Mélange Travel & Lifestyle Magazine April 2017 | Page 249

Events
APRIL 1 - 9
Karujet - Jet Ski World
Championship
Nine days of intense competition on Viard
Beach, Petit-Bourg.
APRIL 15 - 23
Guadaran Raid Adventure
150km race accross the archipelago
through various terrains - mud, rocks,
tropical forest, beaches - and beautiful
views of the island.
APRIL 16
Crab Fest in Morne-à-l’Eau
Held Easter Sunday every year, the festivity
includes crab races, other crab-related
competitions and cooking competitions.
MAY 27
Slavery Abolition Day
Commemoration of the 1848 emancipation
of slavery with parades, drumming,
dancing, all paying homage to the people
who were torn from their homeland in
Africa and enslaved on the island for
centuries.
JUNE 2 - 5
Marie-Galante International
Music Festival
Fun-filled days of music from local and
international artistes - Funk, Blues, World,
Dancehall, Reggae, Jazz and Caribbean
music.
Plage-de-Vieux-Fort-(Marie-Galante)
Photo Credit: CTIG