Nevis History Page Site which details the history of these islands as well as a lot of information about the islands today. http://website.lineone.net/~stkittsnevis More Resources

60. EARLY CHILDHOOD INVESTMENT IN ST KITTS AND NEVIS: It would not take much to replicate these studies in st. kittsNevis, and thusprovide further regional data for comparison and mutual assistance http://www.uwichill.edu.bb/bnccde/sk&n/conference/papers/JBrown.html

EARLY CHILDHOOD INVESTMENT IN ST KITTS AND NEVIS: A MODEL FOR THE CARIBBEAN? Janet Brown Senior Lecturer Caribbean Child Development Centre School of Continuing Studies, UWI, Mona There are two kinds of activities that appear particularly salient for our species. The first is work.... The second is the way in which we raise our young....At this point in history, we... have developed a pattern in which these two centrally human activities are placed in conflict with each other....At the present time, less by decision than by default, we are allowing our families, and our children, to pay the price Ufie Bronfenbrenner (1981) This quotation from the well-known child psychologist Bronfenbrenner was cited as the introduction to a proposal from the Government of St. Kitts-Nevis to USAID in 1981, a proposal to fund a joint project of the Ministry of Education's Early Childhood Unit and the High/Scope Educational Research Foundation, based in Ypsilanti, Michigan. This was almost a dozen years before High/Scope gained worldwide attention with its Perry Preschool longitudinal study — research which followed up a group of at-risk inner-city children enrolled in a quality preschool experience 27 years later. The results of that study have been instrumental over the past 6 or 7 years in convincing major funders like the World Bank, USAID, and the Inter American Development Bank, as well as many governments, to up their investments in early childhood interventions in anticipation of the potential accrued benefits.

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